What us the greatest gaming console of all time
 

I'm a Nintendo guy, always have been. But as far as breakthrough performance, the Atari 2600 was the greates ever. More games than you could shake a stick at, and difficulty level? Fogetaboutit, some were downright impossible.

My first console was the NES so I didn't get to play many games on older consoles. So for me I think the greatest console ever is the SNES. There were all kinds of games that I absolutly loved. Of which I still enjoy replaying them today. Then the N64 came out and I lost all faith in Nintendo. I'm more of a computer gamer now but I still love my SNES.

Just moved to the Dark Side (Xbox), and I gotta say it rocks for most stuff.Like having HDD and setting up my own soundtracks. Xbox Live kicks as well, can't wait for Return to Castle Wolfenstein..
Drawback for me is the Games seems like Sony have the best ones tied up (Vice City springs to mind, although I prefer it on the PC 'cause u can mod it.)

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this almost like asking which child you love the most!!

I have to say..... i never imagined i'd say this, but the PSX. great, great games, lots of games, and plenty of the snes and nes games i loved so much, too.

first place pc :D (I know it is not a game console)

second place Xbox better specs than ps2

third place: ps2 with the most games (except pc)

I would have to go with PS2 due to backward compatability. For old school I would pick Colecovision. It had awesome graphics.

Super Nintendo, hands down.

I really liked the Colecovision. It kicked total ass. Especially Smurf Rescue.

SNES has definitely been one of the better systems I've played.

My pick is Nintendo. The simplicity of the games will never be recreated.

Super Nintendo:

Final Fantasy AND Super Mario World?

What more could a guy ask for?

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on topic: SNES. no contest.

probably GBA... never owned a SNES, but downloaded a few roms.... great, even if they are outdated graphics wise

I wish Nintendo never did backstab sony.... they were orginally going to make a CD player add on for the SNES.... but nintendo went to phillips for the stupid CD-I games, and sony decided to make the PSX.... and the rest you know...

Overall, I'd say PC. The online play just destroys everything. No other platform comes even close if you like FPS, RTS, and MMO games. I'd take PSX second because of its RPGs. Third either SNES or N64 (party games).

Nintendo 64 was the first console I bought games for religiously and read magazines and stuff on it. I'd have to say that, and the PC of course =)

I loved the classic nes...so many good games..the original ps was great too...was way ahead of it's time......i'm more of a pc guy now.

I've seen it mentioned so many times and I will have to agree to the SNES. I loved Super Metroid. I wanted to get the new Nintendo for the new Metriod but I already have a PSX2 that I don't play.

SNES, of course. I just finished Metroid Fusion on the GBA and MAN, I love this game.

i am a faithful nintendo follower, i have had every system made by nintendo (except virtual boy because it was horrible), if i had to choose one of my systems i would take my SNES because of one reason, super metroid.

Sarcasm? No way. I must have played the game 1000's of times. Some more of my favorites on the Colecovision were Donkey Kong Jr. and Venture.

The greatest console I ever had the pleasure of owning was my Dreamcast. I don't think I got that kinda milage out of a console since the SNES. Of course back in '99 it was way ahead of it's time, especially with online play about 2 years before PS2 and the rest. Sure it was only 56K, but anyone that played on SegaNet back then wasn't complaining. Most the games were classic too. Too bad Sega dropped the ball on it though. Bastards.

SNES was amazing too, and still is as far as I'm concerned. The Saturn was a hell of a machine too. :D

Turbographix 16, or the Neo Geo MVS system..
NEO GEO and SNK go together like bankrupty and obscurity..
and that's how i like it. Keeps the stupid out :)

The toploader NES that came out later on. All the benefit of owning an NES without having to jiggle games in a specific way after owning one for a decade.

SNES

Greatest game ever: Super Metroid

Ditto.

NES - tons of games and very simple

Yea, but you still had to blow on the games to get them to work half the time.

ahh the good ole days.

NES...

That is the system that made Video Games a MULTI-BILLION dollar industry.

As far as Power...XBOX. (Until the next sytem comes out) Then the one after that...then after that...etc.

Not really the greatest gaming console, but the one that I spent hundreds and possibly thousands of hours in front of was the trusty old NES.
I remember playing games like the original Zelda (can't remember if it had a special title) and the original Mario Bros. for hours and hours upon end.
And I also remember blowing into the damn thing whenever it wouldn't work.
But at the moment my console of choice would have to be the Xbox, almost a half year or so since I got HALO and it's still getting a play evey second day.

Mario Kart - SNES.!!

Me and a friend have left his snes on for about a month now to leave the scores accumulating ;) I think its like 140 - 200 or something right now

My fav was/is the SNES. so many good games, aesthetically pleasing, great controllers, and hey, it was Nintendo!

SNES is the greatest... i still have it in my garage, with lotsa carts (i use an emulator if i wanna play now)

I would like to revive my SNES. I just need an RF switch or whatever and I will be good to go.

NES was the best system ever. That was back when games were made to be fun instead of look good.

NES had by far the greatest number of replayable games for the time I was growing up. SNES came about about the time I was losing interest in consoles and picking up the PC. Emulators for those old games I have are great because my NES finally croaked about 2 years ago.

SNES is the greatest. Wide range of games of any type you could want. after snes nintendo just went downhill

I have a great Atari emulator with over 500 roms if any one is interested

THE PC. everyone has A PC! its like a tv... u only buy a better graphics card just like buying a new console. plus all the games u ever owned on pc are still compatible... not like the crap consoles.