The Best "Failed" Console / Computer?

[Speelgoedmannetje]

the build quality wasn't so good but the games were esp. Shenmue...

The build quality was excellent, I mean, it's very much PS2 quality
And I can say that because I have one (a DC, and a friend of mine has a ps2) :-D
Heck, I think most of the GameCube games can be ported to a DC with a minimum of quality loss

Mine would have to be the "Neo Geo Pocket Color".

These little babies were fantastic, and still are.

[CU_AMiGA]

Hey Yo!

I maybe getting a 3DO, it looks a good solid system.

Regards,

[graffias79]

Hmm would have to say Turbo Duo.  Not only does it play games very nicely still after 12 years, the build quality is amazing!  Very solid plastic, rugged CD-ROM mechanism, reads burned CDs, and has a homebrew following/demo scene.  Also if you happen to have the pleasure of owning one, hook it up to your stereo.  You will be amazed at the clarity and crispness of the CD audio playback.

Runners up:
Sega Dreamcast (Moderate success)
Sega Saturn (Doomed because of the SegaCD and 32x fiasco)

[x56h34]

Virtual Boy is kind of cool, however it's definitely not for everyone.

[Star69]

x56h34 wrote:
Virtual Boy is kind of cool, however it's definitely not for everyone.

Virtual boy is kinda cool, but you could only play it for about 20 minutes before you got a headache and your eyes started to bleed.

Anyone got a GP32 BLU?

I'm thinking of getting one, because of all the different emulators you can get for it, even the Playstation! :-o

I haven't seen any evidence of a UAE port to it yet though.

[Plus4]

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:

the build quality wasn't so good but the games were esp. Shenmue...

The build quality was excellent, I mean, it's very much PS2 quality
And I can say that because I have one (a DC, and a friend of mine has a ps2) :-D
Heck, I think most of the GameCube games can be ported to a DC with a minimum of quality loss

I had one too and so did a few friends, the controllers in particluar were poor and reminded me of N64 controllers, very plasticy (PS2 has best controller of any console IMO).

Additionally those VMU's went wrong / fell out after a few months - No-one I knew had one that lasted a year...

[Speelgoedmannetje]

well, got hardly a problem with those controllers, I can play quake 3 with it quite nicely already (I don't give a damn about the thingy being plastic or not, it seems to me solid enough).
So I think that's a matter of opinion.
But considering the fitting the vmu, I just got one, so, good you tell me this now :-/
(though I'm very carefull with it, unlike other ppl I see often)

[CU_AMiGA]

Hey yo!

The Dreamcast version of Quake 3 kicked butt most definately! :-) The VMU is okay, although the top of it becomes loose after a while.

Regards,

[odin]

The Dreamcast controllers are way too small and cramped...not everyone has hands the size of a small child.

[CU_AMiGA]

odin wrote:
The Dreamcast controllers are way too small and cramped...not everyone has hands the size of a small child.

Hey yo!

I dunno Mr odin, i have big hands (hell that is why i am goal keeper!), and my hands were okay with the pad.

Regards,

[odin]

I always get cramped hands after only 15 mins of play with the  DC controllers I have. Perhaps I should look at some thirdparty controllers or something. Then again I don't really like joypads in general. I'd rather have a decent joystick :-).

CU_AMiGA wrote:

odin wrote:
The Dreamcast controllers are way too small and cramped...not everyone has hands the size of a small child.

Hey yo!

I dunno Mr odin, i have big hands (hell that is why i am goal keeper!), and my hands were okay with the pad.

Regards,

I've got shovel hands too, and I find the Gamecue to have the most comfortable to hold controller. PSX controllers are awful for me to hold.

[McNorris]

@mdma

Some of our politics aside. We got a lot in common. I can't stand the PS2 controllers now. When I first got my gamecube I resented being forced to use an analog, but over time? Now PS2 won't do.

The Donkey Kongas are the ultimate in comfort.

I'm only 31, but my hands will cramp on anything if I try to pull one of my old 12 hour video games sprees from my high school days. Getting old sucks

[SyrTran]

@CU_AMiGA

By failed consoles i mean:

Panasonic 3DO
Philips CDi
Sharp X68000
Sinclair Quantum Leap
Atari 5200
Atari Lynx
Sega Nomad
GP32
Sam Coupé

The Atari 5200 wasn't a failure.  At the time (early 80's) it was -the- console to get.  It only died because Warner Communication (now Time-Warner) decided to get out of home electronics.

....etc - The list goes on!!!

to the Atari 7800 and Jaguar, the Sega FX-32 (I dunno, that wasn't really a console, was it?) and Saturn, and let's not forget Nuon-based DVD players.

Being the owner of 3 Jags, I think I'd have to vote for the Dreamcast (I've never owned one).  It was the console with the most fans and the fewest games.

I'd vote for the Jag, but it wasn't successful enough to be a failure. :-D