[GAME] How Well Do You Know Your Consoles?

[DrBloodmoney]

 

Just for fun - there's no stakes but pride here!....

.... how many beloved (and some not so beloved!) non-Sony consoles can you name from years past?

 

 

I've cobbled together a set of 40 pictures of some old classics / junk-heap fillers, (and blurred out any distinguishing logos etc!) -  based on these images, how many can you correctly identify?

 

0         -    Console Avoider!

1-10    -    Console Appreciator!

11-20  -    Console Enthusiast!

21-30  -    Console Expert!

31-35  -    Console Wizard!

36-39  -    Console Master!

40       -     Holy Console, Batman!

 

 

 

I'll post the answer list in a little bit once folks with the Console Mettle to try have had a chance to show their stuff...

...who's up to the challenge?!

 

 

Note - Please use Spoiler Tags for answers, so others can play too - especially if you are a Console Aficionado who can name lots of them!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Helyx]

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04 - Sega Genesis (2nd gen)

05 - Virtual Boy

07 - Original XBOX

09 - Jaguar

10 - 3DS XL

11 - Ouya

15 - Wii-U

20 - Dreamcast

22 - Game Gear

24 - Atari (2600?)

28 - Master System / Genesis (1st gen)

29 - Saturn

31 - Famicom

34 - Turbo Graffix

 

Didn't Google any of these, since that'd be unfair. Lots of them looked familiar but I couldn't remember their names.

Edited July 9, 2022 by Helyx

[DrBloodmoney]

11 minutes ago, Helyx said:

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04 - Sega Genesis (2nd gen)

05 - Virtual Boy

07 - Original XBOX

09 - Jaguar

10 - 3DS XL

11 - Ouya

15 - Wii-U

20 - Dreamcast

22 - Game Gear

24 - Atari (2600?)

28 - Master System / Genesis (1st gen)

29 - Saturn

31 - Famicom

34 - Turbo Graffix

 

Didn't Google any of these, since that'd be unfair. Lots of them looked familiar but I couldn't remember their names.

 

 

I can tell you - you’re mostly correct (nice job!) - the only one incorrect is 28 - it’s neither (sort of)… though as a hint… you might want to think about regions, as well as generations…

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Edited July 9, 2022 by DrBloodmoney

[GothGirlMaxine]

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2. C64

3. Steam Link

4. Sega Genesis

5. Virtual Boy

7. Xbox

8. Vectrex

9. Atari Jaguar

10. 3DS XL

11. Ouya

12. Telstar Arcade 

15. Wii U 

20. Sega Dreamcast

22. Game Gear

23. View-Master Interactive Vision

24. Atari 2600 

26. V Smile

29. Sega Saturn.

30. Magnavox Odyssey

31. Famicom

36. Master System

40. Panasonic Q 

 

[Guest]

Good thread doctor 

[DrBloodmoney]

13 minutes ago, StygianWolf4 said:

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2. C64

3. Steam Link

4. Sega Genesis

5. Virtual Boy

7. Xbox

8. Vectrex

9. Atari Jaguar

10. 3DS XL

11. Ouya

12. Telstar Arcade 

15. Wii U 

20. Sega Dreamcast

22. Game Gear

23. View-Master Interactive Vision

24. Atari 2600 

26. V Smile

29. Sega Saturn.

30. Magnavox Odyssey

31. Famicom

36. Master System

40. Panasonic Q 

 

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Right on all counts!

 

And you got my personal favourite - No.12 - what a hideous monstrosity of a gadget the Telstar Arcade was! 

 

[Breakingthegreen]

The fact that I know the 

Spoiler

6) Gizmondo

and the fact that it had ties to the mafia makes me feel like an expert... the rest though... ehhh

Spoiler

2) Comodor 64

3) That Steam console they had

4) Genesis

5) Virtual Boy 

6) Gizmondo

7) Xbox

10) 3D/ 2D S XL

11) Ouya

15) Wii U

16) Onlive???

20) Dreamcast

22) Game Gear?

24) Atari 2600

30) Magnavox odyssey (which was spell checked from Magnafox... sooo...)

31) Famicon

32) Phillips CDI

35) That weird skylander's esque console

36) Sega Master System

40) Expensive GameCube

 

 

[DrBloodmoney]

6 minutes ago, breakingthegreen said:

The fact that I know the 

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6) Gizmondo

and the fact that it had ties to the mafia makes me feel like an expert... the rest though... ehhh

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2) Comodor 64

3) That Steam console they had

4) Genesis

5) Virtual Boy 

6) Gizmondo

7) Xbox

10) 3D/ 2D S XL

11) Ouya

15) Wii U

16) Onlive???

20) Dreamcast

22) Game Gear?

24) Atari 2600

30) Magnavox odyssey (which was spell checked from Magnafox... sooo...)

31) Famicon

32) Phillips CDI

35) That weird skylander's esque console

36) Sega Master System

40) Expensive GameCube

 

 

mostly right on - including the Gizmondo!

16 is wrong - it’s actually a relatively recent one (but a huge flop, so not well known!)

 

frankly, I’d accept your answer for 35 - knowing the actual name of the Mattel Hyperscan is rare - it was obscure as hell! - even knowing it was a Skylanders-like thing using cards and RFID is pretty good! 


Good job!

[Breakingthegreen]

8 minutes ago, DrBloodmoney said:

 

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mostly right on - including the Gizmondo!

 

 

16 is wrong - it’s actually a relatively recent one (but a huge flop, so not well known!)

 

frankly, I’d accept your answer for 35 - knowing the actual name of the Mattel Hyperscan is rare - it was obscure as hell! - even knowing it was a Skylanders-like thing using cards and RFID is pretty good! 


Good job!

 

 

 

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The only way I got 6 and close to 35 is because of a half remembered Larry Bundy Jr video, another fun fact about that the Gizmondo is that under the rubbery layer is nothing, no hard plastic, it's physically melting and since it sold so poorly, there's gonna be very few ways to play it in future without meeting up with a weird obsessive who never takes their games out the box.

 

[Baranov_925]

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3 - steam link
4 - sega genesis
7 - xbox 2001
9 - atari jaguar

11 - ouya

15 - wii u
20 - dreamcast

24 - pacman

31 - famicom

33 - odyssey magnavox

40 - panasonic ultra

 

[ExHaseo]

This is a fun idea, let's see what I know lol

 

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1 - Amiga

2 - Commodore 64

3 - Steam Link

4 - Sega Genesis, specifically model 2. This is the one I had growing up.

5 - Virtual Boy, my older brother had one of these when I was a kid. It was truly awful lol.

7 - Original Xbox

9 - Atari Jaguar

10 - 3DS, pretty sure specifically the "new" 3DS XL

11 - lol the Ouya

15 - Wii U

16 - Game Stick, because they didn't learn from the Ouya's failure lol

20 - Dreamcast

21 - Intellivision

22 - Game Gear

24 - Atari 2600

26 - V Smile. I only know this one because Billiam did a video on it.

27 - Atari Lynx

28 - Sega Genesis, model 1. I have one of these in it's original box now. I'm kind of surprised two models were on here.

29 - Sega Saturn

31 - Famicom

32 - Philips CDi. I will forever be thankful for this crime against humanity. Without it, Playstation probably wouldn't exist.

35 - Hyperscan. Another one I only know because of Billiam lol.

36 - Sega Master System

37 - SG-1000, the original Sega console

40 - I had totally forgotten that this existed. It's the Panasonic Q model of Gamecube. It was basically a Gamecube with a built-in DVD player.

 

There a few I recognize, but I just can't remember the names of. It was a lot of fun to go through though!

[CobraMJD]

I can name 24. Too annoying to type here on mobile but 

 

 

It was nice to see Amiga CD32 and a Sega Mark family represented.

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Edited July 10, 2022 by CobraMJD

[DrBloodmoney]

5 hours ago, ExHaseo said:

This is a fun idea, let's see what I know lol

 

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28 - Sega Genesis, model 1. I have one of these in it's original box now. I'm kind of surprised two models were on here.

 

 

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Interestingly, while it is almost the exact same form factor as the original Genesis - that is actually a Megadrive - the same console on the inside, but in the UK (and most places outside of the US) this was the main form factor (and the name) for the console - actually, as a UK guy, I only ever saw this form factor for that generation of the Sega! I'm not sure if the smaller version ever came over here? It probably did eventually - but every megadrive I saw was this bulkier one!