Pc engine on par technically with snes / genesis ?

[takashirose]

Ahem, the TurboDuo is.

[grahf]

The original PC Engine is the best looking console ever, 2nd place is a toss up between the Genesis and the Super Famicom.

[FM-77]

The tiny PS2 is the awesomest console ever. Perfection!

[takashirose]

The tiny ps2 seems that I could just snap it in half without any effort.

[nodtveidt]

I'm going to have to dispute this - the Genesis is the coolest looking console (probably of all time)

Perhaps, but the case design lends very little to its technical ability...actually, even that's questionable...the poor old Genny tended to smash if dropped from even short heights, while the other two consoles were a lot more sturdy (my old TG16 really took a beating and still worked).

[Odonadon]

I'm going to have to dispute this - the Genesis is the coolest looking console (probably of all time)

Perhaps, but the case design lends very little to its technical ability...actually, even that's questionable...the poor old Genny tended to smash if dropped from even short heights, while the other two consoles were a lot more sturdy (my old TG16 really took a beating and still worked).

Well that I won't dispute.  I didn't say it was a technical advantage  

Grahf, I don't know how you can compare the Super Famicom with the Mega Drive for looks!?  The Famicoms have always been on the ugly side.

OD

[GUTS]

I don't know what you consider a short height, but the first model Genesis was just as sturdily built as the other 2 systems.  The second one was much cheaper though.

[Joe Redifer]

...the poor old Genny tended to smash if dropped from even short heights, while the other two consoles were a lot more sturdy (my old TG16 really took a beating and still worked).

Back in the day I often used to bang my fist against my Genesis 1 (launch unit) when I got angry at a game because it wouldn't let me win or was being unfair.  I have zero tolerance when things do not go my way, especially again and again and again.  Obviously violence is the only answer.  My Genesis has nary a scratch to this day!  I had to replace my TurboGrafx CD player, though (for free under warranty).  I have since learned not to beat up the systems, but instead innocent people nearby.  Much more gratifying, but I have to be careful that my parole officer doesn't catch me.  

[FM-77]

People actually managed to destroy their Mega Drives? I'm amazed! That thing is like ... invincible! The Duo-R, on the other hand... wow. That has to be the cheapest thing ever!

[takashirose]

I tend to not hit my video game systems because it costs me money to get the systems.  I think the Super NES should be named the most durable because it has the thickest plastic around.  The plastic is around ten times thicker than the NES' plastic.

[grahf]

All cd based systems are going to be more fragile than cartridge based ones, for the most part. Anything with tiny moving parts is going to wear and break easily. Try dropping a duo and a ps2 from 2 feet. See which one survives.

[takashirose]

but if you drop both, none will survive.

[FM-77]

Someone tripped on the cables for my Gamecube so it smashed into the floor . Nothing happened to it.

[sunteam_paul]

I swear you could beat beat an army of men to death with a Sega Master System, then use it as a battering ram and snowboard down a mountain on it and it would still work. SMS is built like a brick.

[takashirose]

I'm not one of those guys who likes to test a system's durability unless I have ten of them.  I am a gamer who has standards of system condition, which makes me as a collector, I guess.  Most of my games are played by me and not sealed.  I have a handful of sealed copies of games that I play.  Some happened by accident like birthday presents, while others because I ordered them before buying a system that came bundled with it.