AndresON777
shooting blanks
I'd say the jaguar cos of the controller but it was the console that allowed me to play doom and wolfenstein so i wont say that.
But it did have some crap games
But it did have some crap games
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The 6 Most Retarded Gaming Consoles Ever Released
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SonicMegaDrive
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_dementia said:
To be fair, the Game Gear chugged through those batteries almost as fast.
Yes, I had a set of rechargeables. They were essential. There was also a rechargeable battery pack released for the Nomad, but I doubt it helped a lot.
Sadly, much of my gaming on the thing was done with the thing plugged into the wall socket.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
For what its worth, I think the 360 has the potential to be one of the best consoles of all time. It's very early, though. In about 2 more years we'll know where it stands in the pantheon of great consoles. If jasper improves upon the reliability strides falcon already has made, and the games keep up with the current string of hits on the console......yeah, it has potential.
It just hit the $199 price point. It hasn't even hit the halfway point of what it can eventually sell, and the vast majority of those units will be of at least falcon-level reliability. Plus, one of the current "greatest consoles of all time", the Ps2, had reliability issues too until they went the slim route.
It just hit the $199 price point. It hasn't even hit the halfway point of what it can eventually sell, and the vast majority of those units will be of at least falcon-level reliability. Plus, one of the current "greatest consoles of all time", the Ps2, had reliability issues too until they went the slim route.
Bumblebeetuna
Banned
360 is great but way too many reliability issues to be in any discussion as greatest ever imho.
Also, no Virtual Boy? Please.
Could add the 3DO as well, based solely off price though because it had some kick ass games.
Also, no Virtual Boy? Please.
Could add the 3DO as well, based solely off price though because it had some kick ass games.
TheJollyCorner
Member
Bumblebeetuna said:
I enjoyed my time with the 3D0. Samurai Showdown, Road Rash 3D0 (w/ Soundgarden! Yeah!), Blade Force, POD, that game with the tanks (Rapid Fire or something?) and a great, trippy, interactive visualization program for music playing.
...but yeah, it tanked.
sixteen-bit
Member
PS2 is great but way too many reliability issues and DREs to be in any discussion as greatest ever imho.Bumblebeetuna said:
Bumblebeetuna
Banned
_dementia said:
Well yeah because I think we all remember the PS2 issue being just as bad as the 360's issues. I mean, I remember retailers refusing to accept broken PS2's and just directing you to Sony's support line because they were breaking so frequently. I remember being able to take a box into UPS and having the cashier take one look at it and saying "shipping off your PS2 eh?" :lol
360 is the only next gen console I own but it's shoddy as fuck.
EmCeeGramr
Member
Game.com could have been awesome. A touch-screen handheld with online capabilities, with good third-party support: portable versions of Sonic, Fighters Megamix, Mortal Kombat, Duke Nukem 3D, and Resident Evil 2, with an announced version of SotN and a rumored top-down version of MGS1.AstroLad said:
too bad the screen ghosted like a motherfucker, the touchscreen resolution was 12x10, and all the games ran at like 5fps
AlternativeUlster
Absolutely pathetic part deux
The Vectrex is one fucking cool machine. I love vector graphics.
Night_Trekker
Member
...but the Nomad was awesome.
maniac-kun
Member
THE VECTREX WAS AWESOME! FU** THAT SITE!
dark_chris
Member
In b4 Dreamcast. 
The Librarian
Banned
It's already surpassed the PS2 for me.h3ro said:
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
dark_chris said:In b4 Dreamcast.
Whoever puts the Dreamcast in a "worst console" list is NOT a gamer.
TheJollyCorner
Member
qcf x2 said:
is the 32x really classified as a 'console'? I thought it was doomed to forever carry the title of 'add-on' (or strap-on, as some liked calling it)?
didn't they make some kind of more 'consoley' version of it right before the Saturn came out? The Neptune or something like that?
SturokBGD
Member
I love lists like this because they show exactly how much you guys trolling the Wii/360/PS3 (pick yours) are wasting your time. Today's home and handheld systems are made from pieces of a glorious heaven itself compared to the early days of this industry. There will never, ever be another system made that's so bad it ends up on a list like this.
H_Prestige
Banned
VanMardigan said:
Not to start a console war, since I'm strongly considering a 360 now that's so cheap, I feel like I have to give it a chance at that price. But I'm just curious why you think it's so great, in terms of game selection. I was researching last night and the only exclusive I found worth playing was smash court tennis 3, since I really like the second game on the ps2. I don't care for gears, halo, or fable btw.
TheJollyCorner
Member
stuminus3 said:
stuminus3
Never buying another
games console. Ever.
...you knew it was coming.
FiRez said:
It's great fun to use that format to create a commercial for one of the modern systems.
Wii
Audience: Does it output at an HD resolution?
Midget: Next!
360
Audience: Why isn't the online play free?
Midget: Twat!
PS3
Audience: Why does it cost so much?
Midget: BO-RING.
And so forth.
mightynine
Member
AstroLad said:
Was thinking "I bet it's the one with the midget" while clicking.
It's amazing that someone actually thought that thing would sell.
SonicMegaDrive
Member
Firestorm said:
Not really. It was a portable Sega Genesis that devoured 6 AAA batteries in 3 1/2 hours.
A novelty at the time, sure, but nowhere near as bad as they're trying to get at.
funkmastergeneral
Banned
H_Prestige said:
so why do you want a 360 again?
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
H_Prestige said:
Couldn't someone make the same case for whatever console it is that YOU own? Obviously, my statement is based on the fact that I'm enjoying the games that are there, and the community/Live/Achievements, plus XBLA. ymmv
Muffdraul
Member
Segata Sanshiro said:
That piece was obviously written by someone who was born several years after the Vectrex was. Vector graphics and colored overlays were not seen as problems back then. Having a little machine in your own possesion that could accurately produce actual vector graphics was bloody fucking amazing at the time. Freakin' kids these days. No respect.
H_Prestige
Banned
funkmastergeneral said:
I thought there was more to it than that. But whatever, I'll just hold off on it for now.
killdatninja
Banned
What cracked...? I refuse to believe this cracked from my childhood otherwise I would see fake consoles with seriously retarded names.
PrivateWHudson
Member
Bumblebeetuna said:
Because Sony didn't offer a 3 year warranty? I remember when my PS2 crapped out Sony wanted a $100 to fix it. I threw it out and bought a new xbox.
Zombie James
Banned
jam86 said:
Yes, that Cracked.
faceless007
Member
I only had Indy 500, but yeah. I remember being so awestruck that a whole console was only $40 and I just had to have one. :lol Childhood was fun.EmCeeGramr said:
Please tell me someone else remembers playing Virtua Fighter and Panzer Dragoon on this thing.
HiccupTruck
Member
DeaconKnowledge said:
Muffdraul
Member
At the risk of belaboring the point... that thing was written by some 20 year old punk who can't fathom how anybody possibly could have enjoyed Pong, because it was just some stupid white blocks on a black screen set to beeps and boops. He has no clue that in its day, Pong was the equivalent of freaking Halo 3 or whatever.
If he was a little older and wiser, the CDi would be on the list.
If he was a little older and wiser, the CDi would be on the list.
Muffdraul
Member
stuminus3 said:
In 20 years people will be reading about the PS3/360/Wii and laughing about how back then people still had to use TVs and monitors for external graphics displays, and hold little plastic controllers in their hands and physically push buttons and joysticks. So primitive, so 20th century.
Thunder Monkey
Banned
I never actually shipped my PS2 off because of the run around I got from Sony.Bumblebeetuna said:
My answer from them was "Buy a new one." or "We'll fix it. For the price of a new PS2."
The poorest service I've ever gotten from a console manufacturer was from Sony.
I don't think the 360 is up there in content with the PS2, but the things were just about as faulty.
A Black Falcon
Member
Muffdraul said:
Yeah, and the Fairchild Channel F definitely deserves to be on that list. I mean, it was only the first console with interchangable cartriges that actually had games on them (as opposed to just just jumper settings like the original Odyssey), that wasn't much of an advance, right?
Oh wait... it was? Huh.
Insulting the Vectrex too was really stupid, as was the name of the article (using the word "retarded" really isn't nice...).
As for the SuperGrafx and Nomad, though... well, SuperGrafx was one of the biggest failures ever, have to admit that, even if it is really cool looking and backwards compatible. And the Nomad... really, all of those older handhelds with bad battery life deserved to fail. Two to six hours or so (Lynx, Game Gear, TurboExpress, Nomad...)? What were they thinking... having battery life so bad that you need to use the AC adapter to play the system kind of defeats the purpose of having a handheld system. Sure they had nice graphics, but was it really worth it?
The Virtual Boy had battery life just as bad (5-7 hours about), but at least there it's not really portable, so using an AC adapter isn't so bad.
As for what actually should have been on a list of "worst console ideas ever", in my opinion... hmm, I don't know. The HyperScan's a very good pick, and R-Zone too (though I too thought it looked really cool when it came out, the headset model in particular... but in practice, it's so terrible...)... the 32X would be a good choice. Sure it had some good games, but it was probably the best symbol of Sega's collapse. Hmm... maybe something to represent those "handhelds" you need to use AC adapters with... beyond that... I don't know. SuperGrafx, maybe? The Super A'Can would be a great choice too, though...
biggkidd32
Member
I totally disagree. I owned all consoles last gen I find myself enjoying this one much more.M3wThr33 said: