I was thinking about this lately, but I always loved the look of the PS2. I I think the black and blue color scheme works really well. And I like the two levels like the top and the bottom part of it.
Second to this, I think the Dreamcast looks really great. The angles on it make the console look so compact. The orange light on the console is placed really well too.
What do you like?
Loved this lil guy, small, sleek, simple and played great
I completely forgot about this one. It was so cute!
I appreciate how sleek the Mega Drive model 2 looks. Without any of the life support modules, of course.
mega CD is the best add on ever made, and the best looking too. I will happily be slightly inconvenienced on this hill.
Atari 5200.
New nintendo 3DS for me. Small compact boxy look. True handheld. Pocketable. Just perfect.
I always loved the design of the DSi but tge 3DS is up there too! The DSi is just a bit sleeker
Oh damn. I forgot all about DSi. Sleek black matte is my go to.
Weirdly the 3DS XL for me, I think.
It’s a toss up; Mega Drive or Mega Drive II
I forgot about that. I love how the MD1 looks.
Black Dreamcast is pretty sexy.
I’d choose either the PSP or the dreamcast
I always liked the translucent purple N64 and the controller that came with it. If they made a GameCube that way it would probably be my favourite.
I loved the translucent things (or even pure transparent)
Found an article with a few more
https://www.wired.com/story/remember-when-you-could-see-inside-gaming-console/
I always loved the look of the Super Nintendo, for some reason it looked like a piece of decoration straight out of a Super Mario game.
The Dreamcast still looks futuristic in 2024.
Super Famicom or ‘this is cool’ Saturn
My fist general purpose console was the Sega Master System. It had a flowchart displayed on the top telling you how to use it.
It might not have been pretty in the traditional sense but I loved it.
Looking back on it the chart was somewhat misleading, the console had two built in games that were only accessible if you didn’t insert a cartridge or card (Hang On, and Safari Hunt), and a third that also needed a controller connected and a few buttons held down when you turned the system on (snail maze).
I have one of these. I got it at a yard sale as a kid. I don’t think I knew about the built in games.
The GameCube in a cool color (like Spice Orange). Not just because I like orange. It has great contrast with the grey and black parts of the console. And the whole thing is wrapped up in a tidy, aptly-named package!
Even though I had the model 2 growing up, I really like the model 1 Genesis/Megadrive. Had a kind of futuristic/sci-fi vibe to me.