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Each gaming console had it's perks. NES has unbeatable games for those who were brought up on any technology after it. Sega and SNES just rocked. Gamecube had great Mario and Starwars games. And although i never got into PS or XBOX, their games seem to be all about detail, or in other words, show-off of graphic detail rather than an enjoyable experience. The latter two just seem to produce similar games with different skins and other basic commodities and for what? A measly 30 minutes of gameplay (yes, i saw a friend beat the horrible-from-it's-beginning Fight Club (XBOX) in 30 minutes.. And no, folks, he wasn't trying, he was reading the plot half the time).
I asked him to play a few of the almost 200 NES games i had at the time. I bet him he couldn't beat even one.
Shortly thereafter he was screaming at the TV set, throwing in cartridges one after the other after dying over and over in such a short time.
His ultimate defense was that the "levels" are repititious, so beating one level is practically the same as beating them all. I guess that excuse can slide for most NES games, though he did yell at the screen like he always does when he gets deeply focused in a game.
Who can forget Sonic Spinball (Sega) and the rest of the Sonic tales(pun)!
Then, of course, aside from the consoles i chose not to mention, there is the PC. The almighty Personal Computer which may not be so mighty.. No matter, it's potential is stellar.
Nowadays you can install some emulators and play every single not-for-PC console game ever made, or play any half-ass game a first-year graduate in programming made to hone his ability by reinventing pong.
Then of course there are the hacks and cracks. They are not as fearful when you say "mods". No, but with that potential, which is just the imagination of these programmers manifest, there is an almost endless possibility factor to actually making one's imagination manifest. Gotta love the hackers, my friends, not the laws which try to restrict the mind!
So the poll is to figure out which console had the best games. If i said vote for the console with the best potential and which console had the games that stuck in your mind the most, i'd personally be voting for three systems.
Best potential.. obvious.
Best games.. Close call but i'm going to say SNES over Sega (Secret of Mana and Super Metroid come to mind before others).
Best memories.. I grew up on NES.
I asked him to play a few of the almost 200 NES games i had at the time. I bet him he couldn't beat even one.
Shortly thereafter he was screaming at the TV set, throwing in cartridges one after the other after dying over and over in such a short time.
His ultimate defense was that the "levels" are repititious, so beating one level is practically the same as beating them all. I guess that excuse can slide for most NES games, though he did yell at the screen like he always does when he gets deeply focused in a game.
Who can forget Sonic Spinball (Sega) and the rest of the Sonic tales(pun)!
Then, of course, aside from the consoles i chose not to mention, there is the PC. The almighty Personal Computer which may not be so mighty.. No matter, it's potential is stellar.
Nowadays you can install some emulators and play every single not-for-PC console game ever made, or play any half-ass game a first-year graduate in programming made to hone his ability by reinventing pong.
Then of course there are the hacks and cracks. They are not as fearful when you say "mods". No, but with that potential, which is just the imagination of these programmers manifest, there is an almost endless possibility factor to actually making one's imagination manifest. Gotta love the hackers, my friends, not the laws which try to restrict the mind!
So the poll is to figure out which console had the best games. If i said vote for the console with the best potential and which console had the games that stuck in your mind the most, i'd personally be voting for three systems.
Best potential.. obvious.
Best games.. Close call but i'm going to say SNES over Sega (Secret of Mana and Super Metroid come to mind before others).
Best memories.. I grew up on NES.
games like: Final Fantasy VII,FFVIII, Metal Gear Solid, Tekken 3, Gran Turismo 1&2 and many others. Now im playing on PS2 which is gr8 too games like FFX,FFXII, GT5, Tekken 5, Socom 1,2,3,CA, Soul Caliburs there is mass great games for all consoles but i think the best is PSX and PS2;. brad.dude03 noticed that there is N64 missed and what about Commodore,Amiga there was many platforms...
