A hurricane suddenly destroys your house...

[skoldpadda]

(or a tornado, earthquake, plague of locusts...)

You can now go out and buy 1 video game console and 5 games to go with it...

What would you get?

Assume you can buy whatever you want, you won't be able to buy anything else for 3 months and you want to maximize your variety in the games (i.e. max 1 RPG, max 1 sports game... no more than 1 type from a given genre).

[Griking]

I'd buy a PC. I love videogames but I find myself playing PC games more often. If I were to pick three games today they would be;

Civilization III
Unreal Tournament (assuming I have an internet connection)
Diablo II (again assuming I have an internet connection)

whoops, I thought you'd said three games.

Other two would be;

Morrowind
oh, and Mame :D

[Mr. Smashy]

Am I to understand that you two take video games to be more important than shelter?

[tholly]

xbox

halo
rallisport challenge 2
amped 2
metal slug 3
dance dance revolution ultramix

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

I think the assumption is that the game purchases would take place once the whole rebuilding/repairing-the-house thing is out of the way.

This has actually happened to me before. Lost my original Odyssey2 which had been in the family for 15 years. Sooooooo...surprise surprise, I went and bought another Odyssey2. How d'you like that?

[Ed Oscuro]

(or a tornado, earthquake, plague of locusts...)

You can now go out and buy 1 video game console and 5 games to go with it...
For some reason this sounds right out of a video game.

Uh, I'd go buy an XBox, because then I'd have a roof over my head.

[-hellvin-]

I would buy a new house

then I would buy a new computer

[Ikari Warrior]

Xbox
Burnout 3 - racing
GTA double pack -action
ESPN NFL (or NHL) 2K5 - sports
Fable - RPG
Halo -FPS
Those should last a while.

[max 330 mega]

hmm... tough one.

i guess saturn

metal slug, house of the dead,shining force 3,radiant silvergun,and last but not least fighters megamix.

[soniko_karuto]

i would buy a gba

fire emblem
street fighter alpha 3
pokemon ruby
sonic battle
sonic advance

[Videogamerdaryll]

I'd say an Xbox..

Halo would be my first pick..


GTA double pack -..yea that too..

But maybe I'd buy a Vectrex & 5 games..

No.... TV needed either....

[scooterb23]

Sega Genesis

Gunstar Heroes
World Series Baseball 98
PGA European Tour
Skitchin'
Genesis 6-Pak :)

[Nez]

For me the Obviouse choice is the Dreamcast.

King of Fighters
Mars Matrix
Bomberman Online
Midways Arcade Tresures 1+2

[pixelsnpolygons]

xbox

gta double pack
halo
project gotham racing
KOTOR
MK: Deadly Alliance

[rhetoric]

snes

mario world
link to the past
super metroid
chrono trigger
super street fighter II

[anagrama]

Megadrive:

Classic Collection (Gunstar Heroes/Flicky/Alex Kidd/Altered Beast)
Sonic Compilation (Sonic 1/Sonic 2/Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine)
Mega Games 6 (World Cup Italia '90/Golden Axe/Streets of Rage/The Revenge of Shinobi/Super Hang-On/Columns)
Super Fantasy Zone
Gynoug

Should be enough to keep me busy :D

[DDCecil]

SNES

Final Fantasy II
Super Baseball Simulator 1.000
Ninja Gaiden Trilogy
Super Mario All-Stars + World
Vegas Stakes

[TheRedEye]

I'd buy a Channel F with:

Backgammon
Casino Poker
Checkers
Math Quiz II
Slot Machine

I'd play it every day and keep a journal of my descent into madness. After I killed myself, the annotated version of my writings would be a New York Times bestseller.

[abdul]

Playstation 2 with:
Final Fantasy Chronicles( ps1 game)
Final Fantasy Anthology(ps1 game)
Gran Tourismo 3 A-Spec
Winning Elven 7
GTA double pack

[Querjek]

Gamecube

Animal Crossing
Super Mario Sunshine
Pikmin 2
Phantasy Star Online ep. 1&2
Not exactly sure for this last one...

[buttasuperb]

xbox
cvs2
slug 3
crimson skies
pgr2
rallisport 2

+1

[Crush Crawfish]

Playstation 2

Disgaea
La Pucelle
Phantom Brave
Mega Man Anniversary Collection
Suikoden III

[pookninja]

sega genesis(model 1,of course),with shining forcephantasy star 2genesis 6 pakghouls and ghostlightning force

[suppafly]

I´d buy a sega genesis

and get: thunder force 4, sonic 2, dune, phantasy star 4 and shinobi 3

[Aussie2B]

Looks like some people aren't sticking to the "variety rule". :P I'd go with:

SNES

Star Ocean - RPG
Super Mario All-Stars + World - Platformer
Super Mario Kart - Racer
Pop'n TwinBee - Shooter
Wonder Project J - Raising Sim/Point-and-click Adventure

[skoldpadda]

I'd buy a Channel F with:

Backgammon
Casino Poker
Checkers
Math Quiz II
Slot Machine

I'd play it every day and keep a journal of my descent into madness. After I killed myself, the annotated version of my writings would be a New York Times bestseller.

While that might otherwise win for "funniest post", you would be disqualified on the technicality that Backgammon and Checkers are definitely in the same genre. :D

(edit: that there exists a "math quiz" game is funny enough, but a "II" is hilarious... or did you make this up...)

[Nubiandaze]

Hey All,
If the hurricane came I would take a GAME.COM plus Resident Evil 2.,Indy 500, Mortal Kombat Trilogy etc

Iv'e changed my mind. Seriously I'd take am old console with a good text adventure such as a Commodore 64 and Hampstead (Melbourne House) or Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Infocom).

I'd probably take these as I would have time on my hands to actually get through and complete these games which is something I've wanted to do since my childhood. Maybe even Terrormolinos for the Commodore 64 too. And Protector and a Vectrex . One more left, uh...probably...Rayman for Dreamcast.
Nubian.