Which console would you pick on a lonely island, and is your favorite?

[XtremeBG]

Kaunisto said:

Do we count backwards compatibility? I mean, no point choosing PS1 if you can play the games on PS2 etc.
And do you have to choose just EU/NA/Japan or do we ignore region lock?

If I can ignore regions and have all add-ons, I might go with a MD/Genesis with MS converter, Mega/Sega CD and X32.
That would cover my major favorite games: Wing commander and Monkey Island on Mega CD and Phantasy Star main series. Master System is my biggest personal nostalgia, there's ton of quirky Japanese staff on Mega CD and there'd be Shining Force series, Populous, Dune 2, Lunar 1&2... I'm ready to give up whole modern gaming experience for that.

We can pick the consoles as they are, and what each model includes. That means full backwards compatibility (for the consoles/models that do have such) and region lock if there is such, yes. You also can have every possible add-on for the console, as long as it's from the official manufacturer of the console.

You can choose the given console's model with bigger memory cards, or bigger hard drives if you want, but you can not hardware mod them, because you don't have modchips on the island. However since you have internet there, you can soft mod some of the consoles that can be softmoded, such as PS3. From there you can unlock the region, but again, it depends on the console itself and if there is soft mod available, and if that allow the region lock.

Last edited by XtremeBG - on 13 June 2026