Games played: X-Men vs. Street Fighter (0:02), Diddy Kong Racing (0:20), Metal Gear Solid (0:26), Alien Soldier (0:48), Chu Chu Rocket (1:12), F-Zero GX (1:59), Super Smash Bros. (3:30), Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (6:07), Donkey Kong Country 2 (8:46)
My top 5 are as follows: The GameCube will always be number 1 favorite console as it is like my best friend. I Carry a lot of soft feelings for this system. Long after this console was discontinued & no more games were being released for it , it remained my main console. I'm even a little sentimental typing this out . No harm feelings for being only an honorable mention. :) Number 2 will be the Sega Saturn. This console was the first console that really got me into retro gaming. I remember picking it up wondering what is a Sega Saturn? One of the best consoles I ever picked up. Night Warriors, Sega Rally & Die Hard Arcade man what a way to introduce me to a console I never heard of before. Number 3 The Sega Dreamcast: This console still blows my mind away. I usually have to keep it away from my fat PS2 because if I turn my back I know these two systems will get into a massive fight but man this console is amazing. So many fun too notch arcade hits & the amount of homebrew games still supporting the console makes it a great console for old & new fans. Number 4 The GBA. Specifically the GBA SP. This console I never fully appreciated back then but man I love this console nowadays. I just drove down to a city about 3½ hours away from me to see a doctor this morning so I had to stay at a hotel & man this console was a great time waster after supper before going to bed. Long battery life , every game has that pick up & play nature it was fantastic. While some GBA games have gone up in price I still find a ton for really cheap prices & if I'm not on the go I play them off my gb player for my GC. Number 5 is going to surprise many people but I'm going to say my Atari Jaguar. When I picked up this console I mostly picked it as a joke to see how bad this console was for myself after seeing countless UA-cam videos bashing on the thing, I thought it would be fun to bash it to & well that's not what happened. In fact I didn't think the console was as bad as people were saying. I actually kind of felt bad for the console when I did research on the console & it's story. It's not a console I would say is better than it's competition like the Genesis or SNES but to call it the worst console ever doesn't make sense. If you read this far, thank you for reading. :)
Dude. I can’t stop watching your videos. Love the format you have going on.. the wholesomeness in your speech.. the view of the tv with single light in your hand and controller.. random joke shots thrown in… a great mix. Keep up the awesome work🤘🏻🙌🏻
I like Watching his videos cuz it takes me to the golden days of youtube and ppl had their own unique way of presenting their content on a specific topic.
My Top 5 Favorite Consoles: 5. Playstation 2 4. Sega Genesis 3. Nintendo Switch 2. Nintendo Entertainment System 1. Super Nintendo Entertainment System
@@kakacech Super mario odyssey, the legend of zelda: breath of the wild, super mario bros wonder, mario kart 8 deluxe, sonic mania plus, mega man 11, ect.
I was more of a Nintendo guy growing up, but I also love Sega consoles, and even have love for the master system. My top 5 consoles are similar to your choices. 1. NES 2. SNES 3. Genesis 4. PlayStation 5. Wii. I still play all of these regularly.
I liked the 16 bit war between Sega & Nintendo. Back in the 90s I used to like better the SNES. As years passed I started to appreciate the Genesis, although I still feel their games are harder & unforgiving, but you gotta have both the SNES & Genesis. My other 3 all time favorite consoles are the PS1, PS2 & NES. An honorable mention is the Sega Dreamcast, it was a great console ahead of its time. You always have great topics to talk about. Best Regards.
My Top 5: The Wii even my mom bought one! Now that is saying something! 4: Nintendo 64 The start of a beautiful Mario Kart Format! 3: GB Advance SP - Plug in Power no more batteries! 2: Original Game Boy I was a kid & the early games were made for kids! Gaming Power in your hand...To boldly go where no kid has gone before! Number one The Super Nintendo...love that 16 bit action! Honorable Mention: my original NES still hooked up in my living room even out lasted my N64, so take that Number 4 on my list!!!
I feel you on discovering things as an adult. Growing up there was no way I could afford import games, or even know which ones were good most of the time. So it wasn't until I was grown up with a job that I could discover what the Saturn & PC Engine really had to offer. Those two are both locks for my top 5 these days. I was a SNES kid growing up, and fought many a fierce schoolyard battle against House Genesis. Magazines like EGM gave me the impression that the Genesis was way weaker. But coming back to it, I see the SNES' limitations, and that sound chip has not aged well. While the Genesis' processor allowed for more animation frames (the lack of which so often annoyed me with the SNES and PlayStation 1) and way less slowdown, so I think it's aged better. Just a shame about the awful colour display. I can't do a top 5 because then I'd have to choose between the Neo Geo and the Dreamcast, but I'm not a UA-camr so I don't have to.
such an interesting perspective, for me the limited color display is perhaps my favorite aspect of the genesis- i feel like it constrained devs to work with bolder color palettes, and made them stand out.
@@supernoob17 In the hands of a talented artist who understood how to effectively contrast and balance colour, it was fine, like in the Sonic titles. I'm sure a lot of Genesis kids didn't even notice. But so many titles - especially multiplatform games - were held back by dithering and drab, dim colour schemes. I also hold it responsible for a degree of the Sega CD's struggles; they went with FMV as its differentiating selling point, but it all ended up looking like oatmeal due to the huge colour demands of real life photography. I have no idea why they didn't do anything about the palette in that device given how much engineering and expense they did put into the hardware. What really underlines it to me is how the PC Engine's colour display lets it punch so highly above its weight; PCE devs accomplished so much expression and vibrancy through shading even when short on horsepower or ROM space.
@@philmason9653 yeah for sure i just mean when i think of the standout titles for the genesis, i think they're defined by bold palates and i think they would have looked different on snes or pce. stuff like comix zone, gunstar heroes, snatcher, beyond oasis, the shining force games look visually distinct from anything on the other 16 bit consoles and i think the color limitations contributed to that. i 100% agree about fmv and multiplat games though, although idk about that leading to the downfall of the segacd considering all the other consoles that leaned into fmv games as a primary selling point failed as hard as the sega cd
Not considering backwards compatibility: SNES Genesis Xbox 360 (A recent pick-up for me & games are dirt cheap!) Dreamcast (I picked up a TON of stuff on closeout Typing of the Dead is a blast!) Atari 2600 ( Pure nostalgia pick & Homebrew community is very active) Great Video!
How can the Genesis be close when the SNES has Zelda 3, FF6, Mario Kart, SF2 (a year earlier), Super Metroid, Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, Turtles in Time, better MK2, Contra 3, ActRaiser, Secret of Mana and on and on the list goes!
@@madspunky it's called "an opinion" and just because you don't share it doesn't mean you have to take personal offense. Maybe this person hates RPG's. My top 5 is different, but I can accept other other people's opinions.
@@danbauer3669 Thanks for your reply! I don't feel offended. My favorite console would be the Dual Screen, but I can't expect other folks to care about Days of Ruin and Etrian Odyssey as much as I do. However, the gap in library quality between the Genesis and Super Nintendo I find to be significant and I'd love to hear why other folks think differently. Perhaps I've missed out on a classic Sega game!
@@madspunky I didn't get a Genesis until I was 19. When I was a kid I stupidly took a side in the "console wars" but there's lots of interesting games and no good reason to ignore them. My friend brought over a game called Starflight that is more Star Trek than any Star Trek game. And D&D Warriors of the Eternal Sun is another cool game that I didn't know about until last year. I don't disagree with your list of SNES games at all, but there's always something else. Currently I have about 80 SNES games and 55 Genesis games and there is lots to like in both libraries. Maybe you just aren't as familiar with Genesis.
@@danbauer3669 Oohh, why did you choose a side? I played plenty of both consoles at friends and finally made a choice in 1993, mostly because of SF2, FF4, and Zelda 3. Thanks to emulation I've been catching up through the years. I tried out Starflight a bit and loved talking with the aliens, but felt I was spending too much time gathering resources. Lovely to see how the game influenced Mass Effect! I love old school D&D inspired games like Ultima and Wizardry, so I should check out Eternal Sun! Listed! I looked into my spreadsheets and I've beaten 48 Genesis games and 72 SNES games, so yeah, I'm more familiar with the latter. Currently going through Phantasy Star 2 but it's a slog, I'm not sure if I'll make it to the end : P
Well the original Xbox happens to have 3 of my top 5 favorite games on it with Kotor 1 and 2 plus Halo CE so kinda feel obligated to say its my favorite plus it doesnt hurt I love the intro screen and ive been revisiting it and finding some really fun and interesting Exclusives like Strangers Wrath (probably in my top 10), Gun Valkyrie, Tojam and Eral 3, Otogi 1/2 and Blinx the time sweeper
I haven't played or even own all the home consoles I want to, still short a good nine home consoles (Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Sega Master System, TurboGrafx-16, 3DO, Saturn, PS2, GameCube and Xbox), but for now I think I could rank my top five. 5. NES 4. PS3 3. Genesis 2. Xbox 360 1. Dreamcast
You know someone creates great content on youtube when youre in a store and while buying some bananas you think about retrogaming, thanks for good content bird !
I know what you mean about the Cube, it was weird when it was out. But I think gamers played it more than they even realize. It has almost no shovelware and the releases were coming one after another in all kinds of genres. Luigi's Mansion, Rogue 2, Metroid Prime, Eternal Darkness, Windwaker, Skies, RE4, Mario Kart, Super Smash, Pikmin, F-zero... It goes on and on. So when you step back and reflect it's like dang there were a ton of amazing games on that system. That in turn makes you realize how much you actually played that system back in the day without even realizing it. It was a bizarre console for sure.
my first console was the NES in 1989 when i was 4. With that in mind, here is my list: 1]PC Gaming 1995-2000 (I feel like this counts as a console generation, you can comfortably run everything from that era on a PC from 1998). 2] PSX 3/4] Super Genesitendo 5] Gameboy. the original if i had to pick only one library but the GBA can play original and color games so that's my preference.
So many great SMS games! My favorite though (for any system) is Space Harrier. Also love Phantasy Star, R-Type, Power Strike, Golvellius, Double Dragon, Rastan...the list just goes on and on! :)
Yea bro genesis rules still puting out new games check out tanzer ultracore,, life on mars or that new one real bout, the snes doesn’t have new games really!!!!
I think my top 5 non handhelds would be Sega Genesis, SNES, PS1, Saturn, PS2... but I could definitely swap some of those around depending on how I'm feeling. Handhelds would be a little more Nintendo biased (because that just aligns with how much I've played/owned them): 3DS, GBA, DS, Gameboy. Never really had any other handhelds other than a Gameboy micro and a Nomad (which I haven't spent playing much actually). Can't really give either of those two rankings as I've already listed them with GBA and Genesis 😁
Your content is pure gold. Always puts a smile on my face Never stop being yourself! My top five is Gamecube, SNES, PS2, Switch & Wii. I have so many fond memories of me and my brother playing Gamecube as little kids. Chao Garden, Delfino Plaza, F-Zero, Double Dash, TTYD, Metroid Prime, SSX3, Pikmin.... gosh.. NFS Hot Pursuit 2 and Underground 1 & 2 we spent weeks together on that game.. and I haven't even mentioned Tony Hawks Underground yet =P It's my childhood in a bottle. Also.. flying the helicopter in 007 Nightfire multiplayer is GOLD!! =D
Awesome video! With someone who has finished over 4,500 games, I can say I've played most of the games on console libraries, have 42 Complete libraries, and have finished many of them. For me, these below are my Top 5. SNES NES Genesis XBOX N64
The way you talk about 16-bit games gets me pumped. I’m working my way through the 8-but classics first but I already have my Analogue Super Nt ready for when the time comes.
I guessed 3/5. I thought for sure you would put the N64 1st. I am glad you mentioned that you also thought that. You keep talking about that console along with the memories you had with your cousin. Anyways These are my 5 top consoles. 1. Sega Genesis 2. Nes 3. Snes 4. PS1 5. Sega Master System.
Ok my top five, since I am older than you Retro Bird my console choices are different:) They are: #5 - Sony Playstation, #4 - Sega Genesis, #3 - Super Nintendo, #2 - Nintendo Gameboy, #1 - Nintendo Entertainment System. Thank you so much for you top quality videos you deliver on day in and day out.
Love my retro computers the most and all are 8 bit. There are several more but if I could only choose 5: #1 ZX Spectrum #2 BBC Micro #3 C64 #4 Apple IIe #5 Atari XL/XE
For computers for me: Commodore 64(so many hours with friends playing all the Goldbox games & messing around on BBS boards) Linux mint ( Steam has really helped gaming on Linux) DOS Windows Coleco ADAM (Holy crap this was a dud but I had it and mostly gamed on it)
Dude, I just found your channel and I feel like I’m binging every video you’ve ever made. Really enjoy the humor, content, and unwavering banana cameos. 10/10. Also, I need a Sega Saturn …. thanks for giving me something to obsess over for a few weeks by being a creep at every Goodwill in a 40 mile radius until i get one.
It's great to have you on the channel and I'm really glad you're enjoying the videos! Saturns are tough to find. I actually DID find one at a Goodwill once though. It was $10 but that was back in like 2012.
I have the same issue with Number 1. I got both consoles at once on my 10th birthday. They were both my favourite things of all time. One good for fun, child like games and the other for the more gritty, violent games.
My top 5 favorite consoles OF ALL TIME: 1. Bread Bag Clip Bag 2. Bread Bag Clip Bag 3. Bread Bag Clip Bag 4. Bread Bag Clip Bag 5. Bread Bag Clip Bag This was really difficult for me; please take a moment of silence to remember all the other great consoles I couldn't fit.
I thought I was alone! I named my OG Xbox Solomon Grunty :D It grunts whenever its first powered on, so we always greet it with "good morning Solomon Grunty!"
Great video. Just throwing this together, probably fairly accurate: Honourable mentions Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS. 5. Switch 4. PS1 3. PS4 2. Sega Genesis 1. Original Xbox
No matter what it’s your list and it’s always fun to watch different than mine list. I do appreciate your ability to simultaneously like Sega and Nintendo.
I haven't played a SNES but I love my Genesis. There so much gaming I've missed but I really enjoy collecting and I appreciate the pick up and play aspect of older games. From the consoles I've played I would rank them: 1. Genesis 2. N64 3. PS1 4. GBA 5. Gamecube
That's so funny that you rented Chameleon Twist and Mischief Makers, because as a kid I rented both those games a lot too, especially Mischief Makers. We rented them so much that we really should have just bought them. I'm still looking for copies of each now. The other funny thing is that I couldn't fully remember their names because I was just a kid. I called it "Making Mischief" for a long time and just straight up couldn't remember the name "Chameleon Twist". You'd think I'd look at the games and try to take in their names, but I was very young. Shoutout to AntDude for doing a video on "Forgotten N64 Platformers" which had the two games and reminded me of what they were.
My top 5 appeals to nostalgia, and to the fact that Ive never own many consoles, but I have played some borrowed by friends for long periods of time during my adulthood. So here it is: 5. Atari 2600 4. N64 3. Playstation 2 2. Super Nintendo 1. NES Love your channel! greetings from Ecuador!
I personally think the 1st couple systems one grows up with will always have a special place in the heart. My 1st is nes as I started gaming near its last faze in 1990+ then onto my 2nd is genesis
I totally agree with you on the Megadrive/snes - I first had the megadrive when I was younger and defended it all the time against the snes, eventually I realised that I needed both systems and enjoyed the best of both worlds growing up, and it's the same now!
Not counting the Switch with the ability to play both retro and classics, I actually have the _exact_ same list as RB. I grew up during the fourth and fifth gen of game consoles. There was just something amazing about gaming in the 90's. The SNES and Genesis shared many titles, but they equally had a solid amount of exclusives! The Saturn, PS1 and N64 started the 3D trend and each had some truly excellent exclusive games as well! I didn't get a chance to play many games or consoles as a kid, but the ones I did will forever be etched into my childhood memories!
That's very, very difficult. Maybe something like this. . 5. Gameboy Advance 4. PlayStation 2 3. SNES 2. GameCube 1. PlayStation The PS2 and the GBA being some of my earliest gaming experiences, I am very bias towards those. In fact, the same PS2 I had since a child is still kickin' with me today .
That's my exact same list, haha. But it is in a different order (SNES > GBA > PS1 > PS2 > GC). My first console as a kid in the early 90's was NES, but nostalgia aside there's not much on there for me anymore except Mario 3 and Kirby.
@@Vulpas The Dreamcast and GC are like neck and neck. If the Dreamcast had more games I liked it would be even better. The GC's library is really strong
The Acorn Archimedes would be number one through five best console for me. When I was a kid I had five different colored versions of it just so I could play five different versions of Zarch at the same time. I even had a Mad Professer Mariarti T Shirt and dressed up like him for Halloween. The other kids would laugh and throw gummy erasers at me, but I knew they were just jealous. Seriously underrated system.
I don’t have a top five console list since a lot of games are iterative of one another, so my favorite would have to be one machine with the largest library of games we all played. Game genres, brands and styles are pretty fluid so my one favorite to this point is definitely the GBA, which modernized fully playable and fully enjoyable the 2D games _in the most discreet form factor._ I also like all of the ambition a lot of developers threw at that the machine! Looking at it then and now, the GBA is still pretty exciting! I love the Switch, it’s the N64 I never truly appreciated (a cartridge based system front loaded with best in class FPS’s and even more Zelda!) but the GBA really had many, many _perfected_ versions of 2D games. It was the perfect swan song for mainstream pixel based games that you could buy off the store shelf. Capcom, Konami, Sega, Namco, they’ve all washed their hands of 2D games. Since development cycles for big budget 3D games have become much longer with less wiggle room for experimentation we don’t really know what is out there in terms of what is GOAT! I didn’t like Breath of the Wild, but Tears of the Kingdom has loads of potential! Experimentation is what makes for good games, one company stumbles another one sees a hidden gem and brings that to market. It happens but experimentation is not enough to satisfy shareholders (or those guys in cages lining the walls hovering over the pit towards the end of Doom Eternal!) Great Stuff!
For me. 1 Gamecube: my most played and favorite console ever; both back then as a teenager, and nowadays with the benefit of hindsight. 2 Gameboy / Gameboy Color: I was inseparable from it as a child, and enjoy it a lot nowadays too. It's the only console I've decided to mod (the original screen is just too tough to go back to on a consistent basis) ...After this it's legit too difficult for me to decide. XD
@udokee7409 Damn, get another one! That's what I did. Got a GBC a few years ago, in addition to my original grey brick GB. They're not that expensive, last I cheked... (IPS screen kinda is, but still very worth it imo)
My top 10 consoles(including handhelds while excluding systems of ps4 era and beyond): 10. Atari 2600 - fun and short arcade style games for those who want to game but don’t have a lot of time for it. Primitive yet also very fun. 9. Nintendo Entertainment System - Similar to Atari for the most part with more advanced graphics and sound, but home to some of the first True RPG series like Zelda and Final Fantasy. 8. TIE: Game Boy/Game Boy Color - Similar to an NES, but portable. Lots of NES Inspired titles, but was the origin of the Pokémon craze. 7. TIE: Sega Genesis/Master system - Mostly arcade games, but a few examples of rpg games, more fun than an NES due to being the first true 16 bit system. 6. TIE: Super Nintendo/Gameboy Advance - Plenty Powerful, Excellent Orchestral FM Sound Chip, Lots of Fun Games and Most Games on SNES were graphically superior to Genesis. Also Zelda Link to the Past Exists. Also Super gameboy exists which was our first ability to play gameboy in color on the big screen. Game Boy Advance had SNES style graphics with a 32 bit processor as a handheld along with excellent sound. Also Pokémon and backwards compatibility with GB and GBC games. 5. Tie PS1/PS2 - the first 3d games that looked somewhat real. Ace combat, Persona and the Harry Potter tie in games are great. 4. N64/GameCube - Graphics are better than PS1, but the blurring is sort of a turn off. Zelda and Star Wars are all good options here. GameCube rules the roost in terms of clear graphics and the ability to play all gameboy series titles on the big screen through the gameboy player peripheral. Lots of good Star Wars and Pokémon titles. Also good star fox titles, though Zelda is still good. 3. Nintendo DS - Excellent handheld for an on the go gamer. Lots of games including Pokémon and Zelda along with obscure hidden gems like fossil fighters and some Yu gi oh games. 2. TIE: Xbox/Xbox360 Lots of great hits between both consoles Excellent graphics for the time. Fable, Tales of Series, Eternal Sonata, Red Dead Redemption, the Battlestations series. 1. Wii - Although not as Graphically capable as it’s peers it holds a special place in my heart for introducing me to Zelda, the beginning entries to the super Mario galaxy series, Okami and the best versions of Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix and Harry Potter and the half blood prince on the market due to being made for motion input for spells.
SNES, GENESIS, NES, GAMEBOY, ATARI. I'm a big fan of 2D and I mostly play with my nieces and nephews. The Atari isn't purely a nostalgia pick, with the youngest kids it's a real hit. They understand the joystick and 1 button immediately, and we have a ton of fun. The NES is similar, with just the 2 buttons, Mario, Tetris, and Dr. Mario are a big hit. They love the light gun too, so Duck Hunt and, strangely, Baby Boomer are in constant rotation. I bought a handheld emulator to play Gameboy on.
My top five would probably be something like this: 5: Super Nintendo (Classic games that I love) 4: PS5 (my first foray into the PlayStation brand) 3: Nintendo Wii (my favorite game of all time is Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn) 2: Nintendo Switch (Probably the best library of games of all time imo Zelda BOTW, Smash Ultimate, Pokemon Legends, Fire Emblem Engage/Three Houses and many more) and lastly 1: Nintendo GameCube My childhood system with some of my favorite games of all time (Wind Waker, Pokémon Colosseum, FE Path of Radiance) Also has GBA support which is my favorite hand held.
yay I can appreciate you putting the 64 even on this list. I figured it wasnt going to be in your top 5 but hot damn it was. I love the 64 it still the best when it comes to couch co op.
I'm throwing this one out on the spot so who knows if my opinion will change. Oh! It already did. Funny how that works. Anyways, here's my current top 5: 5. Mega Drive / Genesis 4. Super Nintendo 3. Nintendo 64 2. Sega Dreamcast 1. GameCube I've spent so much time on the GameCube these past 2-3 years discovering so many games I had no idea about as a kid, I've really gone in deep with the library and it's been a blast. I love the way the GameCube looks, I love the controller, and the absolute gems it's got. With one of my personal favorites being Chibi-Robo, which I finally managed to get a CIB copy of last year for like half the normal asking price. I'm so happy about that. I did just get a Sega Saturn with a bunch of games very recently, imported from Japan. So we'll see if it manages to get onto my hip and exclusive list.
My life’s goal this year is going to start an online petition for you to bring that hairstyle back. Top 5 consoles eh? Might have to do a vr response at some point. Don’t blame ya for not being able to choose at the end. SNES and Genesis seem like an appropriate dual #1
That hair would probably be really hard for me to recreate now. And yet, it happened back then by virtue of my haircutters not understanding "a little more off the top" and me letting bed head rule the day each morning before school.
Oh, and by the way... Great video! I liked how your appreciation for the PS1 is growing. Makes me wish I had the time and money to explore its huge library.
My number one is, and will always be the Sega Saturn. That consoles gave me some of my favourite gaming experiences ever. Number 2 would be the Sega Genesis. Although the NES was the first console I owned, and the one that really got me into gaming, my love for games was solidified when I got a Genesis and it plays host to a massive portion of my favourite games. Number 3 would be the PS4. Bloodborne is my favourite game ever, so I need not say more 😄 Number 4 is probably the NES for getting me into games, and the first console that I spent hours playing. However I find the NES the most difficult console to go back to and play now (apart from the Atari 2600). Number 5 is the PS2. It was the console that got me back into gaming after taking an extended break after my Saturn died on me. It had a fantastic library and I was hooked on games such as Ratchet & Clank. Two systems that I would like to give an honourable mention to are not consoles, but they were my introduction to gaming. Those systems being the BBC Micro model B and the Commodore 64. Besides introducing me to gaming they also got me into programming as a kid, which ended up becoming my career. I would spend hours typing up game code from old computing magazines, and then fiddling around to see how I can change it, and how those changes affect the game. Good times!
My favorite is the Switch. It’s such a mighty retro machine that you can take on the go. And it’s very easy to freeze gameplay when it’s time to get off a train or a bus. I bought my Gamecube from the prize money I got for 1st place from a speech contest. It will always have a place in my heart. The PS3 has secretly become the system that I’ve owned for the longest amount of time and, get this, it has frozen the LEAST! Twice on the same game - LEGO MARVEL SUPERHEROES.
I can connect with most of what RB says. You can't have all the consoles at one time as a kid and even as a young adult sometimes. So, going back and discovering consoles you never had is a great thing. For me, in the last 10 or so years, I've been able to explore the Saturn, N64, and Snes. Saturn I never had when it was new, so what a joy it's been. I thought N64 was too kiddish as a 20 year old when that was current so I never bothered with it then. Lastly, with Snes, I was a Genesis gamer and didn't really get into it much then. Now, all 3 of these consoles would be in my top 5 if I made one. North American games, imports, been discovering many games on these 3. Thanks for the video.
I think my list goes like this.. sort of a cheat list because of my #3.. 5. Dreamcast (naomi + sega properties + oddities..too good) 4. PS1 (an RPG dream machine.. and SOTN) 3. MAME (late 80s-mid 90s arcade games rank very high for me and I go back to them constantly) 2. PS4 (the sheer amount of variety is nuts.. and look amazing.. I like it as much now as I did when I got it.. future classic) 1. SNES (nostalgia overload with the bonus of being actually amazing still) I missed out entirely on Saturn but I know I would love it.
My list of Fav Consoles coming from someone born in 1997: 1. Xbox 360 2. Gamecube 3. Playstation 2 4. Nintendo Switch 5. Wii + Wii U Although I've played practically every console pass the Snes. I really wish I could get my hands on the Dreamcast games, I really love the Early Ugly 3D arcade type games like Crazy Taxi and House of the Dead. Arcade style games just Rock 🔥 Great list dude!
My top five, in no special order: ZX Spectrum, Mega Drive/Genesis, PSX, PS2... and that's it. I had no other consoles when growing up. Now I own all the consoles from 16-bit up and a C64, so I have all the time in the world to start enjoying them, although being a grown up means more responsibilities and less free time for gaming.
Game Boy Pocket with the Missing Battery Cover for life! When I got a Super Game Boy I would always remove that little door covering the mystery connector on the bottom of my Super Nintendo just to replicate the experience.
I remember my brothers and their friends would come down to our house on their lunch break and we would all play N64 lol. My mom would make them lunch. Ahh the good ole days. I actually wanted the Saturn more so than the N64 and PS1. I was a Sega fan also.
I can't really say which console are my favorites yet, but as far as the ones I'm most nostalgic for would be the PS1, PS2, N64, GameCube and the Xbox 360 they we're a big part of my childhood and teen years 😁
Oh man, the return of the bread bag clip collection always tickles me. My favorite Retro Bird guest star, right up there with Nanners. For me, SNES, N64, PlayStation, Game Boy, and the Nintendo Switch, in no order haha.
I wish I had a friend like you man! Your channel is awesome keep going! My top 5 would be : N64,Ps1,Dreamcast Ps2, Neo geo. I also love Super Nintendo and have lots of Sega collections.
The original playstation is definitely my big nostalgia console. I’m just starting to really get into retro gaming so I don’t have a top 5 right now, but I’m thinking either nes or snes probably. I love the minimalism of the nes, but I need to spend some time with the snes which I oddly didn’t as a kid aside from like four games.
Retro bird, your content is so good! I am eating bananas! But seriously, since I found your channel I can’t help but smile when I see a new video. Keep up the great work.
I had a genesis as a kid. I don’t know what happened to it, but when I found one recently, it quickly became my favorite console. So many sweet games I had no idea about, especially Japanese imports
All time top 5 NES, Game Gear, N64, SNES, and Xbox But, as a game collector many new challengers have shown up, consoles I missed out on or just didn't care about at the time. Let's call these honorable mentions Genesis, Saturn, PS1, PS2, and the whole GameBoy line. The largest part of my collection is Xbox 360 and they don't make the list. I actually despise the wealth extraction tactics and addiction loops of modem gaming, so when it comes to that I hate all the consoles but love some of the games. Whenever I make a purchase it is PS2 or older. Controversial view: I don't think my gaming habits need to be known by massive corporations and the CIA via always online. Retro all the way.
Gameboy Pocket with the Missing Battery Cover is top tier gaming. Why play with a battery cover when you can play without one and have the risk of ending your game by accidently having the batteries pop out. Oh the thrill!
My choice has a lot to do about the impact the system/library had on my life at the time. #1 - NES - I was 10yo when the NES hit the American Scene and within 2y everyone I knew had an NES. It was an instant friend maker, and its all we wanted to do, and talk about. As far as library's go, it has more games I still want to play today than any other console out there. The only one that comes close is #2. #2 - PS1 - The PS1 was a real industry changer, it was the system nobody thought would do nearly as well as it did, and for half of a decade could do almost no wrong. Price right, had the titles... and just gobs of the types of games I wanted to play. The library is vast, just filled with RPGs and Strategy games... and despite being a 3D focused console, has some of the most gorgeous 2D sprite games out there. While the Genesis was the console that started putting the nails in the coffin of making Arcade games obsolete... the PS1 is the closer that nailed the final nail of the coffin. #3 - Sega Genesis - It was hard for me to pick the Genesis over SNES, but I think what gets me there is the vast arcade game library and its head start on Nintendo. Getting a Genesis after owning a NES was like graduating into high school, but starting out as a Sophomore. The arcade ports (mostly Sega) were so close to the Arcade, I really started to question the value of a quarter and where that money should be invested. #4 - Super Nintendo - My fandom of the Super Nintendo has a lot to do with the strong IP's of Nintendo... the Zelda, Metroid and Mario games. Nintendo always seemed to take quality to the next level when making titles for the IPs they owned. Its also the RPG powerhouse of the 16bit generation. I love me some Phantasy Star, but Final Fantasy II, III and Chrono Trigger really took it to the next level by really nailing the pixel graphics and music queues that drove the story. Games like Mega Man X and Super Castlevania IV are some of the greatest side scrollers of the generation. #5 - Neo Geo - The Neo Geo was something I always wanted, but I was just not of the wealth class to play this anywhere other than an Arcade. I dreamed of owning one, but never actually grew up with anyone that had an AES. Now that I'm a big older, I've really made some dreams come true and I've acquired most of the Neo Geo titles on their AES/MVS platforms. What I appreciate the most about Neo Geo was... it was the pinacol of 2D pixel art until the disc media generation took over. At this stage in my life, all I wanted to play were fighting games and Neo Geo really delivered. My honorable mentions are largely systems I think were incredible, and could have really succeeded if they hadn't been marketed poorly. Sega Saturn - The Sega Saturn had some killer US releases... but many of the best games never made it to American shores and its a real tragety. I think Sega of America was really struggling the beating towards the end of the 16bit era and they really weren't able to be a leader with Sony stealing all of the attention from it and then really showing up the N64 years after it was released. The Saturn Japanese library is so good. Its truly a tragedy that many of their best titles never made it here. TurboGrafx 16/PC Engine - I think when people think of the TG16 was that it was the 3rd string quarterback of the 16 bit console wars... but truth is... it's an 8bit console released during the 16bit era, and really had no business beingi compared to the Genesis and the SNES. The PC Engine was released in 1987, just shortly after NES blew up in America... and had they released it in US at the same time as it was in Japan, NES might not have had the foothold in the American market that it had, and we all could be humming a different toon today. While the TG16 had some great releases... the PC Engine has some of the best 2D shooters ever released. Most Overrated system: Nintendo 64 - I don't hate the N64, it was just a colossal disappointment for me. After having so much love for the NES and the SNES, the N64 seemed to do it all wrong. Sure they have some of the best games of generation... the vast majority of the library... particularly the non-Nintendo IPs are very forgettable. The only thing the N64 has going for me is the strength of about 10 titles, that are mostly Nintendo IPs.
Games played: X-Men vs. Street Fighter (0:02), Diddy Kong Racing (0:20), Metal Gear Solid (0:26), Alien Soldier (0:48), Chu Chu Rocket (1:12), F-Zero GX (1:59), Super Smash Bros. (3:30), Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (6:07), Donkey Kong Country 2 (8:46)
All Great Games Played
My top 5 are as follows:
The GameCube will always be number 1 favorite console as it is like my best friend. I Carry a lot of soft feelings for this system. Long after this console was discontinued & no more games were being released for it , it remained my main console. I'm even a little sentimental typing this out . No harm feelings for being only an honorable mention. :)
Number 2 will be the Sega Saturn. This console was the first console that really got me into retro gaming. I remember picking it up wondering what is a Sega Saturn? One of the best consoles I ever picked up. Night Warriors, Sega Rally & Die Hard Arcade man what a way to introduce me to a console I never heard of before.
Number 3 The Sega Dreamcast: This console still blows my mind away. I usually have to keep it away from my fat PS2 because if I turn my back I know these two systems will get into a massive fight but man this console is amazing. So many fun too notch arcade hits & the amount of homebrew games still supporting the console makes it a great console for old & new fans.
Number 4 The GBA. Specifically the GBA SP. This console I never fully appreciated back then but man I love this console nowadays. I just drove down to a city about 3½ hours away from me to see a doctor this morning so I had to stay at a hotel & man this console was a great time waster after supper before going to bed. Long battery life , every game has that pick up & play nature it was fantastic. While some GBA games have gone up in price I still find a ton for really cheap prices & if I'm not on the go I play them off my gb player for my GC.
Number 5 is going to surprise many people but I'm going to say my Atari Jaguar. When I picked up this console I mostly picked it as a joke to see how bad this console was for myself after seeing countless UA-cam videos bashing on the thing, I thought it would be fun to bash it to & well that's not what happened. In fact I didn't think the console was as bad as people were saying. I actually kind of felt bad for the console when I did research on the console & it's story. It's not a console I would say is better than it's competition like the Genesis or SNES but to call it the worst console ever doesn't make sense.
If you read this far, thank you for reading. :)
1 Genesis 2 Saturn 3 Dreamcast 4 Xbox 360 5 SNES
1 saturn 2 dreamcast 3 ps2 4 genesis/32x 5 xbox360
Master System, Mega Drive, Super Nintendo, Sega Saturn and Playstation 1
Dude. I can’t stop watching your videos. Love the format you have going on.. the wholesomeness in your speech.. the view of the tv with single light in your hand and controller.. random joke shots thrown in… a great mix. Keep up the awesome work🤘🏻🙌🏻
Thank you!
I like Watching his videos cuz it takes me to the golden days of youtube and ppl had their own unique way of presenting their content on a specific topic.
Same!
My top 5 in no particular order, PS1 PS2 PS3, N64 & GameCube.
And to that I would say your videos are super entertaining and genuinely delightful. Thank you for the consistently great content RB!
Thank you Christopher!
@@RetroBirdGaming ❤
My Top 5 Favorite Consoles:
5. Playstation 2
4. Sega Genesis
3. Nintendo Switch
2. Nintendo Entertainment System
1. Super Nintendo Entertainment System
I don't own switch.
Im curious what games you like on it?
@@kakacech Super mario odyssey, the legend of zelda: breath of the wild, super mario bros wonder, mario kart 8 deluxe, sonic mania plus, mega man 11, ect.
This channel is just pure gaming joy distilled. Thanks for being you Retro Bird! 🍌
❤
1. Awesome Trinitron, check. 2. Great positive enthusiastic family friendly humor, check. 3. Awesome production value, check
Thank you!
Love the liar liar reference for which one is better. I could hear “write it…write it or I’ll break it off”
Ah, that Liar Liar reference was the icing on the cake for this vid. You are a man of culture.
5. Super Nintendo
4. PS2
3.gamecube
2. Sega Saturn
1. N64
Very good list. I'd swap Saturn out for PS1 personally.
@@Vulpas understandable. PS1 was also great 👍
Don't think I've ever seen N64 and Saturn as somebody's top two. Very cool!
@@RetroBirdGaming thanks dude 😎
My top 4 is 1. Genesis/SNES(tie) 3. NES 4. Saturn.
Looking to add a PC Engine soon, and I already know I am going to love it!
I was more of a Nintendo guy growing up, but I also love Sega consoles, and even have love for the master system. My top 5 consoles are similar to your choices. 1. NES 2. SNES 3. Genesis 4. PlayStation 5. Wii. I still play all of these regularly.
I liked the 16 bit war between Sega & Nintendo.
Back in the 90s I used to like better the SNES. As years passed I started to appreciate the Genesis, although I still feel their games are harder & unforgiving, but you gotta have both the SNES & Genesis.
My other 3 all time favorite consoles are the PS1, PS2 & NES. An honorable mention is the Sega Dreamcast, it was a great console ahead of its time.
You always have great topics to talk about. Best Regards.
I enjoyed the Liar Liar skit, your videos are always a good time!
My Top 5: The Wii even my mom bought one! Now that is saying something! 4: Nintendo 64 The start of a beautiful Mario Kart Format!
3: GB Advance SP - Plug in Power no more batteries! 2: Original Game Boy I was a kid & the early games were made for kids!
Gaming Power in your hand...To boldly go where no kid has gone before! Number one The Super Nintendo...love that 16 bit action!
Honorable Mention: my original NES still hooked up in my living room even out lasted my N64, so take that Number 4 on my list!!!
I feel you on discovering things as an adult. Growing up there was no way I could afford import games, or even know which ones were good most of the time. So it wasn't until I was grown up with a job that I could discover what the Saturn & PC Engine really had to offer. Those two are both locks for my top 5 these days. I was a SNES kid growing up, and fought many a fierce schoolyard battle against House Genesis. Magazines like EGM gave me the impression that the Genesis was way weaker. But coming back to it, I see the SNES' limitations, and that sound chip has not aged well. While the Genesis' processor allowed for more animation frames (the lack of which so often annoyed me with the SNES and PlayStation 1) and way less slowdown, so I think it's aged better. Just a shame about the awful colour display. I can't do a top 5 because then I'd have to choose between the Neo Geo and the Dreamcast, but I'm not a UA-camr so I don't have to.
Love hearing about experiences like these where somebody's perspective changes over time :)
such an interesting perspective, for me the limited color display is perhaps my favorite aspect of the genesis- i feel like it constrained devs to work with bolder color palettes, and made them stand out.
@@supernoob17 In the hands of a talented artist who understood how to effectively contrast and balance colour, it was fine, like in the Sonic titles. I'm sure a lot of Genesis kids didn't even notice. But so many titles - especially multiplatform games - were held back by dithering and drab, dim colour schemes. I also hold it responsible for a degree of the Sega CD's struggles; they went with FMV as its differentiating selling point, but it all ended up looking like oatmeal due to the huge colour demands of real life photography. I have no idea why they didn't do anything about the palette in that device given how much engineering and expense they did put into the hardware. What really underlines it to me is how the PC Engine's colour display lets it punch so highly above its weight; PCE devs accomplished so much expression and vibrancy through shading even when short on horsepower or ROM space.
@@philmason9653 yeah for sure i just mean when i think of the standout titles for the genesis, i think they're defined by bold palates and i think they would have looked different on snes or pce. stuff like comix zone, gunstar heroes, snatcher, beyond oasis, the shining force games look visually distinct from anything on the other 16 bit consoles and i think the color limitations contributed to that. i 100% agree about fmv and multiplat games though, although idk about that leading to the downfall of the segacd considering all the other consoles that leaned into fmv games as a primary selling point failed as hard as the sega cd
Not considering backwards compatibility:
SNES
Genesis
Xbox 360 (A recent pick-up for me & games are dirt cheap!)
Dreamcast (I picked up a TON of stuff on closeout Typing of the Dead is a blast!)
Atari 2600 ( Pure nostalgia pick & Homebrew community is very active)
Great Video!
Loved the Atari. It's simple enough I can play with my little kids and they get it right away. 1 stick, 1 button. We like Frogs and Flies.
Mine are as follows:
5. Original Xbox
4. Xbox 360
3. Genesis
2. PS1
1. Super Nintendo
The top 3 are so close they're basically interchangeable.
How can the Genesis be close when the SNES has Zelda 3, FF6, Mario Kart, SF2 (a year earlier), Super Metroid, Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, Turtles in Time, better MK2, Contra 3, ActRaiser, Secret of Mana and on and on the list goes!
@@madspunky it's called "an opinion" and just because you don't share it doesn't mean you have to take personal offense. Maybe this person hates RPG's. My top 5 is different, but I can accept other other people's opinions.
@@danbauer3669 Thanks for your reply! I don't feel offended. My favorite console would be the Dual Screen, but I can't expect other folks to care about Days of Ruin and Etrian Odyssey as much as I do.
However, the gap in library quality between the Genesis and Super Nintendo I find to be significant and I'd love to hear why other folks think differently. Perhaps I've missed out on a classic Sega game!
@@madspunky I didn't get a Genesis until I was 19. When I was a kid I stupidly took a side in the "console wars" but there's lots of interesting games and no good reason to ignore them. My friend brought over a game called Starflight that is more Star Trek than any Star Trek game. And D&D Warriors of the Eternal Sun is another cool game that I didn't know about until last year.
I don't disagree with your list of SNES games at all, but there's always something else. Currently I have about 80 SNES games and 55 Genesis games and there is lots to like in both libraries. Maybe you just aren't as familiar with Genesis.
@@danbauer3669 Oohh, why did you choose a side? I played plenty of both consoles at friends and finally made a choice in 1993, mostly because of SF2, FF4, and Zelda 3.
Thanks to emulation I've been catching up through the years. I tried out Starflight a bit and loved talking with the aliens, but felt I was spending too much time gathering resources. Lovely to see how the game influenced Mass Effect!
I love old school D&D inspired games like Ultima and Wizardry, so I should check out Eternal Sun! Listed!
I looked into my spreadsheets and I've beaten 48 Genesis games and 72 SNES games, so yeah, I'm more familiar with the latter.
Currently going through Phantasy Star 2 but it's a slog, I'm not sure if I'll make it to the end : P
Well the original Xbox happens to have 3 of my top 5 favorite games on it with Kotor 1 and 2 plus Halo CE so kinda feel obligated to say its my favorite plus it doesnt hurt I love the intro screen and ive been revisiting it and finding some really fun and interesting Exclusives like Strangers Wrath (probably in my top 10), Gun Valkyrie, Tojam and Eral 3, Otogi 1/2 and Blinx the time sweeper
I haven't played or even own all the home consoles I want to, still short a good nine home consoles (Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Sega Master System, TurboGrafx-16, 3DO, Saturn, PS2, GameCube and Xbox), but for now I think I could rank my top five.
5. NES
4. PS3
3. Genesis
2. Xbox 360
1. Dreamcast
You know someone creates great content on youtube when youre in a store and while buying some bananas you think about retrogaming, thanks for good content bird !
I know what you mean about the Cube, it was weird when it was out. But I think gamers played it more than they even realize. It has almost no shovelware and the releases were coming one after another in all kinds of genres. Luigi's Mansion, Rogue 2, Metroid Prime, Eternal Darkness, Windwaker, Skies, RE4, Mario Kart, Super Smash, Pikmin, F-zero... It goes on and on. So when you step back and reflect it's like dang there were a ton of amazing games on that system. That in turn makes you realize how much you actually played that system back in the day without even realizing it. It was a bizarre console for sure.
Turbografx 16, Genesis, N.E.S., Playstation, Super Nintendo. Honorable mention: Switch
my first console was the NES in 1989 when i was 4. With that in mind, here is my list:
1]PC Gaming 1995-2000 (I feel like this counts as a console generation, you can comfortably run everything from that era on a PC from 1998).
2] PSX
3/4] Super Genesitendo
5] Gameboy. the original if i had to pick only one library but the GBA can play original and color games so that's my preference.
I love your videos, I don't know how You haven't reached 100k subscribers yet, I wanna see your youtube's 100k award, greetings from El Salvador!!!
Thank you and greetings to you as well my friend!
In no order: Sega Master System, Sega Genesis, TurboGrafx, NES and SNES. Another great video! :)
Nice. What's your fav Sega Master system game?
I second the Master System question. I get some really interesting answers on that one.
So many great SMS games! My favorite though (for any system) is Space Harrier. Also love Phantasy Star, R-Type, Power Strike, Golvellius, Double Dragon, Rastan...the list just goes on and on! :)
@@realguitarthur You forgot Wonder Boy 1-3.
@@tonyp9313 More great games indeed.
Sega Genesis will always be my number 1. Snes is literally right behind it.
Freaking love the 16bit days 😍
Yea bro genesis rules still puting out new games check out tanzer ultracore,, life on mars or that new one real bout, the snes doesn’t have new games really!!!!
I think my top 5 non handhelds would be Sega Genesis, SNES, PS1, Saturn, PS2... but I could definitely swap some of those around depending on how I'm feeling. Handhelds would be a little more Nintendo biased (because that just aligns with how much I've played/owned them): 3DS, GBA, DS, Gameboy. Never really had any other handhelds other than a Gameboy micro and a Nomad (which I haven't spent playing much actually). Can't really give either of those two rankings as I've already listed them with GBA and Genesis 😁
Your content is pure gold. Always puts a smile on my face Never stop being yourself!
My top five is Gamecube, SNES, PS2, Switch & Wii. I have so many fond memories of me and my brother playing Gamecube as little kids. Chao Garden, Delfino Plaza, F-Zero, Double Dash, TTYD, Metroid Prime, SSX3, Pikmin.... gosh.. NFS Hot Pursuit 2 and Underground 1 & 2 we spent weeks together on that game.. and I haven't even mentioned Tony Hawks Underground yet =P It's my childhood in a bottle. Also.. flying the helicopter in 007 Nightfire multiplayer is GOLD!! =D
Oh my goodness did my friend and I ever have a thing with the chao garden hahah.
Awesome video! With someone who has finished over 4,500 games, I can say I've played most of the games on console libraries, have 42 Complete libraries, and have finished many of them. For me, these below are my Top 5.
SNES
NES
Genesis
XBOX
N64
The way you talk about 16-bit games gets me pumped. I’m working my way through the 8-but classics first but I already have my Analogue Super Nt ready for when the time comes.
It's time to make a Retrobird game
I guessed 3/5. I thought for sure you would put the N64 1st. I am glad you mentioned that you also thought that. You keep talking about that console along with the memories you had with your cousin. Anyways These are my 5 top consoles.
1. Sega Genesis
2. Nes
3. Snes
4. PS1
5. Sega Master System.
Ok my top five, since I am older than you Retro Bird my console choices are different:) They are: #5 - Sony Playstation, #4 - Sega Genesis, #3 - Super Nintendo, #2 - Nintendo Gameboy, #1 - Nintendo Entertainment System. Thank you so much for you top quality videos you deliver on day in and day out.
Love my retro computers the most and all are 8 bit. There are several more but if I could only choose 5:
#1 ZX Spectrum
#2 BBC Micro
#3 C64
#4 Apple IIe
#5 Atari XL/XE
Never heard of those except Atari.
For computers for me:
Commodore 64(so many hours with friends playing all the Goldbox games & messing around on BBS boards)
Linux mint ( Steam has really helped gaming on Linux)
DOS
Windows
Coleco ADAM (Holy crap this was a dud but I had it and mostly gamed on it)
Dude, I just found your channel and I feel like I’m binging every video you’ve ever made. Really enjoy the humor, content, and unwavering banana cameos. 10/10. Also, I need a Sega Saturn …. thanks for giving me something to obsess over for a few weeks by being a creep at every Goodwill in a 40 mile radius until i get one.
It's great to have you on the channel and I'm really glad you're enjoying the videos! Saturns are tough to find. I actually DID find one at a Goodwill once though. It was $10 but that was back in like 2012.
I have the same issue with Number 1. I got both consoles at once on my 10th birthday. They were both my favourite things of all time. One good for fun, child like games and the other for the more gritty, violent games.
My top 5 favorite consoles OF ALL TIME:
1. Bread Bag Clip Bag
2. Bread Bag Clip Bag
3. Bread Bag Clip Bag
4. Bread Bag Clip Bag
5. Bread Bag Clip Bag
This was really difficult for me; please take a moment of silence to remember all the other great consoles I couldn't fit.
My top 5 (1-5) GameCube, Nintendo 64, PlayStation 1, Mega Drive, Switch. Memorable mention is GBA
I thought I was alone! I named my OG Xbox Solomon Grunty :D
It grunts whenever its first powered on, so we always greet it with "good morning Solomon Grunty!"
Dude I live in Guffey Colorado, so I like the GameCube Name! 👍🏻
I enjoyed your commentary about discovering games on old consoles as an adult - definitely a huge part of what makes them feel fresh even today!
Great video. Just throwing this together, probably fairly accurate:
Honourable mentions Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS.
5. Switch
4. PS1
3. PS4
2. Sega Genesis
1. Original Xbox
No matter what it’s your list and it’s always fun to watch different than mine list. I do appreciate your ability to simultaneously like Sega and Nintendo.
I haven't played a SNES but I love my Genesis. There so much gaming I've missed but I really enjoy collecting and I appreciate the pick up and play aspect of older games. From the consoles I've played I would rank them:
1. Genesis
2. N64
3. PS1
4. GBA
5. Gamecube
That's so funny that you rented Chameleon Twist and Mischief Makers, because as a kid I rented both those games a lot too, especially Mischief Makers. We rented them so much that we really should have just bought them. I'm still looking for copies of each now.
The other funny thing is that I couldn't fully remember their names because I was just a kid. I called it "Making Mischief" for a long time and just straight up couldn't remember the name "Chameleon Twist". You'd think I'd look at the games and try to take in their names, but I was very young. Shoutout to AntDude for doing a video on "Forgotten N64 Platformers" which had the two games and reminded me of what they were.
"Shake Shake". We would say that constantly from Mischief Makers.
"Shake Shake". We would say that constantly from Mischief Makers.
You know, you would think we would say that too...but we didn't.
All the shaking of things reminds me of Wario Land Shake It these days.
My top 5 appeals to nostalgia, and to the fact that Ive never own many consoles, but I have played some borrowed by friends for long periods of time during my adulthood. So here it is:
5. Atari 2600
4. N64
3. Playstation 2
2. Super Nintendo
1. NES
Love your channel! greetings from Ecuador!
I personally think the 1st couple systems one grows up with will always have a special place in the heart. My 1st is nes as I started gaming near its last faze in 1990+ then onto my 2nd is genesis
I totally agree with you on the Megadrive/snes - I first had the megadrive when I was younger and defended it all the time against the snes, eventually I realised that I needed both systems and enjoyed the best of both worlds growing up, and it's the same now!
Not counting the Switch with the ability to play both retro and classics, I actually have the _exact_ same list as RB.
I grew up during the fourth and fifth gen of game consoles. There was just something amazing about gaming in the 90's. The SNES and Genesis shared many titles, but they equally had a solid amount of exclusives! The Saturn, PS1 and N64 started the 3D trend and each had some truly excellent exclusive games as well! I didn't get a chance to play many games or consoles as a kid, but the ones I did will forever be etched into my childhood memories!
That's very, very difficult. Maybe something like this. .
5. Gameboy Advance
4. PlayStation 2
3. SNES
2. GameCube
1. PlayStation
The PS2 and the GBA being some of my earliest gaming experiences, I am very bias towards those. In fact, the same PS2 I had since a child is still kickin' with me today .
That's my exact same list, haha. But it is in a different order (SNES > GBA > PS1 > PS2 > GC).
My first console as a kid in the early 90's was NES, but nostalgia aside there's not much on there for me anymore except Mario 3 and Kirby.
@@Vulpas The Dreamcast and GC are like neck and neck. If the Dreamcast had more games I liked it would be even better.
The GC's library is really strong
The Acorn Archimedes would be number one through five best console for me. When I was a kid I had five different colored versions of it just so I could play five different versions of Zarch at the same time. I even had a Mad Professer Mariarti T Shirt and dressed up like him for Halloween. The other kids would laugh and throw gummy erasers at me, but I knew they were just jealous. Seriously underrated system.
3:15-3:26 That part of the track reminds me of cortex castle from crash team racing :P
That throwback photo!!! You legend hahahah
It's me donkey Kong entering the comments needing a reply from retro bird
@Vesper F do you know what happe. To banana hoard
I'm borrowing the nanners. Sorry :)
@@RetroBirdGaming DANG IT
I don’t have a top five console list since a lot of games are iterative of one another, so my favorite would have to be one machine with the largest library of games we all played. Game genres, brands and styles are pretty fluid so my one favorite to this point is definitely the GBA, which modernized fully playable and fully enjoyable the 2D games _in the most discreet form factor._ I also like all of the ambition a lot of developers threw at that the machine! Looking at it then and now, the GBA is still pretty exciting! I love the Switch, it’s the N64 I never truly appreciated (a cartridge based system front loaded with best in class FPS’s and even more Zelda!) but the GBA really had many, many _perfected_ versions of 2D games. It was the perfect swan song for mainstream pixel based games that you could buy off the store shelf. Capcom, Konami, Sega, Namco, they’ve all washed their hands of 2D games. Since development cycles for big budget 3D games have become much longer with less wiggle room for experimentation we don’t really know what is out there in terms of what is GOAT! I didn’t like Breath of the Wild, but Tears of the Kingdom has loads of potential! Experimentation is what makes for good games, one company stumbles another one sees a hidden gem and brings that to market. It happens but experimentation is not enough to satisfy shareholders (or those guys in cages lining the walls hovering over the pit towards the end of Doom Eternal!)
Great Stuff!
2:30 is reason #409 that I'm glad I found this channel. 🤣
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Thank you for watching! I appreciate it.
@@RetroBirdGaming 🎮👾🕹🤝🏼☺️🤙🏻 Of course mi amigo
For me.
1 Gamecube:
my most played and favorite console ever; both back then as a teenager, and nowadays with the benefit of hindsight.
2 Gameboy / Gameboy Color:
I was inseparable from it as a child, and enjoy it a lot nowadays too. It's the only console I've decided to mod (the original screen is just too tough to go back to on a consistent basis)
...After this it's legit too difficult for me to decide. XD
@udokee7409 Damn, get another one!
That's what I did. Got a GBC a few years ago, in addition to my original grey brick GB.
They're not that expensive, last I cheked...
(IPS screen kinda is, but still very worth it imo)
My top 10 consoles(including handhelds while excluding systems of ps4 era and beyond):
10. Atari 2600 - fun and short arcade style games for those who want to game but don’t have a lot of time for it. Primitive yet also very fun.
9. Nintendo Entertainment System - Similar to Atari for the most part with more advanced graphics and sound, but home to some of the first True RPG series like Zelda and Final Fantasy.
8. TIE: Game Boy/Game Boy Color - Similar to an NES, but portable. Lots of NES Inspired titles, but was the origin of the Pokémon craze.
7. TIE: Sega Genesis/Master system - Mostly arcade games, but a few examples of rpg games, more fun than an NES due to being the first true 16 bit system.
6. TIE: Super Nintendo/Gameboy Advance - Plenty Powerful, Excellent Orchestral FM Sound Chip, Lots of Fun Games and Most Games on SNES were graphically superior to Genesis. Also Zelda Link to the Past Exists. Also Super gameboy exists which was our first ability to play gameboy in color on the big screen. Game Boy Advance had SNES style graphics with a 32 bit processor as a handheld along with excellent sound. Also Pokémon and backwards compatibility with GB and GBC games.
5. Tie PS1/PS2 - the first 3d games that looked somewhat real. Ace combat, Persona and the Harry Potter tie in games are great.
4. N64/GameCube - Graphics are better than PS1, but the blurring is sort of a turn off. Zelda and Star Wars are all good options here. GameCube rules the roost in terms of clear graphics and the ability to play all gameboy series titles on the big screen through the gameboy player peripheral. Lots of good Star Wars and Pokémon titles. Also good star fox titles, though Zelda is still good.
3. Nintendo DS - Excellent handheld for an on the go gamer. Lots of games including Pokémon and Zelda along with obscure hidden gems like fossil fighters and some Yu gi oh games.
2. TIE: Xbox/Xbox360 Lots of great hits between both consoles Excellent graphics for the time. Fable, Tales of Series, Eternal Sonata, Red Dead Redemption, the Battlestations series.
1. Wii - Although not as Graphically capable as it’s peers it holds a special place in my heart for introducing me to Zelda, the beginning entries to the super Mario galaxy series, Okami and the best versions of Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix and Harry Potter and the half blood prince on the market due to being made for motion input for spells.
SNES, GENESIS, NES, GAMEBOY, ATARI.
I'm a big fan of 2D and I mostly play with my nieces and nephews. The Atari isn't purely a nostalgia pick, with the youngest kids it's a real hit. They understand the joystick and 1 button immediately, and we have a ton of fun. The NES is similar, with just the 2 buttons, Mario, Tetris, and Dr. Mario are a big hit. They love the light gun too, so Duck Hunt and, strangely, Baby Boomer are in constant rotation.
I bought a handheld emulator to play Gameboy on.
My top five would probably be something like this: 5: Super Nintendo (Classic games that I love) 4: PS5 (my first foray into the PlayStation brand) 3: Nintendo Wii (my favorite game of all time is Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn) 2: Nintendo Switch (Probably the best library of games of all time imo Zelda BOTW, Smash Ultimate, Pokemon Legends, Fire Emblem Engage/Three Houses and many more) and lastly 1: Nintendo GameCube My childhood system with some of my favorite games of all time (Wind Waker, Pokémon Colosseum, FE Path of Radiance) Also has GBA support which is my favorite hand held.
yay I can appreciate you putting the 64 even on this list. I figured it wasnt going to be in your top 5 but hot damn it was. I love the 64 it still the best when it comes to couch co op.
I'm throwing this one out on the spot so who knows if my opinion will change. Oh! It already did. Funny how that works. Anyways, here's my current top 5:
5. Mega Drive / Genesis
4. Super Nintendo
3. Nintendo 64
2. Sega Dreamcast
1. GameCube
I've spent so much time on the GameCube these past 2-3 years discovering so many games I had no idea about as a kid, I've really gone in deep with the library and it's been a blast. I love the way the GameCube looks, I love the controller, and the absolute gems it's got. With one of my personal favorites being Chibi-Robo, which I finally managed to get a CIB copy of last year for like half the normal asking price. I'm so happy about that.
I did just get a Sega Saturn with a bunch of games very recently, imported from Japan. So we'll see if it manages to get onto my hip and exclusive list.
Your content always gives me a case of the “feel goods”. Much ❤my man.
Great Video! Quality work again!
5. PS2
4. NES
3. XBOX ORIGINAL
2. SWITCH
1. SNES
The 'Liar Liar' skit was really funny, love your videos!!
Thanks and glad you caught the reference :)
My life’s goal this year is going to start an online petition for you to bring that hairstyle back.
Top 5 consoles eh? Might have to do a vr response at some point. Don’t blame ya for not being able to choose at the end. SNES and Genesis seem like an appropriate dual #1
That hair would probably be really hard for me to recreate now. And yet, it happened back then by virtue of my haircutters not understanding "a little more off the top" and me letting bed head rule the day each morning before school.
I loved the Liar Liar skit you did 🤣🤣
Oh, and by the way... Great video! I liked how your appreciation for the PS1 is growing. Makes me wish I had the time and money to explore its huge library.
The tie between the two consoles and your favorite console at the end, omg 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I was laughing hard and repeated it a few times.
Love your channel and love your choices. The greatest thing about retro gaming is how many fantastic games I enjoy going back to.
In no order NES, SNES,PS1,PS2, PC Engine/TurboGrafx 16.
Saturn when you include Japanese releases is great too.
My number one is, and will always be the Sega Saturn. That consoles gave me some of my favourite gaming experiences ever.
Number 2 would be the Sega Genesis. Although the NES was the first console I owned, and the one that really got me into gaming, my love for games was solidified when I got a Genesis and it plays host to a massive portion of my favourite games.
Number 3 would be the PS4. Bloodborne is my favourite game ever, so I need not say more 😄
Number 4 is probably the NES for getting me into games, and the first console that I spent hours playing. However I find the NES the most difficult console to go back to and play now (apart from the Atari 2600).
Number 5 is the PS2. It was the console that got me back into gaming after taking an extended break after my Saturn died on me. It had a fantastic library and I was hooked on games such as Ratchet & Clank.
Two systems that I would like to give an honourable mention to are not consoles, but they were my introduction to gaming. Those systems being the BBC Micro model B and the Commodore 64. Besides introducing me to gaming they also got me into programming as a kid, which ended up becoming my career. I would spend hours typing up game code from old computing magazines, and then fiddling around to see how I can change it, and how those changes affect the game. Good times!
1:40 that boss’s swinging Johnson is hilarious 😆 I know, it’s a “tail”…. Suuuure
My favorite is the Switch. It’s such a mighty retro machine that you can take on the go. And it’s very easy to freeze gameplay when it’s time to get off a train or a bus.
I bought my Gamecube from the prize money I got for 1st place from a speech contest. It will always have a place in my heart. The PS3 has secretly become the system that I’ve owned for the longest amount of time and, get this, it has frozen the LEAST! Twice on the same game - LEGO MARVEL SUPERHEROES.
8:54 lmfao!!
I can connect with most of what RB says. You can't have all the consoles at one time as a kid and even as a young adult sometimes. So, going back and discovering consoles you never had is a great thing. For me, in the last 10 or so years, I've been able to explore the Saturn, N64, and Snes. Saturn I never had when it was new, so what a joy it's been.
I thought N64 was too kiddish as a 20 year old when that was current so I never bothered with it then. Lastly, with Snes, I was a Genesis gamer and didn't really get into it much then. Now, all 3 of these consoles would be in my top 5 if I made one. North American games, imports, been discovering many games on these 3. Thanks for the video.
Legit list and good reasons for each. Mine is:
1. NES
2. Genesis
3. Game Boy
4. N64
5. Switch
I think my list goes like this.. sort of a cheat list because of my #3..
5. Dreamcast (naomi + sega properties + oddities..too good)
4. PS1 (an RPG dream machine.. and SOTN)
3. MAME (late 80s-mid 90s arcade games rank very high for me and I go back to them constantly)
2. PS4 (the sheer amount of variety is nuts.. and look amazing.. I like it as much now as I did when I got it.. future classic)
1. SNES (nostalgia overload with the bonus of being actually amazing still)
I missed out entirely on Saturn but I know I would love it.
My list of Fav Consoles coming from someone born in 1997:
1. Xbox 360
2. Gamecube
3. Playstation 2
4. Nintendo Switch
5. Wii + Wii U
Although I've played practically every console pass the Snes. I really wish I could get my hands on the Dreamcast games, I really love the Early Ugly 3D arcade type games like Crazy Taxi and House of the Dead. Arcade style games just Rock 🔥 Great list dude!
My top five, in no special order: ZX Spectrum, Mega Drive/Genesis, PSX, PS2... and that's it. I had no other consoles when growing up. Now I own all the consoles from 16-bit up and a C64, so I have all the time in the world to start enjoying them, although being a grown up means more responsibilities and less free time for gaming.
Game Boy Pocket with the Missing Battery Cover for life! When I got a Super Game Boy I would always remove that little door covering the mystery connector on the bottom of my Super Nintendo just to replicate the experience.
GameBoy Pocket with a missing battery cover! :D Such a classic!
I remember my brothers and their friends would come down to our house on their lunch break and we would all play N64 lol. My mom would make them lunch. Ahh the good ole days. I actually wanted the Saturn more so than the N64 and PS1. I was a Sega fan also.
Awesome personality, man, and I'd say my top five would be very similar!
I can't really say which console are my favorites yet, but as far as the ones I'm most nostalgic for would be the PS1, PS2, N64, GameCube and the Xbox 360 they we're a big part of my childhood and teen years 😁
Man new retro bird video right when i get off work, life is good 😁
Also, i started collecting bread bag clips because of you lmao
You start sniffin' round my neck o' the woods for bread bag clips and you'll have a scuffle on your hands my friend ;)
@@RetroBirdGaming you're even wholesome when you try to be intimidating. That's great, man!
I have to say that was a truly delightful video I greatly enjoyed that. I needed good old fashion humor, it made me laugh. Thank you.
Oh man, the return of the bread bag clip collection always tickles me. My favorite Retro Bird guest star, right up there with Nanners.
For me, SNES, N64, PlayStation, Game Boy, and the Nintendo Switch, in no order haha.
The dead nanner under the couch traumatized me.
I wish I had a friend like you man! Your channel is awesome keep going! My top 5 would be : N64,Ps1,Dreamcast Ps2, Neo geo. I also love Super Nintendo and have lots of Sega collections.
Thank you! I'm really glad to hear you're liking the channel :)
my top 5, Genesis, GBA, PS1, PS2, PS4, Switch, 3DS, PS5, Steamdeck
The original playstation is definitely my big nostalgia console. I’m just starting to really get into retro gaming so I don’t have a top 5 right now, but I’m thinking either nes or snes probably. I love the minimalism of the nes, but I need to spend some time with the snes which I oddly didn’t as a kid aside from like four games.
I think mine, from 1-5, are the SNES, PS1, DS/3DS, PS2, then NES
My top console is now my xbox one because retail mode Retroarch turned it into an all in one console!
Retro bird, your content is so good! I am eating bananas! But seriously, since I found your channel I can’t help but smile when I see a new video. Keep up the great work.
I had a genesis as a kid. I don’t know what happened to it, but when I found one recently, it quickly became my favorite console. So many sweet games I had no idea about, especially Japanese imports
All time top 5
NES, Game Gear, N64, SNES, and Xbox
But, as a game collector many new challengers have shown up, consoles I missed out on or just didn't care about at the time. Let's call these honorable mentions
Genesis, Saturn, PS1, PS2, and the whole GameBoy line.
The largest part of my collection is Xbox 360 and they don't make the list. I actually despise the wealth extraction tactics and addiction loops of modem gaming, so when it comes to that I hate all the consoles but love some of the games. Whenever I make a purchase it is PS2 or older. Controversial view: I don't think my gaming habits need to be known by massive corporations and the CIA via always online. Retro all the way.
Gameboy Pocket with the Missing Battery Cover is top tier gaming. Why play with a battery cover when you can play without one and have the risk of ending your game by accidently having the batteries pop out. Oh the thrill!
My choice has a lot to do about the impact the system/library had on my life at the time.
#1 - NES - I was 10yo when the NES hit the American Scene and within 2y everyone I knew had an NES. It was an instant friend maker, and its all we wanted to do, and talk about. As far as library's go, it has more games I still want to play today than any other console out there. The only one that comes close is #2.
#2 - PS1 - The PS1 was a real industry changer, it was the system nobody thought would do nearly as well as it did, and for half of a decade could do almost no wrong. Price right, had the titles... and just gobs of the types of games I wanted to play. The library is vast, just filled with RPGs and Strategy games... and despite being a 3D focused console, has some of the most gorgeous 2D sprite games out there. While the Genesis was the console that started putting the nails in the coffin of making Arcade games obsolete... the PS1 is the closer that nailed the final nail of the coffin.
#3 - Sega Genesis - It was hard for me to pick the Genesis over SNES, but I think what gets me there is the vast arcade game library and its head start on Nintendo. Getting a Genesis after owning a NES was like graduating into high school, but starting out as a Sophomore. The arcade ports (mostly Sega) were so close to the Arcade, I really started to question the value of a quarter and where that money should be invested.
#4 - Super Nintendo - My fandom of the Super Nintendo has a lot to do with the strong IP's of Nintendo... the Zelda, Metroid and Mario games. Nintendo always seemed to take quality to the next level when making titles for the IPs they owned. Its also the RPG powerhouse of the 16bit generation. I love me some Phantasy Star, but Final Fantasy II, III and Chrono Trigger really took it to the next level by really nailing the pixel graphics and music queues that drove the story. Games like Mega Man X and Super Castlevania IV are some of the greatest side scrollers of the generation.
#5 - Neo Geo - The Neo Geo was something I always wanted, but I was just not of the wealth class to play this anywhere other than an Arcade. I dreamed of owning one, but never actually grew up with anyone that had an AES. Now that I'm a big older, I've really made some dreams come true and I've acquired most of the Neo Geo titles on their AES/MVS platforms. What I appreciate the most about Neo Geo was... it was the pinacol of 2D pixel art until the disc media generation took over. At this stage in my life, all I wanted to play were fighting games and Neo Geo really delivered.
My honorable mentions are largely systems I think were incredible, and could have really succeeded if they hadn't been marketed poorly.
Sega Saturn - The Sega Saturn had some killer US releases... but many of the best games never made it to American shores and its a real tragety. I think Sega of America was really struggling the beating towards the end of the 16bit era and they really weren't able to be a leader with Sony stealing all of the attention from it and then really showing up the N64 years after it was released. The Saturn Japanese library is so good. Its truly a tragedy that many of their best titles never made it here.
TurboGrafx 16/PC Engine - I think when people think of the TG16 was that it was the 3rd string quarterback of the 16 bit console wars... but truth is... it's an 8bit console released during the 16bit era, and really had no business beingi compared to the Genesis and the SNES. The PC Engine was released in 1987, just shortly after NES blew up in America... and had they released it in US at the same time as it was in Japan, NES might not have had the foothold in the American market that it had, and we all could be humming a different toon today. While the TG16 had some great releases... the PC Engine has some of the best 2D shooters ever released.
Most Overrated system:
Nintendo 64 - I don't hate the N64, it was just a colossal disappointment for me. After having so much love for the NES and the SNES, the N64 seemed to do it all wrong. Sure they have some of the best games of generation... the vast majority of the library... particularly the non-Nintendo IPs are very forgettable. The only thing the N64 has going for me is the strength of about 10 titles, that are mostly Nintendo IPs.