The list was a video feature.i don't have the time now to watch 25 retrospective videos.Can any1 please list out the results here?At least the top 5 if not the entire list.We may not agree with their list but I would just like to know how it turned out.

1. Magnavox Odyssey
2. Atari Jaguar
3. Atari 5200
4. 3DO
5. Magnavox Odyssey 2
6. SEGA Master System
7. NeoGeo
8. SEGA Saturn
9. Atari 7800
10. Nintendo GameCube
11. PlayStation 3
12. Intellivision
13. TurboGrafx-16
14. Colecovision
15. Xbox
16. Nintendo Wii
17. Nintendo 64
18. SEGA Dreamcast
19. PlayStation
20. Xbox 360
21. Sega Genesis
22. Super Nintendo
23. PS2
24. Atari 2600
25. NES

^ where did you get that list from?
1)NES
2)Atari 2600
3)Playstation 2
4)SNES
5) SEGA Genisis
6)Xbox 360
7)Playstation
8)Dreamcast
9)Nintendo 64
10)Nintendo Wii
11)Xbox
12)Colecovision
13) TurboGafx-16
14)Intelivision
15) Playstation 3
16) Nintento Gamecube
17) Atari 7800
18) SEGA Saturn
19) NeoGeo
20) SEGA Master System
21) Magnavox Odessy 2
22) 3DO
23) Atari 5200
24) Atari Jaguar
25) Magnavox Odessy

I wasn't around for all these systems, but I know Xbox 360 is ranked way to high.....

^Your list is his list reversed. xP

Thanks guys.I suppose he somehow pasted the IGN list backwards cuz the 2nd list looks much more believable than the 1st 2 me.I mean,I don't know much about Atari but seeing the NES & PS2's positions in both lists,I assume the 2nd list is the right one.OK,nice 2 know the reults.Thanks again!

I love how people say the 360 is ranked way too high. Just because its a current gen console doesn't mean it can't be one of the best ever. It has amazing online, amazing 3rd party games, a couple good exclusives. Sure RRoD and all the other problems suck ass but its such a fun console that it makes up for it.

I hate nostalgic people who say NES is the best just because it was their first console.

the list actually isn't that bad.

If I were to have made that list I would I would have

1. NES (this one is here based off importance first, this machine single handedly saved the industry and without it all the modern systems never would have existed)

2. Atari 2600 (basically invented console gaming, but just like other american monopolies had no quality control and basically killed themselves)

3. SNES (I think most of us Nintendo fans believe that the SNES is still the absolute best console that Nintendo has ever made)

4. Xbox 360 (don't hate me, but the 360 is really the most complete gaming console gaming experience ever)

5. PS1 (this one is here because it is the system that moved the industry from being just for kids)

6. PS2 (probably the most well rounded library in the history of gaming, built right off the success of PS1)

7. N64 (this is actually my overall favorite Nintendo system, and my opinion is that it is also home of 3 of the top 5 games of all time Mario 64, Goldeneye, and Ocarina Of Time)

8 Genesis (This was my primary system of choice from 7th - 12th grade. 1989 - 1995)

9. PS3 (the current gen system with the most potential and despite what critics say its one of the most addictive consoles ever.)

10.  Wii (even though I haven't touched my Wii in months, you cant argue that this system has done exactly what they said they were going to do and that's expand the market)

Honorable mentions

I loved my Dreamcast, Gamecube, and Saturn but they are clearly not as good as the systems listed above on importance.

notable systems not listed are SNK's Neo Geo, the 3DO, MS Xbox and the Turbografx-16.  Yes they were all great machines, but they all had an extreme lack of games stateside.

You've said it yourself only a couple of good exclusives. The PS3 seems to have 3 times as many exclusives. The 3rd party support is almost identical to the PS3. It lacks Blu Ray. The only way it is superior to the PS3 is that it has cross game chat. I bet in 10 years time people wouldnt even put it in there top 50. Just IGN playing to the Xbox fanboy gallery as far as I'm concerned.

Wow, talk about random. Nobody even mentioned the 360 in this thread as far as I can tell. And even if it's a great console, it's not as good as the Playstation 1 was. Not yet.