Best console of all time

This is a tough subject to write on because it can turn into such a heated debate amongst gaming enthusiasts.  There are just so many great consoles from the past to choose from; Super Nintendo, the original Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64, and Playstation just to name a few.  The best console of all time argument can be related to the argument between Macs and PC’s.  Fan boys on each side of the isle will take sides and swear by their own personal favorite console.  In my personal opinion, the greatest console ever made (so far) is the Nintendo 64.  Nintendo 64 is the greatest console of all time because of the games it had and how the system was designed for you and your friends to take advantage of the games.

The greatest part about  Nintendo 64 was all of the quality titles that were produced for the console.  Many of the quality titles were also produced exclusively for the Nintendo 64.  Some of those exclusive titles were Mario Kart, Super Smash Brothers, Golden eye, Legend of Zelda, Mario Party, Perfect Dark, and WCW versus nWo Revenge.  All of these titles had great game play, they all had great replay value, and lastly most of them had excellent multiplayer functionality.

The last point I made in the paragraph above leads me into the other main component that made Nintendo 64 the best console ever made, the multiplayer functionality.  Mind you, these were the days before online game play on consoles so the systems had to design ways to let more than one user play with each other at the same time.  While Sony’s Playstation eventually came out with a hub that allowed 4 player multiplayer, Nintendo 64 already had this built in and most games took advantage of this.  This is why I believe that Nintendo 64 was the superior system to Sony’s Playstation because four users could play with each other at the same time on the same console.  This could provide hours of entertainment with you and your friends.

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~ by Aidan on December 15, 2009.