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I think the best is...

NES 31 43.06%
 
PS1 34 47.22%
 
Xbox 7 9.72%
 
Total:72
Mandalore76 on 31 August 2020
JRPGfan said:
KLXVER said:

Still the NES. 3/4 of the PS1 library has aged badly. 

You think the NES aged better? lol no.

I can honestly answear this way.
Theres very few NES games I'd want to go back and play (because must of them didnt age well).
Theres tons of RPGs on the PS1 still worth a playthrough, and even the "big name" IPs of multiplats that had their starts there, are still worth play throughs.

The insane demand for the NES Classic that dragged on for years, and the fact that the Playstation Classic was getting price cuts within a month of its release and relegated to clearance bins shortly afterwards tells me that the general consensus is yes, the NES aged far better than the Playstation.



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Mandalore76 on 31 August 2020
JRPGfan said:

Nes:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1-3
Megaman 1-6
Snake Rattle n Roll
Super Mario Bro's games
Double Dragon 1-3
Battletoads
Chip n Dale - Rescue Rangers
Ninja Gaiden
Contra
Mike Tysons Punch Out

playstation 1:
Tenchu
Suikoden
Spyro
Vagarent story
Megaman 8->16, Megaman Legends 1+2
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Tomb Raider 1-5
Tony Hawks Pro Skater games
Metal Gear Solid
Twisted Metal
Legacy of Kain
Syphon Filter
Crash Bandicoot
Oddworld
Rayman
Gran Turismo
GTA
Grandia
Final Fantasy 4->9
Silent Hill
Resident Evil
Wipeout
Crono Cross (and trigger)
Xenogears
Legend of Mana
Wild Arms
The Legend of dragoon.
Parasite Eve
Medal of Honor
Final Fantasy Tactics
Dino Crisis
Persona 1+2
..

PS1 list with big name titles goes on and on.
Its debut was without a doubt bigger than the NES's.

NES was just the first. So in a historical sense, and what it ment for the industry its the biggest.
In terms of better games? the PS1.
(670-700 NES games vs 3100+ on the PS1, the NES had like 1-2 handfull of must own games, PS1 had much more)

"I think the best is.."

I think this question refers to the games? right.
Theres no question about the historical nature of the NES and its impact.
So the question is which had the better games?

Final Fantasy and all the wonderfull RPGs the PS1 had, def. makes it the winner.

Did you purposely leave The Legend of Zelda 1 & 2, Metroid, Castlevania 1-3, Tetris, Excitebike, Kung Fu, Final Fantasy, Dragon Warrior, Faxanadu, Blades of Steel, Tecmo Bowl & Super, Kid Icarus, Ghosts & Goblins, Batman, Duck Tales, Commando, Adventure Island 1-3, Iron Tank, Jackal, 1942 - 1943, Baseball Stars 1 & 2, Nobunaga's Ambition 1 & 2, Bionic Commando, Blaster Master, etc off of your NES list to make it seem like the NES had far fewer good games than the Playstation?



Serious_frusting on 31 August 2020

The NES wasn't Nintendo's first console so I will go with the PS1



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Leynos on 31 August 2020
Serious_frusting said:
The NES wasn't Nintendo's first console so I will go with the PS1

If that Nintendo Pong machine counts then neither does Xbox since Microsoft had the MSX in Japan. Sony does not count either since they produced some models of the MSX. So the poll is entirely wrong. Should be Nintendo Color TV Game. MSX and MSX lol

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Leynos on 31 August 2020
BraLoD said:
Darwinianevolution said:

The NES was so good it revived the console market in the US. The other ones had their road already paved by then.

Funny thing to say.

PS1 made gaming change in many ways, including making Europe as relevant as the then major regions.

PS1 was as much as a game changer, actually even more, than the NES.

No, not really. Gaming was healthy when PS1 launched. PS1 expanded what was there. NES took rubble of the remains of the industry and made it a 4 story building. PS1 added 6 more floors to an existing foundation that NES provided.



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theRepublic on 31 August 2020

I'll take the NES. I couldn't stand the loading times on the PS1. The N64 was so much better for me. The Xbox ended up a Halo machine for me, and probably a lot of other people too. Fun, but one game can't stand up to whole libraries.



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curl-6 on 31 August 2020
theRepublic said:
I'll take the NES. I couldn't stand the loading times on the PS1. The N64 was so much better for me. The Xbox ended up a Halo machine for me, and probably a lot of other people too. Fun, but one game can't stand up to whole libraries.

I felt like there was more to the Xbox than just Halo. It also had Halo 2. :P

In all seriousness though, I'd say Xbox definitely had a "whole library" of its own, and if I'm being honest, it's mostly my nostalgic love for the classic Crash and Spyro games that made me pick PS1 over it.

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Leynos on 31 August 2020

Some are trying to say NES was not Nintendo's first console. Well, Xbox was not MS's first either. MSX. They are the first to be really serious in the market and not target a niche one.



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GoOnKid on 31 August 2020

Definitely the NES since it shaped the entire industry. The PS1 I had used to crash all the time and the only games I was interested in were the Final Fantasys and the Resdent Evils, that's not enough for me.



StreaK on 01 September 2020

As much as I love the NES, there's no question I have to go with the PS1 on this one. If only for FFVII alone...but then there's SOTN, Soul Reaver, MGS1, R4 (greatest racing game ever made), FFVIII, RE1 and RE2, Tekken 3, WipEout XL and Vagrant Story.

My fav game BY FAR on the NES was Ninja Gaiden 2...but you got Super Mario Bros 3, Contra, TMNT II and Double Dragon 3 which were my favs on the console.

Yeah, PS1 wins this by quite a landslide to be honest.