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stof said:
My biggest gaming regret was selling my Virtual boy. What I wouldn't give for some teleroboxer right now!

*sticks in Teleroboxer, fires up his Virtual Boy.*

 

Thanks for reminding me. =D

also: Thanks to VGC user Narfwack for selling me this Virtual Boy. =D =D



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Hmm...
Nothing controversal, so the list is kinda boring.



Kantor said:
arsenicazure said:
Xen said:
arsenicazure said:
game gear is the 3rd best selling hand held of all time.. fail? I dont think so

Pipin defntly is FAIL, neo geo is not.. its one of the best consoles ever, especially if you enjoy fighters- it had the best arcade stick ever.

Hahaha, what?

It's GB>DS>GBA>PSP

damn it.. i knew i forgot something.. oh well its the best selling handheld that wasnt a nintendo or a psp.. so thats not too bad. :)

Isn't it the only handheld that isn't Nintendo or a PSP?

haha.. no its not only nintendo and sony... heres a list of some others that tired.. and lets not forget the INFAMOUS Gizmondo..

bandai wonderswan

Neogeopocket color

atari lynx

pocketstation

Turboexpress

Game.com

N-gage

gamegear isnt fail at all if you compare it with any of these...



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owner of : atari 2600, commodore 64, NES,gameboy,atari lynx, genesis, saturn,neogeo,DC,PS2,GC,X360, Wii

5 THINGS I'd like to see before i knock out:

a. a AAA 3D sonic title

b. a nintendo developed game that has a "M rating"

c. redesgined PS controller

d. SEGA back in the console business

e. M$ out of the OS business

What about the Gizmondo?




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rafichamp said:
@Kantor, the gamecube failed even more then the PS3, and plus the PS3 is not even a failure, it still has a good 4-5 years before PS4 comes out.

I haven't read the entire thread yet, so maybe someone has already brought this up, but I could not let such injustice pass by without notice.

In sheer units sold, then yes, Gamecube is "more failed" than PS3. Difference is, Gamecube made a very healthy profit throughout it's entire life and made Nintendo almost as much money as the PS2 made Sony. The PS3 so far has been nothing but loss. You might want to re-evaluate your judgement of "success" and "failure".



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No Phillips Cd-i? Well why should there be when that console was so full of win.

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Wow, what a bad list, only virtual boy, n-gage and jaguar really deserve to be on that list.

The other 4 should be replaced by Apple Pippin, Atari Lynx, 3DO, Amiga CD32, Philips CD-I and Gizmondo (i know theres 6 for 4 places ^^).

And i think the fact that nobody ever thinks about the Amiga CD32 should give it the 1st place by itself.  I have checked on the net and on the 5 lists i've seen, no one has talked about it...  Of course, it was finally not launched in the usa so...

I know, you will say, of course, nobody has ever heard of it but that's far from the truth, in Europe the Amiga brand was very well known in 1993 and every Amiga fan knew about the CD32, it was a cdrom 32 bit console 2 years before the PS1 !  At the beginning, it even sold more cd games the first months than the PC.  I was selling it in my shop and in the 1st months, it wasn't bad but it failed soon after.

Bye.

Edited because i forgot to add the Lynx. (it was very good by the way but a total failure business wise)



Zones : I still don't understand all the love for Blizzard, what was the last game they developed worth playing?

The PS3 seems to be missing from this list, the biggest failure of this gaming generation....



Majin-Tenshinhan said:
rafichamp said:
@Kantor, the gamecube failed even more then the PS3, and plus the PS3 is not even a failure, it still has a good 4-5 years before PS4 comes out.

I haven't read the entire thread yet, so maybe someone has already brought this up, but I could not let such injustice pass by without notice.

In sheer units sold, then yes, Gamecube is "more failed" than PS3. Difference is, Gamecube made a very healthy profit throughout it's entire life and made Nintendo almost as much money as the PS2 made Sony. The PS3 so far has been nothing but loss. You might want to re-evaluate your judgement of "success" and "failure".

Actually that is not true. Nintendo had at the same time complete domination in handheld market which made the most of the profits. Gamecube was profitable but nowhere near PS2 level.



PullusPardus said:
these are not the worst consoles. i seen worse. and the game gear was awesome back in the day so did Turbo Grafix

I believe the best value in games on the Wii Virtual Console is TurboGrafx games.  They are 600 credits, 100 more than the NES.  And the graphics are a bunch better.  Now, if they would only get Legendary Axe on there.