Retro Console you want the most?

[AnnoDominiM]

Personally, I would love to acquire the missing pieces to build a complete Sega Genesis Tower of Power (Sega CD and 32X)

Any consoles you would like to get? :3

 

[CMDreamer]

A complete NES TopLoader. Its getting very complicated to get one.

 

[Hanafuda]

A complete NES TopLoader. Its getting very complicated to get one

You specifically want the NES? Not the AV Famicom? or are you just generally referring to both?


I guess for me it would be Dreamcast. Never have owned one, though I've passed up chances a couple times in favor of other options. (Like that time at Super Potato in 2013 when they had a stack of never-sold, i.e. genuinely new, sealed Dreamcasts - and it was a limited edition model too, but I can't remember which -- but I was on a Famicom & SuFami mission instead.)

 

[AnnoDominiM]

You specifically want the NES? Not the AV Famicom? or are you just generally referring to both?


I guess for me it would be Dreamcast. Never have owned one, though I've passed up chances a couple times in favor of other options. (Like that time at Super Potato in 2013 when they had a stack of never-sold, i.e. genuinely new, sealed Dreamcasts - and it was a limited edition model too, but I can't remember which -- but I was on a Famicom & SuFami mission instead.)

I own a dreamcast that I bought when I went to Quebec

I absolutely recommend getting it so long as you actually get games for it (all I got with it was Seganet Browser 2.0) :3

 

[BlazeHeatnix]

I want the Panasonic Q, complete with the ultra-rare Game Boy Player attachment. That, plus the component cables and a full surround sound setup with a subwoofer, would be a dream.

 

[tech3475]

Not consoles but:
ZX Spectrum (want to play some Jet Set Fucking Willy)
BBC Micro (actually used one when I was too young to know what it was)
A 'classic' Mac (was forced to throw one out years ago against my will)
MAME arcade cabinet in a configuration that can let me play most arcade games

 

[CMDreamer]

You specifically want the NES? Not the AV Famicom? or are you just generally referring to both?


I guess for me it would be Dreamcast. Never have owned one, though I've passed up chances a couple times in favor of other options. (Like that time at Super Potato in 2013 when they had a stack of never-sold, i.e. genuinely new, sealed Dreamcasts - and it was a limited edition model too, but I can't remember which -- but I was on a Famicom & SuFami mission instead.)

The only NES TopLoader I know by that name is the US version, the famicom is, well, the famicom.

But I'd really want to have a Super Famicom, complete with all its -original- accesories.

Some time ago, I bought a set of 40 super famicom gamepads. I've used one of them to make myself a Switch gamepad. Works great.

 

[AnnoDominiM]

The only NES TopLoader I know by that name is the US version, the famicom is, well, the famicom.

Well I mean by technicality the toploader does load things from the top

 

[CMDreamer]

Well I mean by technicality the toploader does load things from the top

Maybe, but I mentioned NES TopLoader specifically, and afaik, the famicom is not know as a NES.

 

[Hanafuda]

The only NES TopLoader I know by that name is the US version, the famicom is, well, the famicom.

AV Famicom is the more capable version of the same thing, but if your goal is just to have the NES Toploader version for the sake of collecting, I get it.

 

[_iggyman_]

Retro Console you want the most?

This...

 

[AnnoDominiM]

Maybe, but I mentioned NES TopLoader specifically, and afaik, the famicom is not know as a NES.

Well as it turns out there IS a Japanese Famicom toploader!

(Image credit: Nintendo Life)

Post automatically merged: Nov 20, 2025

Retro Console you want the most?

This...

View attachment 540404

The Sega Genesis rocks! I have one and it’s great! If you can get your hands on one and some games (or even an everdrive) I highly recommend :3

 

[Hanafuda]

Well as it turns out there IS a Japanese Famicom toploader!

All versions of the Famicom were toploaders.

The AV Famicom is the one that looks similar to the NES Toploader. But the NES Toploader, like the original Famicom, only had RF-out. (that was a downgrade, as the original NES had composite output) The AV Famicom has composite out through the familiar Nintendo multi-out cable that was also used for the SNES, N64, and Gamecube. The AV Famicom also has an accessory port which enables the use of many third-party controllers.

 

[Exnor]

I used to want a Jaguar... Then, in 2004 i finally got one with some games and got very disappointed.

This year i sold it.

 

[AnnoDominiM]

All versions of the Famicom were toploaders.

The AV Famicom is the one that looks similar to the NES Toploader. But the NES Toploader, like the original Famicom, only had RF-out. (that was a downgrade, as the original NES had composite output) The AV Famicom has composite out through the familiar Nintendo multi-out cable that was also used for the SNES, N64, and Gamecube. The AV Famicom also has an accessory port which enables the use of many third-party controllers.

Yeah I sort of worded it poorly lol. But you knew what I meant :3

 

[CMDreamer]

Well as it turns out there IS a Japanese Famicom toploader!

(Image credit: Nintendo Life)

Post automatically merged: Nov 20, 2025

The Sega Genesis rocks! I have one and it’s great! If you can get your hands on one and some games (or even an everdrive) I highly recommend :3

A Famicom Toploader is NOT a NES Toploader.

I mentioned specifically what I want, and I won't accept substitutes.

 

[IC]

Sega Genesis/Mega Drive complete with a working original Sega-CD attachment and original copies of Sega-CD games.
I'm sure no emulator is going to replicate all the quirks of the original, mechanical workings of the CD hardware.
This really is something I'd love to experience in its true, original form.

The way that looped background game music works, for example. The music being PCM CD-Audio, but then having to switch to a short filler-loop synthesized by the Genesis/MegaDrive's original internal sound chip, while the CD mechanism has to seek back to the beginning of the CD-Audio track to start playing it from the beginning again. At least, since I never experienced the Sega CD, I am assuming that this is how it works.

Unfortunately these things are very expensive, so it's still just a small dream of mine.

 

[AnnoDominiM]

Sega Genesis/Mega Drive complete with a working original Sega-CD attachment and original copies of Sega-CD games.
I'm sure no emulator is going to replicate all the quirks of the original, mechanical workings of the CD hardware.
This really is something I'd love to experience in its true, original form.

The way that looped background game music works, for example. The music being PCM CD-Audio, but then having to switch to a short filler-loop synthesized by the Genesis/MegaDrive's original internal sound chip, while the CD mechanism has to seek back to the beginning of the CD-Audio track to start playing it from the beginning again. At least, since I never experienced the Sega CD, I am assuming that this is how it works.

Unfortunately these things are very expensive, so it's still just a small dream of mine.

That makes two of us!!! :3

 

[Pleng]

I miss my CD32. But I can't honestly say that I "want" another one; it'd probably just end up gathering dust. There's not many around and it'd better serve somebody who'd actually get some use from it.

 

[rokerij]

An original OG Xbox. I want to play the better multi platform games and outrun 2 more specifically. It’s a monster of a system and I don’t need it but I just want it. Maybe I’ll do the tinkering myself and mod it. Still has an active modding scene surprisingly.