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Personally I'd go with the original Game Boy as my favorite system ever with my personal favorite exclusives. But that's purely nostalgia on my part and I understand that most people hate those games now and would not enjoy the vast majority of them.
nastalgia:
-nostalgia of the nasty.
My opinion is that there are really only two defend-able choices, and the SFC sure as hell isn't one of them. The reason I didn't post right away is that I am still parsing those two. Also, my "superfami-kick" has consisted of two games, one of which is not exclusive. ;)
I take umbrage with your custom status.
America's REAL #1 slacker wouldn't bother fixing a typo.
I had to rethink it for a second, hence the change while you must have been responding.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoshi
I'm not the slacker I once was. The custom status hasn't changed since i signed up, and it's not going to anytime soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Some Stupid Japanese Name
When I think about a system's library I generally think about "exclusives around time of release", sometimes considering exclusive or clearly definitive home ports of arcade games. Ports to other platforms way late make this really tricky.
colecovision coulda been a contender.
Commodore 64. A lot of C64 games did have other versions on other systems, but they're often so different that they can't really be considered ports. Paradroid, Uridium, the first and third Last Ninja games (the second had a reasonably competent port on NES), Mayhem in Monsterland, Project Firestart, Katakis, Iridis Alpha, and the list goes on and on...
The two systems that I viewed as defend-able were SSJN and Timber's choice, the PS2, and my choice, which SSJN predicted, the NES/Famicom. What it came down to for me is that one of the PS2's greatest strengths is its compilations: Capcom Classics Collections, Sega Arcade and Genesis Collection, SNK Anthologies and Collections, Taito Legends, etc. But almost literally none of that is exclusive, as even those compilations came to PC, PSP, Xbox, and or Wii. So if this were one of those desert island threads, the PS2 may wind up winning, but it doesn't hold up to this set of exclusives for me (sparing you the Japanese titles):
- Batman
- Bucky O'Hare
- Conquest of the Crystal Palace
- Crisis Force
- Crystalis
- Duck Tales 2 (and the first for a few more weeks -- edit: Actually, that's a remake, so it should count still)
- G. I. Joe ARAH and AF
- Gargoyle’s Quest II
- Guardian Legend
- Gun-Nac
- Holy Diver
- Journey to Silius
- Metal Storm
- New Ghostbusters II
- Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti
- Sweet Home
- TMNT III
- Wai Wai World 1 and 2
Believe it or not, I cut a lot from my have/want list to get it down to that reasonable number. The damn GBA cost it Strider, Mighty Final Fight, and Bionic Commando with that strange compilation. I almost forgot about that one.
While typing this, I decided to prove the PS2's relative weakness. Here is what I am thinking for it, admittedly without the aid of as comprehensive a want list:
- Disaster Report
- Everblue 2
- Final Fantasy XII
- Gradius IV and V
- R-Type Final
- Raw Danger
- Rule of Rose
- Skygunner
- ThunderForce VI
- Transformers
- Twinkle Star Sprites: LPP
Perhaps the differentiation would be how many JRPGs you bring in. I'm waffling on counting SMT games I've never played but know are good for example. But based on the lists of what I own and what I actively would like to acquire, I'd say the Famicom wins out based on quantity, even though the PS2 has a couple stronger single games, e.g. Gradius V. Recently losing God Hand and Shattered Soldier to PSN didn't help the PS2.
edit: I don't have a single first party game on either list. :lol:
edit2: I left out all the PS2 Cave ports. Damn it. That one might be a WIP.