Your 10 Favorite Consoles: Across the Board

[Jeff-20]

Top 10 in order of gameplay.

1. Commodore VIC 20
2. Sega Saturn
3. Sega Genesis
4. Atari 2600
5. TurboGrafx-16
6. Sega Dreamcast
7. Nintendo Gamecube
8. PS2
9. Astrocade
10. NES

The VIC 20 has the simple aesthetics of the 2600 with the added bonus of making your own games in, like, 30 minutes. Any of you who know me know I'm the VIC guy.

The Saturn had incredible variety for international releases. By far, the most interesting console from a collector's view point.

The rest of the list is just fun. I can't believe so many of you didn't include the Astrocade. 3DO? Channel F? Seriously? I guess we all have our own tastes. If the list continued:

11. Vectrex
12. Atari 7800
13. SNES
14. GBA

[jms5118]

In order but the order and list changes constantly.

1. NES
2. N64
3. SNES
4. Genesis
5. PS1
6. PS2
7. PS3
8. Dreamcast
9. Sega Master System
10. Gameboy Advance

[Icarus Moonsight]

Don't know how I managed to completely blow by this one in the past...

First, we will start with the essence, or what I consider prime.

All hail the 68k

Genesis and Neo Geo. These two will forever have a home with me. No matter how much I expand or how deep I cut my collection down, they will remain. And for the most part, untouched. Just recently got my very own AES a few weeks ago and I'm really regretting holding out so long before diving into one. Sure, I've had access to MVS emulation for a while, but absolutely nothing compares to actual hardware. AES is the apex of cartridge based consoles. It's unique, scarce, beautiful and imposing in stature. It's a regal and proper lady, where as the slutty Genny is fast, cheap, easy to get into and readily available. Can't live without either, each for different reasons.

The rest is in constant flux, but this is what I feel like ATM:

NES
SNES
Dreamcast
Saturn
Wii (GC BC) Ironclad released for VC helped pull me back in...
PS2 (PS1 BC)
PC Engine/Turbo Duo
DS

[BetaWolf47]

It's hard to tell what my favorites are. Here they are, in no order:

Gamecube
NES
Saturn
Game Boy
Game Boy Color
Neo-Geo (I've played a lot of the games, despite never owning one)
Genesis
Nintendo 64
Game Boy Advance
SNES

Yeah, I honestly haven't played much outside of Nintendo systems. I've been expanding my tastes since 2008 though.

[Steve W]

I'm going to put in some controversial choices in here. My list, in order of listing.

• Atari 2600 - My first real console, and my first video game love affair.
• Texas Instruments 99/4A - My first computer. I played a hell of a lot of games on it, and even wrote a few sucky ones myself.
• Atari 7800 - A better continuation of the Atari 2600 legacy than the 5200 was, and some really great games.
• Intellivision - Never had one growing up, but got one in the late '80s along with an INTV catalog that I made use of!
• Dreamcast - enough said.
• Lynx - My first portable, and I used the hell out of it.
• Jaguar - I've always loved this underdog console, plus it introduced me to 3D gaming.
• Commodore Amiga 1000 - A computer, but mainly used as a game machine. And so many good games came out for it.
• Sega CD - I'm skipping over the Genesis and going straight for the CD-ROM peripheral. I had a fascination with the Sega CD after I bought a Laseractive with a Sega module. And I don't have a problem with FMV games like so many people have.
• iPod Touch - Not a game console at all, but I still play a lot of games on it. I almost always have it on me whenever I leave the house.

[TheShireGamer]

Playstation 1
Nintendo 64
SNES
NES
SEGA Genesis
Nintendo DS
GBA
Wonderswan
Nintendo Wii
Dreamcast

[TheShireGamer]

Playstation 1
Nintendo 64
Nintendo DS
Nintendo Wii
Dreamcast
Wonderswan
GBA
SEGA Genesis
SNES
NES