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What is the best video game console of all time?
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Me tooI tried that Sheng Long trick too
We might have actually met as I used to play street fighter and tekken in tournaments in trocaderro back in the day. I won a few and made shit load of money, which, like a dumb idiot, I spent back in the arcades
It was just a random thing, I used to watch the tourneys there sometimes but never really had the guts to enter. One day I did and wiped the floor with everyone
To this day, I can still play the game and nail it as any character, such is the time I spent trying to get that fecking wanker to appear
I spent more time queuing up for the virtual reality stuff though, remember that? Last time I was there, they'd closed all the arcade stuff down
Destruction derby was one of the original releases that really stunned me as well, the damage seemed so realistic.
wii is 3rd according to Wiki, but your point stands...
Also the list shows how good Sony is at this game console thing. 3 of the top 5...
Not on the original, no. There was a myth about it existing, but it never did.
The megadrive version did have a code to turn blood on/off though.
If you play street fighter 5 or planning to play tekken 7 on ps4, give me a shout, I'll challenge you. I'm not so good anymore mind you but still have a few moves in the tank.Me too
It was just a random thing, I used to watch the tourneys there sometimes but never really had the guts to enter. One day I did and wiped the floor with everyone
To this day, I can still play the game and nail it as any character, such is the time I spent trying to get that fecking wanker to appear
I spent more time queuing up for the virtual reality stuff though, remember that? Last time I was there, they'd closed all the arcade stuff down
Ah right. Wasn't sure, but vaguely remembered there was something along those lines.
Did anybody else used to shoot Robbie Coltrane when Bond was talking to him in Goldeneye? His pixelated face and body used to judder like feck
I used to like sneaking up behind guards and shooting their hats off.Did anybody else used to shoot Robbie Coltrane when Bond was talking to him in Goldeneye? His pixelated face and body used to judder like feck
Will never forget the experience of playing Super Mario 64 and being lost in the 3D magic. It could have been so wrong, instead it just felt so right!
I remember just chasing that rabbit around for ages, being totally blown away by the 3D.
One of the few games I remember that I kept going back to, after completing the main game, just to get all the stars. Not sure if there has been a more pure gaming experience than this YMMV.
Megadrive 2.
Whilst we are on the subject of Mario 64 I suggest we all take 5 minutes to watch the ending credits again. The song that goes with it was just awesome.
feck it I'm gonna start a new save on the ds.
feck it I'm gonna start a new save on the ds.
After doing all that for the princess, I'd want more than a peck on the bloody nose!, cake or no cake.
Such great music, so nostalgic
I like to think of the cake as a metaphor. Makes me feel like it was all worth it.
SNES for me. It's a timeless console. The games are still instantly playable now and the cartoonish nature of the graphics means it doesn't seem particularly dated. Whereas games on the various PlayStations/Xboxes and their ilk are consigned to the scrap heap of the past never to see the light of day again.
That said the PS1 was a phenomenal console of its time. It just seemed like all the big releases were huge news and big steps forward in every genre. I remember playing Wipeout and just thinking wow. I'm not sure I could go back and still enjoy it though. Whereas I'll pick up and play Mario Kart on the SNES til my dying days hopefully.
That said the PS1 was a phenomenal console of its time. It just seemed like all the big releases were huge news and big steps forward in every genre. I remember playing Wipeout and just thinking wow. I'm not sure I could go back and still enjoy it though. Whereas I'll pick up and play Mario Kart on the SNES til my dying days hopefully.
Yep. Though as far as ending music goes, it's still gotta be Super Mario world and Zelda 3 for the nostalgia. Absolute geniusSuch great music, so nostalgic
SMW ending music is great, but SM64 has a certain sound which tugs at the heartstrings.Yep. Though as far as ending music goes, it's still gotta be Super Mario world and Zelda 3 for the nostalgia. Absolute genius
I think Yoshi's Island ending is probably my favourite though. It's so cute and charming, especially the little video at the end
'Testing one two... Say-gaaaaaaa'.
Love Gunstar and Dynamite Headdy is a personal favourite. I never completed it in one go but have beaten every level using the level select cheat. Great game and completely off its tits.
1. Enlighten me then, because I am confused. I make a list of games that are considered good by most people who have played them. You counter with them not being as good as the games you mentioned and sometimes even weaker than their predecessors. I counter with saying that this doesn't matter one bit, as long as the games are good. Have I missed something?
2. Even if you don't consider Smash a fighting game(which is stupid, because on a competitive level there are only two sentral differences: ledges and percentages), it's still a great fighting-based game that has become one of Nintendo's flag ships. You might not like the game personally, but it's widely considered one of the best games on the console. Ignoring SSB is like ignoring MGS or FF on the PS1. It's unreasonable.
3. Again, I disagree. Sure, there are certain titles that stand out(like on any other console), but there are still many good games. The average gamer is not likely to own more than 10-15 games. Hardcore gamers maybe twice that. The N64 has more than enough good games to cover the needs of most gamers. At the end of the day, you are likely to have a core of 5-10 games that take up most of your gaming anyways. These are the games that shape you and create the best memories. And this sense, the N64 can more than match the PS1.
Yeah you wouldn't play it now. But at the time it was brilliant and set a number of future trends.
Compiling the number of appearances on greatest games lists, the N64 had 3 of the top 6. That's impressive considering how few games it had compared to the PlayStation .
Wasn't my favourite but I think the ps2.
It just kept pumping out brilliant games and i think games had reached a level of maturity that made a few quite special -
Ico and SotC being the main ones I thought were just a cut above everythign that had come before.
Think ps1 is really poor now - games have aged horribly, they just look really ugly and the controls are utterly terrible.
Outside of Resi, Silent Hill or FF where bad controls weren't an issue i couldn't go back and play any of the others. They're just painful to play
Thought the N64 was pretty weak by nintendo's standards and suffered a bit from the jump to 3d like the ps1 (not as much).
Thought everything after the ps2 was weak basically - games got very generic, you had dlc, the online fee's and this generation is the first i haven't bought a console.
Couldn't be bothered spending hundreds to play reskinned ps3 games and bloodbourne which seems to be the extent of the ps4's catalogue.
Xbox somehow seems to have an even weaker library of games.
Snes and Megadrive are both up there and i have a soft spot for the C64 though it feels kind of different and difficult to compare to the others.
My favourite was probably the Dreamcast or Saturn but I accept that most would probably rate them pretty low
It just kept pumping out brilliant games and i think games had reached a level of maturity that made a few quite special -
Ico and SotC being the main ones I thought were just a cut above everythign that had come before.
Think ps1 is really poor now - games have aged horribly, they just look really ugly and the controls are utterly terrible.
Outside of Resi, Silent Hill or FF where bad controls weren't an issue i couldn't go back and play any of the others. They're just painful to play
Thought the N64 was pretty weak by nintendo's standards and suffered a bit from the jump to 3d like the ps1 (not as much).
Thought everything after the ps2 was weak basically - games got very generic, you had dlc, the online fee's and this generation is the first i haven't bought a console.
Couldn't be bothered spending hundreds to play reskinned ps3 games and bloodbourne which seems to be the extent of the ps4's catalogue.
Xbox somehow seems to have an even weaker library of games.
Snes and Megadrive are both up there and i have a soft spot for the C64 though it feels kind of different and difficult to compare to the others.
My favourite was probably the Dreamcast or Saturn but I accept that most would probably rate them pretty low
Tough one. The console I played the most was the PS2 so I'd probably go for that one. I loved the SNES & Megadrive, too. There's so many factors to take into consideration that I just went with the one that brought me the most joy.
This right here is the truth.
I'd say the PS2 has to win it simply because it's longevity and amazing library of games
If you want longevity and amazing library of games then look no further than the Atari VCS, or more popularly known as the Atari 2600 started production in 1976, and survived the video game crash that it help to cause and eventually officially ceased production 1991. It's not the best console in any shape or form but possibly it's possibly the most culturally significant as it helped bring about gaming as a hobby
PC Engine.
PS2 is surely the best of all the playstations?!
PE6? PES 6?
Timesplitters 2 was equal to Goldeneye, both helped create the FPS genre we have today
PS2 and Xbox era was amazing. Just like the N64 and PlayStation before that.
But I'm going to go with the Xbox 360. Changed the landscape of gaming with its online. I know the original Xbox had online, but it wasn't revolutionary like it was on the 360. Had some of the best games ever released on it. Lots of new franchises also like Gears, Mass Effect, Bioshock, Dead Rising, Assassins Creed, Left 4 Dead, Saints Row, Batman and Borderlands. I'm sure there are tons of others that I missed.
Seems like last gen was the last time developers pushed new ideas. As we just get a lot of sequels these days.
But I'm going to go with the Xbox 360. Changed the landscape of gaming with its online. I know the original Xbox had online, but it wasn't revolutionary like it was on the 360. Had some of the best games ever released on it. Lots of new franchises also like Gears, Mass Effect, Bioshock, Dead Rising, Assassins Creed, Left 4 Dead, Saints Row, Batman and Borderlands. I'm sure there are tons of others that I missed.
Seems like last gen was the last time developers pushed new ideas. As we just get a lot of sequels these days.
I usually get the Playstation, but I think the Xbox One Scorpio could give it a go eventually.
If they add backwards compatibility to Original Xbox games and increase the number of Xbox 360 games, and if it plays native 4k, and keeps the cost down... It could be a very good console. People like collecting games.
That's a lot of if's though.
It's a shame that there is pretty much no chance of Sony emulating the PS3 on the PS5, and they wouldn't do it if they could.
If they add backwards compatibility to Original Xbox games and increase the number of Xbox 360 games, and if it plays native 4k, and keeps the cost down... It could be a very good console. People like collecting games.
That's a lot of if's though.
It's a shame that there is pretty much no chance of Sony emulating the PS3 on the PS5, and they wouldn't do it if they could.
Dreamcast had online before it, for free. Only thing 360 added to that was a nice ui and a fee.
I accept that the landscape of gaming changed at the time but it was because a larger proportion of people had access to broadband than anything microsoft did
Online console gaming was well established in the previous generation if you were into that anyway.
I look at that list of games and just think 'meh' tbh too. Like a grand total of 2 of those games didn't appear on other consoles and games like assassins creed were just so mediocre and lifeless.
Xbox 360 ruined online more than it pushed it on.
In any case, backwards compatability is a thing of the past so long as suckers keep buying rebranded versions of the same game they've already played
The cell isn't something you can emulate with a standard cpu. Even more so than the Emotion Engine before it.
In any case, backwards compatability is a thing of the past so long as suckers keep buying rebranded versions of the same game they've already played
i would say for online console gaming Xbox 360 hugely important
Maybe right place right time, but they got it right either way
Doesn't matter if dreamcast had it first, it matters what platform it became popular on
Reminds me of when weaste used to say Sony had the wii mote idea before Nintendo...it really doesn't matter, it was Nintendo who made it successful
Maybe right place right time, but they got it right either way
Doesn't matter if dreamcast had it first, it matters what platform it became popular on
Reminds me of when weaste used to say Sony had the wii mote idea before Nintendo...it really doesn't matter, it was Nintendo who made it successful
I flat out disagree,
Halo and Halo 2 were hugely popular online games both out on the previous console.
Online console gaming was knocking about for a good 5 years by the time the 360 showed up, it wasn't a niche, unused service.
It was quite popular in a lot of circles for a fairly extended period of time at that point.
They didn't get anything right - it was purely and exclusively right place, right time because their online model was and is crappy and a pretty big step back from what had come before.
Giving the 360 credit for online gaming just seems completely bizarre to me
Ps one
Groundbreaking at its time, pirateable cds, tons of games, final fantasy 7
Groundbreaking at its time, pirateable cds, tons of games, final fantasy 7
Halo 1 didn't have online.
Not sure how you can say the 360 was a step back? Step back from what exactly? The PS2 was a joke with its network adapter or whatever. Original Xbox UI sucked.
We are talking about consoles here not PC. Xbox 360 was the console that made online gaming on consoles popular. Not the dream cast or original Xbox. So not sure how you can say it was a step back.
Sure it did
The only thing MS brought to online gaming with the 360 was a sub fee that a virtually bankrupt sega managed without.
The ps2 was the only console of that generation that didn't have a decent online service. The gamecube, original xbox and dreamcast all had a few top tier online multiplayer games.
Are we seriously going to claim the 360 did shit for online gaming 5 years after most consoles started supporting it (including the previous xbox) and a decade after pc? Seriously?
If someone put up a thread for worst console of all time i'd vote the 360
While the jaguar and 32x were terrible at least they didn't break the market and introduce a dozen shitty, anti consumer policies
The reliability was utter toilet
The cost of memory before it was about €20, they charged €100 for a 1gb hdd. The cost of the controller was about double what you'd pay for a ps2 pad.
It introduced installs, day one patches, dlc, season passes, paid for online gaming, microtransactions.
The japanese gaming industry went down the toilet that generation too so the variety and range of games you'd get vs a pc took a heavy hit.
Split Screen multiplayer disappeared that generation too.
The 360 completely put me off consoles
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I would have to go with the PS2 or PS1 really. Though that could be because that was what I largely grew up with