The ugliest console ever created??

[oldskool]

To me it's a toss up, I'd say either the Famicon or the Jaguar.  What do you guys/gals think?

[Keranu]

I don't really think either of those consoles are ugly. Not so flashy, but I like the look of them. I think the original X-Box is pretty ugly and the original American SNES is pretty dorky too, but it's too simple to be ugly. I'm sure there are a ton of Chinese bootleg systems that could win this award.

[gundarN]

I do think my full Japanese Mega Drive setup is so ugly it's impressive:


As for others... I didn't think much of the original Playstation: it was just a grey brick, and I'm struggling to think of many others.

[Joe Redifer]

Naw, that system looks awesome.  The 32X looks a bit like a tumor, though.  Remove it, raise the volume slider to MAX and you have one sexy-ass system!

Some of the ugliest:

-Jaguar
-Famicom
-Sega Master System 2
-Genesis 2
-NES 2
-CDi
-Xbox
-Wii
-PS2
-N64
-Konix Multi-System
-ShuttleGrafx-16
-SuperGrafx-16

[Ninja Spirit]

Any Genesis after model 1 is ugly.

I remember how disappointed I was in Christmas 1993 when I got my Genesis when I tore that hole through the wrapping paper and saw that sliver of red. I had told them I wanted model 1 too.

[Tatsujin]

I remember how disappointed I was in Christmas 1993 when I got my Genesis when I tore that hole through the wrapping paper and saw that sliver of red. I had told them I wanted model 1 too.

HAHAHA!! i can imagine

[MissaFX]

The one that comes to mind first is the top loading NES which came out in the US.

[Arjak]

Any Genesis after model 1 is ugly.

YOUR SOUL IS A CAVERN OF LIES!!!!!

Seriously, though. I prefer the look of Model 2. Model 1 is just too bulky and not sleek at all. Still, it could be worse.

Now Model 3, that thing is UGLY. Not only does it not support the add-ons, but it looks kind of childish: the power and reset buttons are too big, the controller looks like a cheap bootleg, and that logo is too garish. I even hear that it is not a true genesis inside. That thing is evil! EVIL! Why couldn't they just let the Genesis die properly instead of trying to milk it to death!? Why!? WHY!?

Ok, I feel better having got that out of my system. Genesis is my favorite system ever, so I'm a little sensitive about it.

[Tatsujin]

the JPN Model 1 is quite god. the JVC wondermega is really near to god. the Mega-cd is very cool as well. al rest MD models or related are nearly for the can.

[Necromancer]

I'm gonna go old school: most of the first and second gen stuff was pretty utilitarian and ugly (i.e. - Odyssey, Channel F, Colecovision, and Intellivision).  The Atari 2600 wasn't too bad, what with its real wood trim from a fake tree and all; and the 5200 wasn't all that bad of a design either, though it was too fat and chunky to be considered beautiful.  Of the newer stuff, the only ones that I find truly ugly are the Jaguar's toilet shaped CD add-on and the various hideous versions of the N64 (namely the gold, translucent orange, and Pikachu versions).

[SignOfZeta]

I'm going to go with the XBox and the PS2. The PS2 isn't super ugly per say, but in an industry that had already produced the Duo R, the DC, the PS, the PSOne etc there is no excuse for something that shitty. The Xbox is just garish and hideous and terrible. Shaped like a giant X with a bunch of neon green on it. Wow. Lame. Straight into the hands of people who collect CDi, Jag and 3DO and insist that the games aren't "that bad" when in fact they are the worst ever.

Its amazing that anyone could think the Wii is ugly. It doesn't look like much of anything, and its small. Ditch the vertical stand and it pretty much just looks like an external burner...only smaller. I can see people saying its too cautious or boring, but there isn't enough character there to make it ugly.

The Famicom is rather ugly in itself, but at this point I'm extremely nostalgic for any 1980s era white plastic from Japan. Little keyboards and databank calculators and stuff.

As far as bootleg systems, I have a "Handy FamiEight" or something like that which is hideous.

[guyjin]

the original 2600s are ugly. dust and junk always got trapped in those stupid grooves (WHY?), and the cartridge art faced the wrong way. the later 7800-esque models are better, though.

As great as the games were, the original front loading NES is ugly. I know they were going for the VCR look, but they didn't even do that right; I have a VCR of the same vintage that looks much cooler.

the SNES is ugly. Why they settled on that gray/purple/cream (now piss-yellow) color scheme I'll never know.
So is the N64; it's a videogame console trying to be a racecar, and failing miserably.

[DJLobo]

I have to go with the NES 2 and the Intellivision I. The NES 2 looks like it was designed by a small child. The Intellivision I is just laid out all wrong. I mean, why put the 2 controllers on opposite sides of the unit? I haven't played one in while, but I remember it was really easy to disconnect the controllers from the system while playing.

[Sparky]

I am with you on the original Intellivision i have no love for the looks of that system, next to that i would say as well the original playstation, it  should have been black,
but i do dig the white ps1 especially with the LCD screen

[gundarN]

I'd like to stick up for the N64 a little here, the Japanese two tone models are quite nice:


I agree that the PS2 should have been much better designed, it looks like whoever did the design work had never looked at any of the prettier machines produced before it.
The original XBOX did redeem itself a little with the crystal model.
I quite like the dinky Wii, but am still awaiting the "piss yellow" limited edition:


It is possible to make your own ugly consoles too. I called this my "Frankensaturn":


My vote for ugliest console that possibly doesn't qualify would be the original DS, especially when the DS Lite is so nice: