[Jake.]

Poll coming

[Jake.]

(would have included the Saturn but who would have honestly voted for it)

[Drew.]

PS1.. Gamecube wasn't too bad either

[Jake.]

Ah I didn't want the votes to be private

[AnnieK]

Sega megadrive

[Jake.]

Excuse me that wasn't an option now was it

[AnnieK]

I do beg your pardon jake....barring the vastly superior megadrive I guess Playstation

[Ramsay]

N64. Loved the PS1 too but has to be 64

[Black Dagger]

N64..

I loved Mario Party, Mario 64 and NWO Revenge and No Mercy way too much

But PS1 was a stellar console as well, Spyro and Crash Bandicoot were ****ing classics.

[Jake.]

Originally Posted by Karl

N64. Loved the PS1 too but has to be 64

This, deserves to win for Mario 64 alone

[Jake.]

Originally Posted by anniek76

I do beg your pardon jake....barring the vastly superior megadrive I guess Playstation

We all know that the Megadrive is great but it's from a different era

[Verbal]

First console I ever bought was a PS1. Always been more of a PC gamer. Its clearly the best, always has been and always will be. The PC that is.

[reece(:]

PS1 <3

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Black Dagger

N64..

I loved Mario Party, Mario 64 and NWO Revenge and No Mercy way too much

But PS1 was a stellar console as well, Spyro and Crash Bandicoot were ****ing classics.

.....

[Stu]

Whilst I love the N64 the PlayStation trumps it for me. As great as they are for open source, community content and cheap indie games PCs back catalogues for true triple A titles just cannot compare to consoles. And nobody goes around to a mates house with a pizza and some smokes to watch them play Rome : Total War with themselves. PC gamers are solitary creatures who brag endlessly about whats under their hood.

[Verbal]

Originally Posted by Stu

Whilst I love the N64 the PlayStation trumps it for me. As great as they are for open source, community content and cheap indie games PCs back catalogues for true triple A titles just cannot compare to consoles. And nobody goes around to a mates house with a pizza and some smokes to watch them play Rome : Total War with themselves. PC gamers are solitary creatures who brag endlessly about whats under their hood.

Never heard of LAN parties then?

These days all these games can be played online. PC's can also be updated within minutes, the new xbox is already outdated when compared to the PC. People using it will be using the same graphics card for the next 10 years and thus having a sub par experience.

[Me. I Am Salman]

Playstation trumps Nintendo in every way

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Verbal

Never heard of LAN parties then?

These days all these games can be played online. PC's can also be updated within minutes, the new xbox is already outdated when compared to the PC. People using it will be using the same graphics card for the next 10 years and thus having a sub par experience.

Of course I have heard of LAN parties but Doom II was a long time ago, brother. And playing against strangers online is nothing compared to four chums squinting to see a splitscreen, munching each others supply of health packs.

Who cares about high end PC gaming? Nobody is developing for it because the market is too small and the benchmark is decided by what is in consoles. Most devs want their software to run on consoles too and the tech can be stretched a lot. Sure Skyrim don't look as good on the 360 but hey I paid for it 8 years ago and I still do not feel like I am missing out on much.

Conversly because most people do not have the time or money to update their rigs every year, most of the mostly widely played PC titles run on years old systems rendering the whole technology argument close to meaningless.

PC gamers can run a dull, glorified tech demo like Crysis 3 on max settings but at the end of the day most of the geniunly stunning games this year - like every year - will be coming to consoles. All my friends will be up for a game and nobody will have to worry if their Intel 600x Jabbahut will be good enough for it.

[Jake.]

>> The games that tried to emulate its success

[Me. I Am Salman]

Ew I bought Mario 3D Land a few weeks back and returned it, was so boring

[Jake.]

What's that got to do with Mario 64 though

[Stu]

Tomb Raider II is better than any Mario. It's got dat Venice and Monks who beat people around with sticks. And all those levels where the level tries to kill you.

[Verbal]

Originally Posted by Stu

Of course I have heard of LAN parties but Doom II was a long time ago, brother. And playing against strangers online is nothing compared to four chums squinting to see a splitscreen, munching each others supply of health packs.

Who cares about high end PC gaming? Nobody is developing for it because the market is too small and the benchmark is decided by what is in consoles. Most devs want their software to run on consoles too and the tech can be stretched a lot. Sure Skyrim don't look as good on the 360 but hey I paid for it 8 years ago and I still do not feel like I am missing out on much.

Conversly because most people do not have the time or money to update their rigs every year, most of the mostly widely played PC titles run on years old systems rendering the whole technology argument close to meaningless.

PC gamers can run a dull, glorified tech demo like Crysis 3 on max settings but at the end of the day most of the geniunly stunning games this year - like every year - will be coming to consoles. All my friends will be up for a game and nobody will have to worry if their Intel 600x Jabbahut will be good enough for it.

To update a gaming PC you would have to spend less than half of what you spend on buying an Xbox/PS..whatever. A game on the PC will get released and be playable for years because they are constantly 'modded' by the players...a concept that would be totally alien to console users.

Nobody developing for the PC? That is just simply not true and quite funny.

Most games that are out on the PC a console would not have a hope in hell of even loading.

Vanilla Skyrim looks **** on the PC because it is a port from the consoles. But hey you can mod it to take full advantage of a PC's capabilities.

How much is the new xbox? Around the £600 mark? I bought my gaming PC and a 30" HD monitor for less than that.

You certainly do not need to spend stupid money on a gaming PC capable of running each and every game that is out now. Mine is nowhere near 'top end' and I quite easily play every game going on max settings.

Once you have a gaming PC, and you want to upgrade in 5 years or so, you can go out spend a couple of hundred on a graphics card, some RAM and a new processor and you have a gaming machine that is head and shoulders above any console they will ever bring out.

Either that or you can go out and spend £600 on the next Xbox.


Those 'genuinely stunning games' you are going to get on the consoles, are in the PC world, about 5 years out of date.

[Shaun]

as usual, the range of titles with the PS was a lot better, but in terms of redefining gaming, the N64 was pretty much the best of all time. Super Mario 64 was the first to use missions-within-missions (how many games now require objectives? Rather than kill Bowser or get to the end), dynamic cameras and (I'm sure others will claim the contrary) probably the first great open world 3D platform.

I respect those who prefer the playstation because it was also awesome (and to be honest, that start-up sound is probably equivalent with an orgasm to me), but I grew up loving the N64. Goldeneye, Banjo & Kazooie, Diddy Kong Racing, Mario Kart, Pokemon Stadium, Snowboard Kids... all brilliant, all responsible for wasting about 25% of my childhood.

[Shaun]

also nothing screams loneliness quite like PC gaming, can't be arsed with it