Your favorite console EVER!

SNES for me. Lttp, Yoshy's Island, Castlevania 4, Street Fighter 2, Contra 3, Super Mario All-stars (+ SMW), Super Metroid, Mario Kart, F-Zero, Final Fantasy III (VI), Chrono Trigger, Legend of Mana, Star Fox, Super Punch-out! etc. What more could you possibly want from a gaming system?Metrovania

[QUOTE="Metrovania"]SNES for me. Lttp, Yoshy's Island, Castlevania 4, Street Fighter 2, Contra 3, Super Mario All-stars (+ SMW), Super Metroid, Mario Kart, F-Zero, Final Fantasy III (VI), Chrono Trigger, Legend of Mana, Star Fox, Super Punch-out! etc. What more could you possibly want from a gaming system?Panzer_Zwei

Adventure games? Well it had Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past - my personal favorite Zelda game, as well as The Legend of the Mystic Ninja - an absolute ****c; though I suppose that is actually an Action/Adventure game. But if that's the case than the N64, or PS1 didn't have many adventure games either. Super Metroid is a side-scrolling adventure game, as or the two Lost Vikings games and Blackthorne. As for RTS, the only reasonably good RTS on any of the consoles listed as options would be StarCraft 64 - but then that wasn't as good as the PC version anyway. SNES did get SIm City, Civilisation and Populous (the latter is considered by many to be a seminal God Game), if you count those as RTSs. as well as Front Mission and Ogre Battle, though they were TBSs. No one buys home consoles for RTSs, and if you did, then the GC would be the obvious choice, since it had Pikmin (1 and 2) and Battalion Wars, as well as a TBS in the form of Fire Emblem. Other then that, there's Herzog Zwei on the Genesis/Megadrive.

I don't think your argument was particularlu well thought through.

[QUOTE="Panzer_Zwei"][QUOTE="Metrovania"]SNES for me. Lttp, Yoshy's Island, Castlevania 4, Street Fighter 2, Contra 3, Super Mario All-stars (+ SMW), Super Metroid, Mario Kart, F-Zero, Final Fantasy III (VI), Chrono Trigger, Legend of Mana, Star Fox, Super Punch-out! etc. What more could you possibly want from a gaming system?Metrovania

Adventure games? Well it had Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past - my personal favorite Zelda game, as well as The Legend of the Mystic Ninja - an absolute ****c; though I suppose that is actually an Action/Adventure game. But if that's the case than the N64, or PS1 didn't have many adventure games either. Super Metroid is a side-scrolling adventure game, as or the two Lost Vikings games and Blackthorne. As for RTS, the only reasonably good RTS on any of the consoles listed as options would be StarCraft 64 - but then that wasn't as good as the PC version anyway. SNES did get SIm City, Civilisation and Populous (the latter is considered by many to be a seminal God Game), if you count those as RTSs. as well as Front Mission and Ogre Battle, though they were TBSs. No one buys home consoles for RTSs, and if you did, then the GC would be the obvious choice, since it had Pikmin (1 and 2) and Battalion Wars, as well as a TBS in the form of Fire Emblem. Other then that, there's Herzog Zwei on the Genesis/Megadrive.

I don't think your argument was particularlu well thought through.

But anyway, you asked and I replied, Looks like you just settle with what the SNES had and want to think of the type of games it missed as non significant.

Sorry about the lack of poll options. I tried to post the ones I though would get the most votes.

Its been to long since one of these has been done. an I remind you. I said your favorite not the best.

I choose the N64. It might not have had the most great games of any system, but the good ones were absolutely phenomenal. I spent countless nights play multiplayer games with my friends and it had the greatness of games like LoZ:OoT, MM, and SM64.

correction: I meant console not system.

laughingman42

I rather buy an N64 for 400 dollars than waste my money on a PS3, that shows you how much I love the N64. Ogre battles ftw.

technically, i think the wii because it's backward compatible with all previous nintendo games

meaning i don't have to choose between NES, SNES, N64 and GC

Sega Mega Drive 8)

- General Chaos

- MK3

- Chameleon Kid

- Sonic 3

- Golden Axe

- Flashback

- Streets of rage

- Road Rash 2

Damn those where the days... :)

[QUOTE="Metrovania"]

[QUOTE="Panzer_Zwei"][QUOTE="Metrovania"]SNES for me. Lttp, Yoshy's Island, Castlevania 4, Street Fighter 2, Contra 3, Super Mario All-stars (+ SMW), Super Metroid, Mario Kart, F-Zero, Final Fantasy III (VI), Chrono Trigger, Legend of Mana, Star Fox, Super Punch-out! etc. What more could you possibly want from a gaming system?Panzer_Zwei

Adventure games? Well it had Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past - my personal favorite Zelda game, as well as The Legend of the Mystic Ninja - an absolute ****c; though I suppose that is actually an Action/Adventure game. But if that's the case than the N64, or PS1 didn't have many adventure games either. Super Metroid is a side-scrolling adventure game, as or the two Lost Vikings games and Blackthorne. As for RTS, the only reasonably good RTS on any of the consoles listed as options would be StarCraft 64 - but then that wasn't as good as the PC version anyway. SNES did get SIm City, Civilisation and Populous (the latter is considered by many to be a seminal God Game), if you count those as RTSs. as well as Front Mission and Ogre Battle, though they were TBSs. No one buys home consoles for RTSs, and if you did, then the GC would be the obvious choice, since it had Pikmin (1 and 2) and Battalion Wars, as well as a TBS in the form of Fire Emblem. Other then that, there's Herzog Zwei on the Genesis/Megadrive.

I don't think your argument was particularlu well thought through.

But anyway, you asked and I replied, Looks like you just settle with what the SNES had and want to think of the type of games it missed as non significant.

There are more strategy games on the SNES than on most consoles. The Megadrive did get Herzog Swei (amazing game) and Shining force (important game), but I would hardly say it's library of strat games utterly out-did the SNESs - and in terms of Platformers, Action/Adventures and RPGs, it doesn't come close (nor do most consoles imo). How many great adventure games came out on the Megadrive, or N64 or Dreamcast, or PS1? Sure the PS1 had Policenauts (cracking game) but little else that was particularly memorable. That is, if by adventure you mean PURE adventure games like Day of the Tentacle or Sam and Max. And those were far from available in huge numbers in the 16-bit era.

Sega Mega Drive 8)

- General Chaos

- MK3

- Chameleon Kid

- Sonic 3

- Golden Axe

- Flashback

- Streets of rage

- Road Rash 2

Damn those where the days... :)

sadikovic

interesting list of games... great console though! Personally I'd go for this list -

- Sonic the Hedgehog

- Streets of Rage 2

- TMNT 4: Turtles in Time

- Kid Chameleon (great game)

- Street Fighter 2 Turbo

-Gunstar Heroes

-Ristar

-Herzog Zwei

Man, I miss the 16-bit wars!

[QUOTE="sadikovic"]

Sega Mega Drive 8)

- General Chaos

- MK3

- Chameleon Kid

- Sonic 3

- Golden Axe

- Flashback

- Streets of rage

- Road Rash 2

Damn those where the days... :)

Metrovania

interesting list of games... great console though! Personally I'd go for this list -

- Sonic the Hedgehog

- Streets of Rage 2

- TMNT 4: Turtles in Time

- Kid Chameleon (great game)

- Street Fighter 2 Turbo

-Gunstar Heroes

-Ristar

-Herzog Zwei

Man, I miss the 16-bit wars!

Hey people like different things... but damn you for not adding General Chaos to that list :P

My favourite system in terms of games would be PS2. But my favourite console is the PS3 (over the next couple of years, the great games will start rolling!!).

There are more strategy games on the SNES than on most consoles. The Megadrive did get Herzog Swei (amazing game) and Shining force (important game), but I would hardly say it's library of strat games utterly out-did the SNESs - and in terms of Platformers, Action/Adventures and RPGs, it doesn't come close (nor do most consoles imo). How many great adventure games came out on the Megadrive, or N64 or Dreamcast, or PS1? Sure the PS1 had Policenauts (cracking game) but little else that was particularly memorable. That is, if by adventure you mean PURE adventure games like Day of the Tentacle or Sam and Max. And those were far from available in huge numbers in the 16-bit era.

Metrovania

In terms of genres, the SNES only overwhelmed the Mega Drive when it came to RPGs, but the Mega Drive had it's set of genres which also overwhelmed the SNES, like SHMUPS. I wouldn't say any console dominated a certain genre outside of those. But most SNES owners rarely knew or played anything beyond the SNES really so for them the SNES was the best in everything.

There were a lot of great Adventure games in the 16-bit era: Snatcher, Rise of the Dragon, The Space Adventure, Secret of Monkey Island, Shadowrun CD, Willy Beamish etc. The Playstation and Saturn also had a lo of Adventure games, most of which were totally overlooked.

I don't think you're taking into account all of the Japanese Adventure games available, which it's understandable, since a lot of them were only in Japanese and they rarely interest anyone beyond their homeland, but they were numerous, even the Dreamcast saw a whole lot of those, though they pretty much all were far from memorable.

That Japanese Adventure games are becoming popular on the DS is not really the rebirth of the genre, only that they are being taken into account more.

SNES and N64....hmm, I think I'll pick N64. Super mario, banjo tooie, zelda, mario party, super smash bros..need i say more?

BTW this is my LEET-post :-D

my favorite system is the sega genesis. when they came out with the sega nomad, i was in heaven. for those that are too young to remember or don't know what a sega nomad is, it's a portable sega genesis. it was a giant black brick (bigger than the ds and psp) had a 3" color screen and allowed the user to play his sega genesis games on the go. the nomad had a cartridge slot at the top to accommodate the genesis games and had a large battery pack in the bac of the handheld that devoured 6 AA batteries in 4 hours. it also had a control slot at the bottom of the unit so that you can play a two-player game with someone else, and had a tv output slot at the top left of the unit that connected to the tv via rca connector. the connection to the unit was proprietary and resembled the genesis connector, only slightly smaller. i can't believe it's been ten years since it came out. ahh memories.latinrage69

I never used my Nomad with batteries, I just use the Power Adapter.

Nintendo 64, closely followed by Playstation 2 and SNES.

N64 had OoT. If it didn't i would say PS2.

[QUOTE="hummer700"]

My Favorite would be N64

Xbox 360 is making me REALLY happy. but it still has a lot to go to make it to the top.

BreakingPoint8

same here. by the end of this gen 360 will be up there among the best for me. Xbox1 is among the worst. Only bought it for Ninja Gaiden.

[QUOTE="latinrage69"]my favorite system is the sega genesis. when they came out with the sega nomad, i was in heaven. for those that are too young to remember or don't know what a sega nomad is, it's a portable sega genesis. it was a giant black brick (bigger than the ds and psp) had a 3" color screen and allowed the user to play his sega genesis games on the go. the nomad had a cartridge slot at the top to accommodate the genesis games and had a large battery pack in the bac of the handheld that devoured 6 AA batteries in 4 hours. it also had a control slot at the bottom of the unit so that you can play a two-player game with someone else, and had a tv output slot at the top left of the unit that connected to the tv via rca connector. the connection to the unit was proprietary and resembled the genesis connector, only slightly smaller. i can't believe it's been ten years since it came out. ahh memories.Panzer_Zwei

I never used my Nomad with batteries, I just use the Power Adapter.

not true. i still have the nomad (though i don't use it) and the connector is indeed different (at least the ones here in the states.) not only was it slightly smaller, but the pins did not match up. it could be that i had the original genesis though.

The Super Nintendo. It has one of, if not the largest and most diverse libraries of any console. It took gaming into a glorious direction, many series realizing their full potential and soaring to heights not thought possible before. So many classics, superb graphics, beautiful music, and great capabilities. Plus it had downloadable games long before Xbox Live Arcade. It's called Satellaview, history buffs.Video_Game_King

Actually, Satellaview wasn't even a hit. Maybe in Japan. But not in US.

Not even the most hardcore SNES players knew (or even cared) what Satellaview was. Sega Channel was release before that, and not even Sega Fans even paid attention to it. And before Sega Channel, Sega actually introduced an actual PhoneMODEM peripheral for the Genesis way back in 1989/1990, that never got into use.

Most SNES/Genesis players back in the 1990s (like myself and my friends)only really cared about are the GAMES. Nothing more nothing less. Console Online gaming was still in its embryonic stage and nor was it even heard of as a reality.

[QUOTE="Panzer_Zwei"]

[QUOTE="latinrage69"]my favorite system is the sega genesis. when they came out with the sega nomad, i was in heaven. for those that are too young to remember or don't know what a sega nomad is, it's a portable sega genesis. it was a giant black brick (bigger than the ds and psp) had a 3" color screen and allowed the user to play his sega genesis games on the go. the nomad had a cartridge slot at the top to accommodate the genesis games and had a large battery pack in the bac of the handheld that devoured 6 AA batteries in 4 hours. it also had a control slot at the bottom of the unit so that you can play a two-player game with someone else, and had a tv output slot at the top left of the unit that connected to the tv via rca connector. the connection to the unit was proprietary and resembled the genesis connector, only slightly smaller. i can't believe it's been ten years since it came out. ahh memories.latinrage69

I never used my Nomad with batteries, I just use the Power Adapter.

not true. i still have the nomad (though i don't use it) and the connector is indeed different (at least the ones here in the states.) not only was it slightly smaller, but the pins did not match up. it could be that i had the original genesis though.

Unless you have a Mega Drive 3 model, or special third party brand, all video cables work on the Nomad, as well as AC adapter.

I never bought a single cable for the Nomad, my Mega Drive cables serve just fine.

Saturn.

[QUOTE="Video_Game_King"]The Super Nintendo. It has one of, if not the largest and most diverse libraries of any console. It took gaming into a glorious direction, many series realizing their full potential and soaring to heights not thought possible before. So many classics, superb graphics, beautiful music, and great capabilities. Plus it had downloadable games long before Xbox Live Arcade. It's called Satellaview, history buffs.VERTIGO47

Actually, Satellaview wasn't even a hit. Maybe in Japan. But not in US.

Not even the most hardcore SNES players knew (or even cared) what Satellaview was. Sega Channel was release before that, and not even Sega Fans even paid attention to it. And before Sega Channel, Sega actually introduced an actual PhoneMODEM peripheral for the Genesis way back in 1989/1990, that never got into use.

Most SNES/Genesis players back in the 1990s (like myself and my friends)only really cared about are the GAMES. Nothing more nothing less. Console Online gaming was still in its embryonic stage and nor was it even heard of as a reality.

Of course it wasn't, it was never released in America. That's like saying the original Fire Emblem wasn't successful in America. That's true, but it didn't have a chance because it was never commercially released in America. And console gaming had come into full fruition. The idea was hinted at with a few games on the Atari 2600, and the idea was expanded on the NES. The SNES truly gave us consoles as we know them today. If you say Playstation, I'll compromise and say 3D gaming.

[QUOTE="latinrage69"][QUOTE="Panzer_Zwei"]

[QUOTE="latinrage69"]my favorite system is the sega genesis. when they came out with the sega nomad, i was in heaven. for those that are too young to remember or don't know what a sega nomad is, it's a portable sega genesis. it was a giant black brick (bigger than the ds and psp) had a 3" color screen and allowed the user to play his sega genesis games on the go. the nomad had a cartridge slot at the top to accommodate the genesis games and had a large battery pack in the bac of the handheld that devoured 6 AA batteries in 4 hours. it also had a control slot at the bottom of the unit so that you can play a two-player game with someone else, and had a tv output slot at the top left of the unit that connected to the tv via rca connector. the connection to the unit was proprietary and resembled the genesis connector, only slightly smaller. i can't believe it's been ten years since it came out. ahh memories.Panzer_Zwei

I never used my Nomad with batteries, I just use the Power Adapter.

not true. i still have the nomad (though i don't use it) and the connector is indeed different (at least the ones here in the states.) not only was it slightly smaller, but the pins did not match up. it could be that i had the original genesis though.

Unless you have a Mega Drive 3 model, or special third party brand, all video cables work on the Nomad, as well as AC adapter.

I never bought a single cable for the Nomad, my Mega Drive cables serve just fine.

well i tried the video cable on the nomad (years ago. i no longer own the genesis but i can tell you it was the gen 1 version. it had the headphone jack on front with the volume switch and came with sonic the hedgehog.) and it did not fit. the connector had a different size and had a different pin configuration. i did have a lot of fun playing maximum carnage on the go.

1. SNES

2. N64

3. Tie between PS2 and 360

stuck between PS2 and PS3

there will always be a special place in my heart for the nes, i loved the dreamcast, and right now im lovin the 360

if i had to pick one, it would be sega genesis

The sega genesis. Best system veer- shining force, flashback, aladdin, sonic the hedgehog...

Genesis does what nintenDON'T

LOL I remember when my freind first got it for christmas. His parent always wrapped his presents a few weeks ahead and put them under the tree (they look pretty). One night, I spent the night, and we opened it up and played altered beast and golden axe all night long. Then we wrapped it back up!