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

[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

[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...