Steamdeck because it’s so versatile and powerful. I also like that all the linux gaming improvements flow through to my linux desktop pc as well.
Gameboy advanced because it was so portable.
I miss my GBA, I loved the form factor of that little guy. Fit perfectly in a pocket, super comfortable to hold for ages. I had the see through plastic version which was super cool.
Is steamdeck really a console or just a Linux PC with extra controls.
I’d argue that being console also needs a proprietary OS and games that don’t work anywhere else.
Sony has officially supported Linux distros for both PS2 and 3.
However, that’s not what the games ran on, so it still fits with your definition. It’s just interesting to think about given the current state of things.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_for_PlayStation_2 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OtherOS
If you can select OS, it’s PC. If the manufacturer can’t even things with exclusive game sales and licensing, hardware would be more expensive than it would be as a console. Sell the hardware cheap, gather profit from games people want to publish on your platform.
Console is a very corporate thing.
All of the sixth gen ones. Dreamcast, PS2, OG Xbox, GameCube.
Also SNES and 3DS.
Dreamcast slaps. I finally have learned to solder, so I really need to get on fixing mine up since the disk drive finally died.
I never bought the DS or 3DS when they were out, I stopped at GameBoy Advance SP.
However, two years ago working a trash job I found a lost Korean-language 3DS that I was unable to trace the owner, so I wiped it, modded it to English, and made it my own.
Further, I used the 3DS hacks walkthrough to further modify the 3DS and now I’ve got a 128gb MicroSD card with about 100 pirated 3DS games on it.
If you can, you should just get a GDEMU for your Dreamcast. You won’t have to worry about disk drive failure again.
Shout out to the 3DS. What an amazing portable! I have so many memories with it, and it was the only gaming device I carried with me EVERYWHERE because of street pass and spot pass. I bought all the bundle games for StreetPass because it was so much fun having iterative improvement with visitors to your 3DS. Integration into other mainline games was pretty great too.
Not everything took advantage of the 3D aspect, but the games I played creatively innovated with it and provided new perspectives to solving puzzles.
I freaking love my 3DS. Right now Steam Deck has surpassed it, but man what an era of gaming.
Note: If you’re nostalgic for StreetPass, look up “Street Pass 2”. Despite Nintendo shuttering all the services, you can still work your way around and get StreetPasses to your console, but you’ll have to homebrew it.
Other runner ups: SNES (I was a kid that wasted away on that console), Wii, Wii U. I used to throw Wii Guitar Hero parties with friends. Great times.
PC/ steamdeck I have every console
Linux gaming PC, steam deck, SNES, ps2
NES. I grew up with it. Then there’s N64, because I have fond memories of playing waveracer with my friend (RIP) in the summer of '99 while The Offspring - Americana was playing in the background. Good times.
