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slinkyturd

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Greatest Console, all time
« on: August 13, 2014, 05:21:17 PM »
Make your argument!

Mine: Playstation 2

*With an exceptional library that covers just about everything, it's not hard to find several games worth playing regardless of what dictates to you what is worth playing. I'd argue no system has a library better in wide range and quality than Playstation 2. You have compilations from older systems from Atari to Sega Genesis with titles like the Activision Anthology, Taito classics, Sega Genesis Collection, Mega Man Collections and more. Survival horror? Yeah we got several Silent Hill releases, Resident Evil releases and lesser known titles like the X-files game, Clock Tower 3, Cold Fear and others. Light gun games? How 'bout access to 4 Time Crisis games, Resident Evil Dead Aim, End Game, and Dino Crisis. RPGs? Like 10 Final Fantasy releases, Castlevania, and many more. Several fighter games like the DBZ boudokai and Mortal Kombat series. Open world/sandbox games like 3 GTA games, Gun and many more. Stealth games from Tom Clancey to Hitman. God of War I and II, sports games, the list is nearly endless. This system literally had several games in each genre that were all worth owning then and now. This system has a plurality of games that are worth buying the system for and not the other way around.
*It had backwards compatibility like all systems really should. It even carried over to hardware. Sony kept the same controller design from PS1 because it made sense. There really isn't anything wrong with that controller at all. How many times have we been annoyed with a controller change with the next generation of consoles? That didn't happen here.
*It was fantastically received by consumers (150M+ consoles sold), which means the secondary market is affordable now.
*It had beautiful graphics that are still as vibrant and in some cases (see: God of War series or Shadow of the Colossus specifically) still awe inspiring.
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Re: Greatest Console, all time
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2014, 05:35:51 PM »
Are you seriously asking that question on the PCEFX forum? I'm pretty sure we all can agree it's the Philips CDi.
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Re: Greatest Console, all time
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2014, 06:08:15 PM »
Aside from PCE

Wii, sure it's underpowered compared to the others at the time, but it had fresh games and it can run GAMECUBE games which if the Wii didn't exist would be my choice.


Gamecube was a beast ran fun lil dics and had so many great titles.

Nod to the Dreamcast as well...



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Re: Greatest Console, all time
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2014, 06:39:52 PM »
Outside of PCE, it's definitely PS1, with Dreamcast right the f*ck behind it.

Basically, if Dreamcast hadn't faceplanted, it would've surpassed PS1, PS2, and all that shit.
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Re: Greatest Console, all time
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2014, 08:10:10 PM »
Asking on a pce forum is asking to get mauled  :roll: :wink: Still outside of it the neo-geo,sega saturn and dreamcast when i do think of underrated.

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Re: Greatest Console, all time
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2014, 08:14:12 PM »
Dreamcast all the way

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Re: Greatest Console, all time
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2014, 08:46:52 PM »
PC Engine > NES > then Dreamcast or something I don't own
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Re: Greatest Console, all time
« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2014, 10:19:50 PM »
That's kind of a tough one, used to be Genesisisisis, then Creamcast, I love the Turbo....hmmm, I'm just gonna picture those three consoles making out for a while... My answer would be the Drammkast... if it had a working PCE Emoolaterrr. Yep.

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Re: Greatest Console, all time
« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2014, 01:38:47 AM »
I'll do a dream combo.

N64+Neo Geo

There, I said it. I like the N64. ;)

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Re: Greatest Console, all time
« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2014, 02:07:49 AM »
PC Engine is the greatest console of all time.

it is so great, it doesn't even need to be explained.
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Re: Greatest Console, all time
« Reply #10 on: August 14, 2014, 02:19:15 AM »
I actually agree with the OP that the PS2 will be the most prolific console of all time. That doesn't mean it has to be your favorite.

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Re: Greatest Console, all time
« Reply #11 on: August 14, 2014, 02:22:41 AM »
PC Engine is the greatest console of all time.

it is so great, it doesn't even need to be explained.

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Re: Greatest Console, all time
« Reply #12 on: August 14, 2014, 03:04:44 AM »
(Obligatory "Turbo/PC Engine is my all-time favorite")

But I agree with the OP. PS2 was just f*cking incredible with the depth and quality of its library. I do love the Dreamcast, though, and the Nintendo DS pretty much has the greatest handheld library ever.
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Re: Greatest Console, all time
« Reply #13 on: August 14, 2014, 03:07:59 AM »
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Re: Greatest Console, all time
« Reply #14 on: August 14, 2014, 03:13:16 AM »
Aside from PCE

Wii, sure it's underpowered compared to the others at the time, but it had fresh games and it can run GAMECUBE games which if the Wii didn't exist would be my choice.


Gamecube was a beast ran fun lil dics and had so many great titles.

Nod to the Dreamcast as well...

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Also I f ok nd it funny that during the xbox ps2 and gc era the gc pushed better graphics and over all looks then the ps2. The main downside is it didnt embrace dvd which is what made many including myself go with a ps2 as a cheap dvd player.