First of all, thanks for the shout-out

Second of all, I am really, really stuck here between option #3 and #4.

The weak point of option #3 is the 7800, which had very few official releases. If backward compatibility was allowed, I’d have almost the entire 2600 library, which would be pretty darn good. But, alas, it’s not.

The strong points of option #3 are the Genesis, which had a lot of great platformers, tactics games, shmups, and run-and-gun titles, not to mention most of the important multi-platform third-party releases of the day; and the N64, which hosted some of the best, most inventive games of all time, despite several genre gaps.

As for #4, the weak point is the Jaguar. I’d have Tempest 2000 and Alien vs. Predator and that’s about it.

The strong point is obviously SNES, which clobbers every other platform listed here. Amazing first-party titles, stellar third-party exclusives, and, like Genesis, most of the essential multiplats of the era, e.g. Street Fighter II.

Then there’s the Master System, which boasts a few gems — Wonder Boy III and Phantasy Star among them — but doesn’t have the depth and breadth you’re looking for in a great system.

So, it boils down to Genesis + N64 vs. SNES. I can’t believe I’m doing this, but I have to sacrifice SNES. God, I don’t want to live in a world without Final Fantasy VI and A Link to the Past, but I think it’s more important to get greatness from both the fourth and fifth generations.

Thanks, Wman, for making me hate myself

NES, Genesis and SNES. The holy trinity. I'll take those three over any other three, regardless of gen. The best of the best.

I'd take all 4! But if i was to decide, group 4 would be mine!

Any group with the SNES.

A bit off topic but:

Super Scope or Menacer? And why?😎

Cant say, havent used either one.

The only accessory I used for the NES was the NES Zapper

Me too. The Light Phaser was quite exactly the same as the Zapper only black. There where some news some years ago where in south brazil a guy showed his old Light Phazer and a group of gangsters ran away. It looks so damn real from far away! I used both. The Menacer was costumizable (Pistol, Shootgun and Assault Rifle) but the Scope was more exact. It looked like a rocket launcher! Yoshi's Safari is so much fun! NES and PS1 had the biggest LG libaries!!  I wish there was a new one!

Same here, bro. The Donkey Kong Country trilogy, the Super Mario games, Kirby, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy, Breath of Fire, Mega Man, the list just keeps going on.

The Genesis/Mega Drive had some great games too, but in my opinion, you just can't compare it with everything the SNES had to offer. To me still the best console ever made.

This is the opposite of @Veknoid’s thread for me: Option 2 was an easy pick there whereas here, Option 2 is the easy one to leave behind.

The Nintendo and Sega consoles are the only ones that matter for me. The SNES and NES take precedence here; either of these paired with the Genesis would have been a slam-dunk but this one's tough the way it is.

I think Option 1 with the NES/Dreamcast is the best balanced since the SNES ended up paired with the Master System, my least favorite Sega console (not counting the SG-1000). But I still voted for Option 4 in the end because I get the unrivaled library of Super Nintendo along with Phantasy Star and a couple of great Wonder Boy games (plus Rayman and Tempest 2000 on the Jaguar, I guess).

That's a hard one. The SNES is goated with so many great games and I got heavy nostalgia for it. The master system is a nice console, nothing too fancy, but it did start it all for SEGA. Jaguar is trash, but I don't think anyone's arguing that.