Thank you very much. I was thinking about adding some other consoles to this list too.trufun202 wrote:What about the poor consoles that time forgot? Those systems still hold a special place in my heart...
- TurboGrafx-16 - This was a badass little system. 16-bit graphics and sound that blew away NES and SMS at the time. However, a few years passed, and it couldn't hold a candle to SNES and Genesis.
- 3DO - This console was ahead of it's time. The "Panasonic R.E.A.L. 3DO" was marketed as more than just a video game console, it was an "entertainment system". They released games, movies, and interactive videos. Capable of full-screen full motion video and 3D texture mapped graphics, this system ran circles around all other home consoles at the time. I'd put this above SNES / Sega CD and below PS1.
- Atari Jaguar - /sigh, the console with perhaps the worst rap in history. Yes, if you follow Atari's math, it was indeed a 64-bit machine, but it sure didn't look like it... Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my Jaguar - there are some absolute classic games only available on this console - but, the hardware is weak. It could handle 2D graphics at blazing speeds, but 3D games were on the rise, and applying a texture map to a polygon brought the Jaguar to it's knees. In terms of performance, I'd put this above the SNES and below 3DO.
You know these kids are youngsters when mainstream consoles like the Master System, Genesis and Saturn were left out (and CD, 32x to a lesser extent). They labeled "Dreamcast" as "Sega Dreamcast" as if the Sega was something extremely special... Sega was also a hardware manufacturer. Oooh, those were the days...