I’d have to go with the wood grain Atari 2600, I’m a sucker for 70’s designed electronics.
while not necessarily the prettiest console by any means but i always thought the Og xbox home menu went way harder than it needed to, now that’s presentation!
They said retro, the Xbox can’t be retro, its only been around for- oh. Oh no.
The 2600 depicted in the article thumbnail, was absolutely a beauty in its native environment of the late 1970’s:
Vectrex, hands-down.
It just looks so sleek. For me, it was the future of gaming.
One more vote with OP. That Atari is a nice looking machine.
Is PS Vita a retro console? If so that.
I’d say PSP is, but Vita isn’t. DS is, but 3DS isn’t.
To me, no. PS2 is a retro console, but PS3 (Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X., Crysis 2) is not. I mean, look at those games’ graphics, they look FENOMENAL.
Needs a Sonic 3 cartridge plugged into a Sonic & Knuckles cartridge plugged into the 32X plugged into the Genesis to get the full Sega experience.
Ask and you shall receive fellow lover of lock on technology ™️
Unfortunately I don’t have a genesis Game Genie or Action Replay to really spice it up
If I could reach through my phone screen, I’d definitely let you borrow my game genie just to complete that lock on power tower.
PC Engine. Not only does it look like a prop from the set of TNG, but it is delightfully tiny. The cartridges are little cards that you slot in the front. There is literally nothing bad about a PC Engine. (Except for maybe that it’s only got one controller port)
+1.
Also it can be turned into a coolest spaceship, with its CDRom attachment, a very first in 1988!
Also the HuCard format for its games is unbeatable!
Speaking of spaceships…
Not the most practical PC engine model, because it lacked the extra oomph of the SuperGrafx and you couldn’t attach a CD-ROM² - but just look at it
Humm, for PCs I’d have to say iMac
For game consoles it’s a hard debate between the GameBoy Pocket or the GameBoy Micro. One is the essence of a GameBoy shrunken down to a power efficent and usable design. While the other is the smallest you can make a console while still having it usable.
I still have that GBA micro laying around somewhere. An ex GF stole my reloadable cartridge though. :(
Mine has a black face plate.
Apparently, the Micro was the last Game Boy product that Nintendo made.
Very elegant.
I would say the cutoff is Game Boy Advance SP and Micro is a poseur, because Micro can’t play original Game Boy or Color games. If one is counting GBA, then the DS and DS Lite could still play those.
Edit: Get a flash cart and you can unofficially play old GB on any GBA-compatible using Goomba Color. Micro is awesome at what it does, I just hate that it has the Game Boy name yet can’t play GB games and had yet another different link cable port because Nintendo!
Something about the Power Macintosh 6100, and the chin that does it for me. Plus the name, POWER Macintosh does it for me.
Also that prowler on the screen. I wonder if they had some sort of deal with Chrysler.
the atari 2600 looks like it could take you back to the future with enough jigawatts
Nintendo’s GameCube. It’s cubical. Cubical!
Intelligang represent!
Intellevision may not have the best controller design out there, but the versatility with the different card inserts made playing games easier when I was a kid. Basically a guide in the palm of your hands for each game you owned. Losing them did blow however.
BAM THERE IT IS !!!
We had both this one and the 2nd gen gray one! Plus the voice synthesizer addon. My dad would replace the touch pad inserts so we didn’t have to buy new controllers.
Amazing console way ahead of it’s time.
Six switch woody can’t be beat
Original C64 is a close second
Classic C64 is a work of art, inside and out.
Then it’s “classic C64 and VIC-20”.
The Mega Drive is the best looking retro console, I mean look at it
This one looks a little naked. Needs more “High Definition Graphics” or whatever it says
