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I'd have to go with the wood grain Atari 2600, I'm a sucker for 70's designed electronics.

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[–] Evil_incarnate@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago
[–] Slyke@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Hol'up.

Atari's only had 4, not 6, switches on them?

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[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I’m a fan of the Dreamcast and GameCube. Or the PS2 mini. I appreciate that early y2k aesthetic.

Oh and the Master System 1 was pretty cool with its 80s cyberpunk shape.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 5 points 2 days ago

I love my Gamecube

I'd love it more if it was a Panasonic Q

[–] Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Happy cake day!

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Although the wood-grain Atari 2600 was also my first thought upon reading the title, I think the Wii's minimal footprint is impressive considering that—in the case of the original model—it's also a GameCube.

Wii Mini, Wii, and Wii U

In contrast to the Wii's 2006 release, the Wii Mini is arguably not yet 'retro' with its 2012 release, but definitely looks a lot sleeker, albeit not worth the loss of GameCube functionality for its minimal size savings.

Compared to both, the Wii U is super bulky, and lacks much use beyond improved emulation capabilities now that nearly all of its exclusives have been re-released for the Switch.

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[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

PS2 slim deserves a mention, I feel.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

PS2 slim is now retro

👵 ➡ 💀

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[–] yuki2501@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

NGL, that fine-wood version of the Atari looked so slick. Too bad I only got the cheap plastic one.

[–] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mega Drive 1 and 2, they both looked awesome

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

The headphone port on the Model 1 was so ahead of its time. Although I was stuck without an extension chord for my Koss Porta Pros (so couldn't actually use it), it was my first taste of relatively high quality sound.

[–] redbrick@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Does anyone here know the thought behind the wooden front trim fascia look?

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[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

PlayStation is one of my favourites but it also comes down to that shade of grey being my absolute favourite shade of grey. And the OG pre-dualshock/analog potentially being my favourite shape of controller too. I have a modded Bluetooth one but sadly there's not too many modern games (outside of fighters) that don't need both the dpad and analog.

I also love the Gameboy color's shape. As an adult it's great for one handed gaming for rpgs.

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Dreamcast and the first Playstation.

For pure old school retro it would be the old Compaq suitcase-sized laptop PC.

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