/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4715903

>>4715903
I like the Dreamcast and original PS2. The final slim PS2 is pretty much perfect though I have to admit, because it's so incredibly minimal to still be able to play all of the best games ever made on.

>>4715914
Oh actually, that just made me remember this god tier masterpiece.

I actually really like the look of the jaguar. Too bad the cd addon transformed it into a toilet, could of looked so much better. Worst is hands down the original Xbox.

>>4715919
Where does the disc go?

Best looking consoles coming through (1/3)

The better-looking colour of the console you posted (hope to God it doesn't yellow)

(2/3) A thing of pure beauty. Hope to God it doesn't fucking yellow.

(3/3) Screams the early 90's. Big, bold and industrial. 32X ruins it.

>>4715903
Sony'a consoles are all over the place in terms of aesthetics.

Best: Phat PS2
Good: PSone, Slim PS2
Bad: OG PS3, OG PS1

>>4715990
>32x makes it cooler
ftfy. Slap a modem and a karaoke unit on to complete the look

>>4715987
I love it, plus an action replay cart with 2 white controllers looks nice as fuck

>pic mine minus controllers

>>4715903
The top 3 of my consoles are the most aesthetic. The ugliest are the bottom 3 consoles I own.

>>4715903
It’s not even a contest, the first model Megawonder was by far the best looking console ever released. Ironically, I’d say the model 2/X’EYE rate on the lower half of looks overall. Just an ugly cheap look with bad colors even if it’s still wonderfully well built.
>>4715994
Swap the PSX with the PSOne and you’d have an ok PS ranking, but I always hated minimalist toyish redesigns like it and the model 3 Genesis. >>4715910 gets a small pass because it’s something of a compromise between the Super Famicom and NTSC SNES.

>>4715952
Atari had a pretty good marketing dept. A shame about the games though.

>>4715987
Its only a matter of time anon...

>>4715952
REEEEEEEE ORIGINAL XBOX IS NOT VR

Also it wasn't that bad.

Neo Geo is sex. It looks like an expensive powerhouse ready to take a massive cart inside it's hole.

Also ugliest console I would give to this. Looks like a cheap children's toy.

>>4716078
>not liking jungle green N64
N64 is the most aesthetically-pleasing console ever made my dude. If you don't like green, pick a different color. This motherfucker is sleek.

>Ugliest console coming through
The sexiest was the clear plastic game boy light

>>4716097
>goat packaging
>glows in the dark, screens backlit
>only 5000 made, expensive as fuck
wtf man

>>4715910
mine is yellowed too, but I do admit, I like it better than the original SNES.

>>4716087
>N64 is the most aesthetically-pleasing console ever made my dude.
My sides
You don't have to suck Nintendo's dick just because they're Nintendo, anon

Nothing comes close

Does the X68000 count?

>>4716493
Maybe he just likes the N64's design, doesn't mean he has to be sucking Nintendo's dick as a whole, anon.

>>4716606

>>4716087
I love the N64, and have the transparent orange one, but it is in no way the most aesthetic.
>>4716071
I have never owned/touched one of these, but it certainly is possibly one of the nicest looking systems. It is very crisp and professional looking.

>>4715903
I don't care for the "squiggle", but the color combination reminds me of the early 00' IBM p275 monitor.

>>4715990
>Screams the early 90's
It really matches their company of that time period.

I can't stand "white" consoles. This includes "off-white" and "beige". The older atarii had a unique 70's look to them with their faux wood tones. Almost reminded me of my mom's stationwagon(s). I have a 2600 in the attic with the gamecenter and it is packed full of games. Last I saw it all the glue had failed, and it was a box full of unmarked games and labels had fallen off. Some day I may do something about it, but I highly doubt. You almost have to have a console TV to have one of these out that it looks appropriate.

>>4716007
The Sega CD was a karaoke unit though

>>4716648
nice

>>4715903
The Japanese TurboGrafx-16 with CD addon looks like something you could find on a space station.

>>4715903
Great choice. I think the WonderMega, white PC-Engine with CD-ROM^2 in the briefcase, and PC-Engine Duo are my favorites for looks. While the ugliest console is the PX-3600.


>>4716606
I like it in black.


>>4716648
I always wanted one when I first saw it in an issue of Famitsu back in the day. It is still gorgeous to me now.

>>4716681
Nah, it had basic CD+G capability but you needed the add-on for microphone inputs.

>>4716054
>

Not really m8, sun light and humidity have a lot to do...

>>4716087

With you m8

>>4716031
I prefer the design of the second model.
Looks much sleeker and modern, the pcb design is a lot cleaner (the first model has A LOT of botches inside while the second one has only a few). Thanks to that, the second model is really, really easy to work on.
It does lack some of the features the first one has but there's not a whole lot of use for them anyways in my eyes (Support for CD+G Karaoke which has been obsolete for ages and the motorised tray is just another thing that could fail).
There's even a version out there with a modified cd tray top that makes it "compatible" with the 32x
http://www5.plala.or.jp/star-route13/WonderMega_CD_open.jpg

No mention of the Master System?

Needing to retrobrite your hardware to keep it looking good is lame. I never understood why TI redesigned the 99/4A; the original brushed stainless version was a masterpiece.

Nothing means business like the beige box aesthetic.

>>4716715
Seriously, that looks like something NASA would have made.

>>4716054
It can be deyellowed. Just follow Adam Korlik's instructions on youtube.

>>4716606
>>4716648
They're PC's, not consoles.

so fucking aesthetic.

So beautiful.

So perfect.

>>4717353
Not retro

The transparent Game Boy is GOAT. I always wanted one

>>4715903
if handhelds are accepted, I'd say the game gear; it doesn't look that great in pictures, but in hand i think it looks glorious
Otherwise the megadrive is my favorite (the sfc is pretty cool too), and I'd say the N64 is among those I find the ugliest.
But judging by the other replies, I doubt you'll get a consensus, OP...

>>4717353
Shiny as fuck.

Most pleasing to the eye: japanese mega drive 1

Most ugly: sony ps2

>>4717362
n64's controller looks wacky and silly, but the system itself is sleek.

>>4717472
The console is rounded and bumpy it's not sleek.

>>4716063
As long as we're veering into not /vr/, I have to say that I love the Gamecube's look. It and the Genesis model 1 are my favorite console designs.

>>4717474
Rounder means it can't be sleek? I think quite the contrary.
It's symmetric and smooth, I only like the regular charcoal one though, never liked the transparent colored ones.

>>4717486
>Rounder means it can't be sleek?
No. Sleek is one thing, round is another.
A basketball isn't sleek, it's round.
A Lamborghini is sleek, but not round.

>>4717494
>the n64 is a ball
Anon...

>>4717494
Looks round and sleek to me

>>4715952

>>4717517
Glad to see those injection molds didn't go to waste and are enriching lives in a way the original designers failed miserably to accomplish.

>>4717106
I no joke love how conspicuously utilitarian the PC-FX looks. For some reason it reminds me of an asocial fatso up to his eyes in otaku culture and exclusively jacks off to 2D but tries so hard to look normal that it makes him look even more conspicuous; probably wears a suit and tie every day despite not having an actual job.

>>4715903
Best looking must be the prerelease Sega Saturn. It's just gorgeous.
The ugliest one in my opinion is probably the Jaguar, especially with the CD attachment or the Atari Lynx. Atari pretty much lost it with console casings after the 7800.

>>4715952
>could of looked
Could have.

>>4715987
How do you prevent a console from yellowing?

I feel like this opinion is not shared by many but this is my favorite console to look at.

What about dat Sega Mark III?

>>4715952
Original Xbox looks way better than Xbox 360, PS2 and Xbox One.

>>4719509
Keep it out of sunlight. Otherwise just follow instructions on youtube on how to deyellow it.

>Best looking
Net Yaroze

>Worst looking
V-tech V.smile

V.smile isn't actually /vr/ tho. It's from the sixth generation.

alternative to Net Yaroze:

Sony DTL-H1000 Debugging Station

>>4716678
Easily the most beautiful picture in this thread. Every system would benefit from wood paneling. Just look at this!

>>4719568
>Every system would benefit from wood paneling
Jesus Christ Grandpa! Go and spray some Pledge on your 90s Buick Roadmaster already.

That crap doesn't belong on anything at all made after the 70s.

>>4719552
VTech just kicked in, yo