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I'd have to go with the wood grain Atari 2600, I'm a sucker for 70's designed electronics.

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[–] Evil_incarnate@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago
[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I’m a fan of the Dreamcast and GameCube. Or the PS2 mini. I appreciate that early y2k aesthetic.

Oh and the Master System 1 was pretty cool with its 80s cyberpunk shape.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 5 points 2 days ago

I love my Gamecube

I'd love it more if it was a Panasonic Q

[–] Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Happy cake day!

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Although the wood-grain Atari 2600 was also my first thought upon reading the title, I think the Wii's minimal footprint is impressive considering that—in the case of the original model—it's also a GameCube.

Wii Mini, Wii, and Wii U

In contrast to the Wii's 2006 release, the Wii Mini is arguably not yet 'retro' with its 2012 release, but definitely looks a lot sleeker, albeit not worth the loss of GameCube functionality for its minimal size savings.

Compared to both, the Wii U is super bulky, and lacks much use beyond improved emulation capabilities now that nearly all of its exclusives have been re-released for the Switch.

[–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

Even before the Wii Mini, "regular" Wiis were being made without all the GameCube ports and functionality... then the Wii Mini cut costs even further and did not even have Wi-Fi!

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

PS2 slim deserves a mention, I feel.

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[–] yuki2501@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

NGL, that fine-wood version of the Atari looked so slick. Too bad I only got the cheap plastic one.

[–] Slyke@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Hol'up.

Atari's only had 4, not 6, switches on them?

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[–] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Mega Drive 1 and 2, they both looked awesome

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

The headphone port on the Model 1 was so ahead of its time. Although I was stuck without an extension chord for my Koss Porta Pros (so couldn't actually use it), it was my first taste of relatively high quality sound.

[–] redbrick@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Does anyone here know the thought behind the wooden front trim fascia look?

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[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

PlayStation is one of my favourites but it also comes down to that shade of grey being my absolute favourite shade of grey. And the OG pre-dualshock/analog potentially being my favourite shape of controller too. I have a modded Bluetooth one but sadly there's not too many modern games (outside of fighters) that don't need both the dpad and analog.

I also love the Gameboy color's shape. As an adult it's great for one handed gaming for rpgs.

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Dreamcast and the first Playstation.

For pure old school retro it would be the old Compaq suitcase-sized laptop PC.

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