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!
Black Dreamcast is pretty sexy.
The PC Engine is definitely a contender. Looks like something from the set of Star Trek TNG, takes unique little cards, and is extremely tiny* and compact. (particularly for a system that was ahead of its time) I think it’s neat!
*roughly the size of a sandwich
SNES.
The NES was a box, and the SNES had lines.
but the American SNES was also a soulless box.
Are we talking about the same SNES?
The European snes is beautiful, more likely what he’s referring to:Sorry I see you’re OP, Id have to agree the states snes version is not very attractive in my view, I’m sure I’d feel differently if I’d grown up with one though…
New nintendo 3DS for me. Small compact boxy look. True handheld. Pocketable. Just perfect.
The original Wii
I liked the way it would just swallow the discs whole
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).
Nintendo GameCube
Purple, had a handle for carrying and the gray perfectly offset the purple
Gamecube.
2nd would be PS Vita (original OLED version).
The PS5 is probably my most hated look and shape. Just an idiotic and clunky design, and moronic decisions to go white.
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.
Japanese Sega Saturn is my all-time favorite design
Dreamcast and Japanese/PAL SNES are also up there.
For actually released consoles, I think the Famicom is just neat looking
Amstrad GX4000! Fantastic looking machine, sold mine a few years ago, which is a bit of a regret. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_GX4000