Favorite classic gaming system

[BrianC]

Considering the 16 bit systems are a decade old, I don't get the Atari Age thing about excluding post NES systems, but my favorite of the pre-NES systems is the Intellivision. Not as many games as the 2600 and not as powerful as the Colecovision, but it had very dedicated developers that made unique and fun games for the system. It has a very nice voice synthesis module (Intellivoice) with games that make good use of it like B-17 Bomber. It's known for its sports games, but has solid ports of Burgertime, Pac-Man, Q*Bert, Bump 'n Jump, and Lock 'n Chase.

[Ed Oscuro]

lol @ people still not reading what he said :/

lol @ somebody actually giving a shit about anything pre-NES

[handsome_rakshas]

lol @ people still not reading what he said :/

lol @ somebody actually giving a shit about anything pre-NES

I was going to say it, but Ed says what we're all thinking.

[Casey120]

I say Colecovision because of the great ports for that time of Arcade games like , Frogger , Donkey Kong , Burger Time , Mr. Do , Mouse trap , DK Junior , a Super cool centipede with trackball , Frenzy , Frontline , Qbert , Super Cobra , Popeye and the list goes on and on , also great games like Smurf , Cabbage Patch Kids: Adventures in the Park , B.C.'s Quest for Tires or Jumpman Jr.
For the first time Arcade ports that actually looked like the real Arcade versions !

I still have the system with about 40 boxed games , last time i played it is more that 10 years ago though

[dcharlie]

I was going to say it, but Ed says what we're all thinking.

all you heathens will be burnt at the stake!

[null1024]

The Genesis, just was a cooler system to me back then. Also, Sonic.

Thanks to emulation, I still think it's cooler.

[antron]

lol @ people still not reading what he said :/

lol @ somebody actually giving a shit about anything pre-NES

hey guys, Juno First has just been ported to the 2600:
http://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=p ... tail&p=894

and it supports the new AtariVox speech synthesizer I'm sure you all have!

[BrianC]

hey guys, Juno First has just been ported to the 2600:
http://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=p ... tail&p=894

and it supports the new AtariVox speech synthesizer I'm sure you all have!

2600 has some sweet homebrews. That's also one reason I want to get a Vectrex. Not to mention most of the Vectrex library being public domain. Vectrex is getting a speech synthesizer too (VecVox).

[Matsunaga]

I liked my Coleco much better than my 2600, so I guess that wins. Master system second.

[antron]

I liked my Coleco much better than my 2600, so I guess that wins. Master system second.

your use of past tense tells us how you really feel about Coleco

[ZOM]

The only gaming system I had before my Master System was a ColecoVision, so, uhm... I guess it's Coleco.

[handsome_rakshas]

I was going to say it, but Ed says what we're all thinking.

all you heathens will be burnt at the stake!

Okay fine, Popeye on Coleco was an awesome game.

[Ed Oscuro]

lol @ people still not reading what he said :/

lol @ somebody actually giving a shit about anything pre-NES

hey guys, Juno First has just been ported to the 2600:
http://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=p ... tail&p=894

and it supports the new AtariVox speech synthesizer I'm sure you all have!
http://atariage.com/store/images/produc ... arivox.jpg

Sounds better than the MSX version (which I'm not even sure scrolls, it seems to play like Space Invaders without bases and with enemies that shoot diagonally, barf).

Still would prefer the arcade version...not JAMMA but there's an adapter for it

I'd rather buy that than the AtariVox and this game. Good homebrew effort though.