Which console generation would you like to go back to?

[AnonymousCookieMonster]

It really does, there's way too much good stuff across the board to narrow it down to just one.

Well you could limit it... But there's criteria.

1) Kick ass music
2) Sprite based graphics/gameplay.
3) Heavy classic Capcom, Konami, and RPG games.

Early 3D graphics really didn't do it much justice, so PS1 & N64 i could do without.

Once you get PS2/Gamecube/Xbox it works for a lot of stuff. But so much stuff looks great as sprites.

 

[RanmyakuIchi's iconRanmyakuIchi]

This needs multiple choice. I'd have chosen 4th-6th gen... Though a bit less on 5th gen.

It really does, there's way too much good stuff across the board to narrow it down to just one.

Well you could limit it... But there's criteria.

1) Kick ass music
2) Sprite based graphics/gameplay.
3) Heavy classic Capcom, Konami, and RPG games.

Early 3D graphics really didn't do it much justice, so PS1 & N64 i could do without.

Once you get PS2/Gamecube/Xbox it works for a lot of stuff. But so much stuff looks great as sprites.

Definitely agree on your 3 points, though I do like early 3D as I find it has it's own jank charm. You right that detailed sprite art is unmatched though.

 

[Zooey]

Wish i could go back to the N64 (5th gen). The games were great, and the graphics were just good enough that you could use your imagination. Turok had terrible fog, but back then it wasnt a big deal, if anything it made the game feel more immersive.

I know people meme about the controller, but i didnt mind it. My problem was those terrible MadCatz controllers that you had to buy because they were cheap and you needed 4 controllers for Goldeneye and Perfect Dark. I think my rabbit also disapproved of MadCatz because he would only chew on the official N64 controller cables. Maybe they just taste alot better than the MadCatz. The accessories were also really cool. The Transfer Pak, the Controller Pak, the Rumble Pak, printing off stickers at Blockbuster, and of course the Expansion Pak.

Here's what i dont want to go back to: the original DMG Gameboy. The game library was terrible with Tetris being the only great thing keeping it afloat for many years until Pokemon came along and rescued this handheld. Of course i can list off some decent games for it, but nothing comes even close to Tetris or Pokemon. The only saving grace was that it didnt chug batteries like the GameGear or the Lynx (both of which i never saw as a kid)

 

[χKai]

Here's what i dont want to go back to: the original DMG Gameboy. The game library was terrible with Tetris being the only great thing keeping it afloat for many years until Pokemon came along and rescued this handheld. Of course i can list off some decent games for it, but nothing comes even close to Tetris or Pokemon. The only saving grace was that it didnt chug batteries like the GameGear or the Lynx (both of which i never saw as a kid)

Look, I'm no hater; but I'm with you 100% on the original Gameboy. With such a color scheme, I'm amazed anyone even wanted to play one of these things, and it comes as no surprise that many non-gamers would consider it on the level of the Tiger handheld electronic games; without an experience to differentiate what makes it unlike the Tiger games one can only notice the fact the Gameboy has multiple cartridges while Tiger games are much cheaper.

It is my personal experience that leads me to wonder how anyone wanted to play any handheld games back then, instead of just saving for a console or waiting until they came out with color screens in games. It's not like after the introduction of color TVs didn't make it obvious it was bound to happen.

 

[Ikagura]

Sixth

 

[RageBurner]

Anything from Generation 3 and beyond would be a net positive. I caught the tail end of the Atari 2600 and have exactly zero nostalgia for it.