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Most under-utilized consoles? (self.retrogaming)
submitted 3 weeks ago by randomname to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago

Honestly everything sega.

The master system had a built in maze game which was incredible to me as a kid. The Genesis/Mega Drive was fantastic but its add ons sega Cd and 32x were barely utilized. Saturn and Dreamcast both abandoned far too quickly.

I recently played my first Saturn game and honestly had my mind blown knowing what the competition was doing at the time.

Gamegear was dope too when you compared it to its contemporary.