Why the NES can't be considered to be the best videogame console ever.

[theRepublic]

BTFeather55 said:
I would think that most people posting on this site are under 30. Therefore, you have candy coated memories of how great the NES was. If you were born in the seventies instead of the eighties and had 2600s in their peak years, you will acknowledge that no home videogame hardware ever passed the 2600 in its prime.

I may be under 30, but the 2600 was my first gaming experience.  I never even owned a NES.  And yet, I still know that you are completely off your rocker.

By the way, you really screwed up your arguement trying to defend Pitfall and Pitfall 2.  Those are the worst platformers I have ever played.  They are slow, boring, repetitive, have no clear goal, and are filled with cheap ways to die.  You should have picked a game that was actually fun to play, like Keystone Kapers.  That was a good platformer.  There was a real sense of urgency, a clear goal, harder difficulty levels, and varied traps.

Even then, Keystone Kapers doesn't compare to most games on the NES.