What's Your Favourite Console of the Last Generation?

[MarioMark]

Now the next gen has finally got underway, what is your favorite console of the last generation and why?

Mine is the Dreamcast (yes it was apart of the last gen, although it never had a look in by the time the Cube and Xbox came out) with the GameCube at a very close 2nd.

Reason being is as well as the Cube, it's probably the last truly hardcore gaming machine we are ever going to see, plus it had Shenmue and Phantasy Star Online! The console was way ahead of it's time! Online gaming, VGA connection, stunning graphics etc etc. You know the story by now...

[Crisp_Rapper]

dreamcast wirhout doubt, when i first saw one running some rgb goodness (powerstone), that was it, i had to have one immediately.... stunning. the future of gaming had arrived!

[ilmaestro]

Tough choice. PS2 has a larger number of games that I really like (and has given so many years of great releases), but the DC has games that I would be more likely to remember for a longer time. GC and Xbox are absolutely nowhere in this discussion for me, they both promised much and didn't quite deliver. Head says PS2, but heart says...

Dreamcast.

[Shotski]

1 For me its my Gc man i loved that little cube till this day the most fun i've had ina multiplayer session was super smash bros.
2 The dreamcast i only got a short loan of it but it was ****ing class shenmue, soul calibur, crazy taxi and house of the dead all kept me hooked for days each. I even clocked a 20 hour session of shenmue in the process.

[On The Edge of Insanity]

Dreamcast for me, it was the first console I bought myself rather than receiving them as presents and I loved every minute of it, quality release after quality release just kept pouring in. I would say that it is my favourite console ever.

[Ouenben]

How do i vote in a poll???
i cant see an option.

for me it's the gamecube, so much fun games, crazy taxi, zelda windwaker (i loved it), replaying zelda majoras mask etc, smash bros multiplayer, mario kart (altho its lamest of the series), but most of all. Resident evil 4. Wow. i've probably put over 200 hours into that game its so amazing.

[SubparMario]

Genuinely surprised that I'm only the second person to vote PS2. Despite the over-hyping and any adverse effect that PS2's dominance might have had on the industry, it's still a whole world of gaming in itself.

[Extra Terrestrial]

While the GameCube had its fair share of high quality titles and the Xbox satisfied the FPS audience, neither of them had the wide range of quality titles that the PlayStation 2 is home to. The only disadvantage I can think of towards the PS2 is the server lack of FPS but when the Xbox had so many - far too many - I didn't care.

Here goes:

Beat ‘um up

Dynasty Warriors 4
God Hand
Mark of Kri, The
Viewtiful Joe
Warriors, The

Fighting > 2D

Capcom vs. SNK 2
Guilty Gear X2
Street Fighter Anthology

Fighting > 3D

Soul Calibur III
Tekken 5
Virtua Fighter 4

Platformer

Ape Escape
Jak & Daxter
Klonoa
Maximo
Ratchet & Clank
Sly Cooper

Shooter

Gradius V
Killzone
Red Faction
Rez
R-Type Final
Sky Odyssey
SOCOM
Time Crisis II
TimeSplitters
Transformers

Action/Adventure

Beyond Good & Evil
Bully (Canis Canem Edit)
Devil May Cry (& 3)
God of War (& II)
Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City and San Andreas
Ico
Metal Gear Solid 2 (& 3)
Okami
Onimusha (2 & 3)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Project Zero (Fatal Frame)
Resident Evil 4
Shadow of Rome
Shadow of Destiny (…of Memories)
Shadow of the Colossus
Silent Hill 2
Soul Reaver 2
Yazuka

Driving/Racing

ATV Offroad Fury
Burnout 2
Colin McRae Rally
Gran Turismo 3 (& 4)
OutRun: Coast 2 Coast
Splashdown
Stuntman
TOCA Race Driver
Twisted Metal: Black
WipEout Fusion
World Rally Championship

Miscellaneous

Buzz!
Dance Dance Revolution
EyeToy
Fantavision
Frequency (Amplitude)
Gitaroo Man
Guitar Hero
Katamari Damacy (We Love Katamari)
SingStar

RPG

Dark Chronicle (Dark Cloud 2)
Dragon Quest VIII
Final Fantasy X (& XII)
Kingdom Hearst (& II)
Rogue Galaxy
Shadow Hearts: Covenant
Shin Megami Tensei
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
Suikoden III
Xenosaga

Simulation

Ace Combat 4 (& 5)
Armoured Core 2 (& 3)
Zone of the Enders: The Second Runner

Sports

Pro Evolution Soccer 2
SSX Tricky
Tony Hawk’s Po Skater 3

Strategy

Disgaea
La Pucelle
Phantom Brave
Ring of Red

There really is no contest.

[EvilBoris]

It's too close to call, I guess the PS2 had the most games, but the console itself was **** :P

There are loads of Gamecube games that I loved also and the Xbox featured the game I have played the most in my entire gaming legacy.

[Shozuki]

PS2 for me, depite my love for the DC and GC, the PS2 has kept me hooked most and supplied me with some of my most memorable experiences.

[MarioMark]

It's too close to call, I guess the PS2 had the most games, but the console itself was **** :P

There are loads of Gamecube games that I loved also and the Xbox featured the game I have played the most in my entire gaming legacy.

Well put!

[NekoFever]

1) Dreamcast - So many games that I loved, and Sega was absolutely on fire during this time. They tried something new in almost every game, and pushed hardware too with the online component. It was also the best by a long way for fighting games, which helps with me. What happened to the Sega I loved!?
2) PS2 - It had a slow start and took a while to win me over, but now it's got an immense library and a great price. One of the strongest libraries ever, in fact, and might have overtaken the Dreamcast were it not for the fact that it murdered the Dreamcast and it doesn't have as many of my all-time faves.
3) Xbox - Only beaten by the PS2 on sheer number of games. Some brilliant games of its own, the best versions of most multiplatform titles, all the amazing homebrew stuff, and Xbox Live
4) GameCube - I was never a big fan. Aside from some great work by Nintendo (obviously) and Capcom, the Cube didn't do a lot for me. It has more than enough stuff to make it worth having, though.

Thinking about this post reminded me of how brilliant the last generation actually was. A definite contender for the best ever.

[buster_broon]

was a chuck up between the dreamcast and the Gamecube

but voted for the Dreamcast, only because of the shooters back catalogue

[Concept]

The PS2.

[MonkeyJuggleDX]

PS2 because it has:

Simple 2000 series
SNK ports
Winning eleven 10
Cave shooters
SF Zero Fighters Generation

Plus all the 'family' games like Buzz, Singstar & Guitar Hero.