Greatest ever legacy console?

What do you think is the greatest system? I'd go with the snes.

snes is the greatest console of all time

The mother **** SNES! Super Metroid, Mega Man X, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario World, Star Fox, and the list goes on and on and on.

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The Super Nintendo. There's never been a better system

I picked the SNES, but what's up with three Sega consoles on the list? Dreamcast may have found a niche with people who thrive on niches but I've had farts that lasted longer than it's market relevance. Second_Rook

yeah I sometimes forget the Dreamcast was a sega console

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BubbyJello

Agreed.

by just awesomeness both snes and ps2

my choice is snes

Dude, where's the NES and how did the Master System get on the list? Every boy in the United States that was between 5-15 years old during the 80s had an NES.

by gen.

gen 1: pong

gen 2: 2600

gen 3: NES

gen 4: SNES

Gen 5: by sales: ps1. by my opinion:n64

gen 6: ps2

gen 7: fanboyism:wii. my other opinion:360

my personal favorite console of all time is the Nintendo 64.

It is the SNES. That thing was more or less like a VCR. I used to have weekly game nights with my brothers and some friends where we'd all walk to Blockbuster and rent 2 or 3 games. Unlike nowadays, where a store like blockbuster more or less carries every good game, the snes would ALWAYS have new games that you haven't played--and games sometimes had to be phased out to create space for new releases--the library was just that massively good.

It put SNES but I have to point something out, DC can play SNES games. Second why is the master system in this list and not the NES? The master system was never relevent, NES sure is but it can also be played on DC. I guess the answer really is DC, but the DC is amazing and can do lots of emulation but the SNES is just more awesome(but the NES was better).

Undoubtedly the NES.

A lot of people say SNES but personally, I actually preferred the Genesis.

SNES by a mile with ps1/ps2/dreamcast all clumped up together in 2nd place.

my favorites are the sega saturn and the gamecube/xbox, which are tied....none of which are on the list.

Nintendo 64 should at least be a choice. What other console offered its multiplayer capabilities? NONE. This is why ps2 is an overrated console imo--it didn't really offer anything unique to gaming--nothing more than prettier psx games.

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IplayEA

Agreed.

The N64, no contest.

NES

No other console has meant more to gaming. Not to mention, it introduced titles like Super Mario Bros 1, 2, and 3, Zelda, Tetris, Metroid, Blaster Master, Punchout, Megaman, and others. It has more of the industry's most beloved games than any system. Also, there would be no Sega, no Playstation, and no XBox without this console, as home gaming was dead before the NES. For shear historical significance and influence, no other console comes close.

My personal favorite is probably the N64 though (Ocarina, Goldeneye, 1080, Star Fox 64, SMB 64, Rogue Squadron), with SNES coming close (ALttP, Super Mario World, Super Mario Kart).

SNES. With all the Square RPG's back when they were good plus all the first party titles as well as Capcom games, SNES is unmatched by any other system.

Nintendo 64 should at least be a choice. What other console offered its multiplayer capabilities? NONE. This is why ps2 is an overrated console imo--it didn't really offer anything unique to gaming--nothing more than prettier psx games.

Heirren

The PS2 is seen as a huge system because it has 1,800 games with multiple games in each genre. Nintendo is the king of local multiplayer no contest. Nintendo has lacked in at least one genre of gaming or more after the SNES. The N64 had almost no RPG's the Fighting games it did have were rather average with a few exceptions. The N64 was still awsome for what it did do. GC did not add anything new. It still did basically the same thing the N64 did. The PS2 also helped DVD in the beginning. When a system has like 85 to 90 percent of gaming software on one system plus extra media, it is not hard to see why the masses chose PS2 as it's prefered system. I will agree that the GC was great and it should not have been as heavily ignored as it was.

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Nintendo 64 should at least be a choice. What other console offered its multiplayer capabilities? NONE. This is why ps2 is an overrated console imo--it didn't really offer anything unique to gaming--nothing more than prettier psx games.

gamenerd15

The PS2 is seen as a huge system because it has 1,800 games with multiple games in each genre. Nintendo is the king of local multiplayer no contest. Nintendo has lacked in at least one genre of gaming or more after the SNES. The N64 had almost no RPG's the Fighting games it did have were rather average with a few exceptions. The N64 was still awsome for what it did do. GC did not add anything new. It still did basically the same thing the N64 did. The PS2 also helped DVD in the beginning. When a system has like 85 to 90 percent of gaming software on one system plus extra media, it is not hard to see why the masses chose PS2 as it's prefered system. I will agree that the GC was great and it should not have been as heavily ignored as it was.

I see where you are coming from, I own a ps2, but I draw blanks when I think about playing a ps2 game nowadays. There are some genuinely good games, but quite a few of the "AAA" I thought were good at the time, just don't hold up anymore. I'm beginning to believe that the ps2 is what made gaming more of a casual thing as well. It was a competitive dvd player at the time. Kids could convince there parents to get one because of this--which attributed to it eating up market share. Sony having this huge peice of the pie is what led to mounds and mounds of shovelware though. The design of the system was also more casual--it looked more or less like a peice of a/v equipment. The kids that used to think gaming wasn't cool started eating this system up because it became very hip.

This is why the best console is the snes. A few posts back, someone mentioned the nes. Yes, it was very influential and important, but it's silly to think that it was the best based on it being first. Michael Jordan wasn't the first basketball player, but there are quite a few people that consider him the best ever. Also, the snes, riding the tail of the popularity of the nes, was still in a time where games were made for GAMERS. People played games for the challenge and tight gameplay. Now that games are seen differently in the media, games are made more for the mass public--they have been extremely dummied down, which is another reason I don't think the ps2 is that great. I really can't think of one difficult ps2 game.

Megadrive had memorable games including Sonic 1, Streets of Rage and Ristar. PS1 would be my second favourite.

i would have to say ps2. but after that the sega Genesis (megadrive) and third would be the NES. Then SNES. But thats just my opinion.

By Gens I played heavily in there heyday:

NES

SNES

Playsation

PS2

PS3

All Time, Drumroll Please>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

NES/ with the SNES a close second. Although I am enjoying the PS3 so much right now that 10 years from now I may reevaluate.

If you mean old school then the SNES by far but newer up to date would have to be the Playstation 2 so many great RPGs and for fighting game fans the Dreamcast is a beast.

SNES, hands down! No contest.

how about handhelds? i will say DS. so many games that its like the new ps2.

N64>PS2>SNES>GBC

Very biased poll I see...

I voted other - Playstation. Greatest creation of man I say!

DREAMCAST!!

Well for me it is because i still play it regularly to this day.

snes , folllowed by n64,

who can say no to

top gear

stunt race fx

rock and roll racing

metroid

mario

tmnt iv -the remake was to easy by the way

doom

goldeneye-64

perfect dark-64

dukenukem turok etc64

any one who passes these 2 systems ,, , is well either blind or doesnt carewhat he/she plays

Very biased poll I see...

I voted other - Playstation. Greatest creation of man I say!