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What is the most obscure, retro console you own?
BranDonk Kong:
ColecoVision...but I wouldn't count that as obscure. Really nothing listed besides the Pong thing would be considered obscure.
Ian Sane:
The local used game store once had a Vectrex but it was pretty expensive. I hemmed and hawed about buying it but someone else did before I really made up mind. A month or so later another Vectrex showed up only this one was broken. So I wonder if the person who bought it accidently wrecked it and traded it back in (they had the first one's demo playing so clearly it worked to some extent) or it was broken to begin with and was returned. Surely they must have been the same unit. What are the odds that I've only seen two Vectrex's in my life and they both appeared at the same store within a month of each other? That's my brush with an obscure console.
For anything I own the most obscure thing I have is the second version of the SNES. My SNES from childhood is at my parents (my brothers and I own it together so it stays there) so I decided to buy one just for my place and the opportunity came up to get the second model and I figured that if there were going to be two Super Nintendos in my life I might as well have both models. I regret getting it though as it's cartridge slot is not as snug as the original model. So if you bump the thing the cartridge often loosens from the connector and the game freezes. Switching a controller for example is not an option if the system is on.
lolmonade:
Wait, does an Amiga Commodore count? Probably not, it was my parents' first computer, and probably the first thing in our home we played countless hours of games on. Golden Axe, Bad Dudes, Marble Madness, Defender of the Crown, Lemmings, Turrican, International Karate+ all up in this bitch.
ejamer:
Almost bought a 3DO from a local seller, but he didn't get back to me at the start then sold to someone else (who I assume was offering more money). Was briefly disappointed, then realized I have way more games than I have time to play anyway.
The most "obscure" thing I actually own right now is probably a Anniversary Edition GBA Micro. Really not rare or obscure though.
michaelbaysuperfan616:
Well obscure to gamers, nothing would count really, I mean obscure to average Joe. I guess I did have a 32X once upon a time to see what it was like but it was a joke and I traded it in for a Game Cube game at a used game store, I paid five bucks for the thing traded it in for a $15 dollar game so I was happy once it was out of my life.