View Full Version : What should my next old-school system be?
GENESISNES
10-15-2002, 08:10 AM
I was thinking of getting an old school system for expanding my collection, and I wasnt sure which system i should get. What should be my next system and why?
EDIT: BTW, im talking bout before SNES and GENESIS.
digitalpress
10-15-2002, 08:31 AM
It might help if you'd tell us which "old school" systems you already have. I'm sure you'll get lots of opinions on this!
Cafeman
10-15-2002, 10:21 AM
DP, it sounds like he doesn't have any yet. How sad! ;)
Get an Atari 2600 with a good set of paddles. Get Kaboom!, Breakout, and Circus Atari. Also get Enduro, HERO, and Pitfall II. You should have a good time. But maybe not -- lots of younger gamers, raised on SNES or Genesis (or, GASP, PSX!!!!) just can't appreciate the magic of older 80's consoles.
DarkSoul
10-15-2002, 12:27 PM
One system to consider would definitely be the Intellivision. It's a great bridge between the real clunkyness of the 2600 and "modern" systems like the NES. Great games to consider include Burger Time, Bump n' Jump, Commando (ported to EVERYTHING at one point or another, heh), B-17 Bomber, Night Stalker, Utopia, Astrosmash, and many more.
And.. uh.. if by some chance you happen to get one.. and you get extra controllers by some fluke... uh, yeah, let me know =)
One of the only downsides is the controllers have a tendency to decline sometimes in their later years =)
ubersaurus
10-15-2002, 03:04 PM
Get a 7800..its backwards compatible with 95% of all atari 2600 games, has its own library, most of which is quite good, and some of the best arcade ports of its day. Two stick Robotron, fast paced Ms Pac-Man, 2 player simultaneous asteroids, Commando (of course), and the venerable Food Fight.
mattpfeil
10-15-2002, 03:23 PM
I would actually say 5200....the titles selection is decent...and the fact of the matter is, all of the games that are on 2600 and 5200, are all better on 5200 by alot in some cases (pac-man), as a matter of fact, ive got almost 40 games for 5200, and i dont have one that i dont consider at least a 7 or 8 out of 10 awsome rating.
Not to mention, its very easy to collect for, because there are no super rares (Quadrun and such) and there are only 100 or so titles.
microvision, great old school handheld and games are cheap on ebay
GENESISNES
10-15-2002, 08:05 PM
I already have 2 2600's and about 70 games, 4 joysticks(dont need em. found out you could use a sega joypad) and paddles, and racer controllers. Anyway, i had a poll but it didnt process it right.(dont know how to work it.) I had on there:
Fairchild Channel F
Atari 5200
Atari 7800 Prosystem
Intellivision
Colecovision
Turbografx 16
Other
omnedon
10-15-2002, 10:50 PM
IntelliVision. get a woodgrain. They can have they're controllers repaired.
I'm selling a restored one on Ebay right now. See my post in the buying and selling forum. Getting one in perfect working condition can be tough, as the controllers do a lot, with many buttons.
IntelliVision has pretty good graphics for a pre crash system. Kicks my 2600's ass ! (unless I use my Supercharger!)With many unique to Mattel games, it gives the Intellivision a personality all it's own. As far as classic consoles go, due to it's sales numbers compared to Atari, they aren't as "common" either.
NESCollector75
10-16-2002, 12:06 AM
Well if your talkin anything pre SNES-Geny, I would go for Colecovision of the NES.
digitalpress
10-16-2002, 07:55 AM
@GENESISSNES: All of the consoles on your list have their merits, with the exception of Channel F which I would only buy if you're into history, chunky graphics, and sadism. The games themselves just aren't fun to play. And I'm not taken in by graphics, Super Breakout is still one of my favorite games of all time. Just... stay away from Channel F.
Cafeman
10-16-2002, 11:12 AM
You should start with the 2600. Make sure you get good paddle controllers and those games I mentioned above. The 2600 w/paddles experience has, amazingly, never been repeated on any system.
The 2600 offers very simplistic visuals, but its controls are spot-on and often blazingly fast. Intellivision is prettier but still clunky in many ways, and SLOWWW.
Personally, I prefer the Atari 5200 myself, but remember too that I owned a 2600 for a few yrs before I bought the 5200. So I've scratched that 2600 itch already.