Good systems. Bad designs

[Nero 99]

Anyone have a console that you love to play but you hate the design of it? I know I do, and for me its the NES. God I wish they just wouldve made it a top loader. Its a pain in the ass to clean the pin connectors because you have to take the whole thing apart and the inside collects dust way too easy. i mean i love the NES but they really f***ed up on the design of it. If they woudve just made it a top loader they coud of had smaller carts, more functionality, and we wouldnt have to deal with replaceing the pin connectors. By the time they did release a top loader it only came with RF and there pretty pricy now since so little of them were sold.

[otoko]

No arguments here. I kinda dislike the design of the Colecovision. I love the system, but it's way too big for my taste. I don't have room for it being one of the few systems bigger than a Xbox.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

The original X-Box.

It's got all the aesthetic appeal of a late 90's cable TV converter box ... and the (original) controllers compliment it's fugliness.

[ssjlance]

Anyone have a console that you love to play but you hate the design of it? I know I do, and for me its the NES. God I wish they just wouldve made it a top loader. Its a pain in the ass to clean the pin connectors because you have to take the whole thing apart and the inside collects dust way too easy. i mean i love the NES but they really f***ed up on the design of it. If they woudve just made it a top loader they coud of had smaller carts, more functionality, and we wouldnt have to deal with replaceing the pin connectors. By the time they did release a top loader it only came with RF and there pretty pricy now since so little of them were sold.

I love the Top Loader. Even if it is RF only. Loads better than the initial design.

[ooXxXoo]

NES Model 2 totally bad design....When the NES Top Loader is modded to composite /audio A/V jacks.Its Glorious!..

[Nero 99]

I love the Top Loader. Even if it is RF only. Loads better than the initial design.

I know, I my self woud like one but Ive noticed that some nes games the connectors get slightly bent over the years so when you put them in a top loader they lean for ward a little bit and dont connect right so you haveto find a way to stop them from leaning forward to play them.

[DefaultGen]

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[TheDomesticInstitution]

I hate that the controller sockets are in the back of the 2600 Jr. Why you would put the RF socket and power outlet on the same side as the place you plug in the joysticks is beyond me.

[Superman]

I don't really mind how any system looks; they are what they are. The only complaint I can think of is the Atari 5200 was too big.

[Poofta!]

all of them.

i have problems w/ every design of a console ever. nothings perfect. i have to say though, the pspslim and dslite are on top at the moment.

[Bojay1997]

all of them.

i have problems w/ every design of a console ever. nothings perfect. i have to say though, the pspslim and dslite are on top at the moment.

Really? I thought the 3do FZ1 and the PS3 were pretty cool from a design perspective. I agree with you on most of the others.

[alec006]

I do like the design of the PS3,but,the only problem is,its sphered at the top,so you cant stack anything on top of it,like a PS2 or another smaller console.

[Damaramu]

Super NES. I loved the early pics I saw when I was younger of the Super Famicom...and was quite shocked to see it completely redesigned for the US (and other countries too).

Still wouldn't mind getting my hands on a SFC.

[guitargary75]

The first Atari 5200, it's HUGE!!!

[mr.soul]

I definitely agree about the 2600 controller ports in the back. WHY? The cords on the joysticks are already so short to begin with, why would the ports be farther away from you?

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

I hate that the controller sockets are in the back of the 2600 Jr. Why you would put the RF socket and power outlet on the same side as the place you plug in the joysticks is beyond me.

They were on the back of the original 2600 ... so the Jr. was just following in form and function (even if the form was kind of strange).

I think that early consoles weren't meant to sit in "entertainment centers" judging by the cord length alone. Compare the length of the 2600's standard controller cord to that of it's AC adapter ... and you'd see that they were meant to be kept close to the couch, so quick game swapping wouldn't be a get up and walk around affair.

I digress. I'm not disagreeing with you. Controller ports in the front for the win.

[Cryomancer]

Game Wave. Wave shape makes it need to be the top of any stack, the logo is just a sticker, overall pretty ugly thing. However the remote holder is nice.

[Fuzzball24]

The Xbox and N64 look like pieces of crap. :]

[k8track]

By "design", are we talking aesthetics or functionality/flaws? As far as the latter, I'll go with the Bally Astrocade with its tendency to overheat and destroy itself. (But it looks great!) As to the former, I'll go with the American SNES with its ugly grey-purple color scheme (and in many cases, the now-yellowed plastic)--the Japanese Super Famicom is far cooler looking.

[diskoboy]

Definitely the Jaguar.

It looked a little better with the CD drive attached. But it was so...... Round.

And the original Gameboy was one damn ugly thing, looking back on it now. The original PlayStation was pretty ugly, too, come to think of it....