The palm sized game boy is winning this thread by a mile.

The wii is probably second. Despite Ninty getting the top two spots everything else they've produced has all the uglies.

The wafer thin PS2 is ok but undone by the comical dichotomy with its controller. Various PSP iterations are pleasant enough, although they're all just rip off versions of the Game Gear. 

Everything else can be filed under huge slab of plastic. If I'm just picking favourites out of that group, the original mega drive design was good in as much as it looked like a serious powerhouse at the time. I don't think my 9 year old self would have enjoyed it quite so much if it had been understated and minimalist.

Good shout on DS lite. I have a black one and it is effortlessly sleek. I place it first, ahead of the GB.

I would also argue that the Gameboy pocket in the right colour was rather handsome back in the day.

Also I finally looked up the Turbografx 16, nothing to write home about. I was fucking bang on with the PC Engine though. Behold the glory. Before Nintendo even knew what a small console was all about, these industrious motherfuckers had knocked this up:

GBA Micro and SNES for me - dem proportions!

Yoss likes em white.
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Yossarian wrote:

The GBA Micro does look nice, but unfortunately it also looks nigh-on unplayable to me. I've never actually used one, admittedly, but I don't see how it's possible to hold one securely and comfortably. Maybe I'm missing the point. ...

Had one for years - comfortable enough to rack up hundreds of hours on stuff like Advance Wars, Fire Emblem and FFTA. Pretty much felt like a NES joypad + shoulders.

I remember walking round a whole load of shops before finally tracking down this little beauty in Arctic blue.


Also, love the slimline PS2 because it looks more like a notebook than a console.

The GB Micro plays just fine, I have pretty lanky hands too.

My faves (of the consoles I've owned):

GB Colour -




I particularly like the beveled edges on the front and that curve at the bottom. Sadly I had the pinkish one, only preowned colour available at the time.

GBA SP -



I had silver though I'm not sure which colour I would prefer. Blue is nice but let down slightly by the grey shoulder buttons.

Gamecube -


(I had the purple, not my choice but it was alright)

Xbox -


(Crystal edition) Proper brute of a console, loved it.

GB Micro -



It's just bloody lovely.

Some others that I haven't owned but like -

PSP Go -



I always kinda wanted one.

ZMM wrote:

But I also have a thing for the tape-deck stylings of this badboy. Look at that flowchart.

Yess i very much like that, tasty beveling and flowcharts are indeed win.

Not keen on the Xbox One, PS4 is not bad but really I'd like it in these colours -

Beautiful. (Though I'd remove the heart)

If you want a rainbow stripe then the Atari 7800 is right up your street. This is a nice retro console - backwards compatible with the 2600 - pity it is RF out only though..

7800 is a much better design than the 2600 jr. that I have, if only for having the controller ports on the front. Always hated that with the VCS/2600 models.

Lies, and to emphasise that lie here is a massive C64 image in all its lovely beige brown-ness. We need more brown consoles I think

This is just turning into a list of every games machine ever made.

And back again

The Gameboy Micro does win, Nintendo probably had the best shot considering the multiple colours and models of everything they make.

monkey wrote:

I like how it looks like it has been dug out of the ground.