So, what console DID get you excited?

[Zeh Don]

The Nintendo 64 blew my mind when it was revealed. Super Mario World, compared to Super Mario 64. Nuff said, really.

After that, the only console that really captured my imagination was the 3DS. Auto-stereoscopic 3D on a handheld, with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time? I couldn't throw my money at Nintendo fast enough.

 

[Altorin]

Think you've hit upon it there, I scrimped for my SNES so rewarding.

If you're a certain Age, I think the SNES wins this contest hands down.. myself included, personal anecdote about Sega Saturn notwithstanding.

 

[krazykidd]

Ps2. Final fantasy X . Nuff said . The beautiful score at the begining ( To zanarkand ) , the graphics , the story . Truely the pinnacle of final fantasy .

As a person who went so far as to completely erase the spheregrid and replace it with +4 tiles to boost all characters stats to 255, collecting every ultimate weapon, creating ultimate armors for each of my characters including Break HP Limit.. Defeating the game in the most complete way conceivable.. I have to say.. no.

or, in a less confrontational way because it really wasn't my intention to throw dirt on your favorite game, I'll just curtly and respectfully disagree

Well sorry , for letting myself get excited for the ps2 and Final fantasy X . Answering the "personal" question OP ask which was :" which console got ME excited". You obviously don't know what an opinion is .

 

[Goofguy]

Probably the N64. I've looked forward to the consoles since that have interested me. But the N64 made me giddy in large part to my being so much younger and excitable. My family never got a SNES and though it was a blast to play it countless times at my friends' places, it wasn't the same as owning one. The N64 was the first console I could truly appreciate. I was very young when I played the NES but I only came to appreciate the quality and improvement of gaming with the N64.

 

[CrazyCapnMorgan]

Recently, the 3DS.

Got it for the eventual release of Pokemon X and Y, but I now have Fire Emblem: Awakening and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate to go with it. Not to mention all of the original DS games that I have, as well.

However, the most excited I ever got was when the PS2 was announced. And man, great gaming times were had then.

 

[Bocaj2000]

The OUYA and the Steam Box are still exciting to me. The Wii U doesn't look to bad either.

Usually this might feel too casual for my tastes, but my computer has lately become my hardcore gaming machine, so that shouldn't be a problem. It has the best exclusive genres, such as MMOs, RTSs, and emulators.

 

[Altorin]

Think you've hit upon it there, I scrimped for my SNES so rewarding.

If you're a certain Age, I think the SNES wins this contest hands down.. myself included, personal anecdote about Sega Saturn notwithstanding.

I dunno about you, but I fell in love with the SNES the first time I heard it. That system just completly dominated that generation in the quality of game audio.

360's audio's not really as good as the SNES... I mean technically, the fidelity's there, but EVERYTHING can do crystal clear audio these days. There's nothing like a modern version of the Genesis to make you appreciate the sound ;P

 

[badgersprite]

Playstation 2, and it didn't disappoint.

 

[octafish]

Now I'm 38 and I've never owned a console, probably never will, however the Commodore 64 got me very excited when living in the age of Spectrums and Vic 20s.

Shit I just realised I am older than Lucy Jordan...

 

[IllumInaTIma]

I believe very first PlayStation. Except, I didn't know about its existence until I got one.
And recently Vita. Mainly because it was (and is) the closest thing I'll ever get resembling full console.

 

[xPixelatedx]

Well, with all this talk of the PS4 and Xbone not meeting out [impossible] expectations, I was wondering what console did appear that literally had you gobsmacked, and maybe even rushing out and buying, launch day?

SNES:
Nintendo Power appropriately hyped me up for Zelda: A link to the past as well as Super Mario world. These games and the graphics and the 'scope' of it all also turned out to all be true.

Sega Genesis:
The Commercials for Sonic were brilliant for the time. It really was different from anything I ever played on a Nintendo, even if the graphics didn't neccisairly look better, it all looked 'fast'.

PS1:
I wasn't impressed by all the images I saw in magazines of the games... that is, until I saw one at Circuit City (R.I.P.) and they had Jumping Flash playable on a demo console long before it's release. I fell in LOVE!

N64:
Like above but replace Circuit City with Wal-Mart, and Jumping Flash with Mario 64. Playing Mairo 64 for 20 mins was enough to completely enchant me.

Sega Saturn:
In another Wal-Mart, I saw Knights up to play on a demo console and nearly beat the game. I also watched a video of Panzer Dragoon 2 and that looked AMAZING! (it still does lol)

That's about where it ended... Wasn't excited for the Dreamcast/PS2/Xbox. Why would I be? I had a Dreamcast before anyone. I imported one from Japan over a year before the US got it haha. However, a LOT of people oogled my Dream cast for the longest time. When the PS2 came out, it didn't look particularly impressive to me, especially since the stages of Sonic Adventure looked much better. The PS2 did turn out to be the better console, obviously (I have so many games for it), but it still wasn't visually impressive to me.

PS3:
Ok, the PS3 did impress me. But honestly we didn't get anything we were promised. The PS3 didn't sell well for a while for a reason, after all. Where the hell is our FF7 remake they kept demoing? People were more amazed by the possibility of the PS3 rather then what it actually was.

 

[thejackyl]

Probably the closest I've been to excited about a console was when Nintendo announced they were working on the Wii, while it was still code named: Revolution.

I got the console about 3 months or so after Christmas the year it came out, and was wholly underwhelmed. The motion controls were cool at first, but after the novelty wore off I began thinking "This would play so much better with a normal controller" for 99% of the games I played.

Though it did teach me not to give into hype and to have a bit of skepticism when it comes to said hype, so... good for that I guess.

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

The PS3. I was pretty much handhelds before then. I'm serious, Gameboy through to Nintendo DS.

 

[Altorin]

Well, with all this talk of the PS4 and Xbone not meeting out [impossible] expectations, I was wondering what console did appear that literally had you gobsmacked, and maybe even rushing out and buying, launch day?

SNES:
Nintendo Power appropriately hyped me up for Zelda: A link to the past as well as Super Mario world. These games and the graphics and the 'scope' of it all also turned out to all be true.

the funny thing about Super Metroid is.. playing it through now, knowing where everything is, and knowing where to go, and where each of the metroidvania segments click into place, the game is actually a lot more shallow then it FEELS... if that makes any sense.. like.. it's a game that's very heavy handed in terms of design.. There's really no freedom at all except the freedom to get completely fucking lost.

that being said, I freaking love me some super metroid.. I'm in no way calling it a bad game, even when you can see the feet of the man behind the curtain... It's just all a facade..... Unless you're first starting to play it, then it's a witch's pot of mystery and everything seems to randomly click into place.. but there's really nothing random about it, and a few tricky skill-based shortcuts aside, the game is a tunnel from beginning to end.. Whereever you are in the progression, there's really only one place to go to progress - unless you're excellent at shinesparking, wall jumping and bomb hopping.. then the game opens up a bit more... but once you've mastered those skills, that freedom too becomes an illusion.

 

[OneCatch]

So, what was yours guys?

Probably gamecube for me. N-64 and Playstation was bigger, but I'd played them hugely over friend's houses and stuff so was kind of used to it when I got one.
With the Gamecube I was a first adopter.

What sold it? Rogue Leader. Played the first to death, and I remember the graphics of Rogue Leader were just mindblowing at the time. Jaw literally dropped when I saw the first trailer:
And that was a launch game. Not like they spent 5 years working out how to optimise the console. Not to mention the graphics were a little better in-game if anything...
I remember for about the first few weeks of play I'd notice lasers glowing off metal or explosion debris or something, and just think jesus.
The next time I was that shocked by graphics was with Crysis!

Anyhow, Rogue Leader still feels pretty polished and it's what? Holyfuck, 12 YEARS OLD?
Now I feel old.

 

[IronMit]

The Sega Megadrive

I flipped when I got it for xmas.
There were these random games I had never heard of...the game covers looked good and when I played them I was not disappointed. Streets of Rage, columns, super hang on and shinobi blew my mind

 

[The_Echo]

Actually, I am fairly excited for the PS4. inFAMOUS: Second Son looks awesome, and the native livestreaming thing is cool. Not terribly psyched about the new controller design, but whatever, I'll just get used to it.

But really, I don't get excited over consoles. I get excited over games. I choose my consoles (and handhelds) based on the games they have.

Though at this point I'm practically a Sony loyalist because of their exclusive franchises.

People who don't like the vita have never played it!

I mean there are exceptions, sure, but it's SUCH a good system. Why can't Sony market it better and get more support from fans and devs?!

I like the Vita, though I've never even seen one in real life. It's got a lot of power, and dual analogs! And I really want to play Persona 4 Golden. But it just doesn't have enough games to make it feel like a worthwhile investment yet. :c

 

[Ultra Man30]

The Gamecube was and still is my all-time favorite console. I just love all of the great gems on the system, such as Paper Mario, Billy Hatcher, and Kirby Air Ride. There are so many more games I love on it that I can't list them all. The N64 is a close second, even though it has the one game that I would call "bad" on it. I would still say that the great games from those systems still hold up today. I think I'll now go play some Mischief Makers.

 

[Greyhamster]

The PS Vita. And dear god, the moment I held it in my hands I fell in love. It's a beautiful device.
Other than that not much. I used to be a pure PC gamer until I got a ps3 to play with friends.

It's kinda Sony's thing: They deliver beautiful, powerful devices which are horribly expensive. But eh, a bit of looking around and you can get em a lot cheaper (The aforementioned Vita cost me 180 including a 32GB memory card and PS plus gave me a heap of games to play)

 

[Lunar Templar]

Probably the SNES, PS1 and PS2 where the three systems I was most hyped about. Still have a PS2 as well, not my original one though, it was a gen 1 PS2, it had to be retired due to age, gotta newer slim PS2 now though :3