IBM PC's

Apple 2 Family

ZX spectrum models

Atari Family Commodore 64 Family

My personal Opinion

My favourites aren't on the list...

Atari ST, BBC Micro & Acorn Electron, Commodore Amiga, Fujitsu FM-7 & FM Towns, MSX, NEC PC-88 & PC-98, Sharp X1 & X68000

From the ones on the list though, my favourite is the Commodore 64.

My favourites aren't on the list...

Atari ST, BBC Micro & Acorn Electron, Commodore Amiga, Fujitsu FM-7 & FM Towns, MSX, NEC PC-88 & PC-98, Sharp X1 & X68000

From the ones on the list though, my favourite is the Commodore 64.

Jag85

[QUOTE="Jag85"]

My favourites aren't on the list...

Atari ST, BBC Micro & Acorn Electron, Commodore Amiga, Fujitsu FM-7 & FM Towns, MSX, NEC PC-88 & PC-98, Sharp X1 & X68000

From the ones on the list though, my favourite is the Commodore 64.

NationProtector

16-bit era is not "classic"?

8bit? Commodore 64 easily. Followed by IBM PCs.

Lol at Ataris...hiding in the closet to nit disturb loading...good times :D

c64 easily imho. man so many great game that i still have like( rad warior,maniac mansion,zak mc kraken,d&dragons hillsfar, wastelnd).

Commodore 64 was the most popular .

Regardless of region or language?

I'll have to go with Commadore 64 in the early 1980's This was a huge player in the North American market. 1982-1987 Commadore 64 had a decent run as a videogame computer. An 8-bit console rather than a "real" computer. Microsoft had yet to take over with Windows 3.5. Commadore was once dominant even over IMB for a brief time. 

So Commadore made good on the concept that the NES originally tried to market with Atari in 1983. Originally NES was meant to be a commadore like full fledged computer with keyboard and floppy disk drive. Computer mouses still had not be invented during the Commadore 64 reign.

The Commadore 64 is still available today. A "retro" looking Commadore 64 is still being sold in the U.S.A. Complete with the "retro" C64 Shell. But with mordorn USB ports and somewhat beefed up. Plus for a short time. a few Commadore 64 games were made available on the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console. Only 9 games were ever on the Nintendo Wii VC. 

Still the 8-bit Commadore 64 is the king of primitive gaming computers. Still possible to buy a modern "retro" version. today. Even the NES smoked the Commadore 64. When games from both systems are compared. Miner 2049 er was a horrid C64 release. As was the C64 port of Ghost N goblins. Commadore even had a port of Commando. It even recieved a port of Bubble bobble and sky Shark. Both are way better on NES. 

For a brief time C64 was king of gaming via computer. Not exactly advanced PC gaming as it is in 2013.

Commodore Amiga, imo.

And Sharp X68000, if we count Japan.

But if you mean 8-bit only, then I guess the C-64.

But I personally find the CPC cute.

I only had the ZX and it was pretty cool for the time. (except for the extreme loading times and strange keyboard layout)

Atari 8 bit.famicommander

Atari 800 was pretty dang impressive for a late 70s computer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfouuznWOUA

Let's not forget the IBM PC was not even out yet and most computers were expensive machines with no color graphics.

[QUOTE="NationProtector"][QUOTE="Jag85"]

My favourites aren't on the list...

Atari ST, BBC Micro & Acorn Electron, Commodore Amiga, Fujitsu FM-7 & FM Towns, MSX, NEC PC-88 & PC-98, Sharp X1 & X68000

From the ones on the list though, my favourite is the Commodore 64.

Jag85

16-bit era is not "classic"?

[QUOTE="Jag85"]

[QUOTE="NationProtector"] It says classics, most of your list is around 4th gen console era. Other than MSX., which is g's poll limitations fault.NationProtector

16-bit era is not "classic"?

I highly doubt less than 25 years ago is "classic" in terms of electronics. 5 years from now sure.

All the computers I mentioned were first released over 25 years ago (besides the FM Towns, which is technically 24 years old)...

BBC Micro (1981)

NEC PC-88 (1981)

NEC PC-98 (1982)

Fujitsu FM-7 (1982)

Sharp X1 (1982)

Acorn Electron (1983)

MSX (1983)

Atari ST (1985)

Commodore Amiga (1985)

Sharp X68000 (1987)

Fujitsu FM Towns (1989)

[QUOTE="NationProtector"][QUOTE="Jag85"]

16-bit era is not "classic"?

Jag85

I highly doubt less than 25 years ago is "classic" in terms of electronics. 5 years from now sure.

All the computers I mentioned were first released over 25 years ago (besides the FM Towns, which is technically 24 years old)...

BBC Micro (1981)

NEC PC-88 (1981)

NEC PC-98 (1982)

Fujitsu FM-7 (1982)

Sharp X1 (1982)

Acorn Electron (1983)

MSX (1983)

Atari ST (1985)

Commodore Amiga (1985)

Sharp X68000 (1987)

Fujitsu FM Towns (1989)

[QUOTE="Jag85"]

[QUOTE="NationProtector"] Do you know what classic means?

I highly doubt less than 25 years ago is "classic" in terms of electronics. 5 years from now sure.NationProtector

All the computers I mentioned were first released over 25 years ago (besides the FM Towns, which is technically 24 years old)...

BBC Micro (1981)

NEC PC-88 (1981)

NEC PC-98 (1982)

Fujitsu FM-7 (1982)

Sharp X1 (1982)

Acorn Electron (1983)

MSX (1983)

Atari ST (1985)

Commodore Amiga (1985)

Sharp X68000 (1987)

Fujitsu FM Towns (1989)

Firstly, your definition of "classic" makes no sense to begin with. In gaming terms, 20 years is a very long time, almost half the lifespan of the video game industry's history.

Secondly, even according to your definition, nearly all the computers I mentioned are still "classic", contradicting your previous claim that "most of your list is around 4th gen console era."

And finally, nowhere was I blaming you for not being able to include those computers due to the poll limit. That would just be unrealistic expectations.

[QUOTE="Jag85"]

[QUOTE="NationProtector"] It says classics, most of your list is around 4th gen console era. Other than MSX., which is g's poll limitations fault.NationProtector

16-bit era is not "classic"?

The word "classic" doesn't carry any specific quantity of years, even if you chose to infer one. If you want to limit the selection to a specific set of years then go right ahead, but don't act like other people are willfully ignorant because they didn't make the same assumptions as you regarding what "classic" means.

-Byshop

[QUOTE="NationProtector"][QUOTE="Jag85"]

16-bit era is not "classic"?

Byshop

The word "classic" doesn't carry any specific quantity of years, even if you chose to infer one. If you want to limit the selection to a specific set of years then go right ahead, but don't act like other people are willfully ignorant because they didn't make the same assumptions as you regarding what "classic" means.

-Byshop

There actually is, but you seemed like the other one, to missed the whole 5 options point, because selective reading.NationProtector

I'd go c64 from the list. I had a PCjr back in the day and while it had 16 color graphics and multichannel sound the game support was abysmal. Only a handful of Sierra titles actually supported the jr's proprietary graphics and sound.

-Byshop

[QUOTE="NationProtector"] There actually is, but you seemed like the other one, to missed the whole 5 options point, because selective reading.Byshop

I'd go c64 from the list. I had a PCjr back in the day and while it had 16 color graphics and multichannel sound the game support was abysmal. Only a handful of Sierra titles actually supported the jr's proprietary graphics and sound.

-Byshop

So as I was saying, only 5 choices in the poll. C64 seems to be the popular choice. It seems most older computer game players on this site are from Europe by a large margin.NationProtector

Well, that much is true. Many of us European gamers began gaming on home computers. The C64 was pretty much my introduction to video games.

[QUOTE="NationProtector"]So as I was saying, only 5 choices in the poll. C64 seems to be the popular choice. It seems most older computer game players on this site are from Europe by a large margin.Jag85

Well, that much is true. Many of us European gamers began gaming on home computers. The C64 was pretty much my introduction to video games.

[QUOTE="Jag85"]

[QUOTE="NationProtector"]So as I was saying, only 5 choices in the poll. C64 seems to be the popular choice. It seems most older computer game players on this site are from Europe by a large margin.AlexKidd5000

Well, that much is true. Many of us European gamers began gaming on home computers. The C64 was pretty much my introduction to video games.

While they might have been more popular in Europe, they certainly were around in the US. I grew up around New York and I knew about all of these. We even had Apple IIes at many of the schools I went to.

-Byshop

[QUOTE="AlexKidd5000"][QUOTE="Jag85"]

Well, that much is true. Many of us European gamers began gaming on home computers. The C64 was pretty much my introduction to video games.

Byshop

While they might have been more popular in Europe, they certainly were around in the US. I grew up around New York and I knew about all of these. We even had Apple IIes at many of the schools I went to.

-Byshop

IIRC, the Apple II was quite popular in the US, along with the IBM PC. On the other hand, it seems the C64, Amiga, and Atari ST, were not as well known in the US as they were in Europe.

[QUOTE="Byshop"]

[QUOTE="AlexKidd5000"] Sadly, being an american, my introduction to video games was nintendo. And in fact, I had not even heard of any of the home computers like the C64, Amiga, and Atari ST, and whatnot untill youtube came around.Jag85

While they might have been more popular in Europe, they certainly were around in the US. I grew up around New York and I knew about all of these. We even had Apple IIes at many of the schools I went to.

-Byshop

IIRC, the Apple II was quite popular in the US, along with the IBM PC. On the other hand, it seems the C64, Amiga, and Atari ST, were not as well known in the US as they were in Europe.

That might have been regional. I never knew anyone who owned an Amiga, personally, but I knew a -lot- of people who opted for the cheaper C64 over the IBM PC/jr/AT/XT/etc. My mom worked for IBM, so that decision was obvious for us. :P

The only place I ever saw an Amiga would be at the boutique computer shops (that used to exist) where they'd have something like Shadow of the Beast running in demo and I'd be so "wowed" that I wouldn't want to leave the store. I was probably just barely in my teens when the first SotB came out.

-Byshop