Best looking system?

[compacho]

1. N64 (Sorry but it looked very sleek to me)

2. PS2

3. SNES

 

 

 

Worst

 

1. X-BOX (Such an un-original design)

2. NES (Don't flame me. Its my favorite system but it was ugly)

3. PS1 (The original)

[sku_u]

The Atari 5200. It reminds me of the older Bang & Oluffson CD players. Very sleek.

[JagWarlord]

Best looking:

Atari Jaguar

Dreamcast

Gamecube

 

Worst looking:

N64

SNES

genesis

Atari 2600jr/5200/7800 ( I wish it didnt have a rainbow on it) You know what they say about rainbows...

[JB]

Atari 2600jr/5200/7800 ( I wish it didnt have a rainbow on it) You know what they say about rainbows...

Sounds like someone's not secure in his masculinity...

[George Gray]

Hmmm...Let's see...

Best Looking:

1. GameCube

2. SNES (American)

3. Odyssey 2

4. Colecovision

5. Intellivision 1 (ah, crap brown and phony wood-always LOVED it's look)

 

Worst Looking:

1. Bally Astrocade

2. Original Odyssey

3. APF Imagination Machine (what the hell was up with that?)

4. RCA Studio II

5. Sony Playstation (ugly Grey thing)

 

Honorable mentions...

Best: N64, Playstation 2 and XBox (c'mon...the green light IS cool)

Worst: Channel F (looks like a cheesy old turntable), Phantom (Does it even count since it's still vaporware?)

 

Hand helds:

'Coolest looking': GameBoy Advance SP, GBA, Atari Lynx

Oddest: Virtual Boy

Ugliest: Original GameBoy, most current phones

Dumbest: N-Gage (load times of a pc? c'mon! Cartridge slot UNDER the battery?)

Most Worthless: GAME.COM

[Nateo]

I like the look of just about any system with phony wood on it. Other than that tho, I've always really liked the way the ColecoVision looked. It just gives off this sense of power.....

As for ugly lookin crap-for-craps:

Xbox / PS2 - sorry. these do NOT look like vg systems. They look like freakin stereo componets!

Intellivision System III - it's just not pretty. No woodgrain!

N64 - yeah, now that I think about it, this WAS an ugly console.

Game Boy (orginial) - I dunno bout this one. Just never really liked the way it looked.

[Video]

I love simple streight lines. That being said, I can't stand Box shaped systems.

 

I loved the design of the 5200, and 7800, and I also loved the Sega Master System. It's close betwenn 5200 and MS though.

 

Couldn't stand NES's shape, that's why I picked Maste System. Though I love the New Nes (toploader)

 

Didn't really like any of the 16 bit era systems, so I'll go with Jag for that, and 32+, I'd say the N 64, kind of mysteriousness about it's funky design just draws me to it. Would have looked awesome on a 64DD though, as that would have enphasized it's piller style feet much more.

 

Best looking modern system I'd say is X-Box, I like the grillwork on the PS2, but it's just to square other than that, and GC is just a box.

 

Of all time though, I'd probably say 5200 for first party Though MasterSystem is close behind, very close.

[Ze_ro]

8.) 3DO M2 Accellerator, Graphite Pre-Production Unit

 

Do you mean this one? I was always under the impression that that was just a preliminary thing, and that they'd have done something a lot different for the final release.

 

..and the least desirable looking systems, IMHO would have to be:

 

1.) Arcadia 2001, Fairchild Channel-F, anything else Pre-2600

 

I actually like the look of the original Odyssey system... but otherwise, I'd agree.

 

--Zero

[Jasoco]

Let's see. I can't choose. (From here on, I am referring to US released console designs.)

 

The Game Cube is a nice, though plain looking console. It's squared, and when coupled with a Game Boy Player, it's an exact cube. (I sometimes wish for space sake that they had made it tray loading and flatter.)

 

The Dreamcast has some neat curves and cool straight edges.

 

The NES vs. the Sega Master System is a tight race. I say the SMS wins that one. I LIKE the retro-futuristic look, but I too have wondered about the queer flow-chart on the front as well..

 

The Jaguar.. looks like a toilet. Sorry to say it. And to me, the system feels.. cheap. Very cheaply made. (Don't tell the Jaguar Forum dwellers.) The system and the controllers. Especially the controllers. They're so light and feel very empty. Just like my 2600.

 

The Genesis 2/CD 2 combo have a unique look, but the Genesis 1/CD 1 combo beats them as my favorite look.

 

The Genesis 3 is a nice compact look. As is the CDX. But the JVC X'eye catches my eye better and looks pretty attractive in my book.

 

The SNES 2 looks nicer than the SNES 1 IMHO. And the NES 2 looks nicer than the NES 1 as well.

 

The PSOne is small and compact and pretty neat looking compared to its older brother. I'm not a big fan of the PS2 look, but I do like that it's flat and more stackable, but it's too damn shallow. Not enough space from the back to the front.

 

As for portables, the GBA SP is the winner here. It's very hip and now. Folding, compact, simple and elegant. In fact, the original GBA makes me cringe compared to it. Maybe it's just the lack of a lit screen that really gets me. GBA SP Flame. That's the one for me.

 

The original GB was big and bulky, but had a retro 80's look. The Pocket looked sleeker and wins over the original, but the Color wins over the Pocket just because it's color.

 

The Game Gear has some nice curves and the Nomad has a unique Wedge feel to it.

 

The original Lynx was really long, but they improved it with the remake. Looks cool, but not that cool.

 

I can't choose a favorite look. They all are unique. I like a lot of things. I have many tastes. I like the look of just about every console. Don't make me choose.

[SteveW]

Best looking consoles:

 

Atari 2600jr. - small and sleek

Atari 7800 - I've always liked it's angular look and sleek lines

Odyssey2 - Great looking silver console (until you saw the ugly controllers next to it)

Intellivision 2 - compact, elegant design

Atari Lynx Rev. 2 - smaller and cooler than first version

Pioneer LaserActive - looks so good racked in with my Pioneer stereo system

Atari Jaguar - looks like a spaceship (until you attach the CD drive)

Samsung N501 Nuon DVD player - sweet diagonal mirrored machine

 

 

Worst looking consoles:

 

Atari 5200 - gargantuan machine, needed shrinking down

Xbox - big, heavy, case design by marketing team instead of design artists

GameCube - dull Dreamcast swipe

TurboGraphix - with CD drive, it looked awkward and clunky

 

 

Those are just standouts from my own collection. I've seen a Fairchild Channel F (which was butt-ugly), but I don't own one, so I didn't count it.

[ozyr]

Here's my list, for what it counts (in order)...

 

Atari Lynx - Rev 1 (just love the size and looks)

Atair Jaguar

Odyssey2 (sorry, just think the thing looks cool)

Atari 5200

GameCube

[moycon]

Atari Jaguar

 

Although I rarely fire it up anymore, I always thought it was the coolest looking console. Hmmm I might have to hook that sucker up this week-end.

[Clock]

Best looking

 

1 - Gamecube

2 - SNES

3 - GBA SP

4 - XBOX - Jap Panzer Dragoon sp ed.

 

Ugly stick award

 

1 - Xbox

2 - SMS 1

3 - 5200 (Big Sexy? - I call it The Biffa)

4 - VCS (Inc both light and Big Sexy Versions)

 

I am no big Nintendo fan but they just make the best looking cases.

[Ferris]

8.) 3DO M2 Accellerator, Graphite Pre-Production Unit

 

Do you mean this one? I was always under the impression that that was just a preliminary thing, and that they'd have done something a lot different for the final release.--Zero

 

No not that one. There was another case design that they did that in my opinion was really sleek. I'd love an M2, even if it was a development system. It's a shame it never came out.

 

Justin

[Ze_ro]

Anyone ever seen the PC-Engine Shuttle? I think it's just a redesigned PC-Engine, but it certainly looks a lot like a Jaguar, but with almost a spaceship theme to it. Unfortunately, this was the best picture I could find of it:

 

--Zero

[Ranthulfr]

I prefer the look of the Atari 2600 woodgrains but then again emotion might be clouding my judgement.

[Ferris]

Dude is it me or does the original Sega Genesis controller look like a fortune cookie?

[Jasoco]

No. Crescent Roll.

[liveinabin]

Best Looking:

 

Gamecube - looks SO friendly, like a toy, which is great as, of course, it is one.

Playstation (original) - Loved the circles on it, and the pale colour. It had a quiet sense of power about it.

Gameboy Color - the best proportioned gameboy, the look just makes you want to hold the damn thing. lovely.

Atari 2600 woodgrain - no comment needed

 

 

Worst Looking:

 

Sony PS2 - Oh no! My Sinclair Spectrum 128 is having sex with my radiator! Think of the children!!!

Xbox - The overall design isn't bad. Obviously not a japanese console. Classic US design (big = powerful) but let down by really shitty plastic which, in a box this size, looks REALLY cheap.

Genesis / Megadrive - crappy looking switches and an overall design that screams "I wish we could really have had some kind of CD-ROM in this big round bit". Looks like a pirated Chinese machine.

[compacho]

I can't believe how many people put gamecube as the best looking. Its a total knock-off of apple's powercube(I think thats the name). You know I'm right about that. Its not a bad design but c'mon, it's also purple. They should have released it as blue. But since purple means royalty over in japan then i guess that's why the used it. Its overall size is definately a plus though.

 

As for the xbox, c'mon people! How predictable is that design. Looks like a third grader designed it.

 

Now the ps2. When you look at the PS (original) then look at the ps2, the transition of the design is very radical. When its stood up it looks amazing.

[Jasoco]

"Power Mac G4 Cube". Do some research.

 

Ind it's not a rip off. I mean, the G4 Cube was an homage to the NeXT Cube anyway. And that was only because Steve ran the company that made the cube in the first place. But really, the Game Cube I don't believe is a knock-off. Things can be shaped whatever they want. The GCN doesn't resemble a G4 Cube in any way. Aside from being square, but so are building blocks, sugar cubes and cheese cubes.

[Ze_ro]

If all they have in common is the fact that they're cubes, then I'd say it's just a coincidence. And although I hate to sound like a smart-ass, the Gamecube isn't really even a cube... it's too short. Add a GB Player in there, and it'll make up for the height though.

 

And the cube is available in other colors than purple. Black and Platinum seem pretty popular around here... and Japan has all kinds of goofy colors like "Spice".

 

--Zero

[Jasoco]

If all they have in common is the fact that they're cubes, then I'd say it's just a coincidence. And although I hate to sound like a smart-ass, the Gamecube isn't really even a cube... it's too short. Add a GB Player in there, and it'll make up for the height though.

Yeah. I mentioned that. A Player makes it a perfect square cube. If only it were one piece.

 

And the cube is available in other colors than purple. Black and Platinum seem pretty popular around here... and Japan has all kinds of goofy colors like "Spice".

Why can't the US have Spice? I LOVE orange! It'd really stand out. All my consoles are black or greyish. And I didn't like the Indigo one. So I took Jet. I'd love it to be spice though.

[Ferris]

Who wants to bet that the XBOX gets a case redesign by summer 2006? ...think 3DO FZ-10

[SS]

Who wants to bet that the XBOX gets a case redesign by summer 2006? ...think 3DO FZ-10

 

I wonder if you could fit an XBOX into a 5200 housing?