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I'd have to go with the wood grain Atari 2600, I'm a sucker for 70's designed electronics.
while not necessarily the prettiest console by any means but i always thought the Og xbox home menu went way harder than it needed to, now that's presentation!
They said retro, the Xbox can't be retro, its only been around for- oh. Oh no.
It just looks so sleek. For me, it was the future of gaming.
One more vote with OP. That Atari is a nice looking machine.
The Atari Portfolio (the one John Connors uses in Terminator 2) or the ST Book.
The Mega Drive is the best looking retro console, I mean look at it
This one looks a little naked. Needs more "High Definition Graphics" or whatever it says
Best looking and best name.
Vectrex, hands-down.
The 2600 depicted in the article thumbnail, was absolutely a beauty in its native environment of the late 1970's:
I'm a fan of how ENIAC really used the space
If we're also talking old computers then it's hard to beat the Cray-1
Damn, wood. Or wood-looking material at least.
Humm, for PCs I’d have to say iMac
For game consoles it’s a hard debate between the GameBoy Pocket or the GameBoy Micro. One is the essence of a GameBoy shrunken down to a power efficent and usable design. While the other is the smallest you can make a console while still having it usable.
I still have that GBA micro laying around somewhere. An ex GF stole my reloadable cartridge though. :(
Mine has a black face plate.
Apparently, the Micro was the last Game Boy product that Nintendo made.
Very elegant.
I would say the cutoff is Game Boy Advance SP and Micro is a poseur, because Micro can't play original Game Boy or Color games. If one is counting GBA, then the DS and DS Lite could still play those.
Edit: Get a flash cart and you can unofficially play old GB on any GBA-compatible using Goomba Color. Micro is awesome at what it does, I just hate that it has the Game Boy name yet can't play GB games and had yet another different link cable port because Nintendo!
PC Engine. Not only does it look like a prop from the set of TNG, but it is delightfully tiny. The cartridges are little cards that you slot in the front. There is literally nothing bad about a PC Engine. (Except for maybe that it's only got one controller port)
+1.
Also it can be turned into a coolest spaceship, with its CDRom attachment, a very first in 1988!
Also the HuCard format for its games is unbeatable!
Speaking of spaceships...
Not the most practical PC engine model, because it lacked the extra oomph of the SuperGrafx and you couldn't attach a CD-ROM² - but just look at it
Is PS Vita a retro console? If so that.
I'd say PSP is, but Vita isn't. DS is, but 3DS isn't.
To me, no. PS2 is a retro console, but PS3 (Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X., Crysis 2) is not. I mean, look at those games' graphics, they look FENOMENAL.
I've still got mine, and it still works great! I sold my PSP to get a used one about a month from launch, and I've kept it ever since. It's a great console, if only there were more games for it.
I modded mine. Once modded it can emulate most gba, gbc, psp or ps1 games (and more). The full extended library is pretty big once emulation comes into play.
I've seen people doing that, I should look into doing it sometime. I mostly use the Steam Deck for handheld emulation, but it can't hurt to have more options!
The Sega Saturn, especially the Japan version: 
Although I never owned this model myself, I recently picked up an 8bitdo replica (M30 bluetooth) of the Japan controller and it looks and feels great, although not strictly a direct copy of the original.
The Dreamcast is up there too imo!
I ended up getting a Japanese Model 1 years ago, but I always wanted the Model 2.
Original sony playstation. I don't know why, i just love it
Nintendo's GameCube. It's cubical. Cubical!
Why does there have to be just one? So many consoles are awesomely designed and reflect their eras well. I’m partial to colecovision and the Intellivision II. The redesign of the intellivision had an entire suite of peripherals to match the new design, including a musical keyboard.
I would choose the Super Famicom. It just looks so sleek. I don't know why they changed it with the SNES, it looks ugly.
