Whats Your Favorite Old School Console?

[Giga Kaiju]

N64 for the 90`s (First that i actually owned) followed by Playstation.
And NES (although it was in the house of my grandfathers and it was how i got introduced to Videogames in general.
SNES, a friend had but i just played it once.

[Mugendude26]

The Sega Saturn and PlayStation. The games on those two consoles are very memorable to me since I grew up with them.

[CatfaceFourtoes]

NES has that magic. 2d, bare bones graphics with an emphasis on gameplay and difficulty. Heck, some of the sprites in some of the games actually hold their own against their sixteen bit versions on the Sega Genesis and Super NES, like in the game Batman Return of The Joker.
And then you have the catchy music and sound effects where developers had to get creative, like digitized voices or the sound of ricocheting bullets in (Tinny metallic drive-through order voice )"The Adventures of Bayou Billy".
I remember liking the sound effect used when going down a warp zone in the NES Super Mario Bros. over the shrill, kazoo- like noise you hear when doing it in Super Mario World on the SNES.

The Genesis and SNES were also quite good at turning out Games with interesting sound and music, the SNES in particular with its Sony sound chip.

[Hellblaze]

NES it was my first system when I was 4 years old.

[Hellspawn28]

Game stores like Gamestop and EB Games no longer accept GBA games or Gamecube games because they are "officially" labeled as classic systems.

I don't think just because Gamestop said that makes them classic systems. Most gamers I know don't view Gamecube, Xbox, and the PS2 are retro systems.

[NSZ]

Game stores like Gamestop and EB Games no longer accept GBA games or Gamecube games because they are "officially" labeled as classic systems.

I don't think just because Gamestop said that makes them classic systems. Most gamers I know don't view Gamecube, Xbox, and the PS2 are retro systems.

Classic and Retro are two completely different words with different meanings. They're not interchangeable.

Those three outdated consoles for instance are not 'retro', as that would imply there's a demand for them once again. There isn't.

Those three outdated consoles however do fall withing the second definition of the word 'classic': "serving as a standard, model, or guide". And if I recall, they did set standards for console gaming.

That said, Sega Dreamcast.

[zilla103192]

Add PS2 games now too... Gamestop is strictly PS3/360/Wii, DS and 3DS now.

[marshal99]

The classic Playstation 1 , so many great classic games - the platformers like Crash , the outstanding collection of JRPGs - chrono trigger , lunar 1 & 2 , FF7 , breath of fire 3 , etc . the strategic RPG like Brigadine , FF tactics , Ogre tactics etc , the fairly unique like the techmo deception series (i loved my iron ball) , the FMV games ported from PC - Wing commander III & IV , Psychic detective , Foxhunt , x-files etc (big screen tv as it should be for FMV games !). Still go back to play on that system from time to time.

[Mothra Freak]

I always thought anything from the 90's can be viewed as nostalgic and retro? I never had a NES and SNES growing up but I did play them at other people's houses.

Hellspawn, you really can't quantify human emotions like nostalgia. It's different for everyone, and since you're in your 20s, what's nostalgic for you and what's nostalgic for me, and, hell, what's nostalgic for one of the younger members, are all completely independent of each other. I have nostalgia for Pokémon Ruby, because that's what I started out with.

Now that I've gotten that out of the way, I'd have to say the NES, though I've not played very much on it.

[natevirus]

Though I think the most "retro" system I had was a Gameboy Pocket and a Gameboy Color. They still work, which seem to surprise a lot of people (probably because they either lost theirs or broke them).
I would include SNES and Sega Genesis with the Gameboy Pocket (though I never own any of the former two).
I'd add in Gamecube (since I own one, too) but that's 2000's, so it wouldn't count. I wonder...how about old-school PC games or really PCs?

[Godzilla1989]

SNES and NES.

[Living Corpse]

Gamecube and N64.

[JAGzilla]

Sega: Genesis was the shit. Anyone who dares to imply otherwise is in denial.

Yeah, but seriously I'll go with PS1. Genesis was fun for the time, but didn't hold up at all the last time I tried it, in '05-ish. PS1 probably still would, though I replaced Sony consoles with an XBOX in '03. Not a choice I regret at all, but I miss some of those old Playstation games. Spyro and Cool Boarders 2, especially. I still have the disks; I'd love to play them again someday.

[Destroyer]

PS1. Why? First ever console I had. My and my dad used to play with it all the time...Marvel Super Heroes, X-Men Mutant Academy, Atari Collection...good stuff. I also remember the old Spider-Man game, now that was fun.

[GojiFan]

Gamecube and N64.

Dear God I feel old for you saying the Gamecube.

Definitely SNES though. I had many good memories with that system.

[Hellspawn28]

Gamecube and N64.

Dear God I feel old for you saying the Gamecube.

Me too since I have been playing video games since 1995 as I can remember. I think most gamers don't view Gamecube, PS2 and Xbox as retro consoles yet since the 00's are still recent. PS2 is still being produced while the PS1/PSX, N64 and Dreamcast ended their systems years ago.

[JAGzilla]

^ Agreed. In another decade or so, once they've been completely eclipsed technologically, I'll consider a Gamecube, PS2, or XBOX 'old school'. They're just too recent and advanced for now.

[tymon]

SEGA Genesis, fo'sho. Sonic 3 & Knuckles alone makes it my favorite.

[Dynomy84]

I got to say that the N64 and PS1 are the retro consoles I loved. I still love them to this day too!

[natevirus]

Sega: Genesis was the shit. Anyone who dares to imply otherwise is in denial.

SEGA Genesis, fo'sho. Sonic 3 & Knuckles alone makes it my favorite.

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLZ YEAH, BOOOOOOOOOOOOOI!
I always loved Sonic 2, but my appreciation for S3/&K has grown. Still need to get all the Emeralds and need to beat the game combo (beaten Sonic 3, and got to the Death Egg Zone in S&K)...I can only get one damn emerald...actually I think I got two. The only thing I hate was Sandopolis...(I'd say the special stages, too, but they are just challenging and actually I am somewhat okay with that...so that's just irritation at my own suckage)
God, now I want to put in my Sonic and Knuckles collection, but it is sooo late and I gotz class.
Back on topic! X-D