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What's everyones favourite classic console and why? My favourite is the NES because of the amazingly playable games. I'm only 12 and it was my first ever console. Sure my friends scoffed at my NES when they had their SNES's and Sega's but I loved it. I have super Mario Brohers and Duck hunt. I've got loads more but I don't eant to bore you. The only thing I don't like about the NES is the controller design. My hands get so sore from playing on the NES for hours because the controllers are rectangular.
What's everyones favourite classic console and why? My favourite is the NES because of the amazingly playable games. I'm only 12 and it was my first ever console. Sure my friends scoffed at my NES when they had their SNES's and Sega's but I loved it. I have super Mario Brohers and Duck hunt. I've got loads more but I don't eant to bore you. The only thing I don't like about the NES is the controller design. My hands get so sore from playing on the NES for hours because the controllers are rectangular.
duck hunt's a brilliant game! that was my first game also.
but the snes was better.
but the snes was better.
the nes is also my fav. old console
my first game was kung fu and i loved it.
i can still remember walking down the looonnnnngggggggggg corridor aimlessly beating up ninja's.
the controller didnt sean to bother me as i was mezmorised by the capabilities of this new-found wonder machine.
i look at it gathering dust with misty eyes and thing to my self there is where it all started...
now-a-days i spend all my money on computer games and still seam to be mazmorised by games like perfect dark and mario.......
Brad wrote:
> What's everyones favourite classic console and why? My favourite
> is the NES because of the amazingly playable games. I'm only 12
> and it was my first ever console. Sure my friends scoffed at my
> NES when they had their SNES's and Sega's but I loved it. I have
> super Mario Brohers and Duck hunt. I've got loads more but I
> don't eant to bore you. The only thing I don't like about the NES
> is the controller design. My hands get so sore from playing on
> the NES for hours because the controllers are rectangular.
my first game was kung fu and i loved it.
i can still remember walking down the looonnnnngggggggggg corridor aimlessly beating up ninja's.
the controller didnt sean to bother me as i was mezmorised by the capabilities of this new-found wonder machine.
i look at it gathering dust with misty eyes and thing to my self there is where it all started...
now-a-days i spend all my money on computer games and still seam to be mazmorised by games like perfect dark and mario.......
Brad wrote:
> What's everyones favourite classic console and why? My favourite
> is the NES because of the amazingly playable games. I'm only 12
> and it was my first ever console. Sure my friends scoffed at my
> NES when they had their SNES's and Sega's but I loved it. I have
> super Mario Brohers and Duck hunt. I've got loads more but I
> don't eant to bore you. The only thing I don't like about the NES
> is the controller design. My hands get so sore from playing on
> the NES for hours because the controllers are rectangular.
It's interesting to note just how long these older computers and consoles survived in a market where now-a-days it's acceptable to change machines every 3-5 years. The 8-bit machines in particular had an impressively long life compared to today's Playstation etc.
It's obvious that this was mainly due to the speed at which technology moved back then, PCs were still considered to be work machines and had only a few basic games which managed 'two pixel' graphics and bleep bleep noises. People were still amazed at what the Spectrum and C64 could achieve even by the time that the Atari ST and Amiga came out. It was during this time that the PC became a popular home entertainment factor and the SNES and Megadrive kicked off a new interest in games (it wasn't all down to Sony's advertising as many people would have you believe) but the old computers were still going strong nearly 10 years after they first arrived.
It's not a bad thing that technology moves so fast, the new generation of consoles and the hype surrounding them shows that people will always want more of everthing, although the cost of upgrading or buying new consoles does pose a major problem. Sega tried the upgrade route with it's megaCD etc, but it seems that in the end everyone wants a new machine as soon as the technology becomes available. Oh for the old days!
It's obvious that this was mainly due to the speed at which technology moved back then, PCs were still considered to be work machines and had only a few basic games which managed 'two pixel' graphics and bleep bleep noises. People were still amazed at what the Spectrum and C64 could achieve even by the time that the Atari ST and Amiga came out. It was during this time that the PC became a popular home entertainment factor and the SNES and Megadrive kicked off a new interest in games (it wasn't all down to Sony's advertising as many people would have you believe) but the old computers were still going strong nearly 10 years after they first arrived.
It's not a bad thing that technology moves so fast, the new generation of consoles and the hype surrounding them shows that people will always want more of everthing, although the cost of upgrading or buying new consoles does pose a major problem. Sega tried the upgrade route with it's megaCD etc, but it seems that in the end everyone wants a new machine as soon as the technology becomes available. Oh for the old days!
The NES has my vote. I still pay on it now and again, for memories sake. I think my favourite game had to be RC Pro AM, It was just amazing. Made by rare also. The NES controller design was functional, if not ergonomic and didn't have any faffy buttons. I remeber the christmas of 89 when I first got it, we played on it for hours on games like CLU CLU land and of course Mario. It's also good to see these classic games coming out on the gameboy colour. It was a milestone in the games industry, and was always ahead of the master system.
Humm.
The NES was only ahead of the Master System in popularity, I think the Master System was, on whole, the better console.
Anyway, I think the Megadrive was my favourite console.
Not sure why.
The NES was only ahead of the Master System in popularity, I think the Master System was, on whole, the better console.
Anyway, I think the Megadrive was my favourite console.
Not sure why.