StaceyPowers Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Are there any classic gaming platforms that failed or faded into obscurity that you really liked and wish had done better? If they had been more popular, how would they have changed the way we game today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane99 Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Idk about early consoles but I'd say the Sega Dreamcast and Saturn. Both consoles were pretty decent, but Americans just didn't seem all to into either. The dreamcast especially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Only if Gameboy isn't a handy gaming system, I would say it it still be very popular till date. Also, I have a big soft spot for my SEGA Genesis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head_Hunter Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 I wouldn't go back to playing those classic retro games anymore, I love the new gen consoles which I'm currently playing with. The mechanics is superb, graphics is super and the game-play is brand new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane99 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 On 1/1/2022 at 9:04 AM, Heatman said: Only if Gameboy isn't a handy gaming system, I would say it it still be very popular till date. Also, I have a big soft spot for my SEGA Genesis. Well both of those consoles sold fairly well. The Gameboy especially. This topic is more about the consoles that came and no one really paid much attention to. Like that Panasonic console. Or the Atari Jaguar. Genesis sold pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 7 hours ago, Kane99 said: Well both of those consoles sold fairly well. The Gameboy especially. This topic is more about the consoles that came and no one really paid much attention to. Like that Panasonic console. Or the Atari Jaguar. Genesis sold pretty well. Yeah, I know very well what the topic was about and even your point about Panasonic console and the Atari Jaguar, it's very understandable. But, what I'm saying is that even though I know Gameboy sold well at the time, I would have liked it to still be popular now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boblee Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Phillip's CD-I multimedia machine was caught up during the console war between Nintendo's SNES and SEGA's Genesis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 The 6th generation of SEGA Dreamcast was really affected by the new millennium better technological release of PlayStation 2 which took away just having fun in playing games towards cutting edge graphics, soundtrack etc. In 2001, Dreamcast was halted as a result of low sales exactly when Xbox and GameCube entered the gaming market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane99 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 1/2/2022 at 1:20 PM, Head_Hunter said: I wouldn't go back to playing those classic retro games anymore, I love the new gen consoles which I'm currently playing with. The mechanics is superb, graphics is super and the game-play is brand new. Aww, why don't you play retro games anymore? Retro games are great. Theres a lot of them that still control really well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 2 hours ago, Kane99 said: Aww, why don't you play retro games anymore? Retro games are great. Theres a lot of them that still control really well. Seriously, some gamers would give anything to get their hands on retro games that they can play. I'm a big fan of retro games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head_Hunter Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 9 hours ago, Kane99 said: Aww, why don't you play retro games anymore? Retro games are great. Theres a lot of them that still control really well. Mention those retro games that are captivating to you? If I get to know more of interesting retro I can go back to it buddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane99 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Honestly, I think it would have been cool if Nintendo's Virtual Boy worked and was a success. Imagine if VR officially broke out back then? Could you imagine how advanced VR could be today if that was the case? It does make you wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boblee Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Kane99 said: Honestly, I think it would have been cool if Nintendo's Virtual Boy worked and was a success. Imagine if VR officially broke out back then? Could you imagine how advanced VR could be today if that was the case? It does make you wonder. To be very honest with you, the impact of VR in the game industry would have been over explosive by now if it had been around since that time till now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Just like what happened to the Nintendo Wii U console which in my opinion wasn't even supposed to be released but Nintendo felt like they had something to prove which still ended up badly for the console. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormyFire Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) I would go the other way and say that some consoles were overrated. For example, I never cared for the Xbox 360 even though it was insanely popular. I've always preferred PC gaming over consoles, but even keeping that bias in mind, I still think the Xbox 360 was overrated. Edited January 5, 2022 by StormyFire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
