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Jane, get over the bitterness and rants and get over to eBay. It's easy to complain and whine, and just as easy to bid, and both are probably equally fun. If you lose a bid, you can enjoy the best of both worlds.
I have everything from TRS-80s to Jaguars. The CoCo 3 is still my favorite, probably because the CoCo 1 was my first computer. I still think the 6809 has the most elegant instruction set of any CISC (if it could be called that) processor. Certainly better than the miserable x86 we suffer from.
The best machines for their time were probably the Atari 800, which was WAY better than competing 6502 products like the Apple II, the CoCo (with the very powerful 6809), the PC jr.(great sound and graphics), Commodore 64 (the sprites really helped) and Atari Jaguar(crazy speed for the time. The Atari 7800 was a nice machine too, it's really one of my favorites because of the compatibility with the Atari 2600. The Apple II GS is a nice machine too, it has great sound capability and the queer graphics modes of the Apple IIe (you had resolutions and colors, but with important, and strange, limitations as to what pixels could be based on what was around it) were no longer necessary. But, there is not so much software written specifically for it, and most of the time you're stuck with 8-bit 6502 software.
I leave out microcomputers who's main focus was not gaming or home use, of course, as PCs, Amigas, etc... could play games, but they were not designed primarily for the home or gaming.
If I had to pick one, I'd say within the context of when it was created, the Atari Jaguar had to be the best. There was nothing close to its capabilities at the time, unlike now when the you have three bad consoles. One unreliable, one a joke, and the other too expensive, and too hard to program. You know someone at Sony is seriously demented when they tell the world that being difficult to program is a good thing and will help the longevity of the machine. He must have been talking to someone that helped develop the 8086. After all, no one liked the instruction set in 1978, and it's still around.
I have everything from TRS-80s to Jaguars. The CoCo 3 is still my favorite, probably because the CoCo 1 was my first computer. I still think the 6809 has the most elegant instruction set of any CISC (if it could be called that) processor. Certainly better than the miserable x86 we suffer from.
The best machines for their time were probably the Atari 800, which was WAY better than competing 6502 products like the Apple II, the CoCo (with the very powerful 6809), the PC jr.(great sound and graphics), Commodore 64 (the sprites really helped) and Atari Jaguar(crazy speed for the time. The Atari 7800 was a nice machine too, it's really one of my favorites because of the compatibility with the Atari 2600. The Apple II GS is a nice machine too, it has great sound capability and the queer graphics modes of the Apple IIe (you had resolutions and colors, but with important, and strange, limitations as to what pixels could be based on what was around it) were no longer necessary. But, there is not so much software written specifically for it, and most of the time you're stuck with 8-bit 6502 software.
I leave out microcomputers who's main focus was not gaming or home use, of course, as PCs, Amigas, etc... could play games, but they were not designed primarily for the home or gaming.
If I had to pick one, I'd say within the context of when it was created, the Atari Jaguar had to be the best. There was nothing close to its capabilities at the time, unlike now when the you have three bad consoles. One unreliable, one a joke, and the other too expensive, and too hard to program. You know someone at Sony is seriously demented when they tell the world that being difficult to program is a good thing and will help the longevity of the machine. He must have been talking to someone that helped develop the 8086. After all, no one liked the instruction set in 1978, and it's still around.
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WOOOOO SNES!!!! ZELDA LINK TO THE PAST!! CHRONO TRIGGER!!! SUPER MARIO KART!!!! MARIO RPG!!!!!!!! yes i will admit i even loved Jurassic park!
I break out the SNES to play Super Mario World every once in a while. Almost managed to beat it earlier this year too, I finished the story but I can't get past the damn Special Zone. I more regularly pull out my trusty N64 though, to play Mario Kart 64 or GoldenEye when mates come around.
Does anyone remember SNK's NeoGeo? That was a dream on his time... Kinda like having a Playstation 4 right now...
Personally all my old console have now been replaced by emulators (NES, Master System, Megadrive, SNES... I had them all over time)... I still have the original NES pads and Zapper!
The ONLY "console" I still own (and I will never part from it) is the original Game Boy... That's right! A brick of gaming pleasure!!!!
Personally all my old console have now been replaced by emulators (NES, Master System, Megadrive, SNES... I had them all over time)... I still have the original NES pads and Zapper!
The ONLY "console" I still own (and I will never part from it) is the original Game Boy... That's right! A brick of gaming pleasure!!!!
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I still have an Atari 2600 (Solaris is a pretty good game), NES TG-16 (Military Madness) and Genesis (Herzog Zwei and Star Control for the win).
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I recently sold all of my valuable games for NES/SNES on eBay. (Final Fantasys, Chrono Trigger, Zeldas, etc.)
I did, however, keep Tecmo Super Bowl and the NES hooked up for late night battles with house guests that reminisce about that game and how good they were at it. Dr. Mario also gets some play from time to time.
Though they get played rarely, the NES & SNES are still hooked up. I must confess, my original 1985 NES is long gone, and is replaced with the 1994 top loader.
I did, however, keep Tecmo Super Bowl and the NES hooked up for late night battles with house guests that reminisce about that game and how good they were at it. Dr. Mario also gets some play from time to time.
Though they get played rarely, the NES & SNES are still hooked up. I must confess, my original 1985 NES is long gone, and is replaced with the 1994 top loader.
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NES- SMB 2 and 3, and the ever classic FF1.... yes the original. Picture just isnt that great on the 46"....
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Sega Saturn when I'm feeling nostalgic, and Atari 2600 when I'm trying to impress the young punks.
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I just got my NES cleaned up the other day. I just can't find Mario 3 🙁 I guess I will just pick one up off eBay.
I still have the original ATARI 2600 that my sister and I got for Christmas in 1979 (I was 3, she was almost 8). Still works great.
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