There can be only ONE...

[OldSchoolRetroGamer]

Please give your opinions, participate, pass on this video topic to others. To all my subscribers and anyone else feel free to participate. Would LOVE VIDEO RESPONSES but at the very least leave a comment. the question is: If you could only have one console or system or computer or handheld, one to collect for and/or play on from now until the end of days WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE?

The only rule is none of the current generation systems/computers/handhelds or consoles.

So I am EXCLUDING NDSi/PSP/PSPgo/Wii/360/PS3/Modern PC/ModernMAC, all modern and current systems! ANYTHING ELSE PRIOR TO THOSE IS APPLICABLE. I don't care if you choose PS2, Gameboy, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, 3D0, Dreamcast, or friggin Bandai Pippin lol! Give me your choice, your opinion of the one system of choice and please give details as to WHY you make that choice, please back up your choice with reason and details! THANKS IN ADVANCE to all who participate in anyway!

 

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[The_Laird]

Easy choice for me:

 

Atari Lynx

 

Wonderful selection of games including some of the best arcade conversions to grace any console. Very few bad games and even those are not totally horrible. Has alot of games like Shanghai, Robotron 2084, Super Skweek, Qix and Awesome Golf that I can just play over and over without ever getting bored. Another bonus is that I can take it absolutely anywhere and everything fits in one very nice zip up kitcase

[wccw mark]

since you said ps2 is allowed,i assume original xbox is allowed,so i choose

original xbox.not only for some of the great xbox games,but also its easy to mod and put emulators on so i would still be able to play atari & nes.

[AtariLeaf]

I'll try to make a vid response if I get a chance today RD.

Edited November 23, 2009 by AtariLeaf

[TI99Kitty]

As much fun as I've had with my TI, and how much a part of my youth it was, for right now I'd probably say my PS2. It's the console I've used the most since I got it, and it has all my Guitar Hero games. Plus, I just found out that (unlike my previous PS2*) it actually plays all my PS1 games! ^_^

 

When I get my Dreamcast, I *may* have to come back and change my answer, but for now, I'll go with my PS2.

 

* My first PS2 came from a pawn shop. It was one of the old, thick consoles, and it played my PS1 games, except for Legend of Legaia. Then, after awhile it wouldn't play PS1 games; and after more time, it no longer played *anything*. So I bought one of the older PS2 slims, also from a pawn shop. It didn't play PS1 games at all. Finally, when I started having issues with Neopets: The Darkest Faerie, I sold it and bought a brand-new PS2 slim from Wal-Mart. (I then found out the problem was with the disc, not the machine) That was two years ago, and I *just* decided to try my PS1 games in it *yesterday*.

[CGQuarterly]

As much as I love my NES and Genesis, if I could only play 1 game system or computer for the rest of my life, it would have to be my DOS machine. Lot's of great memories, and lot's of awesome games that I have yet to play. I probably have more emotional attachment to that platform than any of my systems (although the NES, as my first console, is a close second), and there are enough games on that system that I want to play that it could take me the rest of my life to play through them all, especially since so many of them are adventure games and RPGs.

 

Chris

[AtariLeaf]

 

I did a video response

[+Ransom]

If I had to choose for the family, it would be the PS2.

 

Choosing for myself, it would be the Atari 8-bit computer. Any of the ones with 48K+ would do, but I'd prefer to keep my modded 1200XL.

[keilbaca]

I also agree with the ps2.

 

Everything from arcade compilations, to shoot em ups, to guitar hero/rock band, to imbNES, a psx homebrew.

 

PS2 for sure.

[Rik]

Me too!,it would have to be my old dos PC that plays all the great dos games like the Sierra Quest titles.I am a HUGE adventure gaming fan,and that genre died off long ago.These games actually made you think with all the various puzzles to solve.These games put you in fantasy worlds with all the beautiful scenery.Just basically a heck of alot of fun,unlike today's mindless 1st person shooters where basically all you do is go on a shooting rampage/massacre.I love all my classic gaming stuff,but adventure gaming would be too precious for me to give up.

[Goochman]

Atari 800XL - huge mix of arcade/rpg/puzzle/you name it.

 

Easy enough to write my own stuff in basic once Ive completed the whoel catalog.

 

Has a running Apple II and Pet emulator

[aftermac]

Define "Modern Mac". What if said Mac is a PS2 era computer?

[CGQuarterly]

Me too!,it would have to be my old dos PC that plays all the great dos games like the Sierra Quest titles.I am a HUGE adventure gaming fan,and that genre died off long ago.These games actually made you think with all the various puzzles to solve.These games put you in fantasy worlds with all the beautiful scenery.Just basically a heck of alot of fun,unlike today's mindless 1st person shooters where basically all you do is go on a shooting rampage/massacre.I love all my classic gaming stuff,but adventure gaming would be too precious for me to give up.

 

Awesome.

 

Chris

[OldSchoolRetroGamer]

Define "Modern Mac". What if said Mac is a PS2 era computer?

 

How about before the move to intel chips? Fair enough?

ANYWAY, thanks folks for all the response, I like that the answers are varied here! There is no right or wrong of course and interesting to see the choices made! Special thanks to all who did video responses but I appreciate all the replies!

Edited November 23, 2009 by OldSchoolRetroGamer

[ed1475]

The Coleco ADAM. The ultimate early 80's gaming computer imo (and a really cool word processor/printer). There's the ADAM "extended memory" games plus over 200 Colecovision games and with the Expansion Module #1 hundreds of Atari 2600 games that can be played on the ADAM.

Edited November 23, 2009 by ed1475

[+atari2600land]

As much as I would like to say Virtual Boy, I'd have to say Atari 2600. The Virtual Boy is one of my favorite systems, but there are less than 30 games for it. I'm going with Atari 2600 because there are way more than 30 games for it. In fact, I'm almost up to 300.

[jeremysart]

The Coleco ADAM. The ultimate early 80's gaming computer imo (and a really cool word processor/printer). There's the ADAM "extended memory" games plus over 200 Colecovision games and with the Expansion Module #1 hundreds of Atari 2600 games that can be played on the ADAM.

 

Great! I love to hear that someone chose the ADAM! It really is a great machine, and an under appreciated one.

Not only does it have a vast library of games from coleco & atari carts, to DDP's and floppies, but its also a great conversation piece; I love when company is over and I say, "oh, the computer is over here if you need to get on it" I also like to use that prank with my IBM PC 5150.

 

Anywho, this is a tough choice.. but I can say its a strong battle between Atari VCS 2600 since it was my first system, and has such a vast library, the NES since it was probably the most memorable youth-age system (smb3!) or the Intellivision II just because it is so fun to collect for and was also one of my favorite systems with a large, unique library!

 

I will post back with a video response as soon as I make my decision.

[Mirage]

Tough question. I'm going to eliminate emulation possibilities, because then I could say something like a DreamCast or even an old PowerPC Mac or old Windows machine and load them with emulators.

 

Instead, I'd say C64. The machine has so much depth and so many good games, it could keep me entertained all by itself. One could study programming it for decades and still not know everything.

 

I could just as easily have said Atari 8-bit or any other similar computer, but the C64 has always been my standby. It also pains me to not say 2600, but I just think that once you throw out all the non-fun games for it, I don't know that what's left could keep me entertained on it's own. But if the question were just "favorite system overall", I would have said 2600.

[Reaperman]

I'd probably go for gameboy advance and I'm not even going to cheap out by trumping backwards compatibility or emulation.

 

The GBA sported a large number of hiqh quality titles, was fairly powerful and graphically advanced. Its wide variety of games included a lot of previously unusual handheld genres like racers and tactical strategy. At the same time it was still heavily rooted in 2d gameplay and simple, honest control scheme. As I see it the system, especially in its last revisions, is unbeaten for usability with its bright (finally) backlit screen and a size small enough to actually carry around at all times.

 

Edited November 23, 2009 by Reaperman

[TheRedEye]

The most recent Windows-based PC I can get away with. With emulators that should pretty much get me all the way through the PS1 and N64 era (minus the Saturn maybe). Depending on the machine I might even get native DOS support, which would be a plus.

[godslabrat]

I'd probably go for gameboy advance and I'm not even going to cheap out by trumping backwards compatibility or emulation.

 

The GBA sported a large number of hiqh quality titles, was fairly powerful and graphically advanced. Its wide variety of games included a lot of previously unusual handheld genres like racers and tactical strategy. At the same time it was still heavily rooted in 2d gameplay and simple, honest control scheme. As I see it the system, especially in its last revisions, is unbeaten for usability with its bright (finally) backlit screen and a size small enough to actually carry around at all times.

 

(NOTE: my answer ignores emulation possibilities)

 

This is a very difficult decision, but ultimately, I would have to agree with Reaperman. Although I love my NES, and put in a lot of playtime on my SNES and Genesis, the GameBoy has been my primary gaming system since it was first released. I've always been an on-the-go type of guy and I didn't always have the luxury of getting to play my traditional consoles. I have more of an affection for portable games than many other people. So, having GB/GBC/GBA games would give me a lot of my all-time favorites.

 

Note that the OP excluded the DSi, but not the DS, so that was still an option for me. I deliberately chose the GBA because even though I would love to throw DS games into the mix, having to choose between GB/GBC and DS forces me to take GBA/GBC.

 

Now, to be really nice, I would hope that choosing that wouldn't prevent me from owning a Super Game Boy or Game Boy Player, but if it did, not a dealbreaker.

[aftermac]

Define "Modern Mac". What if said Mac is a PS2 era computer?

 

How about before the move to intel chips? Fair enough?

ANYWAY, thanks folks for all the response, I like that the answers are varied here! There is no right or wrong of course and interesting to see the choices made! Special thanks to all who did video responses but I appreciate all the replies!

 

That would definitely work for me. My choice would then be my iBook G4, which has only been in semi-retirement for a little over a month now. I used the system for almost 5 years and it has always done an admirable job emulating any older platform that I needed.

 

Just for fun my second choice would be a 680x0 based Mac... probably a Quadra 950 or 840AV. I have gigabytes upon gigabytes of software for classic Mac's in my archive. I could definitely still be productive with those older Mac's to this day.

 

For a video game console my choice would be the 7800 as long as I'm still allowed to collect 2600 games.

[fiddlepaddle]

Nope. It can't be done. You can't eat just one. Nothing but regret would ensue. A game couldn't be enjoyed for any significant length of time before thoughts of other systems would consume my noggin. ONE!?! I couldn't even do that in 1981. That would be like watching a Twilight Zone marathon for the rest of my life; like having meal after meal of nothing but vanilla ice cream. Like listening to James Taylor and Abba songs everywhere I go.

 

It'd be like wearing the same bluejeans and T-shirt every day, going to the same job, driving the same car, eating at the same restaurant for lunch, seeing the same people, taking the same path through life day after day after day... uh, OK, maybe it's POSSIBLE, but it can't be good for you...

 

DON'T DO IT !!!

[jeremysart]

 

That would definitely work for me. My choice would then be my iBook G4, which has only been in semi-retirement for a little over a month now. I used the system for almost 5 years and it has always done an admirable job emulating any older platform that I needed.

 

Just for fun my second choice would be a 680x0 based Mac... probably a Quadra 950 or 840AV. I have gigabytes upon gigabytes of software for classic Mac's in my archive. I could definitely still be productive with those older Mac's to this day.

 

For a video game console my choice would be the 7800 as long as I'm still allowed to collect 2600 games.

 

Putting consoles aside, the next tough choice for me would be my IBM PS/2 286 w/ Windows 3.1

That machine introduced me to great games like Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Xargon, Zone 66, Blake Stone, Jazz Jack Rabit, BOWEP, and the first of the Activision Anthology series.

I miss that computer, a lot. I recently bought another used PS/2, and an unopened copy of Windows 3.1, so i'm hoping I can get some help getting it to run.

[Video]

If I could have any system, including modern, I'd say my Netbook, it emulates everything I enjoy the most perfectly (or almost on newer systems ) barring that, I'd have to say GBA, it's got the single biggest library, before including the GB/C games into the mix for games I love and play regularly. I mighta said DSL except it doesn't properly support GBC, and there are far more games on the DMG GBC that I like than the DS probably ever will have (at this point) GBA...Probably the best system of all time, console, handheld, or otherwise, still mostly the great 2D world, with the muscle to pull off 3D for those who want to bother.