Best Game System

[cheebacheeba]

Really depends on the whole timeframe we're talking about.
A gamecube isn't really a fair comparison to an nes, huh?
ok...so, I'm just gonna mention my favourites, past and present, and say why for each.

Nes - sheer amount of games this system pounded out in it's years made it suit almost anyone.
Favourite games - legend of zelda, mario 3.

Sega master system - not as many games, but most of them were excellent quality.
Favourite games - wonderboy in monsterland, psycho fox, aztec adventure, cyborg hunter, action fighter, phantasy star series

Sega Genesis (megadrive) - I think it gets my vote over the snes due to the more "grown up" feel of the majority of the games.
Favourite games - Streets of Rage 3, Flashback, zombies (same as snes zombies ate my neighbours), Revenge of Shinobi, beyond oasis, x-men 2, earthworm jim.

Sega Game gear - It came out before the gameboy, had way better graphics, and was in colour years and years before the gameboy colour came out. The games were sega, which I love...
Favourite game - Land of illusion, shinobi.

Gameboy/colour - definately deserves a mention - even though graphically basic, it was handy, a little more protable than a gamegear or lynx, and had a lot of great games.
Favourite games - Donkey kong (gameboy version rocked) mario land 2 : 6 golden coins, avenging spirit, bomberman quest.

Sony playstation 1 - Although ps2 has continued this systems legacy quiet well, the ps1 threw games in your face unlike anything that had come before it. It set the standard for other systems. Great variety of games also.
Favourite games - nightmare creatures 1 & 2, crash team racing, driver, MK trilogy, clock tower, overboard.

Gameboy advance SP - it looks great, it's very portable, you can actually see the screen, and it's bought back alotta oldskool 16bit games along with an increasingly impressive array of it's own games.
Favourite games - car battler joe, the hobbit, fortress, medal of honour : infiltrator

Out of the current top 2, I have to say I prefer ps2. Not because I hate microsoft.....mainly because of 2 things -

1: The ps2 simply has many, many more games, and is backwards compatible with ps1, there's even more games for ya.

2: The majority of the games that are on xbox are either already on ps2 and/or pc, and even most of the supposedly "xbox exclusive" games have ended up coming out on pc, in superior form.

And I also gotta mention that I had an xbox, and got rid of it upon realisation of the abovementioned issues. That, and I hated the xbox's chunky-ass'd bitch of a controller...

AAAAND I'M DONE.

[swiftdeath]

Well, I tried to play an Xbox, but the stupid controller on that thing has so many buttons. The Game Cube and the PS2 solve the button problem and are both pretty easy to use. The graphics on both are really nice. My best vote, is a tie between the Game Cube and the PS2, although the PS2 has more of the RP games I play.

[Killer Clown#1]

Having played Spawn on the game cube I can honestly say the graphics for the game are 75 percent better on Xbox, a big diffirence.

[cheebacheeba]

killerclown, graphics aint shit to me - I still regularly indulge in emulated 8-16bit games...why>? Because they rock.
I doubt xbox looks quiet 75% better than ANY system out....thats a little too high a figure, I have compared the xbox and ps2 in terms of graphics, and true, the xbox won, but only by about 5% - considering the ps2 came out what, 3-4 years before the 'box, that aint too great.
I don't despise xbox, I just feel as though it doesn't have enough good points about it, I'll wait for the pc versions for MOST of their games, pc is the only thing that really looks vastly better than any console.

[bloodrayne]

Originally posted by cheebacheeba
Favourite games - legend of zelda, mario 3.

Cheeba...If you like Zelda...You have to have a Gamecube to play Windwaker...Did you like Majora's Mask, btw?

[Killer Clown#1]

Originally posted by cheebacheeba
killerclown, graphics aint shit to me - I still regularly indulge in emulated 8-16bit games...why>? Because they rock.
I doubt xbox looks quiet 75% better than ANY system out....thats a little too high a figure, I have compared the xbox and ps2 in terms of graphics, and true, the xbox won, but only by about 5% - considering the ps2 came out what, 3-4 years before the 'box, that aint too great.
I don't despise xbox, I just feel as though it doesn't have enough good points about it, I'll wait for the pc versions for MOST of their games, pc is the only thing that really looks vastly better than any console.

It wasn't an actual figure I know, I was just trying to emphasize how big the diffirence was. I like playing games on pc also but my computer isn't anything special so the only game I enjoy playing on my pc is Aliens vs Predator.

[cheebacheeba]

No, I never played it (for 32-bit, I was a ps1 boy), but reviews seemed to like it, and the pics I've seen look alright too.
I did play through "ocarina of time" at a friends place, that was cool. Thought it kinda woulda been cooler if they kept him grown up in the next one tho...guess the franchise'll never let the guy grow up.
My favourite zelda games I've previously played thru are
*Legend of zelda (nes)
*A link to the past (snes)
*Ocarina of time (n64)

I've recently STARTED playing the gameboy colour versions of zelda (ages & seasons), and so far, theyre pretty playable.

Worst zelda ever - zelda 2 on nes...just hated it, I remember thinking that this sucked bigtime, on account of liking the first one so much...anyone notice that game was also almost exactly like rambo 3 on nes?

Mine was new in feb, true, that's obviously the main reason I would say it looked just a lil better than the consoles...heh-heh
man, I don't hate the xbox or anything, it's good enough games (most shared by ps2 yeah, and "most" of the others being on pc...I've played enough of 'em), and you're right, it does have a slight edge graphics, and I'm guessing - loading timewise?
I just really dig the ps2, as I loved so many ps1 games too.
That AND when I bought both xbox and ps2 at the same time about a year back, I was so used the the ps1
control that when I felt the size of the xbox control, I just thought FUCK THIS SHIT, and took it back.

[Vodstok]

The best gaming system is a powerful PC. Nothing better.

[Killer Clown#1]

Ocarina of time should make it's way into the hall of fame, an outstanding game.:)

[cheebacheeba]

vodstock - at this point in time, I agree.

clown - I almost agree with you on that one, the game TOTALLY changed the look, style of game, and play/combat system, yet still managed to "feel" like a zelda game. I liked it a lot.
Hall of fame...? dunno about that. It WAS good though.

Back to the gba for a sec, I've already mentioned this as a good point, but thought about it some more....and it's a good point for more than one reason. The oldskool games thing....not only is this cool to be able to play some of the stuff I spent my early teens playing, but I think it's awesome that y'know, the kids of today get to play 'em too....the 16-bit and 80's-90's arcade era was IMO the best.
The system has some excellent old games like double dragon, mario world, final fight, earthworm jim and blackthorne (still waiting for flashback....)and breath of fire 1 & 2, and I'm actually quiet impressed also with the amount of (WORTH PLAYING) new titles out there, such as: Golden sun 1 & 2, Advance wars, the new castlevania titles, sonic advance 1 & 2...and many more.
Very good system.
For those that can afford one, I'd reccomend it. For those that cant, I'd reccomend talking to your local pirate, to see if he can get you an emulator and collection of the first 1300 gba titles on cd, like I did...true, there was only 368 games left after I eliminated the duplicates and non-english titles, but still well worth the $10 AUD I paid for it....you guys can pm me if you can't find anyone else to do it for ya, I guess....

btw - what the fuck is a wonderswan?]

also, anybody ever play an atari jaguar? they were GOING TO come out here a few years back, I thought they looked great, but they never started selling 'em....what was this cool-ass looking system like?