The Greatest Console of All Time
By: keyshark Created:4-22-2008 List Contest: Staff not Eligible

 

There have been some great consoles for their time. But what was the best given the technology they had to work with?

To qualify it has to fall under the following:

  • Set-top console (no HandHelds)
  • At least 1 Million units sold (1 exception where it was near)

    Vote below with the "+ -"

  • Intellivision

    Released: 1980
    Manufacturer: Mattel
    Units Sold: 3 Million
    Generation: 2nd
    PriceTag: $299
    CPU: < 1 MHz
    Game Controller: 12 Button Numeric Keypad, 4 side buttons w/ "Overlays"
    Notable Games: Advanced D&D, Tron, Armor Battle, Utopia

    17 - Neo Geo
    Neo Geo

    Released: 1990
    Manufacturer: SNK
    Units Sold: < 1 Million
    Generation: 4th
    Price Tag: $599
    CPU: 12 MHz - 8/16/32-bit multiprocessing system (marketed as 24-Bit)
    Controllers: 4-Button
    Notable Games: Baseball Stars, The King of Fighters, Samurai Shodown

    TurboGrafx-16

    Released: 1987 (1989 in US)
    Manufacturer: NEC Corporation
    Units Sold: 10 Million
    Generation: 4th
    Price Tag: $400
    CPU: 1.79 or 7.16 MHz (switchable by software) - 8 Bit CPU (16-Bit GPU)
    Add-ons: TurboGrafx-CD
    Notable Games: Bomberman '94, Military Madness, Download, 1941: Counter Attack

    Sega Saturn

    Released: 1994 (1995 in US)
    Manufacturer: Sega
    Units Sold: 17 Million
    Generation: 5th
    Price Tag: $399
    CPU: 2 x 28.6 MHz
    Notable Games: Virtua Fighter 2, Grandia

    Sega Master System

    Released: 1986
    Manufacturer: Sega
    Units Sold: 13 Million
    Generation: 3rd
    Price Tag: $200
    CPU: 3.5 MHz - 8-Bit
    Controllers: 2-Button, Light Phaser, 3D Glasses
    Notable Games: Alex Kidd, Sonic the Hedgehog, Hang-On & Safari Hunt

    PlayStation 3

    Released: 2006
    Manufacturer: Sony
    Units Sold: 10.49 Million (as of 1/1/2008)
    Generation: 7th
    Price Tag: 20 GB: $499, 60 GB: $599
    CPU: 3.2 GHz Cell Broadband Engine
    Controllers: Sixaxis/DualShock3
    Notable Games: MotorStorm, Resistance: Fall of Man, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

    12 - Xbox
    Xbox

    Released: 2001 (2002 in Japan)
    Manufacturer: Microsoft
    Units Sold: 24 Million (as of 2006)
    Generation: 6th
    Price Tag: $299
    CPU: 733 MHz
    Notable Games: Halo, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Grand Theft Auto III, Halo 2

    GameCube

    Released: 2001
    Manufacturer: Nintendo
    Units Sold: 21.6 Million
    Generation: 6th
    Price Tag: $200
    CPU: 485 MHz
    Notable Games: Super Smash Bros., Metroid Prime, Super Mario Sunshine

    Dreamcast

    Released: 1998 (1999 in US)
    Manufacturer: Sega
    Units Sold: 10.6 Million
    Generation: 6th
    Price Tag: $199
    CPU: 200 MHz
    Notable Games: Sonic Adventure, Crazy Taxi, Soul Calibur



    Comments
    Chris (guest) says:
    4-22-2008 4:41 pm

    Regarding notable games for the PS2: What about God of War 1 & 2?


    Bad List (guest) says:
    4-23-2008 2:54 pm

    NES should be number 1, and Sega Genesis was better than SNES


    Chris (guest) says:
    4-23-2008 6:46 pm

    What about MGS for PS2? PS2 had the best games, and with 120+ Million sales... why isn't it number one? With SNES Number two, and NES number 3.


    Pingfa (guest) says:
    4-25-2008 7:56 pm

    Some of those choices I wholeheartedly agree with, but others I strongly disapprove of... I rate both Dreamcast and N64 over both PS1 and PS2. Also, I didn't like any of the notable games listed for either Playstations. Playstation and Xbox, in my humble opinion, should be knocked down a notch. The Genesis should be brought up a notch. First place, in my opinion, belongs to either SNES or Genesis. That's a decision I have thought about plenty and is still too difficult to make. In the early years of Super Nintendo, the Genesis was picked on by Nintendo fans for its lack of RPG games. It can't be denied that in comparison to the SNES, the Genesis was and is severely lacking in decent role-playing games. Even though it did give birth to a few classics of the genre. It seems to me, if you value multiplayer experience over singleplayer, go with Genesis. If you value a good singleplayer experience, you can rarely go wrong with SNES.


    Steve (guest) says:
    5-14-2008 3:42 pm

    The Snes is surely #1. i'm 30 years old and have played all of these systems. Their all good in their own respect but some just stand above the others. The games that the snes and regular nintendo had were unreal. Big fan of The PS1 and PS2, N64, 360, well i like them all for one reason or another. The genesis was a good system. Some of my friends had them. But as one person said they lacked a final fantasy or mario kart type game.


    ed (guest) says:
    6-10-2008 11:50 pm

    Seriously the dreamcast was a hunk of crap. It just had nothing to set itself apart from the crowd. it came out too early. suffered from what the PS3 does today, people were content with their older machine. and listing Sega arcade games for the Saturn is average. the megadrive is definately higher that the Wii though.


    Greg (guest) says:
    12-24-2008 12:37 am

    What the f**k!? The PSone has the games that make you get goosebumps. Metal Gear Solid for one is an amazing game, the cutscenes and voiceovers and sneaking was off the charts for its time. Final Fantasy VII is the greatest game ever, Cloud vs. Sephiroth, Aeris death is the only moment in gaming where grown men cry. And Resident Evil, Gran Turismo, FFVIII, FF IX, FF Tactics, and so many games the Playstation has released more games than any console to date. top that bitch.


    julio glez (guest) says:
    5-19-2009 8:18 pm

    Dreamcast is the greatest console ever, it should be on a better place, just people did not understand that it was to ahead for it's time!


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