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..

o1s1n

If someone gives me a list of a consoles best games and Im seeing lots of generic ports like street fighter and cannon fodder then no, i dont thonk the console was a success- it brought nothing new.
I could very easily provide a list of ten Saturn exclusives. And even at that, a lot of those shmup ports (Radiant Silvergun) are unique to the Saturn.

Andrew76

o1s1n wrote: »

If someone gives me a list of a consoles best games and Im seeing lots of generic ports like street fighter and cannon fodder then no, i dont thonk the console was a success- it brought nothing new.
I could very easily provide a list of ten Saturn exclusives. And even at that, a lot of those shmup ports (Radiant Silvergun) are unique to the Saturn.

I don't disagree that a console needs to have some original games to make it stand out but there's nothing wrong with ports if they are good games.

RS was ported to the Xbox 360. :P

TechnoFreek

What's the definition of worst here?

A console that flopped?
A console that had few killer games?
A console that had technical issues and failed regularly?
All of the above?

elfy4eva

TechnoFreek wrote: »

What's the definition of worst here?

A console that flopped?
A console that had few killer games?
A console that had technical issues and failed regularly?
All of the above?

Whatever console you feel was the worst you ever owned. It's a good idea to share examples of your bad experiences with it for everyone to consider.

SnakePlissken

o1s1n wrote: »

If someone gives me a list of a consoles best games and Im seeing lots of generic ports like street fighter and cannon fodder then no, i dont thonk the console was a success-

Street Fighter for the 3DO was far from generic and for many years it was the definitive home version. Need for Speed and Road Rash on the other hand were not even ports, they were originally released on the 3DO and later ported to the PS & Saturn.

o1s1n wrote: »

I could very easily provide a list of ten Saturn exclusives. And even at that, a lot of those shmup ports (Radiant Silvergun) are unique to the Saturn.

Ports such as Theme Park, Cannon Fodder and Star Control II also had many features unique to the 3DO. I'm not blindly defending the 3DO but to ask for a list of ten great games and then to immediately dismiss said replies for invalid reasons is incredibly unfair.

richymcdermott

ps3

mandatory installs, shutting down of servers every few days for maintence, removal of features, a slow xmb menu and a store that was recently updated that no one ask for at the end of the console lifecycle. it makes purchasing and navigating for digital games a chore.

games wise it has the worst 3-4 years of its console cycle. ports of games like the orange box , bayonetta (etc) that were below par compared to the 360 versions and one of ps3 architecture been like building a pyramid with a rusty pair of scissors for developers the ps3 lost alot of games or games that were delayed for years before coming over.



Is it a curse every console manufacture ****s up on the 3rd console ?

Sega with the sega saturn
nintendo with the n64
playstation with the ps3
xbox with the supposedly xbox one

???

CathalDublin

Wii, only console I don't regret selling, poxy controller.
Mario Kart is good on it though

Retr0gamer

Ah yes let's name the Virtual Boy because we never played one. If you actually own a virtual Boy you'd know that despite the tiny amount of games released on the system, the majority were superb. Mario Tennis, Wario Land, Red Alarm, Galactic Pinball, Jack Bros, Teleroboxer, Vertical Force, etc. It's a fantastic system.

Also whoever hates the Wii it;s not the Wii's fault but your own. It's a fabulous system with a huge amount of excellent and very interesting games and you only have your own laziness to blame for not exploring the library fully.

As for the worst system I've ever owned it's got to be the CDi followed by the Xbox.

The CDi, what to say about it. It's best games are all available on other platforms. While the nintendo games such as the first two zelda games on it are hardly the terrible like some sources will claim, in fact they are actually quite good, outside of those titles there's not a lot to the system.

The Xbox suffers from a lack of decent exclusives. While it has some like PD Orta, JSR Future, Phantom Dust, etc. there's a severe lack of worthwhile exclusives on the system making it kind of obsolete.

It does however have the most american game ever. Metal Wolf Chaos is absolute gold.!

MrVestek

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Also whoever hates the Wii it;s not the Wii's fault but your own. It's a fabulous system with a huge amount of excellent and very interesting games and you only have your own laziness to blame for not exploring the library fully.

I don't hate the Wii but I have tried most of the killer app games for it and I'd say that the only two I ever got any enjoyment out of were Smash Bros Brawl and Sonic Colours.

The motion crap novelty wore off very quickly, same thing with the Kinect.

Now if we're talking about console purchases that I regret - Kinect all the way.

Steve X2

Retr0gamer wrote: »

The CDi, what to say about it. It's best games are all available on other platforms. While the nintendo games such as the first two zelda games on it are hardly the terrible like some sources will claim, in fact they are actually quite good, outside of those titles there's not a lot to the system.

callaway92

Gotta be the PSP.. Can't be bothered explaining properly but I remember being ridic excited for its release having had it paid for months in advance.

Used it sparingly for about 6 months and that was that.

Huge let down. (For me anyway)

CiDeRmAn

callaway92 wrote: »

Gotta be the PSP.. Can't be bothered explaining properly but I remember being ridic excited for its release having had it paid for months in advance.

Used it sparingly for about 6 months and that was that.

Huge let down. (For me anyway)

There are some good games on it, to be sure, Burnout Legends, Ridge Racers 2, Lumines, Outrun 2006, Locoroco and its sequel, numerous others, but every time I bought one it was played for a couple of months before becoming a paper weight.
I have had 3 psp consoles over the years, the last one being given to me by someone who had left it in a drawer for a year. I bought a PSP Go and that has been barely used!

But, it's still not the worst.
As a platform for unique games I think someone had bit the nail on the head, Kinect had been the biggest disappointment with nothing to merit it in anyway. I keep looking for that big release that will make it a must have but the great hope, Children of Eden, is better on a regular controller. The less said about Steel Battalion the better.

cloud493

Back in the day, I was a gamecube person, and when I eventually bought a cheap PS2 off someone in school, I was unimpressed. GTA, some medal of honor game, a racing game, didn't like any of them./ At the time, I was young enough to not appreciate stuff like Ico/Final fantasy X etc, so I sold it soon as possible.

CiDeRmAn

cloud493 wrote: »

Back in the day, I was a gamecube person, and when I eventually bought a cheap PS2 off someone in school, I was unimpressed. GTA, some medal of honor game, a racing game, didn't like any of them./ At the time, I was young enough to not appreciate stuff like Ico/Final fantasy X etc, so I sold it soon as possible.

The PS2 has such a broad library, in every genre, that you'd be hard pressed not to find a couple of years worth of games to play there, regardless of your previous gaming habits.
Sure, there are a ton of lousy titles but also so so many great ones, and a lot that no gamer should have missed.
From the Devil My Cry series to the aforementioned Ico/SoTC, GTA III/VC/SA, Read Dead Revolver, GT4, Colin McCrea, Coldwinter the number of great games are almost countless.
The Gamecube had good games, heck it had amazing games, just not enough of them, once you got away from Nintendo titles they thinned out, with Capcoms Resi 4, Viewtiful Joe and Killer 7 saving the day, along with the likes of Ikaruga that knocked one out of the park!

The PS2 still represents the machine I played the most of my entire collection and it still gets played weekly even now, with the likes of Sega Rally and Raiden III getting a run.

cloud493

No I mean, there's stuff on the ps2 I like now, thanks to the HD collections on PS3. I meant at the time

The Last Bandit

PS2 in a worst console list ? Pure trolling....

Retr0gamer

Achilles wrote: »

I don't hate the Wii but I have tried most of the killer app games for it and I'd say that the only two I ever got any enjoyment out of were Smash Bros Brawl and Sonic Colours.

The motion crap novelty wore off very quickly, same thing with the Kinect.

You're missing out on so much then if you think the Wii is just motion controls and Nintendo games (which are superb). The Wii is more about the more obscure games on the system which people need to play before they write it off.

o1s1n

SnakePlissken wrote: »

I'm not blindly defending the 3DO but to ask for a list of ten great games and then to immediately dismiss said replies for invalid reasons is incredibly unfair.

Apologies if my replies seemed unfair, I'm posting from my phone as I still have no internet at home - makes it difficult to compose a proper retort!

So do you think you can judge a console as a success if most of its best were ports?

I cant say Ive ever felt compelled to buy a 3DO - what am I missing out on now which would be a unique experience to that console?

CiDeRmAn

Come to the next Beers in mine and you can sit through the best the machine has to offer.
I have most of them.

briany

dusf wrote: »

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.

The Wii really is not a multi media device - full stop. It has strained for years under relatively meagre demands from me, or at least the years I used it for such. Now, it doesn't get used for anything. I really must try to go back and finish Mario Galaxy one of these days.