What Retro Console Should I Buy?

[Anonymous No.4217189]

I found a place that is selling N64s, Dreamcasts, Sega Genesis', and I think Sega Saturns. Which is worth buying?

[Anonymous No.4217227]

>>4217189
Get a TI 99/4a

[Anonymous No.4217258]

All of them are worth buying except the N64.

[Anonymous No.4217282]

>>4217258
If you live with other people who like retro games than I think the N64 would be worthy of a purchase. If OP lives on his own than he should listen to this post.

[Anonymous No.4217298]

>>4217282
Ummmm...why?

[Anonymous No.4217305]

>>4217282
I live alone so I'm guessing the the Dreamcast, Genesis or Saturn are the best options.

[Anonymous No.4217320]

>>4217305
Genesis can be emulated on a toaster.

I'd go with the other two tbqh.

[Anonymous No.4217329]

>>4217282
>perfect dark/007
>banjo kazooie
>oot/mm
>mario
>mario party 2(with friends of course)
>mario tennis
>harvest moon 64
>mario kart 64
>pokemon stadium 1/2
>diddy kong racing
conker
>dk64
>wave race 64
>starfox 64
>fzero x
>super smash bros
>kirby 64
>jetforce gemini
>paper mario
OP would have plenty to do especially with a friend.

[Anonymous No.4217334]

>>4217329
All my friends hate older consoles to the point they wont play any PS1 games or original Xbox games with me and those since they find them not as fun as newer stuff so pretty much whichever one has the best single player games I'm willing to give a try.

[Anonymous No.4217352]

>>4217334
Thats a shame because Mario Tennis is probably one of the best multiplayer couch games in existence.
As for games that are single play(though you probably won't enjoy PD/007 aged controls so I'll exclude them)
>mario 64
>zelda oot and mm
>harvest moon 64(basically a life/farm/waifu sim)
>mario kart 64(time trials nigga)
>diddy kong racing(overall good single or multiplayer game)
>conker
>starfox
>dk
>paper mario
>jetforce gemini
>banjo kazooie
>kirby 64
>fzero x
Mostly platformers and racers as you can see.

[babbage's gramps !RATGzMALLY No.4217382]

>>4217305
Get the dreamcast make sure it doesn't have a circled 2 on the bottom and burn the whole library to cdr. Invest in a $20 ebay VGA cable assuming your HDTV has the input.

This is objectively the best return on your initial investment

[Anonymous No.4217384]

>>4217382
Why not just buy the games I can find?

[Anonymous No.4217391]

>>4217384
I say it depends if your buying this to have a physical library or to just play as many games you can. n64 has terrible emulators. Don't know about dreamcast or ps1

[babbage's gramps !RATGzMALLY No.4217405]

>>4217384
If you're looking to collect games then I'd say go for the Genesis since they'll appreciate the most soonest. Definitely not the Saturn.

[Anonymous No.4217407]

>>4217405
Why the Genesis and not the Saturn?

[Anonymous No.4217417]

>>4217384
Because it costs money? This is the dumbest post I've ever seen.

[Anonymous No.4217490]

>>4217417
I just mean I've never done something like burn an entire library to a console before and I may fuck up so it may be easier if I just buy physically

[Anonymous No.4217501]

>>4217407
Saturn game are fucking expensive

[Anonymous No.4217503]

>>4217490
Tell you what, just stick to vtech

[Anonymous No.4217506]

>>4217501
The store I found them at sold most between 15-30 and they had easily 50+ games so I think at least buying from them would be a worthy purcahse

[Anonymous No.4217710]

>>4217189
None. You should save the money for next time you're hungry poorfag.

[Anonymous No.4217727]

>>4217710
I get every month through a program since I am diagnosed with depression and anxiety so I get to live for pretty much free in an apartment and get money to pay for food and I have a full scholarship for my university so I have a lot of money built up from my last job.

[Anonymous No.4217762]

>>4217189
Out of those four honestly would go
Genesis = Dreamcast > Saturn > N64

[Anonymous No.4217778]

>>4217762
What are you basing that on? The library of the systems?

[Anonymous No.4217794]

>>4217727
>last job
Well now you're just being silly. At any rate, since it's my money that's being used to buy this I say go with a Genesis. It's got lots of solid games, it's cheap, games are cheap, flash carts are cheap.

[Anonymous No.4217807]

>>4217778
>The library of the systems?
Obviously since the N64 is last.

[Anonymous No.4217808]

>>4217189
The dreamcast. Then put linux on it and try to shitpost online somewhere.

[Anonymous No.4217915]

>>4217189
Saturn dude.

[Anonymous No.4217978]

>>4217915
Reasoning?

[Anonymous No.4217984]

>>4217978
Poorest emulation and better library than the dreamcast imo.

[Anonymous No.4217986]

>>4217189
The ones that are most worth buying are the ones with the shittiest emulation; namely, the N64 and Sega systems. Pick one of those and you should be happy

[Anonymous No.4217991]

>>4217986
Aren't all of them Sega systems?
>>4217984
Any notable games in your opinion?

[Anonymous No.4217996]

>>4217991
Dragon Force was my fave but pretty much anything on http://vsrecommendedgames.wikia.com/wiki/Saturn shouldn't disappoint.

Definitely look into Rhea/Phoebe though. Should cost around a hundred bucks but that pales in comparison to what the physical media would cost.

[babbage's gramps !RATGzMALLY No.4218000]

>>4217506
If the only Saturn games you play are ones that are $15-$30 you're going to end up disappointed by Saturn.

[Anonymous No.4218012]

>>4218000
All I remember was Nights, Mortal Kombat and Megaman I think and they couldnt be all bad

[Anonymous No.4218024]

>>4218012
Sins of a Stolar empire.

[Anonymous No.4218041]

>>4218024
That a Saturn game? What is it about?

[babbage's gramps !RATGzMALLY No.4218075]

>>4218012
>$30 Mega Man 8
Where was this shop again?

[Anonymous No.4218080]

>>4218041
It's a mod that replaces the optical drive so games run on sdcard.

[Anonymous No.4218081]

>>4218080

Shit wrong post. Bernie Stolar fucked SOA's shit up.

[babbage's gramps !RATGzMALLY No.4218105]

>>4218080
>>4218024

[Anonymous No.4218127]

>>4217189
I'm assuming you don't have much money or you would have bought all of them.

I reccomend the Dreamcast, Sega CD, and 3DO (in that order) because they will immediately accept burned discs without any modding needed.

If you are into handhelds get the DS because the R4 card that lets you load the entire ROMset is like $40.

If you are sensitive to cooling fan noise then avoid the Xbox 360, Dreamcast and Gamebuce.

[Anonymous No.4218148]

>>4217334
>they wont play any PS1 games or original Xbox games with me and those since they find them not as fun as newer stuff

It's not that they don't find them "fun" it's that they are normies who lack in their brains the abstract thinking and imagination required to be able to immerse themselves in a sub-HD game world.

For them this hobby was for sexless dorks until "real games" like The Last of Us came out.

[Anonymous No.4218151]

>>4218148
Their favorite games are Call of Duty Black Ops 3 so maybe that is true

[Anonymous No.4218154]

>>4217189
the one with games you want to play moron.

[Anonymous No.4218160]

>>4218154
I never really looked at the libraries

[Anonymous No.4218172]

>>4217189
All of them you idiot.

[Anonymous No.4218260]

>>4218172
>all of them you gainfully employed adult
Are you lost?

[Anonymous No.4218292]

>>4217727
Government funded NEET

[Anonymous No.4218481]

>>4217501
You could use Pseudo Saturn and than buy a stack of CD-Rs

[Anonymous No.4218583]

>>4217189
raspberry pi

[Anonymous No.4218719]

>>4218260
No. I just happen to own a lot of game systems and a lot of games.

[Anonymous No.4218743]

>>4217189
Based on the current state of emulation I'd go Dreamcast then Sega Saturn.

There are Dreamcast console exclusives that will never be emulated.

[Anonymous No.4219385]

>>4218719
>post
>your head

[Anonymous No.4219568]

>>4217352
I would add Mischief Makers, Bomberman Hero, and Winback as well.

[Anonymous No.4219857]

>>4217298
not too many great games for the n64 and most of the worthwhile games are multiplayer.
goldeneye
perfect dark
mario party
mario kart
bomberman games

[Anonymous No.4219947]

>>4217189
Saturn is worth it if you install Pseudo Saturn to an AR (vaguely easy, but you do need to open the machine up to tape the lid sensor down so you can do the swap trick -- you only need to do one swap, ignore the first swap on any guide that tells you to do one to read the TOC for music to work, it doesn't matter)
DC is fairly worth it, assuming you know what games you want to burn beforehand.

tape your Action Replay down into place so that it's definitely read by the Pseudo Saturn Kai installer (it's got safeguards in place to prevent you from bricking your cart, which are a tad overzealous)

loads of the top shit on Saturn are arcade ports you can play elsewhere and the 3D ports are kind of obsolete at this point, but they're still playable (Virtual On, Virtua Fighter 2, Sega Rally)
there's a handful of exclusives that are great (every Panzer Dragoon, Psychic Killer Taromaru, Radiant Silvergun, NiGHTS, Bulk Slash, Gungriffon) and some that are kind of decent (Clockwork Knight, F1 Challenge, Ninpen Manmaru)
and then there's weird shit that's oddly better on Saturn than elsewhere (original Wipeout handles loads better, Hyper Duel has an arrange mode you can't get in MAME, you can argue Thunder Force 5 looks better on Saturn, but I had more slowdown issues vs on PS1)

you'll want a save cartridge to back up your saves from the mercy of the battery/hold more saves (unfortunately, this involves cartridge and file shuffling -- and don't use the Action Replay's save feature since it writes directly to the flash chip, which only supports a fairly small amount of writes)
get a JP one (HSS-0138) because the US one (80101) is expensive as fuck