What was the first console to "wow" you?

[ArchienineZXAdventArchienineZXAdvent's icon]

Oh... Dude
LATAM being LATAM I guess
My dad had a daughter before me so she is my 'old sister's but her mom doesn't want to know about my dad, so I know

My dad cheated my mother with that woman and he is also cheating that woman with other woman lol.

 

[Moldark-Wyrm]

Growing up with nes I would say when Snes, PS1 and PS2 came out each time they WOWed me every time. But then It all quit even feel awesome PS3 era was just 50 shades of brown and grey and PS4 and 5 these generation was just sure fun games but the steps in Graphic just went high but the quallty just sank.

 

[Megarockman _1987 Megarockman _1987]

My dad cheated my mother with that woman and he is also cheating that woman with other woman lol.

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[ArchienineZXAdventArchienineZXAdvent's icon]

wtfffff
como decimos aca, si que le gusta repartir mondá

Es un termotanque de leche jaja

 

[lestagio]

If handhelds count, then the Game Boy. People nowadays say "The game boy screen sucks and the graphics aren't good!" And yeah, that's fair. The definitive way to play GB games is on a GBA in my opinion. But at the time? Tetris and Mario Land, in the car, all the damn time? Blew my little mind.

As for actual consoles, it's probably simply the SNES. The graphics were INSANE, and the games are all so good. The PS1 is another contender though because that's when we jumped to 3D and everyone lost their fuckin minds!

 

[Megarockman _1987 Megarockman _1987]

Es un termotanque de leche jaja

QUE PUTAS AIJSHDASUFHASUFHASFC (I guess we are losing the topic)
sorry guys...

 

[ArchienineZXAdventArchienineZXAdvent's icon]

QUE PUTAS AIJSHDASUFHASUFHASFC (I guess we are losing the topic)
sorry guys...

I let myself get carried away

 

[Nebra]

the gap from GBA to PSP

 

[MegaDrive1987]

Sega Mega Drive, my mate had one before me and I remember playing Sonic 2 when it was new, only had a quick go of Oil Ocean Zone as that is where he was up to. I was getting one for Christmas and couldn't wait as I was still on a ZX Spectrum 128k haha.

 

[ArchienineZXAdventArchienineZXAdvent's icon]

Sega Mega Drive, my mate had one before me and I remember playing Sonic 2 when it was new, only had a quick go of Oil Ocean Zone as that is where he was up to. I was getting one for Christmas and couldn't wait as I was still on a ZX Spectrum 128k haha.

I would say that the Mega Drive is the console of your life

 

[MegaDrive1987]

I would say that the Mega Drive is the console of your life

Yeah I'd say so too mate considering I'd only ever seen 8 Bit games up until that point apart from when my uncles used to bring their Commodore Amiga over at weekends when I was about 3. I remember them playing Lotus Turbo Challenge although I never got to see much as it was usually time for me to go to bed.

 

[Potapota]

7th gen really felt like the "next gen". The jump from janky jittering polygons, murky textures and otherwise very limited gaming experiences into these smooth textures, reflections, physics(!) and so on was so damn impressive. Even the damn dashboards on these new consoles felt literally out of this world in comparison. Even if there is a lot more impressive things going on under the hood, everything after that has felt like more of the same with a slight resolution bumb.

Also psp being like a portable ps2 was absolutely bonkers. So much power in such a tiny device. That is also the case with the ps2 slim model to a lesser extent.

 

[Koolas]

For me, it was PS Vita. I never saw one until my sister's boyfriend gave it to me year ago.
It was peak experience in terms of gaming, especially for rhythm gaming experience.

The first time I played it, especially DJMax Technika Tune and Project Diva series, I was blown off how advanced it was.
And the Adrenaline experience that allowed me to play previous title of DJMax on PSP made me thinking that PS Vita was peak handheld console for any rhythm gamer.

 

[Vardalis]

I'd say the Nintendo DS with some of its 3D offerings. It felt like enough of a step up from the GBA and gave that "wow" factor with the dual screens.

Probably the PSP after that seeing how "almost" PS2 quality games ran on it, like Vice City Stories.

 

[Atma]

The Dreamcast, easily.

My 7 year old mind was blown away by the VMU functionality and the visuals that thing could put out. Even to this day, I still miss not having the ammo and life counter on my controller when playing the classic RE games.

 

[BrawlMan]

Sega Genesis. If we're talking 3D, then N64, PS1, Dreamcast, and PS2 in that exact order.

 

[Sanarchy]

I remember owning a demo disc or something which advertised the Nintendo DS. I looked for the commercial I specifically saw that advertised Super Mario 64 DS but it doesn't seem to have been preserved online. Had really nice trance music in the background as it showed off that game.

The Dreamcast, easily.

My 7 year old mind was blown away by the VMU functionality and the visuals that thing could put out. Even to this day, I still miss not having the ammo and life counter on my controller when playing the classic RE games.

Never thought I'd see someone use Coconna from Armored Trooper VOTOMS as a profile pic, great stuff.

 

[iamthemilkman]

Definitely N64. As much as I loved NES, SNES and Genesis, it wasn't until I saw Super Mario 64 for the first time where I thought "Wow."

 

[NotReallyHere]

Most people started to love the Dreamcast after it vanished

I've written about this in other posts, but as incredible as the Dreamcast was, it was kinda no fun to own one when it was on the market. At least, in my experience...

I endured relentless bullying from friends and classmates, questioning my intelligence for spending money on the console and games. Had friends tell me to my face that they couldn't see a difference between NFL 2K and Madden '99 on the PS1. Had another friend question my sexual orientation after I showed him Space Channel 5. The list goes on

Plus, most stores around me didn't carry Dreamcast games or accessories, and most rental shops didn't rent them, either! The only way for me to reliably pick up new games was to go out of my way to the only FuncoLand in the area and pre-order the titles I wanted. In many cases, that would be the only copy the store would receive. And I had to cross my fingers and hope that the game would actually be worth the cash, since I couldn't rent it or try it out for myself, beforehand.

It's kind of a minor miracle that I ended up liking the Dreamcast as much as I did. But the anti-hype and fanaticism against it at the time were very real

Back on topic...

No moment in my gaming life lives up to the night we brought home a Nintendo 64. I had seen 3D games in arcades and played a PlayStation once or twice, but firing up Shadows of the Empire in my living room and watching the Snowspeeders on Hoth look like they were about the fly right out of the TV and into my living room (complete with John Williams's soundtrack!) was a knock-me-on-my-butt moment that I've never been able to repeat

 

[Boofytan]

Although i never got to even touch one, the Neo Geo.

 

[ArchienineZXAdventArchienineZXAdvent's icon]

I've written about this in other posts, but as incredible as the Dreamcast was, it was kinda no fun to own one when it was on the market. At least, in my experience...

I endured relentless bullying from friends and classmates, questioning my intelligence for spending money on the console and games. Had friends tell me to my face that they couldn't see a difference between NFL 2K and Madden '99 on the PS1. Had another friend question my sexual orientation after I showed him Space Channel 5. The list goes on

Plus, most stores around me didn't carry Dreamcast games or accessories, and most rental shops didn't rent them, either! The only way for me to reliably pick up new games was to go out of my way to the only FuncoLand in the area and pre-order the titles I wanted. In many cases, that would be the only copy the store would receive. And I had to cross my fingers and hope that the game would actually be worth the cash, since I couldn't rent it or try it out for myself, beforehand.

It's kind of a minor miracle that I ended up liking the Dreamcast as much as I did. But the anti-hype and fanaticism against it at the time were very real

Back on topic...

No moment in my gaming life lives up to the night we brought home a Nintendo 64. I had seen 3D games in arcades and played a PlayStation once or twice, but firing up Shadows of the Empire in my living room and watching the Snowspeeders on Hoth look like they were about the fly right out of the TV and into my living room (complete with John Williams's soundtrack!) was a knock-me-on-my-butt moment that I've never been able to repeat

I hate these kind of people, some people at school made fun of me because they had seen me emulate GBA, DS, etc instead of playing whatever they played on their phones.

 

[Pernil]

Original xbox is still my favorite console experience. There's this sheer joy and excitement just scrolling through the dashboard, it was so cool and fresh. Amazing sound design. Everything ran like a dream, it truly felt like a major jump forward.

 

[JPZ]

The jump from Mega Drive to PlayStation was mind-blowing at the time.

Going from playing something like Sonic to Resident Evil or FFVII was such a huge leap. Hard to imagine now, but back then those games felt like 'playing a movie'.

The next major leap was the Dreamcast, but it still didn't seem as big as going from 16bit to 32bit. Though the graphics now looked 'real' and games like Soul Calibur and especially Shenmue were extremely impressive.

The first time I booted up Shenmue, I was speechless and couldn't believe what I was seeing. This was the last game which had this effect on me, the following generations were just gradual improvements.

Not sure if we will see leaps like we did from 8bit to 128bit in such a relatively short time ever again.

 

[Kovlak]

The first time a console really wowed me was the Xbox 360. I had a few games wow me before, but the Xbox 360 was the first console to have a steady supply of games that really wowed me. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Fable 2, Dead Rising, Dead Space, Alan Wake, Bulletstorm, Fable 3, the Fable remaster, ...

 

[shaggi shaggi]

It was PlayStation 2. Huge games, pretty realistic 3d graphics, many peripherals to connect. What more is needed to impress someone who knows mostly 8/16-bit era games?