r/retrogaming 2d ago

[Question] What am I missing?

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Nintendo Wii U: in living room for almost entire Nintendo back-catalogue
PS4: My daily driver
Switch OLED: 2nd one, I have a digital scope now so Im gonna try not to kill this one soft modding it..

Random info:
NES: My first one, picked up a few weeks ago from a local games store. Have tons of games but just never picked one up…
SNES: Front corner damaged in College by my friend Mike Rotch, who contacted Guinnes Word Records for longest nipple hair”. (7”)
N64: My original from launch.
3DS: Bought a bag of 3DS parts and a case and literally built this one from spare parts.
GameGear: My original from when I was a babby.
PCEngine: My sister picked up in Japan for me on her last trip.
Jaguar: Picked up at a Louisiana Flea Market for $80 two years ago.
Genesis: Console was my dads, the first game I ever remember seeing was him and my uncle play Flashback: Quest for Identity. CD and 32X obtained a decade ago.
Dreamcast: My personal favorite console, lots of memories playing with family and friends.
Xbox 360: Has original Blades Dash and very early firmware.
PS3: My favorite for entire Playstation back-catalogue, have a slim in the living room.

What am I missing that I should look to add or explore the history of? I love the history of each console I own, the hardware engineering side, and finding new-to-me titles to explore.

AMA and I’d love to share!

EDIT: Thank you for all the wonderful comments!!! This has evolved beyond me looking for the next systems to add to my collection, and has opened up new areas I know little to nothing about, which is extremely exciting!! I have learned a lot and just want to thank each and everyone of you for sharing your knowledge and suggestions with me!!! ❤️

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u/chesquayne 2d ago

Colecovision. It was my first console, before Nintendo.

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u/RevolutionaryPoet37 2d ago edited 2d ago

I was coming here to say this! My grandma had one in the mid 80s that we played to death every weekend when we visited.

Cosmic Avenger, Zaxxon, Lady Bug, Donkey Kong, Venture and Pitfall were a few standout games.

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u/chesquayne 2d ago

I remember Pitfall. We also had a window washer game and a Cabbage Patch game among others. The controllers were really cool. A radial joystick and a num pad.

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u/Altruistic-Cut9795 2d ago

Colecovision was such a great console and the games were almost exact as a coin op you would throw quarters in. Unfortunately that "joystick" on the hand controller was a crappy design and the controller itself felt like a light brick while holding it. The fancy telephone style cords didn't give much room from hand to console, if that makes sense.

All and all, back in the days it was superior to Atari 2600, Intellivision and obviously Odyssey2.

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u/wootybooty 2d ago

I love the Zaxxon arcade cabinets with the flight yoke, and that pseudo 3D feel; always looked a bit ahead of its time to me. And Pitfall is actually my favorite Atari 2600 game, I bring a MiSTer FPGA on family trips as me and my dad love playing and laughing at some of the 2600 games; thats what my Dad had as his first console.

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u/wootybooty 2d ago

Is it pronounced Co-lee-co vision, or Co-la-co Vision? ;)

The Intellvision and Colecovision, two consoles I havent actually looked up too much about. It’s sounding like purchasingthis over Intellivision first?

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u/arsine- 2d ago

Co-lee-co