Ok, so the Turbographix is kind of stretching it, as it was pretty popular in Japan, but you know what I am talking about. Dreamcast and Saturn don't count either, because both have a respectable stable of good games and only failed because the Playstation exists.
@ZombiePie: Oh snap. I forgot the Neo-Geo. But does that count? I mean, it was always more of a niche thing anyways and it had a lot of good fighting games. Hmm... I guess not.
In any case, I would love to read your justification of the 3DO, a console that cost $700 in 1993, when both the SNES and the Genesis were retailing for around $150 at that point.
@ArbitraryWater: I did not buy it at its original price so I can't comment on that. What I can comment on is the fact that you had the best versions of Super Street Fighter II Turbo and Road Rash. Then there was the fact that the Need for Speed franchise got its start on the 3DO. It's also worth noting that the 3DO did things that the SNES didn't do like play music and read VHS tapes. It was the first really good multi-media system every released.
gamecube and sega game gear come to mind when i think fail. i've been having a craving of playing some game gear. i'll probably play power rangers the movie.
diddent know the Nokia N-Gage was a console. in anycase if you include the Nokia N-Gage then the psp should allso be on it and that one is failed and yes i own one
All of them :/ I was a big time "collector" a few years back. I bought every thing i could. I have all of the 32x games, sega cd games, jaguar games, VB games, and the rest i have at lest a few of the "better" games on each system. Im a sad sad man i know.
I own an Ngage QD, I use it as a phone and to play Tomb Raider, Sega Game Gear (I own two but they both barely work). Though I wouldent call it 'failed' (compared to Ngage/3do et.c) I own a Sega Saturn too.
diddent know the Nokia N-Gage was a console. in anycase if you include the Nokia N-Gage then the psp should allso be on it and that one is failed and yes i own one
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i think the definition of fail is a console that got bitch slapped by it's competitors to oblivion.
During PAX this year I picked up a Sega Saturn. I have enjoyed it immensity, although, it's probably the strangest fucking console I own. Upon teaching myself about the crazy library of games for it, the uses of the ram extension slot, the fact it has better copy-write protection than the Dreamcast? (?O_O?) I await the next strange thing to learn about this console.
I've got a Sega CD, Virtual Boy and a TurboGrafx. I also own two Nomads (one MIB, the other for actually playing), the pretty pointless SuperGrafx and the Amstrad GX4000 (which doesn't even warrant a GB wiki page). I must point out that I've purchased all of these well after what can only be amusingly referred to as their "heydays."
Failed systems is a weird subject. First of all there is a lot of confusion and disagreement on what is or isn't a failed system. For example a lot of people talk about the Dreamcast as a failed system, but you specifically say it doesn't count on your list. Someone on here even mentioned the N64 as a failed system?! They might just be confused - very very confused - but there are differences in opinion none the less... It seems like the failed system are usually the most innovative and "outside the box". Even though they failed they had great ideas, and obvious features that competitors lacked. Like the Sega Game Gear was back-lit so you could play in the dark waayyyy before any other handheld. And the Nomad - remember that? You could play Genesis games on the go?!?! It was the shit.
Proud owner of both a virtual boy, (still works!) and one of those pure awesome turbografx things. (A ducttape covered abomination, but also still works!) As a side note, New Adventure Island, Bonk's Adventure and Parasol Stars are still some of my absolute favorite classic games.
" @ZombiePie: Oh snap. I forgot the Neo-Geo. But does that count? I mean, it was always more of a niche thing anyways and it had a lot of good fighting games. Hmm... I guess not.
In any case, I would love to read your justification of the 3DO, a console that cost $700 in 1993, when both the SNES and the Genesis were retailing for around $150 at that point. "
The Neo-Geo is definetely a failure as a console from a business stand-point, but maybe lesser so as an arcade platform.
Mind you, there are a lot of great games that came out of Neo-Geo, and it still survives today with an absolutely insanely priced collector's market that would just blow any other system in this generation out of the water in terms of value and collectability. If you define a 'failed console' a little better though, you could make some points for a few of the systems in your poll.
Not sure i'd agree with all you guys calling the Game Gear a failed system- it was the biggest competitor to Nintendo's throne. It sold about 11 million systems worldwide; not a huge hit, but definitely a solid showing. The Saturn...I could argue either way (I do own one & love it, by the way).
My dad (and by extention, I) owned a Sega CD, but I've got one that you didn't post on there- the Game.Com. Yup, I owned one of those bad boys.
I own a Gizmodo. Great little thing, with some really fun games.. but the only system in existance with a worse screen than the original GBA. Makes playing games on it almost impossible.
I'm gonna have to say that the Saturn was a failure so that would count. I also have a Game Gear, but I don't think that would count because it did as well as anything would be expected to against the Game Boy.
My roommate, however, has a Virtual Boy and it's right next to my desk. I kinda love the thing and I'm pretty pissed that it didn't take off. Mario Clash was rad.
Heh, the only things that come close for me are the Dreamcast and Saturn (both of which were fun, Saturn is my favorite out of the two), but since they don't count, K.
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