The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoHow it felt to watch this awesome console fail back in the daylemmy.worldimagemessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1463arrow-down113
arrow-up1450arrow-down1imageHow it felt to watch this awesome console fail back in the daylemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 months agoRetro Sega systems stand out with their cool, mystical/sci-fi sounding names: Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast. They were unique and felt like they were telling customers that we’d be in awe when using their consoles. (Master System and Sega CD were pretty boring though) Most other big systems’ names seem so utilitarian and uninspired: GameCube and Xbox are little boxy devices on your shelf that play games. The Nintendo Switch can switch between handheld and docked. All the PlayStations are stations that you play games on. Yawn
minus-squareBelgdore@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoMega drive would have sounded cool when it came out, though it’s perhaps the most dated sounding name of the bunch.
Retro Sega systems stand out with their cool, mystical/sci-fi sounding names: Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast.
They were unique and felt like they were telling customers that we’d be in awe when using their consoles.
(Master System and Sega CD were pretty boring though)
Most other big systems’ names seem so utilitarian and uninspired:
GameCube and Xbox are little boxy devices on your shelf that play games.
The Nintendo Switch can switch between handheld and docked.
All the PlayStations are stations that you play games on.
Yawn
Mega drive would have sounded cool when it came out, though it’s perhaps the most dated sounding name of the bunch.