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[–] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I'm gonna cheat on a technicality, and say "Evercade" which is still getting new cartridge releases. It's retro, but not vintage.

If I had to go vintage...probably the SNES for multiplayer, but it would hurt a lot not to pick the Gameboy SP.

[–] ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Xbox 360 if that's to young then prehaps the PS2 or gameboy

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Too* young.

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[–] randomthin2332@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

At some point, all consoles will be retro consoles :p

!Gameboy Advance, just so many great games I'm still to play!<

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

Specifically AGS101 for the better backlight. I'd say DMG because that's my favorite, but with the GBA line, I don't have to pick.

[–] SleepyWheel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

I love gaming on the go so I'll put in a vote for the GBA, which has quite a few NES and SNES conversions.as well as soke great games in it's own right

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

OG Xbox with the OG Blade UI and an OG Full Sized controller. Modded and loaded with emulators will it play nearly anything.

[–] piugame@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

the blade UI was Xbox 360, not OG xbox.

[–] papagoose08@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

ColecoVision.

[–] nomecks@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Pong machine.

[–] catastrophicblues@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago
[–] dlundh@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sega Saturn or PlayStation 2. I’m mainly a STG/shoot’em’up player and those two consoles have a ton of them. If forced to choose between the two, PS2 edges out on top because of Dodonpachi Daioujou which I consider to be perfection.

[–] NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

Retro doesn’t include gen 2, gen 2 systems aren’t old enough to be retro.

Now, if you will excuse me, I have clouds to yell at.

[–] Carter@feddit.uk 1 points 9 months ago

Wii U is probably the safest bet as it can natively play GameCube and Wii games with easy emulation for the rest of the systems.

[–] the16bitgamer@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

By my definition, the Vita is Retro. In which case that since it can emulate everything I want to play and more.

If I have to go pre 2010 probably a DS or PSP due to the vast library of games I like

Pre 2000... PlayStation 1 or Super Nintendo leaning heavily on PlayStation

[–] Damdy@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I'd say the gamecube for smash melee mostly, but the first Wii was backwards compatible so there's literally no downsides to that over GameCube.

[–] teamevil@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

TurboGrafx 16 baby...

[–] Grangle1@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

At first I was going to say SNES, since I did not own one as a kid and I'd have the chance to play all the 16-bit games I missed, but instead I'm going to say PS1. The classic SNES games are being re-released in various services or packs including Switch Online in their original form and if push comes to shove SNES emulation has been quite good for a long time. I've played even less PS1 and it has a huge library full of "hidden gems" and classics in all sorts of genres, many of which may never see a re-release on retro consoles or services. Just pick a type of game you want, the PS1 probably has it, something that even the SNES may not be able to say.

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