I was thinking about this lately, but I always loved the look of the PS2. I I think the black and blue color scheme works really well. And I like the two levels like the top and the bottom part of it.
Second to this, I think the Dreamcast looks really great. The angles on it make the console look so compact. The orange light on the console is placed really well too.
What do you like?
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Gamecube.
2nd would be PS Vita (original OLED version).
The PS5 is probably my most hated look and shape. Just an idiotic and clunky design, and moronic decisions to go white.
I considered the GameCube too. I probably played that the most out of that generation of consoles.
Nintendo GameCube
Purple, had a handle for carrying and the gray perfectly offset the purple
For me all colors are cool. This machine is gorgeous.
SNES.
The NES was a box, and the SNES had lines.
but the American SNES was also a soulless box.
Are we talking about the same SNES?
yeah, gross, check other reply.
so strange the Americans didn’t also redesign the controller to be less sexy too.
edit: gotta say I am a fan of the purple though
The European snes is beautiful, more likely what he’s referring to:
I always loved those rainbow colors!
I grew up with the US one. Yours looks better. Classier maybe, more grown up or something. Ours looks like Fisher Price.
I feel the opposite. The rainbows give me a fisherprice vibe on a fake PC. The purple looks classy and it looks like a first party console
I’ve always said that the PAL/JP hardware with the US purple would look awesome.
Absolutely, that would have been perfect.
The GameCube in a cool color (like Spice Orange). Not just because I like orange. It has great contrast with the grey and black parts of the console. And the whole thing is wrapped up in a tidy, aptly-named package!
Loved this lil guy, small, sleek, simple and played great
New nintendo 3DS for me. Small compact boxy look. True handheld. Pocketable. Just perfect.
I always loved the design of the DSi but tge 3DS is up there too! The DSi is just a bit sleeker
Oh damn. I forgot all about DSi. Sleek black matte is my go to.
I appreciate how sleek the Mega Drive model 2 looks. Without any of the life support modules, of course.
mega CD is the best add on ever made, and the best looking too. I will happily be slightly inconvenienced on this hill.
The original Wii
I liked the way it would just swallow the discs whole
And the blue LED ring 'round the disk slot that doubled as an activity indicator. So cool.
Even though I had the model 2 growing up, I really like the model 1 Genesis/Megadrive. Had a kind of futuristic/sci-fi vibe to me.
Black Dreamcast is pretty sexy.
The PC Engine is definitely a contender. Looks like something from the set of Star Trek TNG, takes unique little cards, and is extremely tiny* and compact. (particularly for a system that was ahead of its time) I think it’s neat!
*roughly the size of a sandwich
The 3DO FZ-10 looks much cooler than one would think the console deserves based on its reputation
Definitely a looker. Picked one up a year ago and have not been disappointed, bearing in mind the limited game library.
Similarly the 1st version PC-Engine Duo is top class. Just a great sleek look
Rented this a few times from Blockbuster and played it at the demo that was always set up at Costco, it was a really solid system with actual potential. Blockbuster had a program back in the day where for $40 or something like that you could rent a system with 2 controllers and 2 games for 7 days. Did the same with the Sega Saturn with similar feelings, eventually ended up owning a N64 and that was not a disappointment in the end.
The ballistic hard shell cases with foam inserts Blockbuster rented out consoles in were seriously cool I wonder if any exist still
I always liked the translucent purple N64 and the controller that came with it. If they made a GameCube that way it would probably be my favourite.
I loved the translucent things (or even pure transparent)
Found an article with a few more
https://www.wired.com/story/remember-when-you-could-see-inside-gaming-console/
Ita between the Dreamcast and GameCube for me. Especially all the coloured shells for the DC that look great.
Small shout to the Xbox One S with the vertical stand for looking slick too.
My fist general purpose console was the Sega Master System. It had a flowchart displayed on the top telling you how to use it.
It might not have been pretty in the traditional sense but I loved it.
Looking back on it the chart was somewhat misleading, the console had two built in games that were only accessible if you didn’t insert a cartridge or card (Hang On, and Safari Hunt), and a third that also needed a controller connected and a few buttons held down when you turned the system on (snail maze).
I have one of these. I got it at a yard sale as a kid. I don’t think I knew about the built in games.
