Mega Drive. It’s just the best.
Someone already mentioned also tracking in the Mega CD and 32x, but it didn’t need it anyway.
It’s again backwards compatible with the amazing Master System if you have a cartridge port converter.
It’s untouchable. And it’s the only console I have hooked up to my TV. (My partner has a switch but it’s on a different TV!)
Nice, I like the Mega Drive/Genesis too.
My modded Nintendo 3DS with emulators. It is a heavenly beast that runs every Nintendo game released before the Wii and Switch.
The Amiga 500 is hard to beat.
Sega Master System. Bought mine used for 200 Finnish marks. Sold it to buy a karate gi.
Bought an SMS2 in 2009 and RGB-modded it. It’s been hooked up too my CRT ever since.
If we don’t include backwards compatibility, PS1 easily. So many iconic and underrated RPGs from that time. If we do count BC, it would either be PS2 or PS3 by technicality.
PSP. Although its only 20 years old I still consider it retro
I spent a good few years with it. It’s been ten years since I sold it. Those games really shine on a retroid pocket with upscaling.
It’s not retro in my mind, but I’m old.
My #1 gaming desire is a PSP consolizer. My 3000 unit has a dead UMD, and my 2000 is failing. I just want a clean HDMI out to my TV without the tangled wires. I always manage to pull the power out while playing.
Do you have a lot of UMD games? I got a PSTV (the Vita console), hacked it to use expanded memory (just follow the steps you can find online), and repurchased most of my physical catalog digitally. I think a lot of those games are locked at $10 since the store can no longer receive updates.
I still have my 1000 for physical. But even then, Vita incompatible games like Crisis Core and Spyro (for some reason the PS1 game isn’t compatible with Vita) are available on my PS5.
(Winner) GBA Console
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plays 3 generations worth of games. Has some of the all time best games of all time.
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Customization options are plenty.
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It’s a system who’s gaming gallery still receives attention via mods, hacks, homebrews and brand new games.
The GBA SP is still my favorite form factor to this day.
-can emulate it on a toaster
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I think it’ll have to be the LX-III, been playing through Porgy again.
Magnavox Odyssey
Definitely underrated and also failed so hard. Will always be my favourite though.
There’s no better way to talk to Leonard Nimoy as a pet fish.
Leonard Nimoy was the narrator, not the fish. Alas.
I feel like the DC could have done better if it had implemented some neat features that were well within its ability during that time.
MP3 players were an actual thing during that time and Sega had shown to be a great way to play music via their Saturn music player app. Imagine a world where they had driven the VMU to be a portable mp3 player with ability to rip/transfer music via connection to console.
it never came to be, but that was actually in the works!
Sega genisis if we are talking real hardware. Followed by Gameboy.
Lately I’ve been loving my miyoo mini plus and steam deck combo. They are both retro game powerhouses.
Genesis is such a great console. Add a SEGA CD and a 32x and you have a wild system with a huge library.
Between Genesis, Sega CD, and Dreamcast, Sega has definitely created the most pure magic for me.
I keep wanting to think I’m an RPG kind of gamer, but in reality, all my favorites were from the SNES.
I’m just going to come in here and say the Neo Geo Pocket Color will always have a place in my heart.
