The 10 Worst Video Game Consoles Of All Time

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UPDATE 5/21: Make sure to check out this post, too: Sorry to Disappoint, Fanboys.

The console wars were more ferocious than any other war in history. You could say they top the Vietnam War, but you won’t. Many companies would rise and fall through the video game crash of 1983, yet only one would prevail to be the most terrible. And now, dear reader, I present to you the 10 worst systems of all time.

10. SNK Neo-Geo AES (1990)

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There are those of you who are complete SNK fanboys and will probably stop reading after you’ve seen the 10th worst gaming system of all time: the Neo-Geo Advanced Entertainment System. But to be fair there is probably a good chance I’m a bigger SNK fanboy than you are and even still, I could not resist placing this system on the list. Great hardware and even better software, so what’s the problem with Neo-Geo? SNK’s American marketing team is the problem. You’re marketing a system to the American public claiming it’s an arcade unit with arcade power (and for the most part…it is) at an arcade price. Buying Samurai Showdown in cartridge form and playing it on my Neo-Geo, the graphics look just as good as they do in the arcade, which can’t be said about practically every arcade to console port in existence. That still doesn’t mean we want to pay $200 bucks for one game that we could play for a few hours at an arcade with a roll of quarters.

For $649.99, you could have this system in your house in 1990 with two controllers and Magician Lord. Magician Lord is an awesome game, but if I wanted to increase my library I’d have to throw down hundreds and hundreds of dollars just for one game. Meanwhile, my friends bought their SNES (a year later) for $200; it came with Super Mario World, which is pretty much all you needed and if you wanted more you’d drop around 50 bucks per game. It was because of the sole issue of pricing that the Neo-Geo could not thrive against systems that may not have been better, but were more affordable. To this day, the Neo-Geo out performs nearly every system in 2D graphics display, so does it really belong on this list? Yes, it was released 5 years too early.

9. Mattel Electronics Intellivision (1980)

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The first time I ever played Donkey-Kong was on my neighbors Intellivision when we were kids. To say the least, it was a terrible experience for me (though I don’t put Mattel’s Intellivision on this list just because of some traumatic gaming experiences during my youth.) I owned an Atari 2600 Jr. growing up. The Atari 2600 Jr. came out in 1986, the same year as the original NES, it still sported the same technology that was on the original 2600, which was three years older than the Intellivision. My friends and I always found ourselves wanting to play the 2600 over the Intellivision. Don’t get me wrong, BurgerTime was the shit on Intellivision, but who wants to play a shitty version of Q-bert when you can play Asteroids or Space Invaders? Yeah, Astrosmash is great but it isn’t Asteroids.

8. Western Technologies’ Vectrex (1982)

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The Vectrex was a fantastic idea on paper. A home console system that’s built into it’s own miniature TV that was almost portable (if you want to lug around fifteen pounds), that’s plain cool. It’s release could not have been more ill-timed, as it came out just short of the market crash that would cripple sales in 1984. The system’s most unqiue feature was its vector graphics, which are essentially lines of light, making the graphics age much better than any other system of its generation. But unless you’re nostalgic of days long past or you’re a complete dweeb interested in homebrewing shitty games, there is no reason to ever want to play on a Vectrex. Not then and certainly not now.

In the ’90s, this system became popular among the homebrew crowd. Why? The screen is the size of a book! These nerds huddle over this tiny screen playing Minestorm, instead of getting fresh high definition games on next-gen systems. It’s ridiculous. Quit living in the past. Did I mention that the controller is like playing with a nipple? It’s fun, but the response to the system isn’t.

7. Sega 32X (1992)

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Though not technically a stand-alone console, I believe Sega produced enough Sega-CDs and 32Xs to warrant a place on this list. This is just ridiculous. Whoever got the idea to put expansion slots on a home console unit should’ve been fired faster than a game programmer in 1983. The highly anticipated second piece of shit add-on for the Sega Genesis, the 32x, is the sacrilege of gaming. It required its own power supply in addition to the power supply that would befit the Genesis and Sega-CD. Shit, #7 could’ve been anything. It could’ve been 3D0, but this add-on bullshit takes the cake. Sega didn’t even manage to crank out 40 games for the 32x. They sold it, despite gamers knowing full well that the Sega Saturn was on the horizon.

6. Atari Jaguar (1993)

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I personally know people who actually like the Atari Jaguar. Are you fucking kidding me?

Besides Alien vs. Predator and Tempest 2000, every other game on this system wasn’t worth time or effort either invested in the playing or the creating of the game. Remember the Atari Jaguar controller? Y’know, the one that was a Genesis controller with a calculator slapped on the center. The system just wasn’t 64-bit enough for its competitors and much like other systems on this list, it had a small library of games. The fact that this was Atari’s last system (because the Atari Jaguar CD is not a real system) puts the Atari Jaguar in number six.

5. Philips CD-i (1991)

The Cd-i is guilty of the most heinous crime against gamers since the Colecovision tried to dupe the Intellvision’s controller. Butchering the franchises that are Mario Bros. and Zelda, the Cd-i produced some real stinkers. There has never been a more shitty use of Nintendo licensing, except for maybe Starfox Adventures for the GameCube. So what if this thing could show full stream video? No one wants to play Dragon’s Lair. No one.

Look at this image of the Cd-i. I mean look at this fucking thing:

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The system isn’t even connected, the controller is wrapped up like it hasn’t been touched in ages. Who would want to play this system over an original Sony Playstation? CD-i just couldn’t catch on to what gamers needed specifically because of its terrible misconception of what a game is. A game is not a movie.

4. Amstrad GX4000 (1990)

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The name alone means it’s from the future. Far from it, the Amstrad GX4000 is quite possibly the most horrible crime committed to plastic. I believe Dave Chappelle said it best: What can be said about it that hasn’t already been said about Iraq, it’s bombed out and depleted. This system shouldn’t have even tried to mess with Nintendo or Sega. They were fighting a losing battle from the start: no games, faulty hardware leaves this system at #4.

3. Nintendo Virtual Boy (1995)

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Don’t get me wrong, the Virtual Boy had a few good games by design, but no one wants to hunch over and stare into this thing until their eyes burn out. Yeah, they have the warning, you’re not supposed to play it for too long. We’re gamers and we want to play games until our eyes burn out! We just don’t want them to burn out that quickly. There was no comfortable way to play it, it was doomed by design.

Whatever happened to connecting games to TELEVISION? Remember television, Nintendo? Americans love Television. Nintendo forgot about that and suffered with the utter failure that this shit-bucket produced. Speaking of which, it wasn’t much. The Nintendo Virtual Boy only had 14 games. If I’d have to pick one I’d be forced to play it’d be Teleroboxer. . The idea of VR could’ve worked if perhaps they tried this in a different setting, such as an arcade. Just wall mount that piece add a quarter slot to it and idiots everywhere would come up to it, throw quarters in it and have their shades of red.

2. Nokia N-Gage (2003)

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The Nokia N-Gage was a blur. I recall seeing the games on store shelves for a month. Besides Pocket Kingdom being 1337, the N-Gage had nothing going for it for one sole reason: it’s a fucking phone. Not only was it awkward to game on because it was a “taco”; it was a taco-shaped PHONE. The controls blew, the buttons didn’t feel right and the hardware was buggy.

“Oh man you gotta try this game it’s called Snakes, it’s on my N-Gage dude and that’s EXTREME!” Perhaps I don’t want to play a shitty game that came out in the 70s in “3d” form on my cellphone.

1. Nintendo Wii (2006)

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I just started getting used to the fact that every gaming system I played before this my hands were connected on ONE piece of plastic and circuits. Now, I’m having my hands separated and waving around during game play like a 12-year-old kid with hyperactive disorder who just smoked PCP. I don’t want to be jumping rope with the controller, I just want to control the cool shit that’s on the screen. This thing is a Gamecube slapped with another shitty Powerglove-like gimmick.

Nintendo seems to just be re-releasing crap that didn’t sell in the ’80s. Yet, these casual gamers are buying it for their kids. This system is nothing more than a gimmick for the kiddies. The Wii fit is the new age Power Pad and it’s pathetic that no one can see this tripe that Nintendo is feeding you. The Wii earns its spot for worst console of all time for being nothing more than a joke.

Discussion

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by BradMay 20, 2008   14:09pm

In #4’s text, you should have given Dave Chapelle the credit for the “bombed out and depleted” line.

In #1, it’s “tripe”, not “trite”.

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by SMay 20, 2008   14:25pm

Wahhhhhhh, the Wii is outselling my precious Ps3/Xbox360! I’m going to complain about it on the internet!

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by RyanMay 20, 2008   15:26pm

Wii the worst? that would make it worse than gamecube. Odd. I’ve actually enjoyed the Wii. I’ll probably buy a PS3 someday, but not until I’m bored of Metroid, SSX:Blur, and Mario Strikers, all of which use the controls as an actual contribution to the gameplay, and not just a “shake remote to activate” action.

Also, check out my list:
#1: Lists are just opinions
#2: Opinions are biased
#3: HD is expensive
#4: PS3 is a great Blu-Ray player!
#5: Wii will double 360 total sales by Jan 1 2009
#6: This list is biased

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by IdaMay 20, 2008   16:07pm

One number and two letters: 3DO! $900, few games, woohoo!

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by Ryan AshMay 20, 2008   16:55pm

Couldn’t agree more with your list, Ryan.

Can’t say I’m fond of Metroid Prime: Corruption or any of the other games you mentioned, but I do acknowledge the Wii’s appeal as a great system for casual gamers. As you probably guessed, I’m not a casual gamer.
Keep in mind that I’m not trying to bash these systems (some of them), just poke fun. I personally own every system I posted about except for the Nokia N-Gage. I purchased the Amstrad GX4000 at a flea market for 5 bucks including the controllers and a copy of Burnin’ Rubber.
The Vectrex is by far my most guilty pleasure system, and the one I was most reluctant to post about.
As many stated, the Neo-Geo and Intellivision being on there is a crime. I agree but I’m tired of people glorifying bad systems just because they had a disadvantage during the time of their sales. Basically, the way I approached this piece was with a “Everything or nothing” attitude. If you weren’t a big seller or fun to play by todays standards, you’re going on the list.
There are shittier systems than the ones listed, for sure. But, they’re so bad they don’t deserve the attention other top 10s give them.

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by Ryan AshMay 20, 2008   16:59pm

Ida, the 3DO lost out on 32Xs place…too bad. No one wants to read about the 3DO. People like the 32x. It’s quite sad.

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by mikeMay 20, 2008   17:06pm

You lost me at #7. This article started off as a sophisticated critique of hardware, strategy and marketing failures and devolved into the loudmouthed complaint session of a spoiled gamer. If you want to call the the Neo-Geo’s pricing strategy into question, don’t do it in the same article you dismiss the largest selling console in the world as a joke. Have some standards.

M

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by Ryan AshMay 20, 2008   17:40pm

Mike, right on the money.
Top 10s are nothing more than opinions, right?
Here’s one:
Largest selling goes hand in hand with cheap, over-produced hardware as well as slowly distributed.

“If you want to call the the Neo-Geo’s pricing strategy into question, don’t do it in the same article you dismiss the largest selling console in the world as a joke.”

Handhelds are still outselling the Nintendo Wii. It may have beat out the main next-gen competitors because it’s cheaper and as we all know, consumers are cheap.

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by jungleFishMay 20, 2008   18:03pm

Yawn. Nothing new here.

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by BozoMay 20, 2008   18:10pm

You sir are an IDIOT!

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by GoboMay 20, 2008   18:29pm

I think you needed to rethink the overall theme of this list; it loses focus quickly. It’s one thing to assemble a list of marketplace failures and tech disasters (as you did with the CD-I, Jaguar, Virtual Boy, and Amstrad), but to include the popular & influential Intellivision, the N-Gage (not a console… a handheld), and most bizarrely, the best-selling console in the world… a console that actually DOES allow you to directly “control the shit on screen”.. well, you’re off-base.

Maybe “10 Gaming Devices That Personally Baffle Me” would be more appropriate?

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by soft_guyMay 20, 2008   18:32pm

I can’t see putting the Wii on there - it’s a good system.

My votes go for the Odyssey 2, Apple/Bandai Pippin, Atari 5200, and the X-Box.

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by Yo Quiero Taco PhoneMay 20, 2008   19:12pm

Dude, you just got your ass handed to you by boing boing

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/05/20/graded-the-worst-10.html

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by WowzersMay 20, 2008   19:55pm

I’ve heard it said that although there are a lot of people who want to write about video games, there are very few people who can actually do it well. Apparently the ones who can’t still find jobs.

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by ScarabMay 21, 2008   0:01am

by Ryan Ash — May 20, 2008 16:55pm
Basically, the way I approached this piece was with a “Everything or nothing” attitude. If you weren’t a big seller or fun to play by todays standards, you’re going on the list.

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the #1 on your list is the biggest selling console today, and is fun to play by any standard. you lose your credibility here dude. this list should be titled “Top 10 Consoles That I Personally Don’t Like”

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by Ryan AshMay 21, 2008   1:10am

Thank you Gobo.

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by BrandonMay 21, 2008   13:14pm

You sir, are a dueche.

Editor’s Note: Learn to spell “douche” correctly in the future, buddy.

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by Bristow in DragMay 22, 2008   18:08pm

WHO CARES? NO ONE CARES.

But seriously, while I don’t agree with everything Ryan says… I don’t have to. In fact, I can read it, laugh about the funny stuff and the gross sarcasm, and then get on with my life. These top 10 type articles are a dime a dozen. Is there one in existence that was written as a result of chance encounter with an arch-angel? The lot of you seem to make that case.

Ah fuck all, now I’ve gone and wasted my time writing in response to the internet subculture that wouldn’t know reality if it (insert original/cliché metaphor here). If your making the commitment to spend time reading someone else’s opinions you might as well take it or leave it. If I seem hypocritical, well then fuck you. I don’t do this usually so forgive my indulgence.

Now put down the controller and go out side!

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by Hudson From NYCMay 29, 2008   8:08am

when I see a list like this I think to myself “never been kissed by a girl”

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by GabMay 29, 2008   9:00am

“But unless you’re nostalgic of days long past or you’re a complete dweeb interested in homebrewing shitty games, there is no reason to ever want to play on a Vectrex. Not then and certainly not now.”

Best arcade game console in his day. Did you ever play with this machine??? I do, for days and days… The resident game Minestorm was greater than the real Atari coin-op Asteroïds. The strong point of this system was true coin-op experience at home. Problem was the high price.

“Did I mention that the controller is like playing with a nipple? It’s fun, but the response to the system isn’t.”

IMHO, even if they were little in size, the controllers were incredibly tough and could take lot of abuse with their coin-op quality stick and buttons (these buttons where the same used in real coin-ops). Control was very acurate and fast. Did you really play with this machine? I doubt it…

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by Ryan AshMay 31, 2008   21:57pm

I own the machine Gab, these are merely opinions; the machine is not THAT bad.
Thanks for the comment.

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by Lightning SpikeJune 4, 2008   21:12pm

The Wii #1? Ha. I laugh at that.

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by PikawilJune 6, 2008   17:03pm

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/worstconsole.png

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by MetalKoopa0June 10, 2008   23:39pm

you fail at life. even tho its an opinion, i still think youre just jealous of how the ps3 blows cock. lol (or how wii is doing better than 360, whichever one you’re a fanboy of ;) cuz i know you are)

i only like the wii for its mario games mostly, without them and smash bros i would have no passion for gaming whatsoever. and i aint no fanboy, i just happen to like wii and dont find it worth my money to get a ps3 or xobx 360 especially since there are a lack of games that i would find interesting.

i view gaming as a way to get away from reality once in a while, and not constant war games that are just lik real life and “amazingly new graphics.” hell if it were my decision, id like games to ALWAYS be animated in pixels. i dont need a gaming console to let me do something i can already do myself w/ enough time, money, etc..

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by oscarJune 14, 2008   19:18pm

THE WII IS THE GREATEST CONSOLE EVER

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by PaddyJune 15, 2008   8:56am

Dude, you are so wrong in so many different ways.

Also, who the fuck can take you seriously? You put the Nintendo Wii as the ‘worst console of all time’. Please consider the following extract:

“The console wars were more ferocious than any other war in history. You could say they top the Vietnam War, but you won’t.”

More ferocious than any war in history? I hope you’re joking; it’s forgivable.
‘…top the Vietnam War, but you won’t’ - Oh, won’t I?
Wat.

Your journalistic skills are lacking and you’re evidently a butthurt fanboy of the PS3/360. Since when did gaming become about taking sides and stubbornly refusing that rival companies’ systems/games are irrefutably inferior to the the company that you swear blind allegiance to? Did you just compile this list just to say ‘WII’S SHIT LOL’?

Have you actually played the Wii? Did you REALLY wave your hands around like a 12-year old that had smoked PCP? You must be pretty unique, dude.

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by spensenJune 20, 2008   16:25pm

ALL right your right with the jaguar but with the 32x comon that system has 15 realy good games “doom,vitrua fighter,star wars.And more lots more.

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by Vince VenezianiJune 20, 2008   16:37pm

I think Doom for 32X was voted worst version of Doom ever back in the day.

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by BenJune 21, 2008   23:45pm

This article is a crock of shit. #9 (Intellivision) and #8 (Vectrex) were very innovative for the time, they were just victims of poor planning and poor business strategy.

The Wii at #1… are you KIDDING ME? Did Sony or Microsoft pay you to write this article? This thing is the FUTURE of gaming and you will be eating your words in just a few years’ time.

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by Vince VenezianiJune 23, 2008   14:42pm

Fanboys R SO FUNNY

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by spensenJune 27, 2008   11:03am

the neo geo is pretty good but the price tag is just bad.

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by Chris | Martial DevelopmentJune 27, 2008   19:19pm

You didn’t even mention the Dreamgear?

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by PaulJune 28, 2008   12:08pm

U R A FUCKING SPED THE WII IS KICK ASS. U R PROBABLY SOME WEIRDO U LIVES IN IS PARENTS BASEMENT

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by Lol MachineJuly 7, 2008   17:44pm

The Wii is Shit,

Not only is it the Phillip Glass of Games Consoles, but it is also using methods that are decades out of date. Motion sensor technology is not new or innovative. The games are a pile of mediocre, instantly forgetable japanese turds.

Even the new mario is no different from the one made in 1996.

I agree with this list, although I think that the Playstation 3 should be on here, because in europe it is viewed in the same light as a nazi paedofile.

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by Ryan AshJuly 8, 2008   13:47pm

haha Phillip Glass

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by JacksonJuly 15, 2008   13:34pm

Sounds like Ryan Ash is a “Fanboy” in his own right and the target for the Xbox 360 or PS3. Designed for boys age 10-35 who like to lock themselves up in a dimly lit room with a case of Jolt Cola and some Delivery Pizza play till his eyes burn out. I would bet that Ryan also enjoys playing the most state-of-the-art eye-popping graphically intense descended of Castle Wolfenstein 3D FPS on the most immersive consol technology available. No shame it that, however I am not exactly sure what criteria Ryan is using to judge what makes a game consol the worst of all time but I would bet its more about graphics and sound than it is about improving the social or anti-social aspects of gaming. Shooting the crap out of online gamers that he might consider his friends in Call of Duty 4 or questing in a MMORPG like WOW are probably the definitive limits of what Ryan Ash thinks of “social gaming”.

The Wii has dramatically expanded the market for video games to almost everyone without compromising its core customers who enjoy relatively clean family friendly games. Nintendo never intended to create a consol to compete against Xbox360 or PS3, they knew that they would get their butts handed to them by those to huge conglomerate corporations who could afford to practically give their hardware away to sell licenses to game developers. So Nintendo had to get smart and looked at what non-gamers and casual gamers did & didn’t like about modern console. They knew they had to do something about the overly complicated controllers and the fact that most games were only fun for 1 player at a time and successfully designed a console that would bridge the gap between the 10-35 male gamer and the rest of the world.

That’s why I found it funny that the Wii topped off Ryan’s list, he totally discredit himself when he obviously didn’t get what Nintendo was trying to do with the Wii. Nintendo always targeted family video gaming since the Famicom way back in the day, probably before Ryan was born. The Wii was an attempt by Nintendo to touch base with its roots and cerate a consol that was geared towards group, party and family play AKA Social Gaming. I know that just about anyone but the hardcore anti-social gamers can and will play with the Wii together, old people young people, little tiny kids, men, women, girls and boys. Yes it is weak when it comes to graphics and sound but it is more than enough to get the job done. However Ryan was right on the money when it comes to raw power, the Wii is pretty much a Gamecube with a gimmicky yet cool and easy to understand control interface that almost anyone and their grandmother can use. But I bet Ryan is too cool and would not want to play video games with his grandparents, or a younger relative or someone of the opposite sex.

What I don’t understand is why the Hardcore gamers and fanboys like Ryan don’t have any respect for the Wii. The Wii is the gateway console bringing more and more people to the wonderful world of videogames. This expanding market will reduce prices, increase technological development of consoles and expand the number and quality of video game titles available.

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by Ryan AshJuly 15, 2008   14:05pm

“I would bet that Ryan also enjoys playing the most state-of-the-art eye-popping graphically intense descended of Castle Wolfenstein 3D FPS on the most immersive consol technology available.”

@Jackson,

Actually, I’m playing Nightmare On Elm Street for the NES. The control scheme is better than the Wii and doesn’t require a separate accessory to get it to work properly:
http://www.gearfuse.com/more-expansions-more-money/

Your system is a joke, fanboy.

“I bet Ryan is too cool and would not want to play video games with his grandparents, or a younger relative or someone of the opposite sex.”

You’re absolutely right. I don’t want to play video games with my grandparents or a toddler who can’t keep up with me. And as far as the opposite sex is concerned, I have no quarrel with playing games with them, so long as it’s not the Wii.

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by JacksonJuly 15, 2008   17:35pm

Vince, Who is the biggest douchebag you have ever met in RL? LOL I do enjoy playing video games with my grandparents. I feel it has done wonders for our relationship and I also feel it has helped them maintain their cognitive abilities, linear thinking, manual dexterity, eye hand coordination, effectively keeping their progressive illnesses at bay.

And yes I do feel like a big looser trying to discuss the positive social changes in videogames with people like you. I wrote such a long post because I think Ryan is funny and intelligent, has a point of view shared by many that I want to better understand and I am stuck in an airport till evening with nothing but a Moded DS, and a fried Flash ROM.

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by Captain CrunchJuly 23, 2008   3:16am

shit shit shit shitty shitty shit shit shit shit shit shit

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by Demon TreeAugust 8, 2008   0:57am

I liked that list up to #1. look, just because you’re a sony/microsoft fanboy doesn’t mean you have to be bitter towards the wii. hell, i’m a nintendo fanatic. do i hate the 360? no. i think it’s a decent console and deserves the success it’s gotten. do i hate the ps3? no. although it’s my least favorite of the big three, mainly due to price and lack of good exclusives, it does have great hardware and MGS4, and also deserves the success it also has achieved.

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by MrRabbitAugust 27, 2008   16:18pm

Hehehe, loved ya on DIGG.

Big fat “F” for this one indeed, and not just because you are a ridiculously bias fanchild throughout, but because you don’t know how to write or spell properly!

Convince me you’re not a 12 year old (because you write like one) then I’ll believe your reasons for hating on the Wii. Maybe you just need to work on your coordination a little before you give it another go.

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by JapanDaveAugust 27, 2008   19:50pm

C’mon guys, ease up. You don’t agree with the list, that’s fine, but don’t attack him over it. That makes you guilty of many of the same things you complain about in his article.

To Ryan - Wow, I hope you realize what a great service boing-boing just did for you! Free traffic (from them and then from digg linking to them) and free editing! You can’t get much better than that. Hopefully you take some of their criticisms to heart. We can always improve our writing, and they give some great tips to help improve yours. (I think one of their top points… stop using so many curse words! In casual conversation with your friends, they are great. In writing, not so much. Using them makes anyone seem less professional.)

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by MrsBabyWomanAugust 27, 2008   23:09pm

LOL U SUCK A LOT

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by Loprd BaltimoreAugust 28, 2008   2:16am

FAIL:

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/worstconsole.png?from=rss

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by PJAugust 28, 2008   2:41am

The attempts at sarcasm in this list are very poor. I don’t know what Ryan Ash thinks the word “worst” means. Just because the Neo-Geo AES was expensive doesn’t mean it wasn’t great. The reason it was expensive was because it was basically a home arcade cabinet (in a console) that you could swap games in and out easily. And Super Mario Land was on the Game Boy, not the SNES. That was Super Mario World. Please do research before you try to crack wise in a published piece.

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by CantWaitAugust 28, 2008   3:23am

OMG, I just wasted 5 minutes of my life…
no sense list written in a no sense language.

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by JoeAugust 28, 2008   3:54am

Fail.

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by freddyAugust 28, 2008   9:46am

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/worstconsole.png?from=rss

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by XondarAugust 28, 2008   16:58pm

This is going in my Top Ten Worst Lists on the Internet list!

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by gamester81August 28, 2008   20:37pm

Nice list, but I’d have to disagree on several consoles on here including the Vectrex, Intellivision, and Neo Geo. All three systems were way ahead of their times when they were released.

Here are my list of top 10:

10-Apple/Bandai Pippin
9-Amstrad GX4000
8-Atari Jaguar
7-Virtual Boy
6-Tiger R-Zone
5-Tiger Game.com
4-Atari 7800
3-Atari 5200
2-Phillips CDi
1-RCA Studio II

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by BrettAugust 28, 2008   21:08pm

If you don’t like an authors opinions or style all you have to do is stop reading. It may not be a shining example or english literature, but how may blogs are? And if the goal was to be interesting and generate traffic then this article is a stellar success. And if anyone points out my grammatical error of putting “And” at the start of the last sentence, I’ll be very annoyed. And angry.

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by Mr. VorhiasSeptember 3, 2008   14:29pm

Boy. You really have no sense of proportion, do you?

Whatever you wanna think about the Nintendo Wii, there is NO way that it’s worse than the CD-I, the Virtual Boy, the 32X, the Jaguar, and many others that you neglected to mention like the Gizmondo, the Sega Pico, or the Atari Lynx.

I could have ignored it if you put the Wii was lower on the list, but the fact that you put it at number one makes the whole thing suspect.

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by Ryan AshSeptember 3, 2008   20:30pm

gamester81, Nice list. Yes, those three were ahead of their time.

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by Wii FreakSeptember 8, 2008   18:31pm

Holy shit my unborn pet dog could write a better list than this.
While I’m not saying that you aren’t entitled to own opinion you cannot find a person that would rather play Super Smash Bros Brawl (with a gcn controller) or all the c-di games ever!!!!
You make me sick

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by LenaSeptember 9, 2008   18:48pm

This is a really good list, except that Wii is a very good console. =/ All three new generation consoles are great!

If you don’t like the Wii, you’ll hate everything about Nintendo!

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by LenaSeptember 9, 2008   18:50pm

This list would have been million times better if Wii isn’t here. -_- That console is like one of the best consoles! (If not the best console)

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by KennySeptember 10, 2008   14:05pm

The Wii is actually not that bad. But still, not bad at all.

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by laaaaaSeptember 12, 2008   17:13pm

The wii is fine but the other ones suck. You should just cuss a little less

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by VinceSeptember 20, 2008   16:52pm

Wow. Wii as the worst console of all time? This is obviously a biased attack on the Wii from an Anti-Nintendo fan.

Go back to masturbating to Halo fanboy.

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by BenjaminSeptember 23, 2008   7:52am

good list, not exactly how i would of put it but oh well.

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by WiiFanSeptember 25, 2008   5:11am

Wii the worst console ever?!! WTF? Go suck dick asshole!!!

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by Rational PersonOctober 3, 2008   23:12pm

The Wii is the system for dipshit soccer moms that are too fucking busy to look over their kids, so the buy them a shitty system that you can play by sitting on the couch, with a joke of an online system (friend codes/no voice chat), no DVD/HDDVD/Bluray playback, shitty games and (according to the comments), a legion of shitheads that don’t even own a real console (hell, the Dreamcast is better than the Wii).
Nintendo’s future development efforts will focus on crap games marketed to the non-games…. oh wait, the last actual game they developed was Twilight Princess.

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by NintendorkOctober 26, 2008   12:28pm

Okay, 1. This list is just a poor excuse to show your a sony fanboy 2. Rational Person, just shut up before you embarass yourself. Wii is better than Dreamcast. 3. Wii worst console ever? So your saying the Atari systems are better? This list is such bullcrap.

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