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If you could have any console..

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:27 pm
by Wrath Oskvro
What would it be? Or rather, what retro console do you want the most that you don't currently have?

I could name a few but at the moment the ones I want the most are the 2600 and a Neo Geo Pocket Color. IMO the NGPC trumped the Gameboy Color as far as the quality of the games go. Not counting a few gems on the GBC like Wario Land of course. And the 2600 for nostalgia and because I like the simplicity of being able to pick a game up and play it for just a minute or 30 minutes without worrying about storylines and all that stuff. As far as which specific models I want, I really don't know. Since it's backwards compatible I wouldn't mind a 7800 either.

Couple runners up are the Turbografx-16 and Neo Geo CD or CDZ. I would say Neo Geo AES but those things are WAAAAAAY too costly.

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:49 pm
by richarddavies
Pc enginer/turbo grafx or the nec pc-fx. There's loads of good games for the turbo and the pc-fx seems lilke quite an obscure yet good console.

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:42 pm
by mazonemayu
I'm going for the PCE as well, a ton of awesome games, despite the console simple architecture

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:59 pm
by Matty
NEC PC-9801
ZX Spectrum Mk3
Phillips CD-I

Owned a spectrum in the past but it got stolen about 10 years back iirc :/

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:09 pm
by TCB
After haering SEGA AGES, I would want to own a Commadore 64 for name value alone. That something else that I can remember as of this moment.....

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:19 pm
by Tru
I wouldn't mind a SEGA Nomad to be honest. Pretty cool piece of kit!

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 3:21 am
by Wrath Oskvro
Nomad is definitely pretty neat but it's a serious sunuvabitch on batteries just like the Game Gear. Probably even moreso than the game gear.

Also glad to see some NEC fans.

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:31 am
by Tru
That's what rechargeable batteries are for!

I once saw a Nomad in a local game shop for £99. Next to it was a copy of the super rare Panzer Dragoon Saga, also £99. I think God was mocking me that day.

If not a Nomad, my next choice would be to get another Mega Drive with the Mega CD and 32X. This one isn't so hard to do, though! Although I wouldn't mind a Japanese Saturn for all my lovely Japanese games I can't play without emulation.

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:42 am
by Quills on Wheels
I would say the Vita but since we're talking about Retro Consoles here, I would say I want to own a Dreamcast.
It always fascinated me with that little screen on the controller and I mostly always wanted it to be able to play Sonic Shuffle.

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:43 am
by Kaito-kun
Biggest sonic fan wrote:I want to own a Dreamcast.
It always fascinated me with that little screen on the controller and I mostly always wanted it to be able to play Sonic Colours.
Sonic Colours? On the Dreamcast?

I wouldn't mind a NES.