Old-School Video Game Consoles That Are Still Totally Awesome

Old video game consoles that still rule so hard

If you’re a person who grew up in the ‘90s, there is surely no greater memory than that of sitting on the living room floor, controller in hand, eyes glued to the TV screen. Classic video games are the absolute best, regardless of whatever some 15-year-old has to say about them today. We still think Sonic is a better adventurer than Nathan Drake, to be honest. And those old video game consoles? They’re actually more amazing than you might think. So throw on your favorite windbreaker and pop some Bagel Bites in the oven. We’re about to take a trip down memory lane. Battletoads included.

Game Boy (1989)

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Sure, full-sized gaming consoles are cool and all, but wouldn’t it be a hell of a lot cooler to have one that fits in the palm of your goddam hand? F— yes it would, and in 1989, Nintendo released the Game Boy, an 8-bit handheld that was the first of its kind. Tetris would never be the same.

Atari 7800 (1986)

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Today, the concept of “backward-compatibility” is an expectation when it comes to video game consoles. But back in 1986, it was pretty revolutionary. The Atari 7800 was almost fully backward-compatible with 1977’s 2600, plus improved on its graphics.

So you know damn well Ms. Pac-Man was looking really nice.

Super NES (1991)

The followup to the NES offered improvements to both graphics and sound, which we’re sure helped in Nintendo’s console war with Sega during the ‘90s. To this day, the SNES is one of the highest selling consoles ever manufactured, having sold more than 20 millions units in the US.

It also introduced us to Super Mario World, the game that gifted the world with Yoshi.

Sony Playstation (1995)

As nostalgic as we are for cartridge-based consoles, we’ve got to say Sony’s CD format PlayStation was kind of the shit. Not only could you play all the games, but you could play all the music, too. And in whatever order you so desired! The technology!