what's your favourite console...ever!

it can be handheld if that is your favourite, new consoles also count

so which console is your favourite and why??

this has probably been asked a million times before but why not....

mine is the PS1 because

1)Final Fantasy 7/8/9 are the best

2)Metal Gear solid 1 was the best in the series.

3)Rayman ,Spyro, Crash, Grandia (yes it was on saturn as well but still)

NES

Classics FTW.

PC. :)

Now if only system requirements wouldn't keep skyrocketing... :(

I might answer it this way:

Favorite 8-bit: NES (I didn't own a Sega Master System) - the console that I had first. The console, that after a little maintenance, still works 20 years later. The console that really started some key gaming franchises. Where would Mario, Metroid or Zelda be, had they not been playable at home on the NES?

16-bit: Between Sega Genesis and SNES, I choose SNES - the system introduced me to 3D gaming, with a title known as Star Fox. The same system also brought home some of my favorite arcade game ports like Street Fighter II, TMNT Turtles In Time, and Sunset Riders.

32-bit: Between PlayStation and N64 (technically '64' bit, but I group it in the same generation) - I choose PlayStation - PS had my number 3 favorite game of all time - Twisted Metal 2. It was also the first console that competed not only with the 3d graphics of the competition, but improved upon the amount of data available to developers, and had CD audio.
- (I didn't own a Sega Saturn)

"Next-Gen": between Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Nintendo Gamecube and Microsoft's Xbox: This is a lot tougher decision for me, but I guess I spent the most time playing the Xbox out of those 4 (I still own all 4 systems). The Xbox brought me online gaming, a controller that helped show pc gamers that consoles could have their own First-Person Shooter franchises (yes, I know about Goldeneye on the N64). The Xbox also utilized System Link, for users that didn't have broadband internet, but stilll wanted to be able to play with friends, while not having to share the same TV screen.

"Next-Gen 2": I don't want to get into a PlayStation 3 vs Wii vs Xbox 360 choice because this is the Legacy Platform Forum. I currently own 2 of those 3, and I see pro's and cons for each of the systems.

Overall favorite: Tough call, but I guess I choose NES. NES was what started console gaming for me. We had a couple different computers and a few games that were really fun to play on them, but if I hadn't had an NES, I don't know if I would be a PC AND Console video gamer. My NES is almost 21 years old, works as well as it did when I got it, I feel that the games have aged a lot better than a lot of the 3D-based games over the years and I just like going back to the basics sometimes.

Sega Saturn, closely followed by the Dreamcast.

At its time the Saturn had near perfect arcade ports such as Virtua Fighter 2, Virtua Cop and a bunchload of 2D fighting games, which looked better than their PS1 equivalents due to the 4 MB RAM cartridge. And Guardian Heroes is easily the best 2D side-scrolling beat 'em up ever made!

The Dreamcast had amazing titles such as Shenmue, Soul Calibur, Rival Schools: Project Justice, Skies of Arcadia, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, Power Stone, Sonic Adventure etc.

NES hands down

mainly because guardian legend, plus all the classic fun games that it has. i also found Bubble Bobble to be fun on the NES

5 way tie ps1 n64 snes wii ps2

1 these have big librarys for collectors like my self,

2 all the good games come to them or did,

3 they hold up today and did somthing specail back when they were out

key games for each system

ps1 -need for speed series all but 1 and porshe were exclusive spyro crash and syphon filter etc

snes - mario top gear zelda stunt race etc

n64 mario 64 goldeneye perfect dark duke nukem 64 and 4 controller ports to boot

ps2- timesplitters 1 the getaway gran turismo mgs and more,

wii- it continues the tradition where snes /n64 left off, games mariokart wii wii sports ssbb house of the dead the wii mote and everything that goes with it

also it has alot of classic titles for download if i cant find them in pawns also if i didnt want to have 10-20 systems hooked to the tv i can consolidate via the vc and gc bx, wii plays nes snes n64 tg16-a console i never owned and cant find , sms another one i dont own cant find neo geo same here and genesis,

thats one heck of a machine if you ask me more then even the 5 4 3 or 2nd choice has offered

by generation

3rd NES

4th SNES

5th N64

6th PS2

7th Wii

By bit size

8 bit NES

16 bit SNES

32 bit PS2 the size of processor

64 bit N64

by format

cartridge N64

CD ps1

DVD 360

card DS

In the following order:

1. PS1 - Crash, Tekken, Tobal, Lunar

2. Dreamcast - Sonic, Shenmue, Skies of Arcadia

3. Genesis - Sonic, Altered Beast, Vectorman...lists goes on and on and on

4. PS2 - non even going to get started here....FIRE PRO WRESTLING FTW!

They are actually all my favorite systems, but each one has it's on history with me.

SNES hands down. If I have to explain it, you didn't experience it, and since you didn't experience it, you'll never understand.

Let me simply put it this way; While technology has improved over the years, no generation has matched the "enjoy factor" that the SNES provided for its time. Only the PS2 has come close, so far.

Wii! it gets people to actually get off the couch, And you can buy the old games, Like ornica of time!

Well, the NES and the SNES are the best. Even though I like them both, I must say that I've had very good times with my Sega consoles (except for the Master System). I've never really been into any other consoles except for the TurboGrafx 16 / PC-Engine. Sony consoles I've only had briefly and so I've never really cared much for them apart from individual games for them. Microsoft consoles I've had none at all. The N64 and GC I didn't like.

So I remain undecided. I think that the SNES was the best ever console, but I don't know if it's my #1 favourite.

I have two favorite consoles.

1. XBOX because it had many pc hits I couldn't run and had Halo

2. Nintendo 64 for the amazing wrestling games and golden eye

For me the NES and the PS2 because it can play PS1 games to.bigd575

Of yesteryear Dreamcast because I like Namoi Arcade based hardware. Today's "console" PS3 hands down, because, take one for a test run and you'll know why. JReefer1