Most under-utilized consoles? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by randomname@sh.itjust.works to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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Is there any retro consoles that you never lived up to their potential? where the games fell short of the hardware?.

Personally I feel that the NDS was under-utilized, as it was a fully 3d capable console, that was used mostly for 2d pixel art games, and platformers. When it was able to support full 3d platformers and even a fan remake of portal.

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[-] LaserdiscTurtle@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

The Sega Mega CD and the 32x were genuinely great pieces of hardware...but nearly all the games were awful. I love the Mega CD in particular, and I say that as a Nintendo kid.

[-] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

Lunar 1&2 were originally released on the Sega CD, as was shining force CD.

There were a few decent games on it, but agreed, not many.

[-] Redkey@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

Ha! I was a Mega Drive fan as a teen, and I got really angered by this... until I realized that you were speaking about the Mega CD and 32x specifically. Yep, there really weren't many good games for either of them.

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