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Best Retro Console?
pbj:
I liked the idea of Neo Geo better than the reality of owning one when I had the MVS board.
I still want an AES, though.
:lol
gamepimp:
--- Quote from: pbj on March 24, 2021, 03:23:39 pm ---There's good games on every system except the Atari Jaguar.
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This is very true. I can find games on almost every console that I enjoy playing. Sadly I don't own a Jaguar, so can't really speak to that one in particular. I'm sure there are a few on there that are decent.
--- Quote from: pbj on March 24, 2021, 03:23:39 pm ---SNES is probably going to give you the experience most similar to what you'd find in modern gaming. It is very, very hard to go back to the rough graphics and interface clunk of N64 and PS1. Any older than SNES/Genesis and you're dealing mostly with games that don't save progress and made up for short playtimes by being too difficult to enjoy.
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I think a lot of what defines a console as being the "best" to someone depends on nostalgia. I consider the NES to be the one of the top systems because a) it had groundbreaking graphics compared to other consoles I had played before it like Atari 2600 and Intellivision, b) there were so many amazing franchises like Zelda, Metroid, and Super Mario Bros. that had distinctly original gameplay and are still being milked to this day, and c) it's the first one that I owned as a kid. As PBJ mentioned many of the games were unbearably tough and I gave up on them rather easily at that time. I have an Everdrive now with save states which makes those hard games so much easier to contend with and thus much more enjoyable to play. I'm not sure why developers back then were such masochists. LOL!
dmckean:
--- Quote from: gamepimp on March 25, 2021, 02:17:16 pm ---
--- Quote from: pbj on March 24, 2021, 03:23:39 pm ---There's good games on every system except the Atari Jaguar.
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This is very true. I can find games on almost every console that I enjoy playing. Sadly I don't own a Jaguar, so can't really speak to that one in particular. I'm sure there are a few on there that are decent.
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The Jaguar library is pretty sad. Same thing with the CDi.
Everything other console I can think of has at least 10 good games.
Titchgamer:
Its a bit subjective really.
If I go for nostalgia and Love I would say Mega Drive.
For pure quality I would say PS2.
My Neo Geo stuff is the pride and joy of my collection but I could never afford one back in the day so dont have the nostalgia for it that I do the others.
I opted for a CMVS but I also have a MVS board in my mini neo geo cab and a NGCD.
I would love a AES to add to my collection though!
But yeah they AES sticks aint great but the Bean sticks are pretty decent and the NGCD controllers are friggin amazing.
opt2not:
I chose SNES.
It's my desert island console. In every genre it has something to offer me in multiple great titles. Top RPG's, both japanese style and non. Shmups a plenty. Fighting game ports , and exclusives. Great platformers, great beat-em-ups...there are just so many games in every category that rank high on the quality bar.
Couple other great things about the SNES: natively outputs RGB, S-video and Composite without modifications. Controller is probably the most comfortable and best d-pad of all-time. Great peripherals, The Super Gameboy, SNES Mouse, Multi-tap...
If I were stranded with one console to choose, it is definitely the SNES. :cheers:
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