5 Most Underrated Game Consoles

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Army_of_Darkness4676d ago

Dreamcast however, was an amazing console with awesome games! 110% underrated!!

WeskerChildReborned4676d ago

I didn't like PSP that much(just my opinion) but i did like the Gamecube.

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Xperia_ion4676d ago (Edited 4676d ago )

GAMECUBE AND DREAMCAST. I don't really consider the PSP overrated cause it has double the sales on everything on that list, except for one I think, how much is lifetime sales for the gameboy color ?

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Xperia_ion4676d ago (Edited 4676d ago )

Doh !!! I meant underrated, I'm at work with no sleep. FYI I'm a doorman, bored 24/7.

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DivineAssault 4676d ago

N64 was a BEAST back then & i dont think it was underrated.. I seen N64 in many homes.. Thats when nintendo would get good 3rd party game IPs.. Turok, Killer Instinct, Perfect Dark, etc.. Now, nothing

PoSTedUP4676d ago

yeah i know N64 went down in history as one of the greatest. PS1 and n54 were pretty much equally the best consoles ever created.

h311rais3r4676d ago

Omg the original smash bros, perfect dark, ocArina of time, majoras mask, goldeneye, shadows of the empire, rogue squadron

N64 days....please come back to meeeeeeeeeee!!!!!

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PoSTedUP4676d ago

shadows of the empire and rougue squadron, Now we're talkin'! : D

i still play goldeneye, still have as much fun with it as i did 10 years ago.
Map: facility. get golden gun and kill oramofv b4 he kills 006 and then you and 006 can shoot it out with the enemy for hours.

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Oh_Yeah4676d ago (Edited 4676d ago )

n64 was when nintendo started phasing out 3rd party devs..it still didnt have as much support. snes was where it was at. they had all the 3rd party titles.

on topic though, dreamcast was underrated. it could play snes, nes, gameboy color, genesis emulators right out of the box. even played ps1 games on bleamcast no modding required. plus it had powerstone and shenmue. first online multiplayer. that great of a console and didnt get many sales? < thats what you call underrated

the reason i think it failed was because all games were free if you didnt want to pay for them. just burn them onto a cd and play. the system had nooooo security.

Trenta274676d ago

Damn I miss my Dreamcast...

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Nerdmaster4676d ago

I tried to play mine last year, and found out that it was dead... It was like saying farewell to a dear friend.

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Trenta274676d ago

Mine was caused from a power surge in a thunderstorm. I was playing it when it all of a sudden it caught fire. I actually cried because I was so stupid as to be playing it at the time =(

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dark-hollow4676d ago

Shenmue, skies of Arcadia were my favorite!!!

Its a shame we still don't have a modern sequel to both of those games ):

DivineAssault 4675d ago

Grandia 2 on DC ran way better than on PS2.. i hated sony for years for taking out saturn & DC..

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Hicken4675d ago

I first played Grandia II on Dreamcast when I borrowed one(and the game) from one of my underclassmen in high school.

It was instant love.

Naturally, I jumped at the chance to play it on PS2- since I actually HAD that system- and you can imagine how crushed I was that it was a poor port. I'd really love to get my hands on a Dreamcast of ONLY for that game.

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Relientk774676d ago

Great list. Dreamcast was underrated

N64 was amazing, had sick games

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Eyeco4676d ago

the only console i agree with is dreamcast despite its short life it done allot for gaming.

PSP sold 70 million worldwide imo thats incredible for a non nintendo handheld
N64 and GBC were neither under or overrated

this is my list

1. Neo Geo

2. Wonderswan

3. Dreamcast

4. Sega Master system

5.gamecube

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3GenGames4676d ago (Edited 4676d ago )

Neo Geo #1 for sure now that you mention it. The system was (video+sound) so much ahead of it's time. And in just raw power over all in every subsystem. I mean, you PAYED for it nicely, especially with games costing hundreds of dollars when it was new and the system being expensive as hell too. But, it was easily the best 2D console overall no doubt. Minus the SNES had crazy video processing too, but it can't match the power or sounds or DMA speed of the Neo Geo.

Eyeco4676d ago

tif i could comply a list pf 10 best 2d fighters 8 of them would be Neo Geo games, console is so underrated most people haven't even heard of it

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Fullmetalevolust4676d ago

Sega had two underrated consoles, the Saturn and the Dreamcast, and they both had immense libraries of innovative games and yet suffered the same fate. I am glad to have owned both at launch and to have counted hours of endless fun, and I still hope Sega will recover and revive more IPs, such as nights and the likes.

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Xperia_ion4676d ago (Edited 4676d ago )

If Sega ever came out with a console again, I would jump on it. My first gaming experience that popped my cherry is that 7-up side scroller on the Sega Genesis.

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JKelloggs4676d ago

and smash it into little pieces?

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Fullmetalevolust4676d ago

@Xperia: mine was the master system with alex kid and some sort of Kiwi game (yep, a freakin' Kiwi, the bird, not the fruit lol).

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SPAM-FRITTER-1234676d ago

@FULLMETAL. would it of been newzealand story by any chance. i loved that game on the C64.

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Fullmetalevolust4676d ago

@SPAM-FRITTER: haha yeah man, that's what it was, just looked it up on youtube, I'd give it a go just for old times' sake! I couldn't go far when I was a wee lad. Cheers bud for reminding me of good ol' times, happy gaming.

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Dasteru4676d ago

Cool spot lol i loved that game.

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oldfriend864676d ago

How was the N64 underated? I could see being around the same time as PS1, but it was still insanely popular. Gameboy is also something that was VERY popular. GBC may have been short lived cause I think the GBA would be coming out soon after. Gamecube I agree with. The Resident Evil games and Zelda games I love, yet I remember a lot of hate for the "cube".

I agree with the Dreamcast bit 100%. And I'm not up to speed on how well the PSP did. I remember teenagers still having them, cause you could play GTA stories. And I know the PSP Go did terribly.

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TheFirstClassic4676d ago

Yeah how was the n64 underated? I've almost never heard anyone say anything bad about it, and it had the best party games. And, thanks to pokemon, freakin everybody had a gbc, I remember everyone having one when I was in elementary. The gb made handheld gaming what it is, definitely not underated.

The psp is underated imo, and so is the gamecube. Both are home to some of my favorite games period, like Pikmin 2 and Peace Walker, I really don't feel they get the respect they deserve.

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12345bnm4676d ago

The author forgot the Game.com. That thing had a touch screen and internet access back in 1997.

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TXIDarkAvenger4676d ago

Lawl.

I didn't really think N64, Gamecube, and Gameboy color were underrated. I guess cause I grew up with these consoles and the N64 deserves to be one of the top consoles, I just loved the games that were made for it. One of my favourite systems of all time.

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MaximusPrime_12d ago

Good timely article

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thorstein12d ago

The Dreamcast was the biggest gamble and way ahead of its time.

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OtterX12d ago

I wish we lived in the Alternate Timeline where Sega was still a dominant force in the console space and it hadn't been Microsoft.

D2niceforu12d ago

lol

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Deeeeznuuuts11d ago

I've always said this, would much prefer SEGA, such a shame.

blacktiger11d ago

this was all part of the plan to give Microsoft the spot

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chicken_in_the_corn11d ago

Would be interesting to see what they would do for a modern console.

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darthv7212d ago

Saturn was a fantastic piece of kit... they just went a little too ambitious with its dual CPU setup. which turned a lot of developers off (at the time). The homebrew community have done some amazing work many years later, thanks to multichip experience. It is still the best platform for arcade fighters and shmups of all time. Dreamcast is a close 2nd though.

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Profchaos12d ago

Yeah it was a interesting decision especially when looking at how dual CPU is considered a root cause of why the Jaguar was a failure.

Also the hardware rendered four sided polygons where the standard was three if they kept with triangle polygons I feel the systems development would have been easier to work with and we would have seen more third party ports in the west.

I think it was a victim of its time more than anything it saw huge success in Japan but the leadership and internal turmoil in the west meant games were not getting localised along with a focus on arcade like games were the PlayStation and later the N64 were pushing more in depth experiences over coin munching high score driven games.

Knightofelemia12d ago

I still enjoy my Saturn it was the first console I mowed lawns for and saved up for to purchase. I went so far as to purchase a used Saturn to run off an SD card. I even have a second Dreamcast modded to run off an SD card as well.

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COS12d ago

I owned the Saturn, unless just a year ago, so much potential, so poorly designed and marketed. Virtua Figher 2 was Amazing as well as many other games. Memory Expansion Cartridge was a great idea too late. Had some solid RPGs

Popsicle12d ago

$299

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andy8512d ago

30 years. Man I remember getting one for Xmas 95. Great memories

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jznrpg12d ago

I miss Sega. Would be awesome if they were still around. I still own all of their consoles.

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FinalFantasyFanatic11d ago

I wish I still had all my Sega consoles from when I was a kid.

Storm2311d ago

I wish I had all of my collections from when I was kid. So dumb looking back on it now to get rid of so many amazing devices and games.

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TheColbertinator12d ago

Sega was the greatest console maker. Nobody will ever match their brilliance. Nintendo does come close though.

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OhReginald12d ago

Sega tried to compete with playstations polygonal games and failed. I know sega Saturn's strengths were it's fighting games and shumps which they should have ported to the west. In the end its kind of their fault for fumbling the saturn.

Ps5conehead12d ago

I wish sega would make another console.

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Cellblock1112d ago

I wouldn't call it a "failure". I personally loved my Saturn and had some great fun with it playing some really great games. It's just that for me the games that were coming out for PS One pulled my attention in that direction and unfortunately the options for Saturn games began to stifle. And the rest as they say is history but good history and fond memories of a really cool game console.

ocelot0711d ago

Saturn and Dreamcast are in my top 5 consoles. So sad they killed sega as a platform though.

hiawa2311d ago (Edited 11d ago )

I would later rebuy a Saturn but I remember being a college student and working at Sears at launch and the Saturn released a week earlier than the Playstion so I bought it. Sears later allowed me to return it for the Playstation as every multi-plat game performed or looked better. The Saturn was a 2-D sprite crunching monster but back then most games moved to 3D polygons. It seems Segas downfall started with all those add-ons for the Genesis before the Saturn arrived.

DefenderOfDoom211d ago (Edited 11d ago )

The video games I played the most on my Sega
Genisis was the EA NHL Hockey games . I was going to buy a Sega Saturn, but there was no EA NHL EA Hockey 96 for the Sega Saturn in 1995 . So I ended up buying PlayStation because it was a hundred dollars cheaper and I had good feeling that the Playstation was going to attract the most video game developer studios .

Flewid63811d ago (Edited 11d ago )

Sega-CD, 32X, 32X-CD, Saturn and Dreamcast all failed. Thats why they went 3rd party.

rgraf7711d ago

Sega Saturn was one of the all time greats. PS1 couldn't not match its 2d prowess
I remember PS1 versions of fighting games would be missing animations because it didn't have enough RAM. With it being $100 dollars more then PS1 upon lunch and the move to 3d and past failures haunted them.

DustMan10d ago

The Saturn was stuck in the muck and mire of Sega of Japan, and Sega of America. So many great games came out in Japan that never got a US port. The Saturn was the absolute best platform for fighters, and other 2d games. Everybody wanted jagged polygons on the playstation though. I never understood.