http://www.1up.com/features/ten-most-useless-consoles

Expected, but not fair.

Also I notice little real arguments… just that it failed and a hint of the old “people got sick” thing. No talk of the games.

Also, a reminder to watch my Teleroboxer review:

I don’t mind the fact that the majority of mankind could care less about the Virtual Boy. In fact, I rather like it, since appreciating the Virtual Boy makes me feel like part of an elite.

I also really like the Atari Lynx, by the way. Despite the fact that there are a little more than 120 games for it, collecting all of them is actually probably easier than collecting all the ones for the Virtual Boy. It’s certainly easier on the wallet!

The releases by Telegames for the Lynx IMO are really expensive, though. I never did manage to find them (i.e. Super Off-Road).

If you still want Super Off Road, snag it quick!

http://cgi.ebay.com/SUPER-OFF-ROAD-ATARI-LYNX-GAME-BRAND-NEW-V-RARE-/140530305195?pt=UK_PC_Video_Games_Video_Games_JS&hash=item20b84248ab

Mine is already on it’s way in the mail. 🙂

Got it 🙂 thanx

This article is a good example of an overly bias worst console list. Like what Protoman85 wrote what was said about the VB was just the unfair misconception of the Virtual Boy being nothing but a headache causeing horrible system. With the other systems it’s the same thing. Like with Atari Lynx the person said the system had no killer apps, what about Todds Adventures in Slime World, Chip’s Challange, Rampage, Calforina Games, and many others? With the Jaguar it said only two games were good, let me guess Alien Vs Predator, and Tempest 2000. What about Iron Soldier, hell even Cybermorph isn’t that bad. With the rest of the systems it’s pretty much the same stuff other worst console lists have said, 5200 has one of the worst controllers, CD-I made made seemingly bad Mario and Zelda games, (the reason I wrote seemingly is because I have never played any of them) the taco on the side of your head thing with N-Gage, yadda yadda yadda. I wish for once someone could make a good worst consoles list that isn’t the same BS a million other lists say.

Protoman85 Awesome Teleroboxer review.

I actually think that the author of the article handled the subject rather well. He basically had to approach the subject from the perspective of: how did the large part of the population receive each system, and he was, indeed, accurate with how such population received it.

It actually looks like the author has a heart for both the Lynx and the Virtual Boy. For the Lynx, the author wrote:

“The Lynx makes its way onto this list not because of any of its own inherent shortcomings, but simply because it was never popular” and “there really wasn’t much wrong with the Lynx, but it ended up as a footnote anyway.” It seems that he has played the games and likes them, so he probably has his own nice collection. And what was written is, indeed, true: what was the one title released for the Lynx that really topped the sales charts like Tetris? I don’t believe there ever was one.

I also like the comment about the Virtual Boy:

“the VB has since become something of a collector’s item, much to the annoyance of those of us who didn’t grab a truckload of the things when they were marked down to fifteen bucks”

It looks like the author is trying to add to his own Virtual Boy collection and is discouraged at some of the prices for some of the games… a problem that we all share. 🙂

Benjamin Stevens wrote:
“the VB has since become something of a collector’s item, much to the annoyance of those of us who didn’t grab a truckload of the things when they were marked down to fifteen bucks”

It looks like the author is trying to add to his own Virtual Boy collection and is discouraged at some of the prices for some of the games… a problem that we all share. 🙂

I thought that quote meant “I wish I bought a truckload of VB games for fifteen bucks so later when it became a collector’s item, I could sell them on ebay for about twenty to forty bucks”

gunpeiyokoifan wrote:

I thought that quote meant “I wish I bought a truckload of VB games for fifteen bucks so later when it became a collector’s item, I could sell them on ebay for about twenty to forty bucks”

Yeah… after looking at it again, you’re probably right.