Hi GAF !
Today, I’ve finally been promoted to member, which means I now can be able to post threads !
Now, because I already have a lot of ideas I think would be interesting to explore regarding the videogame industry of nowadays but it would take me some time to write a decent piece of work, I thought it would be nice to start with a quick poll.
The subject is : what’s your personal favorite console start-up screen of all time ?
Now here’s the thing : imagine yourself back in the time when you have been offered or brought in one of the consoles mentioned in the poll, at that moment, you must have been excitedly unboxing the package of the console, waiting to see what kind of treasure could lie ahead at the bottom of the box.
And then after having struggled to get over the plastic packaging, it was time for you to plug in the Holy-Grail ! You hang on desperately trying to find the right television input entry in order to plug in all the two-meter long cables lying on your way back in the day where we didn’t have modern HDMI plugs and no flat-screens but bloated screens.
And at last, when you managed to plug in all the cables and found a soft spot to place your system, you start to tremble as your finger is going towards the direction of the power button. You feel like maybe all this hard manœuvre will be worth it and then when you finally boot up for the system... you’re greeted to the purchase of a lifetime with a start-up screen that will stay in your mind for a long time.
Oh, I think we’re off to a great start !
Start-up screens have been one among many of the key memories gamers have experienced throughout the period spent playing video games. Even though most of the start-up screens on recent gaming systems are kind of minimalist and forgettable, there used to be a time where booting up a gaming system felt like the second best moment of playing videogames, after playing video games themselves of course. I remember having recently unboxed my old Wii that was lying in the closet and having rebooted it for a short time, when I saw the start-up screen pop up followed by the classic Wii Menu, men I felt so happy. It’s like years of childhood spent with this amazing system as a kid that come back in mind when you witness the boot-up screen.
Over the years, many gaming systems has had distinct boot-up screens that stayed in the many memories of gamers alike such as the iconic PlayStation start-up screen and its mysteriously awesome jingle. Here are some of the most memorable intros of gaming systems !
PlayStation
PlayStation 2
Sega Dreamcast
Sega Saturn
Nintendo GameCube
Xbox
Xbox 360
Xbox 360 Slim
Game Boy Advance
Wii
There’s more gaming systems I haven’t mentioned that I wanted to place in the poll options for a more varied set of choices and a more global response but seeing as you can only put no more than 10 possible choices, I felt it would be reasonable to put a last option where you could specify in your replies what start-up screen is your favorite. In the meantime, all of the possible choices in the poll are based on answers that are the most popular out there such as, again, the PlayStation intro.
Since I know NeoGAF is composed of veteran gamers and recent gamers, this poll is available for EVERYONE. Everyone can answer the poll and feel free to vote and to reply and give your opinion on why you have chosen “ choice 1 ” or “ choice 2 ” as your answer.
So yeah, that was my first attempt at making a “ thread ” ( although more like a “ poll thread “ ), and I hope you enjoyed it. I hope you’ll also look forward to my upcoming threads
Have a good day ! ( Because right now in France, it’s night )
Today, I’ve finally been promoted to member, which means I now can be able to post threads !
Now, because I already have a lot of ideas I think would be interesting to explore regarding the videogame industry of nowadays but it would take me some time to write a decent piece of work, I thought it would be nice to start with a quick poll.
The subject is : what’s your personal favorite console start-up screen of all time ?
Now here’s the thing : imagine yourself back in the time when you have been offered or brought in one of the consoles mentioned in the poll, at that moment, you must have been excitedly unboxing the package of the console, waiting to see what kind of treasure could lie ahead at the bottom of the box.
And then after having struggled to get over the plastic packaging, it was time for you to plug in the Holy-Grail ! You hang on desperately trying to find the right television input entry in order to plug in all the two-meter long cables lying on your way back in the day where we didn’t have modern HDMI plugs and no flat-screens but bloated screens.
And at last, when you managed to plug in all the cables and found a soft spot to place your system, you start to tremble as your finger is going towards the direction of the power button. You feel like maybe all this hard manœuvre will be worth it and then when you finally boot up for the system... you’re greeted to the purchase of a lifetime with a start-up screen that will stay in your mind for a long time.
Oh, I think we’re off to a great start !
Start-up screens have been one among many of the key memories gamers have experienced throughout the period spent playing video games. Even though most of the start-up screens on recent gaming systems are kind of minimalist and forgettable, there used to be a time where booting up a gaming system felt like the second best moment of playing videogames, after playing video games themselves of course. I remember having recently unboxed my old Wii that was lying in the closet and having rebooted it for a short time, when I saw the start-up screen pop up followed by the classic Wii Menu, men I felt so happy. It’s like years of childhood spent with this amazing system as a kid that come back in mind when you witness the boot-up screen.
Over the years, many gaming systems has had distinct boot-up screens that stayed in the many memories of gamers alike such as the iconic PlayStation start-up screen and its mysteriously awesome jingle. Here are some of the most memorable intros of gaming systems !
PlayStation
PlayStation 2
Sega Dreamcast
Sega Saturn
Nintendo GameCube
Xbox
Xbox 360
Xbox 360 Slim
Game Boy Advance
Wii
There’s more gaming systems I haven’t mentioned that I wanted to place in the poll options for a more varied set of choices and a more global response but seeing as you can only put no more than 10 possible choices, I felt it would be reasonable to put a last option where you could specify in your replies what start-up screen is your favorite. In the meantime, all of the possible choices in the poll are based on answers that are the most popular out there such as, again, the PlayStation intro.
Since I know NeoGAF is composed of veteran gamers and recent gamers, this poll is available for EVERYONE. Everyone can answer the poll and feel free to vote and to reply and give your opinion on why you have chosen “ choice 1 ” or “ choice 2 ” as your answer.
So yeah, that was my first attempt at making a “ thread ” ( although more like a “ poll thread “ ), and I hope you enjoyed it. I hope you’ll also look forward to my upcoming threads
Have a good day ! ( Because right now in France, it’s night )
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