Worst console you ever owned?

briany

For me, it was the Sega Game Gear. A clunky, battery eating behemoth with an adapter that broke on day 1. In retrospect, I would've been much better off with a Game Boy.

I am aware, however, that it was far from the worst system ever produced, just the worst I've owned. What's the worst ye have owned and when did the point come that you got past your buyer's delusion and realised that you owned a terrible product?

Myrddin

The Jaguar probably. Funnily enough I enjoy having it there, but in terms of worst console I own in terms of support & enjoyment, it has to be it.

deathrider

I don't think I really have any bad consoles. I reckon my least used/least favourite would probably be the original Xbox. I only got one recently, and I've only got about three games for it. I've never actually liked the console though, even though I know it's a well respected machine. It's probably great, but the human skull sized joypad and the fact that I'm a PS2 fanboy left the poor auld Xbox gathering dust.

Professey Chin

EnterNow wrote: »

The Jaguar probably. Funnily enough I enjoy having it there, but in terms of worst console I own in terms of support & enjoyment, it has to be it.

Same. Like that I own it because its such a relative oddity but it really is a terrible console

o1s1n

Game.com - bought one on release

I thought the modem cart was the future!

CiDeRmAn

I don't think I've owned any truly awful consoles but for certain periods certain consoles were pitiful, despite picking up later on, and principal amongst these is the PS3. Fup me but the first year, year and a half was tortuous, with an awful array of console exclusives and the 360 was striding away with the lead in every sense, even if you counted rrod.

o1s1n

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I don't think I've owned any truly awful consoles but for certain periods certain consoles were pitiful, despite picking up later on, and principal amongst these is the PS3. Fup me but the first year, year and a half was tortuous, with an awful array of console exclusives and the 360 was striding away with the lead in every sense, even if you counted rrod.

You bought a 3DO :pac:

Myrddin

o1s1n wrote: »

You bought a 3DO :pac:

Hey now, I won't hear a word against the 3DO, its cool & thats that.

o1s1n

EnterNow wrote: »

Hey now, I won't hear a word against the 3DO, its cool & thats that.

Name 10 good 3DO games! :P

mad turnip

o1s1n wrote: »

Name 10 good 3DO games! :P

Commandos for a start!

It appears they didn't make that but flashback was a brilliant game they made!

Oh it appears I was thinking of army men toys in space. that was a good game

Myrddin

o1s1n wrote: »

Name 10 good 3DO games! :P

Super SF2 Turbo
Starblade
Cannon Fodder
Alone In The Dark
Another World
Flashback
Need For Speed
Road Rash
Star Control 2
Return Fire

Now the real challenge, would be to name 10 Good Jag Games...:D

SnakePlissken

o1s1n wrote: »

Name 10 good 3DO games! :P

Need for Speed,
Road Rash,
Return Fire,
Street Fighter,
Samurai Shodown,
Alone in the Dark
Another World,....

Killing Time,
Wing Commander III,
...

Ok I'm struggling here....

Gex perhaps or maybe Doom no definitely not... hmmm... someone help me out please.

runswithascript

The Nintendo Wii is a piece of sh!t apart from Mario, Mario Kart, and Punch Out.

All of the other games are crap and/or for 8 year olds/old people.

MrVestek

SnakePlissken wrote: »

Need for Speed,
Road Rash,
Return Fire,
Street Fighter,
Samurai Shodown,
Alone in the Dark
Another World,....

Killing Time,
Wing Commander III,
...

Ok I'm struggling here....

Gex perhaps or maybe Doom no definitely not... hmmm... someone help me out please.

The Wii. I've played it maybe 10 times since launch. It only ever gets powered up these days for Netflix.

Steve X2

o1s1n wrote: »

You bought a 3DO :pac:

runswithascript

Achilles wrote: »

The Wii. I've played it maybe 10 times since launch. It only ever gets powered up these days for Netflix.

You need to find another device for Netflix, another crap thing about the Wii is that it will not output the HD you are paying for.

elfy4eva

I don't think the Wii is too bad has some decent niche-y games. I never owned one when it was at its peak but I picked up a cheap used Wii on Adverts a few weeks ago, My only reason to buy it at all was so I could play some of my favorite Gamecube games on my LCD Tv. My Gamecube wouldn't display properly on it.

o1s1n

Sorry guys I forgot a stipulation - name 10 good games which are original ips. Ports dont count for ****!

o1s1n

Achilles wrote: »

The Wii. I've played it maybe 10 times since launch. It only ever gets powered up these days for Netflix.

Youre doing it wrong! Wii has many many amazing games.

Andrew76

RopeDrink wrote: »

It's a toss-up between NES and PSX... Those are literally the only two I had, I'm more the home-computer type with Amiga's, Spectrum's and C64's

There you go, there's a sh1te machine right there. :P

o1s1n wrote: »

Sorry guys I forgot a stipulation - name 10 good games which are original ips. Ports dont count for ****!

A good game is a good game. Unless you're telling me all those Saturn shmup ports don't count?

briany

EnterNow wrote: »

Super SF2 Turbo
Starblade
Cannon Fodder
Alone In The Dark
Another World
Flashback
Need For Speed
Road Rash
Star Control 2
Return Fire

Now the real challenge, would be to name 10 Good Jag Games...:D

Indeed. Someone should also try to name 10 well received Virtual Boy games. A challenge because I think 10 games is about the extent of it's catalogue.

The thing about the 3DO was that it had some beyond awful titles available for it as well. Plumbers Don't Wear Ties is one that is often cited but also I think that the 3DO threw it's lot in with the 'interactive entertainment' buzz of the early 90s, along with the CD-i a generation before, before the PS swept it and the rest of the fifth gen aside. I understand it was also prohibitively expensive to begin with.

dusf wrote: »

The Nintendo Wii is a piece of sh!t apart from Mario, Mario Kart, and Punch Out.

All of the other games are crap and/or for 8 year olds/old people.

If it really were aimed at the elderly, I wish they would have made a lawn bowling sim or shuffleboard sim. I would have played the **** out of that.

Myrddin

Andrew76 wrote: »

A good game is a good game. Unless you're telling me all those Saturn shmup ports don't count?

On fire today my man

gugleguy

Sony PSP about 5 years ago. The cotrol stick on the left went relatively quickly. Fair enough I got a replacement PSP. Also I own a Sony Vaio laptop. It's. Been quite nifty the 2.5 years I've had it. I gave away my Sony PSP replacement console about 3 months after getting it. The Sony PS vitamarketing plan is just as bad

MrVestek

o1s1n wrote: »

Youre doing it wrong! Wii has many many amazing games.

Nothing that interests me though.

Steve X2

Achilles wrote: »

Nothing that interests me though.

Xenoblade Chronicles!!??

CiDeRmAn

dusf wrote: »

The Nintendo Wii is a piece of sh!t apart from Mario, Mario Kart, and Punch Out.

All of the other games are crap and/or for 8 year olds/old people.

So, no room in your heart for...

Metroid Prime Trilogy
Excite Trucks
Zelda Twilight Princess
Zelda Skyward Sword
Pandoras Tower
Super Smash Bros Brawl
Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition
Okami: Wii Edition
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Kirbys Adventure
Kirbys Epic Yarn
Goldeneye Reloaded
Monster Hunter 3
Sin and Punishment 2
House of the Dead OVerkill
No More Heroes
Metal Slug Anthology
Pikmin 1&2
Boy and his Blob
Animal Crossing: City Folk

All great, all for regular gamers and none designed with children/old people in mind.

MrVestek

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

So, no room in your heart for...

Metroid Prime Trilogy
Excite Trucks
Zelda Twilight Princess
Zelda Skyward Sword
Pandoras Tower
Super Smash Bros Brawl
Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition
Okami: Wii Edition
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Kirbys Adventure
Kirbys Epic Yarn
Goldeneye Reloaded
Monster Hunter 3
Sin and Punishment 2
House of the Dead OVerkill
No More Heroes
Metal Slug Anthology
Pikmin 1&2
Boy and his Blob
Animal Crossing: City Folk

All great, all for regular gamers and none designed with children/old people in mind.

Actually I think the only time my Wii has ever seen significant usage was when SSBB came out...

cloud493

PS2.

CiDeRmAn

briany wrote: »

Indeed. Someone should also try to name 10 well received Virtual Boy games. A challenge because I think 10 games is about the extent of it's catalogue.

Sure, maybe, but it did have at least 8 games worth playing

Galactic Pinball
Warioland
Mario Clash
Marios Tennis
Red Alarm
Vertical Force
Teleroboxer
3D Tetris

All of which offer a pretty good time, and I know as I own most of them.

The thing about the 3DO was that it had some beyond awful titles available for it as well. Plumbers Don't Wear Ties is one that is often cited but also I think that the 3DO threw it's lot in with the 'interactive entertainment' buzz of the early 90s, along with the CD-i a generation before, before the PS swept it and the rest of the fifth gen aside. I understand it was also prohibitively expensive to begin with.

The 3DO shared a generation with the CDi, the 3DO coming out, in the west, a year later.
The 3DO was a far more sophisticated piece of equipment.
The 3DO got some lousy games, yes, but name me a hardware platform that didn't?
What the 3DO did get was a list of games that, while short, were pretty damn impressive and many of which are still good today.
Return Fire is one of the best examples, it plays beautifully, the visuals are solid, like it's some toy set your are wrecking havoc with, and the music and fmv are probably some of the best from an era that is often condemned by the cack-handed attempts to exploit the CD as games storage.
Road & Track present The Need For Speed is another lovely game, sure the frame rate is a little low by todays standards and the car models leave just a little to be desired but it played/plays great, the tracks are iconic and, if playing the 3DO version, you get the great fmv as well.
Starblade is all sorts of awesome and was probably the first proper arcade conversion of a modern 3d rendered game, with both the arcade original and an upgraded version in there too boot.
Star Control II is simply one of the most enjoyable RPGs I've played, and it includes a very well regarded melee mode as well.


Thing is, all a console really needs is one outstanding game to make it worth buying, an experience you simply can't find on any other platform.
Sure, many of the 3DO games appeared on other platforms like the Saturn and the Playstation but, thanks to hardware differences, the ports were never much more than paler versions of the technicolour originals.
Yes, NFS has more tracks on the PS but the colour depth is lower so it doesn't look as nice.
Yes, Return Fire made the trip to the Saturn and PS as well, but they changed the cutscenes and turned the jeep into a hummer, not as cool.

With this in mind, prior to the 3DS, there simply was no other way to play a game of tennis in 3D unless, of course, you actually go out and play an actual game of tennis!
Galactic Pinball is very impressive.

Similarly, the Vectrex, a machine with few games but those that are out there make owning the machine a pleasure, Minestorm for example.


There really is no such thing as truly lousy hardware, aside from the CDi, only lousy games, even the Jaguar has Tempest 2000, best version anywhere.

CiDeRmAn

cloud493 wrote: »

PS2.

Feel free to leave, don't let the door smack you on the back of the head as you go, don't want your head print on my new door.....

The Last Bandit

Amstrad GX-4000, CDi, Jaguar CD, Atari 7800 .... Hmm I seem to have a thing for crap consoles..