Video-gaming: What's your favourite ever console?

[Toby]

Hi guys,

Its a big time at the moment for gaming. E3 has just ended and Gamescom is just around the corner. We thought we'd open up a few fun discussions on the subject.

We're starting off with what is your favourite ever gaming console?

Do you prefer hand-held devices? Was the look of the console an aspect that grabbed you? Is Pong as far as gaming goes for you?

For me, it will always be (in my view at least) the original PlayStation. It was the console that opened my eyes to the video gaming world and Crash Bandicoot was my first ever game

How about you?

[viridis]

Urghh

[version7point0]

Although my first introduction to console gaming was a Sega Master System I spent far too much time on my Sega Dreamcast playing Ferrari F355 Challenge - so the Dreamcast takes my vote.

After that I moved over to PC gaming - Half Life, Counter Strike, World of Warcraft and more recently SW:TOR, I say recently, I've now gone 3 years without a PC or laptop... Mobile gaming FTW!

[Anonymous]

@viridis it was a horrible design

[Cleoriff]

I am no gamer...but have family who are all into the XBox One...(yes I wont start that debate v PS4)

They have had most of the consoles on the market over the years. I have no idea of the console but my favourite game was Sonic the Hedgehog....and after that my interest ended... (It gave me great joy when I managed to get Sonic through the Chemical Zone)   Bless

[Anonymous]

Master system II

Alex Kidd all the way!

[viridis]

Did any of you read about the bloke that found one of the Nintendo play stations .

In the console collecting world,  the Nintendo playstation is the Holy grail, with every unit supposed to be destroyed when Nintendo shafted Sony on THE ACTUAL MORNING of the e3 announcement.

In anger, Sony began work on their own stand alone console and the rest is history..

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/nintendo-playstation-man-discovers-ultra-...

[MI5]

Cool story....

[jonsie]

Back in the day when I did actually play video games it was the atari and then the zx spectrum which strangely enough is about to be reborn....

http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/16/recreated-sinclair-zx-spectrum-hands-on/

[viridis]

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@MI5 wrote:
Cool story....

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As an additional finger up to Nintendo,  notice the colours used in the playstation logo.

Now go and look at Nintendo controller buttons..

[Anonymous]

Sega Master System was my first and my last 

I always wanted the Wii but Santa never brought it