[General Discussion] Video Game Consoles & Handhelds

Analyze and discuss all of the video game systems that you are very familiar with.

1. Which aspects do you think those systems succeeded on (game-wise)?
2. Fail to deliver on?
3. Discuss technical aspects of the systems that intrigue you or you thought were bad (ex: Slow loading).
4. Overall score out of 10 of the console.

I'll start mine in alphabetical order using this site ( http://www.gamefaqs.com/systems.html ) to make sure I remember to fit in all the systems I'm familiar with. I will also be using this site ( http://www.gamespot.com/games.html?p...ws&sortdir=asc ) to remind myself what games are for which systems. Use the drop down boxes here to do that.

Dreamcast:
1. I value my dreamcast for some of the fun multiplayer games as well as stuff like Crazy Taxi.
2. I feel that it failed to deliver on great RPG's, and in general, this was the least-played system of all the ones I own. The RPGs that it does have are only mediocre to me.
3. It seemed to have done pretty well with the online server for a while. This is surely one of the most loud consoles when you turn it on. It was only a little speedy at loading levels. I was very happy with the graphical capability and the sound quality.
Capability Score (My opinion of its potential, meaning that it has or had the potential for hi-tech, great video games FOR ITS TIME before the first video game even came out for the system): 9/10.
Overall Score (My opinion & official score for the system with the games and technical aspects in mind): 5/10.

Game Boy (Original):
1. I was a fan of very few RPGs and other games for this handheld. The strengths to me were the simple puzzle games for it such as Tetris. The only shiners to me were Zelda and Final Fantasy Adventure and perhaps Mario games.
2. Pretty poor RPGs and games in general, to me, overall, except the above mentioned.
3. No back light. No color. Small screen. Low sound.
Capability Score: 3/10.
Overall Score: 4/10.

Game Boy Color:
1. A big improvement. It had a bunch of Dragon Warrior games -- new and remakes. It had improved puzzle games and some good platformers.
2. Didn't have a large amount of the above mentioned genres.
3. No back light. Small screen. Low sound. Backwards compatibility
Capability Score: 6/10.
Overall Score: 6/10.

Game Gear:
1. This has my second favorite game of all-time on it: Shining Force. (A remake of the game is on the Sega CD). It also has great RPGs like Crystal Warriors and Dragon Crystal. This system also seemed to have a bunch of platformers.
2. Didn't have as good of puzzle games as the Game Boy and the platformers were nothing special except some Sonic ones.
3. Very bright light. Big screen. Very high sound. This leads to: HORRIBLE batteries! However, I rarely ever played this handheld using batteries. I had a car charger and an AC adaptor.
Capability Score: 9/10.
Overall Score: 8/10.

Game Boy Advance:
1. This console just plain succeeded. In sales, in games. It has the best RPG remakes, platform remakes, puzzle games, and quality originals.
2. It didn't fail on any certain genres in my eyes.
3. No light until the SP, low sound, big screen.
Capability Score: 8.5/10.
Overall Score: 9.5/10. (Note: The overall score is better than the capability score because when it came out I didn't think it would have all that potential).

Gamecube:
1. This console succeeded to highly fulfill me in all areas except RPG (my most important area). The multiplayer fun I've had on it has been at its highest level for 5 years and it's still kicking. It's funny how I won't be using my gamecube ever again, because I will use the Wii to play those games. This console also has excellent 1st party, as Nintendo always does.
2. RPG.. no fulfillment except Paper Mario 2. The Dreamcast remakes did not fulfill.
3. Fast loading, worse graphics for it's day compared to it's competitors, nice component cable adds quality. Lack of major CGI videos because of the media it uses. 10 out of 10 Wavebird controllers. Game Boy Player. Microphone mini games.
Capability Score: 8/10.
Overall Score: 9/10.

Genesis:
1. This fulfilled me only a little bit with RPGs and other types of games. Shining Force 1 & 2 and Aladdin for example. The best thing that I can say about the Sega Genesis is usually when you plug a game in, waiting for the company name screens is a lot less than other systems. It's almost as if you can plug something in and play it at a quicker rate than other consoles. I don't know how else to explain it.
2. Did not have the best RPGs and only had a few great platform games.
3. Music not as great as SNES, but graphics pretty good, colorization of games pretty good. Fast loading.
Capability Score: 8/10.
Overall Score: 7/10.

Nintendo (Original):
1. For it's time, it started the RPG genre for me, and did it in a very challenging way. It's almost too bad the challenge gets easier with time instead of harder. I had to face hard regular bosses and final bosses back in the day when the genre was brand new! In terms of platform and other types of games, this system is pure quality. Mario 3, for example, is my favorite non-RPG game ever.
2. The challenge of a lot of platform games is gigantic. People seem to get most pissed off at this system because they can't get past levels. The SNES still had challenge but did it in a beatable way.
3. Console likes to freeze or games don't like to work unless you do stuff with the cart to make it work. Good thing for ROMs.
Capability Score: 10/10. (changed video games forever)
Overall Score: 9.5/10.

Super Nintendo:
1. Probably the perfect system (for it's time). Best of RPGs, action, platform, etc.
2. None.
3. Great music card, good graphics, and my favorite controller in old school video game history.
Capability Score: 10/10.
Overall Score: 10/10.

Nintendo 64:
1. Multiplayer greatness, 1st party greatness.
2. RPG failure. Again, only Paper Mario was any good.
3. Fast loading, no CGI video capability, good graphics for 1996.
Capability Score: 7.5/10.
Overall Score: 7/10.

Nintendo DS:
1. Very unique, new types of video games.
2. Failing to deliver great RPGs and many more platform greatness.
3. Fast loading, touch pen, WiFi, but not capable of large storage video games or the best video intros.
Capability Score: 9/10.
Overall Score: 8/10.

Playstation 1:
1. Okay multiplayer games, single player games, great RPGs.
2. Inferior RPG remakes of some games, a very big number of useless video games are sold for this system as well. Goto the stores PS1 section and look at all the bargain crap.
3. Worst loading, bad console stability, but good music and video capability.
Capability Score: 7/10.
Overall Score: 6/10.

Playstation 2:
1. Better multiplayer games, and some greater RPGs. This console is the same as PS1 to me, but a slight improvement in all areas.
2. Bunch of useless video games like PS1.
3. Better loading, but still bad compared to competitors. Great music and video capability.
Capability Score: 8/10.
Overall Score: 7/10.

PSP:
1. Not sure what's good.
2. Can play all the same stuff for regular consoles.
3. Slowwwwwwwwwww. Loaded with features like loading music, photos, etc, at least.
Capability Score: 8/10. (would be higher but it's a slow handheld).
Overall Score: 4/10.

Sega Saturn:
1. One of my favorite games ever, Shining Force 3, helps this system. Also a few more cool RPGs.
2. The other games were pretty poor for it.
3. More stable than PS1, better graphical capability because its newer, great sound, poor CGI video.
Capability Score: 6/10.
Overall Score: 6.5/10.

Sega CD:
1. More of my favorite RPGs ever like Shining Force CD, Lunar series. This system intrigued me because of the music quality, the video watching, and some of the unique games for it.
2. Not the best for multiplaying.
3. Music quality, real videos, bigger games.
Capability Score: 10/10. (first good system that used CD).
Overall Score: 9.5/10.

Wii:
1. Probably going to be one of the best consoles to come out in the last 10 years. It could change games forever just like the NES did.
2. May not highly fulfill in RPGs. N64 and GC did not, and I doubt this will be over the top with RPGs.
3. Obvious worse graphics than competitors, but revolutionary.
Capability Score: 10/10.
Overall Score (so far): 9/10.

Xbox:
1. Pretty good with multiplayer and RPGs as well as single player games.
2. Doesn't have the best games of all time, at least to me.
3. Xbox Live, great graphical, music and video capability all around.
Capability Score: 10/10.
Overall Score: 8/10.

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Thanks for the long post, guyinrubbersuit, but you should click on EDIT and change your words "compatibility" to "capability".

Capable meaning what potential something or someone has.
Compatible is of course a completely different word.

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