Favourite system startup sequence

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m0ney on 17 September 2019

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Shiken on 17 September 2019

Even though I did not get one till the end of that gen, PS1 as it is closely associated with Final Fantasy and Chrono Cross in my brain. PS2 being a close second.

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bubblegamer on 17 September 2019

PS1. It was like the sound of an alien invasion!

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The_Liquid_Laser on 17 September 2019

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Atari 2600, NES, SNES, and Genesis. Just put in the cartridge and start playing. The best startup sequence is not to have one at all.

The whole startup sequence thing started when disks came around. They have slower load times, so they needed to give us an entertaining startup sequence, so that we didn't realize that we were actually waiting through boring load times.

While not part of the system BIOS almost every officially licensed megadrive game starts off with a license screen from Sega, it was my first system which effectively had a boot screen.

https://youtu.be/NeIW14z5cvs

As for the "CDs invented boot screens" no, game boy most certainly didn't run on CDs

Heh, for some reason I forgot the classic "SE-GAAAAA". I kept thinking about this X-Men Genesis game where it not only skips the any startup sequence, but the gameplay also starts immediately without a "press start" screen either.

Anyway, I want to amend my answer then to simply say NES is the best start screen. Press power and just start playing Mario or whatever. Startup sequences really suck.

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RaptorChrist on 17 September 2019

Nice, PS1 gaining some traction. It was at 8% yesterday when I voted. What an epic sound.

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Ganoncrotch on 17 September 2019

The_Liquid_Laser said:

Ganoncrotch said:

While not part of the system BIOS almost every officially licensed megadrive game starts off with a license screen from Sega, it was my first system which effectively had a boot screen.

https://youtu.be/NeIW14z5cvs

As for the "CDs invented boot screens" no, game boy most certainly didn't run on CDs

Heh, for some reason I forgot the classic "SE-GAAAAA". I kept thinking about this X-Men Genesis game where it not only skips the any startup sequence, but the gameplay also starts immediately without a "press start" screen either.

Anyway, I want to amend my answer then to simply say NES is the best start screen. Press power and just start playing Mario or whatever. Startup sequences really suck.

Xmen 2 Clone wars is the game you're thinking of... Love the Megadrive so much.

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Ganoncrotch on 17 September 2019

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Nice, PS1 gaining some traction. It was at 8% yesterday when I voted. What an epic sound.

Real shame that as they progressed I think they got less awesome, although the PS3 original startup sound was amazing imo but Jez the PSVITA and PS4 are just .... wow. lets not bother guys.

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Ganoncrotch said:

RaptorChrist said:
Nice, PS1 gaining some traction. It was at 8% yesterday when I voted. What an epic sound.

Real shame that as they progressed I think they got less awesome, although the PS3 original startup sound was amazing imo but Jez the PSVITA and PS4 are just .... wow. lets not bother guys.

I haven't said anything cause I will obviously be the odd one out to say that I prefer the PS4 which basically as good as not having anything.

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pokoko on 17 September 2019

RaptorChrist said:
Nice, PS1 gaining some traction. It was at 8% yesterday when I voted. What an epic sound.

Probably a bit of a split vote with the PS2, to be honest, but me for it's the PS1 without question. It still triggers an almost Pavlovian response that makes me want to fire up a video game.

Second place, I'd go with the DreamCast.