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Strategyking92 on 10 July 2009

a pc... because every game ever made is FREE!!!!!!!



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FreeTalkLive on 10 July 2009

No system offers what you want. The Xbox 360 is the closest. Make sure you (and your friends) don't get an Arcade unit. Also, make sure everyone pays for gold Xbox Live. That's a heck of a lot of money, though



 

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Aion on 10 July 2009
Seraphic_Sixaxis said:
nitekrawler1285 said:
a hacked PSP 2000.


Shh.... thats a Secret... if they learn PSP can play all games from the Nes all the way up to the N64 and PS1 Sony will hunt you...

lol Sony won't do a thing.



 

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Gnizmo on 10 July 2009

Your best bet is to get some emulators on a PC and possibly a game controller for it. Given you are looking for 16bit games or earlier there should be no performance issues for anyone. That is as long as all the computers are from the current decade. Nothing else will offer a substantial library of games with online play.



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dude17761991hatp on 10 July 2009

Well, the Wii definitely has the largest library of classic games, and some very high caliber games in said library. However, XBLA releases revamped versions of classic games with updated graphics and online play. So the decision can be split-do you want the most possible classic games? Or classic games with newer additions? The former would be the Wii, the latter, the Xbox 360.



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Kantor on 10 July 2009

The Wii, obviously. The PS3 only wins if you want PS1 games.



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Neoraf on 10 July 2009

Lol Kantor... you don't know what you're talking about:

The Xbox 360 = Classic Games on XBLA

Look at the list of games available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Xbox_Live_Arcade_games
and 80% of these games are playable online with friends (multiplayer).

You miss a game? You'll probably find it on XBLA...
Super Nes games... Genesis games... Dreamcast games... etc...




For classic games, this is the ranking:

1- XBLA
2- VC
3- PSN



     

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Seraphic_Sixaxis on 10 July 2009
Neoraf said:

Lol Kantor... you don't know what you're talking about:

The Xbox 360 = Classic Games on XBLA

Look at the list of games available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Xbox_Live_Arcade_games
and 80% of these games are playable online with friends (multiplayer).

You miss a game? You'll probably find it on XBLA...
Super Nes games... Genesis games... Dreamcast games... etc...




For classic games, this is the ranking:

1- VC
2- PSN
3-XBLA

I agree with you!



WereKitten on 10 July 2009

For abandonware or titles you already legally own in some format, there's always PS3->install Linux in secondary partition->tons of emulators



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Seraphic_Sixaxis on 10 July 2009
WereKitten said:
For abandonware or titles you already legally own in some format, there's always PS3->install Linux in secondary partition->tons of emulators


Thats true, there is that... but its a bitch to do imo, so...

 

Still like you said its an option... just a veru iffy one..