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So there was a time when game consoles tried to look visually appealing themselves, rather than just the black or white bricks they are today.

Which console do you feel looked the best /vr/?

If it came down to it, I'd have to say that even if the model 1 Sega CD was a hardware-related nightmare compared to the second model, it looked pretty damn cool.

>> No.1347386
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>>1347381
super nintendo concept art

also this

>> No.1347390

It's not that new consoles don't have visual appeal, it's just that older consoles were more seen as toys than anything else. Now they're trying to integrate it into young adults entertainment systems rather than the 12 year olds play room.

>> No.1347394

>>1347390
>Now they're trying to integrate it into young adults entertainment systems rather than the 12 year olds play room.

and yet the Wii-U is a big white brick

I remember being perplexed by the Dreamcast not being colored black when it was first coming out, but I grew to love it, especially for how small it was overall.

>> No.1347425
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>> No.1347441

Genesis M1 had a Retro-Future thing going on, and the Sat and DC were sexy little numbers themselves.

The PC-Engine is also a cute little machine.

Super Famicom I like better than the look of the SNES, but they're still both pretty cool.

Today's style IS to be sleek slabs of plastic, a la Apple. While I personally think it makes things look a little cheap and non-distinct, it's hard to argue with market forces.

>> No.1347453
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The Sharp X1
They look like every other computer except they're red instead of beige.

>> No.1347602

That's a hard one. It's kind of a tie between the PC Engine Duo R and the Super Famicom for me.

>> No.1347618

>>1347453
Looks almost like a giant FDS.

>> No.1347659
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>>1347381
Just look at it

>> No.1347678

no one mentioning the n64 yet? that thing looks cool as hell

>> No.1347679
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>>1347678
forgot image, polite sage

>> No.1347682

>>1347659
The bright purple buttons ruin it. Black model master race.

>> No.1347680
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>>1347678
msx computers

are sexier

>> No.1347684

>>1347425

oh my god... that's fucking glorious

it's like if vic viper raped a sega master system and the master system's parents wouldn't let her get an abortion, instead forcing her to do the christian thing and carry the child to term, only despite being unwanted by its mother and hated by its grandparents it still turned out to be fucking awesome

>> No.1347696

#1: Model 1 Sega Genesis w/ CD
#2: Playstation 2
#3: Nintendo Entertainment System

Fact.

>> No.1347698

>>1347696

the PS2 was beautiful, elegant and tough but the PS1 had the GOAT startup sound

>> No.1347712
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dunno why but I REALLY like how the GBP and the GBC look

>> No.1347708

>>1347698
Well, yes, but I still hear it all the time since I use mine mostly to play PS1 games.

>> No.1347717

Model 1 genesis
Model 1 gray JP Saturn
Super Famicom
(PS3 model 2 is sexy as hell imo)

>> No.1347724

>>1347684
You got it backwards, the Master System is a variant of the Mark III.

>> No.1347740

>>1347678
wat is looks really tacky and made of really cheap brittle plastic

>> No.1347743
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i thought the model 2 looked better, the US design was ruined by the logo

>> No.1347754
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south korean models were just branded SAMSUNG

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>>1347394

Apple has some of the most famously stylish industrial designs in consumer electronics these days, and the basic shape of their hardware tends to be very simple boxes. Minimalism is the in-thing in electronics design these days: you focus on what you're doing with the electronics and the device itself just sits back and looks vaguely cool without attracting too much attention.

And in the particular example of the Wii U, I think Nintendo made a fairly overt attempt to make the case "match" the controller. Two black rectangles with rounded edges.

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>>1347762
>Two black rectangles with rounded edges.

>> No.1347783
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>>1347754
Hahahaha that's sweet. Too bad I'm 80% certain they're PAL. I'd buy a broken one and do a case swap in a second though. I love Samsung.

>> No.1347789

>>1347783
I want this so fucking bad.

>> No.1347793
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>>1347425
>really want a Mark 3 cause it looks better than the ugly Master System
>turns out the Master System is better than the Japanese one in all regards; it has native RGB AND can play M3 games without a converter

WHY

>> No.1347798

>>1347793
>can play M3 games without a converter
Yeah, I wish!

>> No.1347804

>>1347754
That's because importing Japanese electronics was banned in Korea until around 2000.

>>1347783
Pretty sure Korea is NTSC like Japan.

>> No.1347805

>>1347804
wtf

>> No.1347807

>>1347798
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVqwAFFoaIE

Unless they released the SMS in Japan and looked the exact same way.

>> No.1347808

>>1347805
koreans are a nation of butthurts.

>> No.1347813

>>1347805
Yup. Famicoms and Super Famicoms had Hyundai branding on them in Korea.

>> No.1347821

>>1347793
The Mark III and Master System both output composite by default. They also use the exact same video chip, so any RGB hack for the Master System will probably work on the Mark III too.

>> No.1347823

>>1347807
Yes, they actually did.

>> No.1347839

Nothing compared to the excitement of having a real super famicon, before it was even released in the states. I was about 15 years old

It was just such a radical thing, compared to the NES. Those colored buttons, and holy shit there was 4 of them, and 2 on top. The graphics of pilotwings, or area 88, or gradius 3, or super ghouls and ghosts, it just felt like the entire world was new, and anything could be made better. The feeling of playing SF2 on my snes was probably the point at which I was most in love with technology.

But yeah, physically the supfam was mindblowing to me, and I felt slightly diminished when I saw the shitty american one. At the time I didn't really mind though, I was still in love, and the ride just continued with the release of zelda 3, final fantasy 5, and dragon quest 5. (super metroid and FF6 were still a long ways off) All those delicious moonrunes, it was like the world was suddenly available to me.

There were other reasons for me having such a weird attitude towards that super famicon, but I often wonder if kids get any kind of satisfaction like that now, playing Playstation 7 with call of duty 17 which looks exactly like every version that came before it.

>> No.1347852

>>1347381
>So there was a time when game consoles tried to look visually appealing themselves, rather than just the black or white bricks they are today.
A black or white brick IS visually appealing.
The weird angles (and inability to stack them) and cheap colored plastic of a lot of older consoles is one thing that I definitely don't miss.

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>>1347823

I guess that means the Mark 3 still has an advantage.

>> No.1347865

>>1347805
>>1347808

It's not really a question of butthurt, the South Korean government was more or less a military dictatorship until 1988. Less oppressive than North Korea, but still.

>> No.1347957

>>1347381
Most pre-2000 console designs make me think of this

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Zeerust

It's like with the Genesis and the Playstation, they tried to make them look as futuristic as possible. Whereas nowadays everything looks all minimalist. I sort of miss the old designs. Fucking hell, the Nintendo 64 practically resembled an alien spaceship.

>> No.1347993

>>1347839
>playing Playstation 7 with call of duty 17 which looks exactly like every version that came before it.
Except it doesn't, your eyes are just ass.

>> No.1348234

>>1347957

Second generation consoles were unabashedly products of their time. I assume they were trying to be futuristic in their own way, but they had fucking faux wood on them.

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>>1348234

>> No.1348239

Why was faux wood ever considered acceptable? That shit wasn't just on electronics, it was on cars too. Its so tacky.

>> No.1348264
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Pure sex, this design...

>> No.1348262

>>1348239
Except it wasn't tacky. In the 70s, it was classy to have real wood trim, wood paneling, shit like that. Then in the late 70s, fake wood was invented and startedto get popular with people who wanted thelook of real wood for cheap, which cheapened the look of real wood and that's the process by which things fall out of fashion.

>> No.1348268

>>1347381
Yeah. I wish we could have more things that look like that or better yet the shuttle

>>1347394
Young adults like bricks Kids like bricks. Adults like bricks. Bricks are functional and can be made to look very nice. It's hard to go wrong with a brick but some how so many people manage to do it.

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>>1347659
I love the white Japanese systems

>> No.1348292

>>1347708
The PS2 doesn't play the Sony Computer Entertainment part, and that's the best one.

>> No.1348313

>>1348264

Oh god, the Compact Disc logo. It's so prominent.

>> No.1348316

>>1348313
That white circle also has multicolored lights that rotate

>> No.1348329
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The Genesis model 1 was definitely a sexy beast.

I think the Sharp X68000 was pretty cool looking too, pic related.

>> No.1348332

>>1348329
ah yeah I deviated from the thread a bit, since this isn't an actual gaming console

>> No.1348357

>>1348329
i want to own that product

>> No.1348409
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>>1347381
BACK IN MY DAY, THE CONSOLES WEREN'T BLACK OR WHITE BRICKS. THEY WERE GREY BRICKS!
YOU KIDS DON'T KNOW NOTHIN ABOUT CREATIVITY.

>> No.1350751

>>1347390

Pre-NES consoles looked like furniture and were targeting a young adult audience.The genesis tried to catch this audience again too.

>> No.1350758

>>1347618

Instead it actually used cassette tapes.

>> No.1350762

>>1347754

Because if it wasn't Korean enough they wouldn't be able to sell it.

>> No.1350906

>>1348329
Is that an xbox one with a keyboard?

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>> No.1351356
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>>1348264
It reminds me of the Naomi's disc drive

>> No.1351379

>>1350909
This is probably my favorite console design ever.

Simple, elegant and gets its point across: "This is a fun toy."

>> No.1351414

>>1347381
>Volume control
>Headphone jack

Kinda weird looking back.