Best Old Gaming Console

[Budding Night 1,043]

Okay at first I just had this as a status but I thought why not make a topic just cause?
 
What is the best old gaming console in your opinion and why? Personally I've never played any of these, I'm a little young, though I recently found a website where you can buy these old consoles and am looking into buying one
 
If theres anything you think I should add to the poll, do tell me and I'd be happy to oblige

[_Kurtis 636]

For me, it's the Gameboy. 

I remember all my sweet retro games I had on it.

[Megas 27,906]

Definitely the GC, such an underrated console

[Scootalove 10,689]

The Nintendo 64, so many classic video game memories!

[Rarity Paige Belle 1,854]

I'm sorry, you're all wrong, its the Dreamcast!

[Guest]

The Super Nintendo. Loved it.

[baba_booey 4,303]

SNES master race

 

SNES is love

SNES is life

[Arctic Night 884]

Nopony said Sega Genesis? But why? Gamecube maybe (Animal Crossing), but the others...

 

Edited April 27, 2014 by King Ghidora

[Celtore 2,770]

The gameboy advance. The SP model was ground-breaking in terms of design with its backlight and clamshell. It also has a library of games spanning all the way back to the original gameboy since it's reverse compatible with all of them. It's also the console I have the most games for (even when not counting the gameboy ones) and it was the host for one of my favourite series, the megaman battle network games.

Edited April 27, 2014 by Celtore

[Rarity Paige Belle 1,854]

Nopony said Sega? But why? Gamecube maybe (Animal Crossing), but the others...

 

I agree! Sega is so underrated! They had some great consoles! The Sega mega Drive, Dreamcast etc.

[M'aiq the Liar 5,804]

Atari 2600

Without it, non of you would be playing video games.

[Rarity Paige Belle 1,854]

Atari 2600

Without it, non of you would be playing video games.

True, but it also gave us E.T the game, which spelled the end of Atari!

[Twilight The Creator 298]

Gameboy Advance. Zelda, Final Fantasy, Pokemon, Sonic. So much fun. I still had it until a couple of years ago, when I lost it in a move.

 

Of course, I has GBA4iOS, so it's all good.

Edited April 27, 2014 by pursuitofscoot

[Teller 360]

Atari 2600

Without it, non of you would be playing video games.

Tennis for Two was made for the oscilloscope in 1958. c:

 

But PS1 was a pretty fantastic console.

[M'aiq the Liar 5,804]

Tennis for Two was made for the oscilloscope in 1958. c:

 

But PS1 was a pretty fantastic console.

How many people do you know that owned an oscillioscope? Without the 2600, you would not have console gaming.

[Teller 360]

How many people do you know that owned an oscillioscope? Without the 2600, you would not have console gaming.

Pong machines were readily available in the market starting in 1972. c:

 

Get your spade connectors ready.

 

Also the Magnavox Odyssey, a home console with replaceable cartridges, was released around the same time as the Pong machines.

Edited April 27, 2014 by Teller

[M'aiq the Liar 5,804]

Pong machines were readily available in the market starting in 1972. c:

 

Get your spade connectors ready.

PPong machines only had one game. without the 2600 you would not have consoles with interchangeable games. TThey may not have been the first, but they took the market.

[Arctic Night 884]

Gameboy Advance. Zelda, Final Fantasy, Pokemon, Sonic. So much fun. I still had it until a couple of years ago, when I lost it in a move.

 

Of course, I has GBA4iOS, so it's all good.

Sonic Adventure 2. That was a good one.

[Scoots and Dash 208]

Loved my SNES, Nintendo 64, Original Gameboy, PlayStation 1, oh and lets not forget the Sega Genesis. Gosh these consoles were the best growing up. Most of them were my Dad's when he was a kid/teen. Seeing as I was born in the 90's.

[M'aiq the Liar 5,804]

Pong machines were readily available in the market starting in 1972. c:

 

Get your spade connectors ready.

 

Also the Magnavox Odyssey, a home console with replaceable cartridges, was released around the same time as the Pong machines.

There was a reason the odyssey never caught on like the 2600.

[Rarity Paige Belle 1,854]

Also, although it's technically not a console, the Commodore 64 was a great gaming machine! (In my opinion anyway)

[Puddlejumper 1,648]

The SNES holds a soft spot in my heart because of Super Metroid as well as a few other games, but it's not my choice.

 

Dreamcast is my choice. It didn't get nearly the love it deserved. Graphics were great, the controller was great, the accessories for the system were just about boundless. Being able to play burned games was also a quirky feature of the earlier models. I spent many hours playing Soul Calibur, Marvel vs Capcom 2, RE3, and plenty of other games on mine. Use to carry the VMU with me too and play the little mini games at school and such.

 

The DC2 was going to be great. I blame M$ and their horrible monstrosities for the demise of a legendary console company.

Edited April 27, 2014 by The Mane-iac

[Rarity Paige Belle 1,854]

Does anyone remember the Apple Pippin? One of their only failures:

Edited April 27, 2014 by Rarity Paige Belle

[Planty 1,053]

The Nintendo 64, so many classic video game memories!

 

Yeah, starfox 64 was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good Loved that game so much !

 

I also really liked my nintendo sp, it was the perfect pocket sized gameboy and played all my fav sp games !

[BreakingJesse 111]

PlayStation. Loved that console.