Nylan
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I repeat: N-Gage
Worst game console ever.
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I repeat: N-Gage
Unless you need a blu-ray player anyway, in which case it's quite a good deal.
Harvin87
The Youth
Hhehe.. I cant believe only ....2 people (myself included.. 
..) mentioned the Virtual-crap hehe... but yea ... the N-GAGE was incredibly bad....
And of course worth mentioning ... all the strange systems instaled on every "La Quinta & Holiday Inn" hotels ... lol
..) mentioned the Virtual-crap hehe... but yea ... the N-GAGE was incredibly bad.... And of course worth mentioning ... all the strange systems instaled on every "La Quinta & Holiday Inn" hotels ... lol
GoodSarmatian
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I could say Virtual Boy but I never palyed it.
I am not even sure if the thing ever saw the light of day in Germany (quick wiki-check tells me it was only available in Japan and the USA).
The various next-gen consoles during/between the late SNES end early Playstation era like the 3DO, Philips CD-i or Atari Jaguar could also qualify but that has more to do with the lack of good games and bad decisions in design and marketing while the virtualboy was a stupid idea badly impelmented.
By the way, when I see the current developments in the console market with Sony and Microsoft trying to copy each other and turning their consoles into a poor man's PC while making them at the same time too expensive for game consoles I predict a new video game crash in the next decade which will give Nintendo a near monopoly until a new contender arrives.
I am not even sure if the thing ever saw the light of day in Germany (quick wiki-check tells me it was only available in Japan and the USA).
The various next-gen consoles during/between the late SNES end early Playstation era like the 3DO, Philips CD-i or Atari Jaguar could also qualify but that has more to do with the lack of good games and bad decisions in design and marketing while the virtualboy was a stupid idea badly impelmented.
By the way, when I see the current developments in the console market with Sony and Microsoft trying to copy each other and turning their consoles into a poor man's PC while making them at the same time too expensive for game consoles I predict a new video game crash in the next decade which will give Nintendo a near monopoly until a new contender arrives.
LucyDuke
staring at the clock
The NES.
Some might disagree with me, but try being the only kid with an 8 bit system while everyone else in class had the newer 16 bit Sega Genesis and then upgraded to N64's and Playstation's!AND I UPGRADED MY NES WITH A GAMECUBE!
I upgraded my PS2 to an NES.
Renner
Warlord
Virtual Boy hands down. As bad as some of the others mentioned were, at least they were playable. I'd hate to think of the "discomfort" that would result from many hours on that abomination.
Martacus
World's Greatest Warrior
Another vote for Virtual Boy here. The games were so awful I had to stop playing BEFORE the system started giving me eye strain.
Ahh the old days of the failed console wars. That generation between the NES and the PS2 was absolutely littered with the corpses of failed consoles... why was that? Turbografx 16, CD-i, Atari Jaguar, Neo Geo, Saturn, DreamCast, Sega CD, 3DO... so many. Now we have Nintendo, MS, and Sony. (Remember when Nintendo and Sony were supposed to team up for their next gen console? Oops.)
Not sure if any of them were the worst though, some actually had good games such as the Neo Geo and Turbografx from what I have read and remember. (I never played them but IIRC those two had a lot of the popular arcade games on them. I really wanted a Neo-Geo as a kid actually, those SNK arcade games were loads of fun. Too bad the games themselves cost hundreds of dollars and were ridiculously huge.)
I actually forgot about the Virtual Boy until this thread, and reading up on it that seems to qualify both in terms of bad games and completely god-awful playability. I mean rarely is a video game console so bad that it actually induces physical pain to actually play.
If I had to pick one--besides the Virtual Boy--I'd say it's a toss up between the 3DO and the CD-i as they seemed to be the most obscure, random, and poorly supported by anyone.
Not sure if any of them were the worst though, some actually had good games such as the Neo Geo and Turbografx from what I have read and remember. (I never played them but IIRC those two had a lot of the popular arcade games on them. I really wanted a Neo-Geo as a kid actually, those SNK arcade games were loads of fun. Too bad the games themselves cost hundreds of dollars and were ridiculously huge.)
I actually forgot about the Virtual Boy until this thread, and reading up on it that seems to qualify both in terms of bad games and completely god-awful playability. I mean rarely is a video game console so bad that it actually induces physical pain to actually play.
If I had to pick one--besides the Virtual Boy--I'd say it's a toss up between the 3DO and the CD-i as they seemed to be the most obscure, random, and poorly supported by anyone.
carmen510
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I've heard the worst treated game console ever from a Gamestop employee.
They got a used PS2 with a solid inch of dust on it, and it was so badly treated it wasn't even black, it was brown. Even worse, said employee had to make sure it was working, and when it began to run, German cockroaches came out of the fan.
I have no idea what they did to that PS2, but they actually sold it and, unsurprisingly, the poor bastard returned it with many complaints.
They got a used PS2 with a solid inch of dust on it, and it was so badly treated it wasn't even black, it was brown. Even worse, said employee had to make sure it was working, and when it began to run, German cockroaches came out of the fan.
I have no idea what they did to that PS2, but they actually sold it and, unsurprisingly, the poor bastard returned it with many complaints.
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
I'm surprised by the lack of decrying in this thread of Intellivision.
Narz
keeping it real
Intellivision was da' bomb. Snafu FTW!
My vote goes with the PlayStation, I hated the controls on that damn thing.
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
Yeah I know it was, but if people are putting down NES, then they must've loathed Intellivision.
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Intellivision was da' bomb. Snafu FTW!
My vote goes with the PlayStation, I hated the controls on that damn thing.
No way. The first Wipeout. Second year of uni. After the pubs kick out back to someones for a drink and a smoke and Wipeout turned up loud. Better still when we got our first taste of LAN gaming with two PS1's, two big arse tellies and a fat sound system. Man it was great.
Had to take it apart after a month or so. The girls were refusing to come back after the pub on the grounds we would just play the game, the neighbours were trying to take us to court and the endless pissup was making the house smell wird. Happy days.
ParadigmShifter
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But Wipeout sucked... the guy who did the collision detection couldn't work out how to make the ship slide along the wall (hint: dot products) so your ship just sort of stopped when you hit the wall.
Also, try playing Wipeout and then playing F-Zero X.
Also, try playing Wipeout and then playing F-Zero X.
Nylan
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Twisted Metal III, Gran Turismo, and Legend of Dragoon were the games that brought me into the world of 3d. No way PS1 was a terrible console.
ParadigmShifter
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People have... it sucked but not as bad as the Amiga CD32.
gangleri2001
Garbage day!!!
Legend of Zelda for Virtual Boy is the hugest piece of c**p ever made.
PS1 was a huge hit, I don't think you could legitimately claim it as worst ever. That console stole the show from Nintendo and made Sony king until the XBox 360 and the Wii.
I'd second Nylan's list and add Tekken and FF7.
edit: and Intellivision... was awesome. Subhunt anyone? Frogger? Or that game where you had to get the Viking dude across the ocean by collecting icebergs? Aahhh memories.
I'd second Nylan's list and add Tekken and FF7.
edit: and Intellivision... was awesome. Subhunt anyone? Frogger? Or that game where you had to get the Viking dude across the ocean by collecting icebergs? Aahhh memories.
Leonel
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Well this was in the mid 90's, long before you hipsters decided it was cool to have an NES.
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