The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoHow it felt to watch this awesome console fail back in the daylemmy.worldimagemessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1349arrow-down111
arrow-up1338arrow-down1imageHow it felt to watch this awesome console fail back in the daylemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square25linkfedilink
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years 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
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