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have you ever hated a console?


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#226 A_Locomotive OFFLINE  

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Posted Sun Nov 20, 2011 9:59 PM

I've never outright hated any console. Didn't care much for my ColecoVision when I had it but I'd attribute that more to the fact that neither of its controllers worked 100% correctly then dislike of its games. I really liked a couple of the games I had for it in fact and had I the money and will to get it fixed when I had it I'd likely have grown to love it.

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Posted Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:21 PM

Its funny, back around 1978 or so, I actually got one of those Studio II game systems and liked it for some reason. I think I liked the bowling game but that was it. I had one but got the 2600 very shortly thereafter and never looked back.

#228 Tr3vor OFFLINE  

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Posted Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:09 PM

Zombie thread! anyway, I guess back then I used to say hate instead of dislike, but now it sounds kinda harsh...

Anyway, I don't like my xbox 1 that much either, I don't really have anything to play on it very much, and besides halo I don't have anything that I play on it often besides Battlefront. I'm thinking of Softmodding it, then I might like it a bit more and play emulators and stuff on it, but I have an old pentium 4 1.8ghz computer hooked up to my tv with a logitech controller, so that spot is already filled...

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Posted Mon Nov 21, 2011 8:01 PM

I can't say that I've hated any particular system that I've owned. As long as there is something worth playing & is affordable, I can enjoy the system. I think that the only one I am disliking is the wonderswan; it seems that some of the truly good games cost a surprising amount of $$. Beyond this, any hatred would be because of hardware failures, such as:

My NES and the infernal blinking screen (repaired)
The phat PS2 and its short-lived laser (repaired)
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My 360 which had 3 or 4 RROD's. To date, this is the *only* system in my "personal collection" which I have given up hope of ever working right. It now sits in "detention", while a slim takes care of business. :D

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Posted Mon Nov 21, 2011 8:11 PM

C64 and xbox360,didnt really like my xbox 1 either. Gameboy 1st one (cant see a darn thing)

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Posted Thu Nov 24, 2011 1:45 PM

I didn't buy a PS2 for a long while. I wasn't happy about the dreamcast being crushed by hype for a machine that turned out to be kinda inferior.

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Posted Thu Nov 24, 2011 3:30 PM

Sega killed the dreamcast, so don't blame the ps2 for it.
It isn't the graphics that make a system, it's gameplay and replay value. Those point where strong with the dreamcast, and could have been strong selling points. But Sega had just to much trouble with customer loyalty because of bad management before.

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Posted Sun Nov 27, 2011 9:41 AM

I cannot get into anything with phone-type controllers. I have tried. INTV has some gorgeous games, especially the audio, but I keep misplacing the overlays. The 5200 is a money pit, and since I wasn't aware of it's existance growing up and don't have any nostalgia associated with it, it is hard to justify maintaining one. The problem with the 5200, though, is after you've sunk so much dough and effort into it, it's hard to walk away until you have a perfect working setup.

7800 controllers are lousy, as is any controller with side firing buttons. However I do find the crummy 7800 sound chip to be quite charming. :)

PS1 games have not aged well, as is the case with some N64 games and early 3D in general. I do own both systems for a few specific games: PS1 for SotN, and N64 for Mario Kart and Goldeneye.

I do not understand the hatred for N64 controllers. They are nearly perfect as far as I am concerned, and can be held for hours.

I do lament the lack of backwards compatibily in the PS3 and 360. History should be preserved.

#234 BydoEmpire OFFLINE  

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Posted Sun Nov 27, 2011 1:53 PM

Nope. Even the consoles I didn't play much or didn't like much for one reason or another had at least one game that made it worthwhile. I can't believe some of the systems people say they hate. There are great games out there.

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Posted Tue Nov 29, 2011 1:58 AM

Always hated all things playstation. THERE, I said it...

#236 DemonoidTentacle OFFLINE  

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Posted Tue Nov 29, 2011 2:39 AM

One thing I do hate is when consoles that don't have a power indicator light.

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Posted Wed Nov 30, 2011 2:16 AM

Back in the day I didn't like the Genesis as I was a Nintendo kid, but with age comes wisdom, now I have more Genesis games than SNES (both are slaughtered by the amount of NES games I own).

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Posted Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:20 AM

i gotta say, i really cant tell. i think the one i dont like the most is the nes, but only because mine dosnt really work. but i still love my nes!! a company i hate only for 1 reason but the 1 i hate quite alot is atari. they destroyed my all time favorite console which is the vectrex, because of the game crash which we can all thank atari for. they also destroyed alot of other consoles. i really hate them for doing that >(

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Posted Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:23 AM

NO.I KNOW WHAT CONSOLE I HATE. THE PS3 AND THE XBOX 360. THE XBOX 360 IS SO CHEEP. IVE HEARED OF ALOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD IT FOR 3 YEARS AND IT IS ALREADY BREAKING. IM PROUD TO NOT OWN THOSE STUPID THINGS. ITS SO STUPID TO HAVE TO HAVE AN ACOUNT AND GIGABYTES AND ALL THIS ADITIONAL STUFF THAT IS JUST TO GET MONEY. I THINK THEY ARE BOTH JUST STUPID.

#240 ilovethevectrex OFFLINE  

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Posted Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:31 AM

i basically dont like any of the new consoles that much. call of duty is just so bad. one of the worst games i have ever played.//

#241 SEgamer OFFLINE  

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Posted Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:37 AM

I don't really have a system that I hate based on its library, but I do hate the design of the fat PS2s and the lens issue for the old ones. If they did away with those flimsy ribbon cables (especially to the power/reset buttons) then they wouldn't be so bad to repair. I guess the 360 would also be on my list because of how faulty they were with heating/solder problems.

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Posted Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:42 AM

View Postilovethevectrex, on Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:20 AM, said:

i gotta say, i really cant tell. i think the one i dont like the most is the nes, but only because mine dosnt really work. but i still love my nes!! a company i hate only for 1 reason but the 1 i hate quite alot is atari. they destroyed my all time favorite console which is the vectrex, because of the game crash which we can all thank atari for. they also destroyed alot of other consoles. i really hate them for doing that >(

lol ok. It was pretty much uncharted territory, I wouldn't "blame" Atari specifically. Especially since the Vectrex was released in '82, and by that time, Atari and the other big players already had such a huge stronghold on the market, the Vectrex had the cards stacked against it already. So, if you're going to blame Atari for being so successful by the time the Vectrex was released, then OK, blame Atari.

#243 ilovethevectrex OFFLINE  

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Posted Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:01 AM

View PostMirage, on Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:42 AM, said:

View Postilovethevectrex, on Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:20 AM, said:

i gotta say, i really cant tell. i think the one i dont like the most is the nes, but only because mine dosnt really work. but i still love my nes!! a company i hate only for 1 reason but the 1 i hate quite alot is atari. they destroyed my all time favorite console which is the vectrex, because of the game crash which we can all thank atari for. they also destroyed alot of other consoles. i really hate them for doing that >(

lol ok. It was pretty much uncharted territory, I wouldn't "blame" Atari specifically. Especially since the Vectrex was released in '82, and by that time, Atari and the other big players already had such a huge stronghold on the market, the Vectrex had the cards stacked against it already. So, if you're going to blame Atari for being so successful by the time the Vectrex was released, then OK, blame Atari.
ya i know. i still love atari. i just hate that they were partly responsible for the game crash of '83 :(

#244 NinjaWarrior OFFLINE  

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Posted Mon Dec 19, 2011 2:46 AM

I don't hate anything gaming wise

#245 SeberHusky OFFLINE  

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Posted Sat Dec 24, 2011 6:03 AM

Hate is a strong word. Just say you really, really, really don't like it. lol

If there is one console that I truly dislike, it's the original Xbox 360. Nothing but a myriad of reliability issues with those systems.




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