Best/Worst looking Game Console

[Sonicwolf]

I dislike the Genesis model 1. Its just a little to clunky and awkward looking. That and the lack of standard Genesis av out and the power sliding switch is also a pain in the ass.

[k8track]

I don't disagree with the bland part, but, uh, I can turn it on with one finger just fine. Perhaps you have weak digits?

Oh snap, Pantech just got PWN3D!

And Pantech, why is Intellivision I the "worst of the woodgrains"? Could you elaborate? It's freakin' gorgeous, is what it is! We should sit down and settle this Frost/Nixon-style. (I call Frost.)

[namzep]

Best Looking: Sharp Twin Famicom (black & green color scheme)

Worst Looking: the CD-i or Atari Jaguar

[abbub]

Best? Hrm... Probably the SNES...it just looks like fun.

Worst? This isn't 'one' console, so I'm not sure how valid an answer it is, but the Genesis with the second generation Sega CD (or even the first generation) and a 32x just looks silly.

[GnawRadar]

Well, I'm the only one so far and even though it doesn't get much use anymore, I think the Wii is one of the best looking consoles. Its a simple design and when its on it's stand it just looks very cool with the rest of my systems. As for the worst looking system, I'm going to go with original Xbox (its just so damned big!) and the Tiger Game.com.

[Slate]

Worst Looking: the CD-i or Atari Jaguar

Could you be more specific? There's supposed to be about 30 different versions of the CD-i

As for me, I don't know about the best looking but as for the worst, R-Zone. I don't think it should even qualify as a video game system. Well, perhaps some of the non headgear ones would...

[ubikuberalles]

Aha, I knew I typed part of that answer before:

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=114474

But that thread was for good consoles with bad designs. This current one is more inclusive.

That thread was also in Classic gaming and, I think, this thread should be there to since it is decidedly on-topic.

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[PresidentLeever]

best:
european snes
dreamcast
mega drive model 1 (high definition graphics and sound)
ps2 slim
famicom
master system 1

worst:
snes (us)
n64
xbox
turbografx and all of its addons and variations
all the pre-nes systems
master system 2
genesis 3
jaguar

[Phyeir]

Best:
PS2 Slim and the Wii. They are both very discrete and don't try to do anything fancy.

Worst:
Gamecube: What test marketing did Nintendo do to think a purple cube is what people want?
X360 RE Edition: As if the dogbone looked bad enough, did anyone really need it in bright stick out wherever you put it red?

[Cornelius]

Ya know, if I had to pick a console with the biggest spread between best/worst between variations of the console, it'd probably be the Gamecube. I actually like the size/shape/design on the black one, but the purple color (indigo my ass) is just hideous. Silver is okay.

[Flippy8490]

Best: Im going to have to go with the original Xbox. I thought it was really stylish looking, however big it may have been. However, I thought the Sega CD 2 was cool looking too. (I like odd designs)

Worst: NEC Supergrafx...just awful looking

[CosmicMonkey]

Sega RG-M1 Wondermega
Divers 2000 Dreamcast
Panasonic Q

So are these the best? Worst? Mediumest?

(I'll resume my post now guests have gone. Didn't realise I'd actually replied....)

Do you really need to ask? They're the three finest looking consoles ever created. Admittedly they're all non-standard versions, but then most standard consoles aren't overly pretty to begin with. For standard edition machines I'd have to say the PlayStation 3 and Duo-R/RX are really nice looking. Oh, and the PS2 TOOL dev system is a very nice looking bit of kit.

[k8track]

Sega RG-M1 Wondermega
Divers 2000 Dreamcast
Panasonic Q

So are these the best? Worst? Mediumest?

[Blanka789]

The Wondermega and the Duo-R have got to be the two best looking. I'm also a fan of the CDTV design, but I'm not sure if it counts as a console. I wish more systems looked like high-end electronics...

As for worst, I'll have to go with the Pikachu N64.

[otoko]

Best:
Atari 5200 (I like how it looks... way too big though.)
Phatstation2 (cause the revision looks like a two bite sandwich)
Sports edition Dreamcast (It looks sexy black.)
Colecovision (I don't know why, I just really like it.)
Sega CDX (If mine wasn't so beat up from it's previous owner it'd look damn fine.)

Worst:
Snes model 2 (specially it seems cheaply made when I actually got to hold one)
Xbox (bleh)
intellivision 2nd model (white, bad button design, to me it looks unflattering)

Best system combination:
Sega Genesis model 1 with Sega CD model 1, and Power base converter. (They fit together like a lime with a coconut)

Worst System combination:
Sega genesis model 1, Sega CD model 2, Sega 32x. (random UGLY!)

[IcBlUsCrN]

Everyone is wrong lol best would have to be Atari jaguar w/cd or a neo geo aes
worst Gamecube (they must of thought long and hard on that design) and the turbo grafx 16.

[Zebbe]

Worst: NES, Jaguar Toilet, Saturn, all new computer-like standing up systems popularized by PS2 but invented by some NEC machine.

Best: Mega Drive 1, Atari 2600.

[CelticJobber]

Worst looking: Super NES or PS2

Best looking: Dreamcast or PS3 I also liked PSOne's design.

[alexkidd2000]

I love the original Sega Master System. Next to a NES it just looked so much more modern and cool.

I think Dreamcast was a very good design as well.

Worst would be SNES.

[Famidrive-16]

Favorites:

Jaguar - It's just nice and simple looking. Yeah, the CD add-on doesn't look so great but it's not terrible either.
Dreamcast - One of the best designs for a CD console.
N64

Least favorites:

Sega CD 2 - I always thought this version was just cheap looking.
Master System 1 - I dunno, I just cringe whenever I see it.
Gamecube with GB player add-on - I don't think it looks bad otherwise but ho boy, it just looks hella awkward with the add-on attached.