Favorite 5th gen system

[guyjin]

as a follow-up to 'favorite pre-crash system', What was your favorite system of the 5th generation?

[TR0N]

Saturn while it's, domestic suport sucked it's selection in imports was perfect to me.

[Joe Redifer]

Agreed.... Saturn.  I don't know if the 32X can really be called a "system", though.

[Michael Helgeson]

Saturn first,3DO second.

[SignOfZeta]

Agreed.... Saturn.  I don't know if the 32X can really be called a "system", though.

A lot of people do, but to me its clearly an add-on to the MD. Even if I did consider it a discrete system, I don't think it belongs in the same catagory as the N64. I mean, yeah, they both suck rocks, but the N64 was so much more powerful and came out years later.

I have no idea what defines a "generation" past the 16-bit wars, honestly, but whatever the 5th one was it sure did seem to have its share of loser systems. The Saturn and PS were pretty nice, but everything else on this list pretty much typifies the word "failure". The N64 made a lot of money for Nintendo, but its still a failure based on the fact that it sucked, and disapointed a lot of gamers, and also marked the exit of Nintendo as #1, something they still haven't recovered from.  I mean, they are far richer than any other game company, and that shows no sign of changing, but I'm sure they wouldn't mind being #1 in consoles again, regardless of what they say.

Speaking of failure, I think you left out the Marty.

BTW, my fave system on this list is the Saturn, with no close 2nd.

[Keranu]

No Pippin Atmark? 

I voted for PC-FX just to give it some love, though my real vote would be for Saturn of course.

[guyjin]

i included the 32X in with the saturn, just because they were developed around the same time. (i wish sega had somehow managed to merge the projects)

my omission of the marty is inexcusable. *seppuku*
My omission of the pippin, however, is entirely justified.

[Hobo Xiphas]

No Pippin Atmark? 

I came in here just to make that joke, you jerk.  Thanks for stealing my thunder.

Oh, and I voted Saturn.  What a shock!

[Tatsujin]

very very hard decision, since both, the PSx and SS gave me a lot of exclusive 2D pleasure over those years (and the PSx some 3D as well ).

[Tatsujin]

btw. what's about FM Twons Marty?

[termis]

Saturn all the way.  The voting result here along this group doesn't surprise me... 

[ParanoiaDragon]

Where's the Jaguar?  Truthfully, I love the Jag, it's not my favorite system by any means, but, it's an underdog, & I enjoy a great deal of the games on it.  The 3DO had it's share as well, but, too many FMV games like the Sega CD.  The CD32, I don't have enough games for it yet, atleast, one's that work on an NTSC tv, to really give an opinion.  It seems decent enough, & I liked the Amiga computers.  The Saturn is a great system, that never lived up to what it could've been outside of Japan.  But, even though I quite a few imports for it, & most of the domestic rpg's, the PS1 rules as #1, as I have too many good memories on it.  I had me some good times with the PS, no doubt.

[FM-77]

Nintendo 64 followed by Saturn. Most of the other systems are incredibly laughable. Really, I see no reason to like (or even use) them. CD-i, 3DO, Jaguar, CD32 etc, all crap. 

Also, FM Towns Marty is just a computer in a console case, so it doesn't really qualify as a "console", at least not to me.

Oh and I wouldn't include systems like Nintendo 64 and PS1 in the same category as CD-i, for example. The CD-i was released in 1991!

[Black Tiger]

Where's the Jaguar?  Truthfully, I love the Jag, it's not my favorite system by any means, but, it's an underdog, & I enjoy a great deal of the games on it.  The 3DO had it's share as well, but, too many FMV games like the Sega CD.  The CD32, I don't have enough games for it yet, atleast, one's that work on an NTSC tv, to really give an opinion.  It seems decent enough, & I liked the Amiga computers.  The Saturn is a great system, that never lived up to what it could've been outside of Japan.  But, even though I quite a few imports for it, & most of the domestic rpg's, the PS1 rules as #1, as I have too many good memories on it.  I had me some good times with the PS, no doubt.

I personally consider the Jaguar part of the 16-bit generation.

[Michael Helgeson]

Where's the Jaguar?  Truthfully, I love the Jag, it's not my favorite system by any means, but, it's an underdog, & I enjoy a great deal of the games on it.  The 3DO had it's share as well, but, too many FMV games like the Sega CD.  The CD32, I don't have enough games for it yet, atleast, one's that work on an NTSC tv, to really give an opinion.  It seems decent enough, & I liked the Amiga computers.  The Saturn is a great system, that never lived up to what it could've been outside of Japan.  But, even though I quite a few imports for it, & most of the domestic rpg's, the PS1 rules as #1, as I have too many good memories on it.  I had me some good times with the PS, no doubt.

I personally consider the Jaguar part of the 16-bit generation.

Doom,Alien versus Predator,I-War,Battlemorph,Hoverstrike Cd,and Wolfenstien 3d beg to differ,however Id say alot (not all) of the other offerings were more along the Amiga or 16-bit lines.