Japanese asked to rank the most profoundly memorable video game systems give a list unlikely to elicit much controversy from gamers, whether Japanese or not.
1. Famicon [NES] (7402)
2. Super Famicon [SNES] (4152)
3. GameBoy (2752)
4. N64 (1251)
5. GameBoy Color (730)
6. PlayStation 2 (688)
7. PlayStation (548)
8. Sega Saturn (350)
9. DreamCast (91)
10. Xbox (21)
Obscure consoles such as the PC Engine and Neo Geo, as well as the rather less obscure Sega Mega Drive, seem not to have been included – it is interesting to speculate whether the Xbox would still have been dead last even with them present.
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SNES is definitely #1
Totally agree. I'm surprised it got #2 to NES. Although NES did basically spark the popularity of video games, SNES was where it really started to gain momentum. Everyone I know, when asked to name a classic old video from their past, thinks of Super Mario World.
SNES FOREVER. I still play it, no lie. In fact I just bought some new rubber replacement parts and a USB adapter.
Agreed, I had many fond memories with that system...
Long live the SNES...
SNES have the real Final fantasy.
Even though I never played the SNES when I was young, I got into it's games via emulation. Recently got myself an actual SNES and found myself playing it more than my Wii or PS2....
First two - definitely!
Ah NES and SNES. Those two consoles gave many of us some really great childhood memories.
2d forever ♥
should be always like that :3
2D > 3D
I like how universal this inequation really is. With the exception of OoT and a few others of course.
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Ocarina of Time is an overrated piece of shit. I've completed it including Master Quest numerous times. I think people who hold it in such regard are half-assed gamers who haven't played very many games, clinging onto some misguided childhood nostalgia.
the sonic 3D games prove that 2D is the best .
Yes the good old days of Super Metroid, Megaman X to X3, Yoshi's island, Cybernator and many others. Oh wait i downloaded the roms *off to play some SNES now*. ^_^
Ah yes. To be honest I think lots of modern games became to graphic focused and lacking in gameplay quality. I still have fond memory of completing Zelda: A Link to the Pass 5 times and Secret of Mana 2 times on SNES, and also hours at the games shops playing against other secondary schoolers on Dragonball 2, Bomberman 2, and Mario Cart ^^
'Sup nostalgia, how's that working out for you?
I remember people hashing out that graphics/gameplay argument back when Secret of Mana was still a new release. Fancy 16-bit games spending too much time on frivolous stuff like broad color palettes and Mode-7... This same "debate" has raged for each and every new hardware generation, and it's always been equally inane. For every great game that people hold up as an example of how great things used to be, they forget that there were a thousand shitty ones that history has conveniently forgotten.
Ah yes. To be honest I think lots of modern games became to graphic focused and lacking in gameplay quality. I still have fond memory of completing Zelda: A Link to the Pass 5 times and Secret of Mana 2 times on SNES, and also hours at the games shops playing against other secondary schoolers on Dragon Ball Z Super Butouden 2, Bomberman 2, and Mario Cart ^^
wheres teh atari 2600?
Where the fuck is my Atari?!
Lynx? Jaguar? VCS2600? ^^
Btw N64 was a joke. Well it says memorable, not that they were good.
It could have been a memory of how much it sucked. Or all these Zelda fanboys and girls...
Yes, honestly, I counted the N64 had only about 10 particularly good games. 8 or 9 of them made by Nintendo. I always felt the 3D era came too soon, SNES 2D looked better. N64 looked like shit and so did PS1. I'd rather play Kirby Super Star than Mario Kart 64.
You know I actually thought that I would see the Atari on this list, this is some shocking shit...
I think that sold something like a few hundred in Japan because it was such a failure.
Doubt any of those Japs know it exists.
wait, no sega genesis...WHAT THE HELL
That is the most disappointing thing about this list imo, right?...
Both the Genesis/Mega Drive and the Master System were kind of nonstarters in Japan with the Genesis/MD being much more popular in Europe and the US
Where the fuck is my Atari 2600? And how the hell did the Xbox get on the list? That thing burned down houses for god's sake. This is bullshit.
I wouldn't forget a consoles that burned down houses. Would you?
I'm too young for the Atari so the NES(own a famicom) and SNES feels just right at the top.
LOL you guys complaining why xbox is on the list,, did you guys forgot that the first dead or alive beach volleyball came out on xbox
If it comes from Mugi, I shall take it (actually, I don't think I have much of a choice).
Long live N64 and Xbox. Probably the most undervalued consoles ever, but I had wonderful times with these two. I still laugh (and cry).
surprised the Genesis wasn't there
I know & it's a bit outrageous I believe...
No PC Engine? (turbografx 16)
Gameboy color FTW!
Yes, I loved the 3+ Gameboy Color systems that I had that were stolen & the 1 remaining system that is in poor condition I have left...
first half consists of nintendo consoles and i owned ever one of them at one point in time, so nostalgic. too bad my nes broke, sold my snes, super fat game boy got wet and broke. The only surviving nintendo consoles are my n64 and gameboy color.
Got the rare opportunity of playing in a NES just last night... I almost cried out of nostlagia.
P.S: I still rule playing Mario Bros 3
oh yeah... whatever happened to my dreamcast???
Dreamcast should simply be higher, oh well...
Yes, Dreamcast should definitely come after the 16-bit era. This is a list of "memorable consoles", not popularity as some people seem to think.
I remember getting a Dreamcast and then not seeing any games for sale or anything about it a week later. *cries*
I know all except 8. Sega Saturn
I've only played before the NES,SNES,PS,PS2,XBox,Gameboy Colour,the rest I've seen before but never tried
No Genesis?!?!!!!!!!
SEGA!
Yeah, how can they have the SEGA Saturn there & no SEGA Genesis, WTF-really?!...
A) It's the Mega Drive in Japan, not Genesis.
B) The Sega Saturn was FAR superior to the MD/Genesis, especially in Japan.
I still have my Saturn hooked up to my nice TV. The MD is sitting in my closet until I can get a Mega CD.
Mega CD was terrible.
The SNES is the greatest console ever.
Psycho Mugi is offering you a Super Famicom, how sweet <3
A bunch of foreign hating japs med this list. Its an automatic failure.
the ranking looks fine to me but tho i like the Snes better than the original nes only as i grew-up more with the Snes games rather than the nes due to it randomly crapped out