G4's Filter: Best Consoles Ever?

[Rogmeister]

I was flipping around various TV channels today during the football game and found an episode of Filter that was doing their list of the top consoles ever. This episode clearly shows why you shouldn't let fans take part...or at least why they shouldn't have the final word. In their top ten, the top 3 spots all went to Nintendo systems. #3 went to the NES and I'm sure few of us would have a problem with that...#2 wound lup going to the SNES and I have no problem with that (though I'm surprised it placed quite that high) but #1 was...the Nintendo 64? I think the PS2 was the only current console to make the top 5 (I think it was #4) and I think the XBox came in at around #6...if I'm right about that (I didn't mark them down), I'm not sure I can remember what came in at #5...I may be wrong but I don't think the GameCube made the top ten. I do remember the Genesis came in at #10...Dreamcast was there and it may have been the #5 console. Maybe this is why I rarely watch Filter anymore.

[gepeto]

Here is the list

Although I disagree with the number 1 I also think the saturn should be in there.

10 genesis
9 gameboy
8 playstation
7 gba sp
6 dreamcast
5 xbox
4 ps2
3 nes
2 snes
1 n64

[Wester]

The polls are based on online voting, correct? If so then it seems thare are a lot of Nintendo fans frequenting G4's website. I don't think that Filter gives a very accurate view of things because there are so many of the same people voting, for each new show. It would be like only polling one state for Presidential Primaries.

[KingCobra]

N64 above a SNES? Let alone a NES? riiiiight! Plus not even an Atari 5200 nor a Coleco

[Rogmeister]

I hadn't realized there were no Atari consoles listed...of course, it's hard to say what they're basing "best" on here. But the 2600 should certainly be represented as it was so influential...and still darn fun to play.

[Wester]

I hadn't realized there were no Atari consoles listed...of course, it's hard to say what they're basing "best" on here. But the 2600 should certainly be represented as it was so influential...and still darn fun to play.

I highly agree, it would have been nice to see the voters pay a little respect to the systems that got everything going.

[VACRMH]

The thought of N64 on top is just disturbing.

[RetroYoungen]

I turned it off after seeing through till number three. Since the XBox beat out the Dreamcast AND the Genesis I lost interest. I expected the SNES to do well, but the N64 on top? And the PS1 down in what, eighth place?

But then, I haven't trusted Filter for a while. Since Shenmue was named one of the 10 worst games ever, then one of the ten BEST Dreamcast games (beating BOTH Chu Chu Rocket and Jet Grind Radio if I remember properly), they have lost me respect completely.

[Sothy]

Im surprised Final Fantasy VII didnt make it on there despite the fact is not a system.

[MegaDrive20XX]

N64? Even I need a drink to find out how drunk you must be; to be on the same level of understanding of G4's decision here.


I love the N64, but I would never call it "Number 1"

PSX, PS2, Dreamcast, Saturn, SNES, NES, Atari 2600, yes...but N64 was not all that...

[cityside75]

The poll results clearly show the influence of fanboys, but I'm still surprised...do most Nintendo fanboys really consider the N64 Nintendo's best console?

[RetroYoungen]

The poll results clearly show the influence of fanboys, but I'm still surprised...do most Nintendo fanboys really consider the N64 Nintendo's best console?

I'm a moderate fanboy for the big N, and I have no idea just who was voting for the N64. And don't get me wrong, I've had a lot of fun with mine... but best system? Were those voters addicted to Conker's BFD, Goldeneye and Paper Mario?

[Arcade Antics]

Im surprised Final Fantasy VII didnt make it on there despite the fact is not a system.

Nailed it.

Any Top 10 list that puts the N64 at #1 and fails to even mention the 2600 is obviously the product of too much crack.

Granted, my own Top 10 Console list would include the ColecoVision, Vectrex, and Dreamcast (among other choices), but I'm just nutty.

[Promophile]

I wanna see it now just to see their justification of making the N64 best console evar.

[Rogmeister]

The thing to remember is G4 didn't make the N64 the #1 console...that was done by online votes. Of course, I think G4 may have been the one to choose what consoles were available to vote for. It may have been that they didn't make any of the Atari systems available...I'm not sure exactly how that's set up.

[milhouseOFpain]

without getting into the debate over #1 (N64 would not be in my top 20) why is the PSX and PS2 listed, you can play "all" the PSX games on the PS2

[Rogmeister]

It's listed because of what it gave us before the PS2. It's based on its games and those games' innovation. It's about its history and the PS2's being able to play those games don't factor into all this...at least that's the way it should be.

[Jean-Luc Picard]

I think it's a matter of perspective.

One reason may be that the N64 probably has the highest proportion of great games, as far as "modern" (="since the NES") mainstream consoles are concerned.

Not many games but many classics among them. Everyone remembers Mario 64, Ocarina of Time and GoldenEye. The PlayStation didn't have many more of them, but much, much more crap. When you bought an N64 game, the chances of it being above average quality were much higher than with an PS game.

Maybe that's why people remember the N64 as a great console. I do.

[punkoffgirl]

The thought of N64 on top is just disturbing.

I'm right there with you. I thought N64 was more of a doggy-style kinda console.

[Whiskers the Wonder Cat]

Dreamcast should be number 1. Screw all the rest!