I was thinking about this lately, but I always loved the look of the PS2. I I think the black and blue color scheme works really well. And I like the two levels like the top and the bottom part of it.

Second to this, I think the Dreamcast looks really great. The angles on it make the console look so compact. The orange light on the console is placed really well too.

What do you like?

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Nintendo GameCube

Purple, had a handle for carrying and the gray perfectly offset the purple

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For me all colors are cool. This machine is gorgeous.

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SNES.

The NES was a box, and the SNES had lines.

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but the American SNES was also a soulless box.

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Are we talking about the same SNES?

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The European snes is beautiful, more likely what he’s referring to:

Sorry I see you’re OP, Id have to agree the states snes version is not very attractive in my view, I’m sure I’d feel differently if I’d grown up with one though…

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yeah, gross, check other reply.

so strange the Americans didn’t also redesign the controller to be less sexy too.

edit: gotta say I am a fan of the purple though

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Physical console design? Atari 2600. The black slots and wood grain front with the sleek angular design is still peak console styling IMO.

User interface design? Xbox 360 Blades. Hands down. Easy to navigate, easy to understand, and good potential for minimal advertising abuse.

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Were blades the original UI for Xbox 360 or were they the update? I remember getting a beta invite to try the new UI, I can’t remember whether it was going to or away from blades. But yeah, I liked that one too.

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Yes the original dashboard used blades

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DS Lite: the most timeless handheld imo

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I had that exact DS Lite. It was such a huge improvement over the original DS. Such a clean design

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I wasn’t even considering handhelds when I wrote this, but you are right. That looks so good. I guess I also love the gameboy pocket.

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The original Wii

I liked the way it would just swallow the discs whole

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And the blue LED ring 'round the disk slot that doubled as an activity indicator. So cool.

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