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What is the most obscure, retro console you own?
ShyGuy:
TurboGrafx-16
ejamer:
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Jealous! Always wanted one as a kid.
The PC Engine design is amazing - it's a shame they took the "bigger must be better" approach when introducing to North America and delayed until it was hardly relevant. That said, it was way outside of my family's budget so wouldn't have really mattered either way to me.
ClexYoshi:
I used to have the Goldstar 3DO until it broke, and then my dad got a panasonic one because he couldn't bear to go without wing commander or Return Fire. my personal favorite was the 3DO port of Star Control 2, which... you can pretty much get on PC for free because it's abandonware.
I knew a poor bastard back in the day witha Tiger Game.com
I've thougth about trying to do a Hyperscan collection for the lulz, but that thing is the biggest piece of white-hot trash one could own, and possibly the inspiration for Amiibo.
The flea market I like going to strangely had a PC-FX one time, and I had NO clue what it was, and by the time I educated myself and I had gotten enough of a money buffer to buy it, someone had snatched it up. THAT probably would have taken over for my most obscure console. Oh well.
Mop it up:
With the Internet existing, I don't think anything really counts as obscure, especially among enthusiasts like us. So when I hear the word "obscure," I just take it to mean the least popular thing that we can think of, which usually relates to its sales.
I never owned a Sega 32X but I did know a friend who had one, and the first time I played DooM was on it. Probably a good thing I didn't know how much better the PC version was, as at the time it seemed like such an amazing game.
When Sega was exiting the console business and the Dreamcast was discounted to like $30-50, I wanted to buy one, but couldn't find one. I guess people bought 'em up fast at that price, hee hee. That was the closest I've come to wanting an "obscure" system, or at least one that wasn't on the market for long. Probably a good thing I didn't get it, as I don't think most of its games appeal to me, and some of its games I could get on GameCube like Sonic Adventure, Crazy Taxi, etc.
michaelbaysuperfan616:
true, but sometimes the internet gets things wrong. People claim they remember something when they only watched a youtuber rant about how "shitty" it was when in reality it was just different or bad marketing, or whatever.