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BasilZero on 27 April 2025
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The_Liquid_Laser said:

Here are the platforms I owned during each generation and my preferences from best to worst.  I'm also including the arcade, even though I didn't own one, because it was a primary platform for a significant time period.


Generation 2 (early 80's)
1) Arcade;  2) Atari 2600 

Mid 80's
Arcade

Generation 3 (Late 80's)
1) NES (slightly over)  2) Arcade  (Both platforms were amazing!)

Generation 4
1) PC;  2) SNES (slightly over)  3) Genesis;  4) Arcade  (all 4 platforms were great, but there was still a clear hierarchy)

Generation 5
1) PC;  2) Playstation

Generation 6
1) PC;  2) PS2;  3) GBA;  4) GameCube

Generation 7
1) Wii (slightly over) 2) PS3; 3) DS (slightly over) 4) PSP  

Generation 8
1) Wii U;  2) PS4;  3) 3DS;  4) XBox 1  (worst period of gaming yet)

Generation 9
Switch

You mean you spent a lot of quarters at the arcade? Damn that must have been a lot of money lol