Honestly, taking off my nostalgia goggles here, I’m gonna say the Switch. Handheld and TV usage in one device was amazing. It’s got its problems, yeah, and Nintendo is not really an admirable company, but it was nice.

With my nostalgia goggles on, PS2, no question. Because it was a PS2 AND a PS1. Never played PS3, barely played 360. By that time I was basically a full PC gamer. My original one broke (don’t remember how), so I got the slim one. it’s crazy durable, I think because it has a lot less moving parts. I tried to do some hot swap disk stuff with it, so I had to use clamps to hold it shut lol, but it still worked. Never could get the disk swap to work.

If we include handhelds, then I think it’s the Gameboy Advance SP. Rechargeable and backlit was a crazy innovation. (Yes yes, I know in Japan there was a version of a Gameboy that was backlit.)

The OG Gameboy pocket I had was shit. It was my first gaming thing ever though. So hard to see. Gameboy color was fine. Just not really as amazing as Advance. GBA loses to SP though. As for DS, I don’t know, I never had a beef with it, but I feel like the jump from color to advance wasn’t quite as big to me as advance to DS. Plus, the DS was sort of the beginning of Nintendo’s weird gimmick era. I’d call the Wii U the end. So many motion controls…

I had a PS4, but didn’t play too much on it. Basically just Ratchet, God of War 2018 and Ragnarok, and Death Stranding. It didn’t feel any better than a computer to me. At least the Switch is unique in that it can be portable.

PS2, you never forget your first love.

SEGA Megadrive

This picture has a criminal lack of DS and 3DS…

I have to admit I love playing games on pc they do so much more. But the Dreamcast and the Genesis have a special place in my heart. I would love to have a gamepad with 6 facing buttons but I brought one of those hitbox thingies that has keys and is the fucking shit I tell ya and gone for half the price…

Sega master system

The venerable Atari 2600.

GameCube. Just because it was the console I played most with my daughter. Mario Sunshine, Double Dash, Metroid Prime, Windwaker and Twilight Princess. Such fun! And the game discs were cute

Well since the Magnavox Odessy isn’t pictured I’ll have to pick the halo 3 edition of the Xbox 360. So many awesome memories of halo 3 online, cod black ops. GTA… Man.

The Wii or the Wii U. One of a kind experiences along with the golden era of the internet.

Probably either the NES or the SNES. The NES felt the most “magical” at the time. Before the NES, consoles had games that were general clunky and not particularly fun and controllers that were all over the place. There was a good reason that the NES revived the console industry. The SNES just happens to be the home of many of my favorite games of all time. If we’re going newer, then I suppose the PS1 or PS3 (before Sony ruined it) would be my choices.

I wasted many hours on my PS2. So much ratchet and clank.

PS3 was the last revolutionary console imo. It’s my favorite as well. It was focused on gaming but I could watch porn on it too! Plus it had blue ray!

Do handhelds count? 3DS.

The Wii.

It is such an underpowered console, with only a handful of must have titles if that.

But man those titles hold up. Even my little gen alphers love it and get into it. Its mostly just a wii sports machine but its still going strong even in this era of mobile and AAA gaming.

I have a bunch of old consoles but the Wii is the only one that gets regular play without needing convincing.