Get a...computer. Best console ever. You can put other consoles on it and stuff.

PS2/DS/360

I am not trying to buy 3 systems! Unless there's a system called PS2/DS/360 which is some type of magical thing.

I was giving you choices :/

I might suggest the 3DS or one of the other DS types. They have tons of RPGs and even fighting games likes street fighter and such.
Get a 3DS and you can also begin doing what I'm shocked no one has. 3D Fursuit photography.

I believe the best sistem for you right now would be a ds, ds have a lot of diferent kind of games and various features.

You might get a kick out of playing some of my shitty games. Basically I just have games with talking animals that don't eat up a million hours of your life.


I don't have any kind of gaming knowledge whatsoever because I lost all my patience regarding games beyond a small smattering of thing I played for PS/PS2

get an NES emulator and download one of those "NES COMPLETE [!] ROMSET" torrents and then go through and play anything that says (Unl) and especially anything that says (Sachen)

I already have a regular NES though! Wait, i sort of feel like i already downloaded that emulator a long time ago. UNL and SACHEN, ok got yah!

also maybe you'd be into the new Sam & Max games they're putting out now. i think there are 3 "seasons" of 5-6 smaller games each, the first season is a little bit awkward, but the rest are pretty fantastic.

If you like games on Adventuring and such, you can get a PS3 and get the Ratchet & Clank games, Uncharted games, and the Sly Cooper Collection. There are different fighting games other than Street Fighter, like the new Mortal Kombat 9 and the Tekken games. Both have different styles of fighting. There are also a lot of RPGs out there as well, but I only know of the Playstation 3 ones. You don't have to take my word for it, I'm mostly a Playstation guy.

If you enjoy playing with others over the web, the PC is definitely the way to go. If you have a Mac, dual boot it with a Windows OS. There is an immense amount of multiplayer games on the PC. and like someone mentioned before, with an emulator, you can play different consoles and arcade games on the PC, like the Playstation, SNES, DS, PS2, NES, even lots of Arcade games like CVS1-2 (Street Fighter, Darkstalkers, and most Capcom Arcade games) and Neo-Geo (SNK games and much more fun games). MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) is great for a large, LARGE variety of classic arcade games.

It sounds like you and I have really similar tastes. I recommend the Wii or DS. Both are pretty cheap now. The xbox and ps3 are mostly about first-person shooters and that sort of thing.

Lol, If your looking for RPG style games. PC has a few good ones. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is cheap right now with Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim coming out 11-11-11. Bioshock was another good one. Geometry wars is always fun and its cheap on STEAM. Steam itself is a giant game console type thing for the PC. Its free too. Uhh, I may have to say Ps3 because Little Big Planet and Little Big Planet 2 are amazing games.

get steam

Someone else on here was trying to get me to get Steam, what is that?

because I suck ass at explaining things


http://store.steampowered.com/about/

You have a computer, which can emulate pretty much anything from Atari up to Gamecube(if you have a powerful enough computer) I personally mostly play games using emulators(even on actual consoles. Shut up, I'm weird.) but as for newer systems I like my 360. If you're into arcade games like me the 360 is pretty good if you look around a bit, especially the Xbox Live Arcade titles. It's also probably your best bet for fighting games like Street Fighter 2 HD Remix and the soon to be re-released Street Fighter 3(which can be emulated and played online using GGPO as well). I personally have a 360 for nothing but shmups and certain fighting games. The indie section has brought me the most fun though with all the quirky $1 games. :D

The only thing about 360 that's no fun is that to play online you have buy a gold membership that's around $60 a year.

Also, you like RPGs? Did you ever play Phantasy Star IV on the Genesis? Maaaan, I loved that game. So much that I played it and beat it again recently.

colecovision

With all its generic game names like tennis and soccer and human racing XD

(Sim City 4 may provide you with some entertainment! Google "Braid" for a (possibly cheap now) fun, quick puzzle platformer. A simple one!)

I would suggest looking into PC games first. Browse through online game markets from Windows LIVE and Steam and things like that! You'll find all sorts of interesting games separated into categories. GOG is another site (Good Old Games) that you can browse through if you're interested in some things you may have missed that aren't exactly new either.

If you want to enjoy what I'm enjoying most of my time, get (Some of these interchangeable with emulation):
A Nintendo 64.
A Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
A Nintendo Wii. (And mod it! Then it can be a very nice SNES and Sega Genesis among other things.)
A Playstation 2 (Unless the 3 tempts you and it's backwards compatible?? I'm unsure.)
An XBOX 360 (Or wait for the new one? Sometime..? I don't actually have one but I play them a lot.)
The Gameboys.

But do get a Nintendo DS. I miss mine. There's plenty of titles that succeeded (some) of the Gameboy titles and are worth playing.
Perhaps wait for the WiiU to come out!

Really, go play some old Playstation 1 and 2 games and alternate that with quirky Nintendo games and random PC games.
Try Terraria, look into Minecraft. Maybe you'll like those! Play some Diablo 1 and 2. If you like that, play Torchlight.

There are lots of games to play online with people, all kinds of games. Right now, Steam has started some (sort of) free to play games. One of them is Spiral Knights. I believe it is.. always multiplayer. I haven't played it yet. But you can go play it, right now. I think.

Since i put up a journal, I've been lent playstation 2 and a bunch of questionably furry games! I played minecraft once and i was bored right off the bat. People seem to be all about the DS, i should probably get one of those.

Diablo seems to be a title people talk about a lot, i should check that one out.

Diablo is pretty fun. Diablo 2 may be more suitable though. Torchlight is similar in style to them both.

I get pretty bored with Minecraft after a few seconds, I heard it's better with friends. But you might like Terraria instead, I did.

Have fun with the PS2, try Final Fantasy 12 and Okami! Katamari Damacy as well, if you can. Resident Evil 4 is a good title too.

Since you mentioned 7, I'll say you owe it to yourself to play King's Quest 6, which the vast majority of fans of the series agree was its pinnacle before 7 and 8 screwed things up. It's still one of my favorite games. :)

I thought seven was pretty good. I think it was 7? It had Rosella and her mom as the main characters, i thought it had great music and a lot of good characters, I don't know. Are those only available for the pc?

Yeah, that's 7. If you liked it, I think you'd like 6 even more. Bonus furry trivia: in 6, Alexander (Rosella's brother) is voiced by the same guy who voiced Beast in Beauty and the Beast.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%2.....ride#Reception

PC

No idea what games you'd want. But PC you can do the most with. Including laying roms of old console games.


If you want a console -- I don't play the new consoles, just old ones -- my favorites are the SNES and the N64. Games for the N64 (or heck, might be able to get roms for the PC now) that I think you'd like are Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie. And Space Station Silicon Valley was awesome: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_.....Silicon_Valley These are old games. I'm picking those cause they have cartoon humor, and the banjo games were creative and brilliant. And Conker's Bad Fur Day. <

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THIS

that long line was supposed to be an arrow from THIS to Conkers Bad Fur Day >:E

That game is so king. I played it again about a year ago. I got stuck at Hailfire Peaks on Banjo Tooie though. Never got past it :(

Conkers or Banjo kazooie or tooie was king?

Conker XD

That silicon valley game sounds bad-ass. Maaaaaan, I heard about Conker's Bad fur day in high school, and being a pre-furry i was like HOLY SHIT, A CARTOON SQUIRREL THAT DOES FUCKED UP SHIT AND CURSES?? It was like all my dreams had been answered, but i didn't end up getting an N64 so i never got to play it.

I still need to finish Conkers. I borrowed it from a buddy but didn't get too far. He wanted his cartridge back after a while. I keep looking for a cartridge of this. I'll prolly eventually just buy one online.

Silicon Valley is one of my favorite games ever. So are those 2 banjo games.

No video games!!! They'll rot your brain!!!!! Read some good books!!!!!!!
(I haven't owned a system since the Atari 2600, don't listen to me. If being furry is synonymous with being a video game addict, then I'm a worse furry than you are.)

PC.

uh, I stopped for a while, outside of the occasional nes or snes yardsale buy test. But, now I started up Super Mario Galaxy 2 again, and... the Mario Galazy games are just so incredibly enjoyable. Like, always comfortable fun, always reasonable frustration if any. Then you can also buy Luigi's Mansion for Gamecube and play that.

Why is the new one coming out on 3ds whyyyyy

I'll bet you'd like a DS. They're a lot of fun, not that expensive and have a wide variety of games to play.

Dude I can see you picking up a few full size arcade units...like fo real. Try to find the games Lemonade Stand, Hats For Sale, or Ball of Yarn....classics!

I was at  ante's house this past week and he has 3 arcade units, one of which has the original Mario brothers which is the hardest game ever. I love arcade games, but I live in an apartment and would hate to move one of those around.

you should come over again and play some of the stuff i have. (we have wii/ds/3ds/360/pc) find what you like. i'm thinking a DS might work best for you. portable, inexpensive, good variety of games.

i've been addicted to bust-a-move on the 3DS. but there are other regular versions as well. good puzzle type game. especially if you love dr mario as much as you keep saying.

let me know.

Perhaps! If you don't mind me flipping out and cursing all over your rug! I'm surprised, i thought DS was just like gameboy where it's like "this is good if you are stuck at the DMV", but it seems like people are super into it by itself.

I don't mind at all. I've thrown games before when they've pissed me off enough.

Handheld systems have come a long way. the DS architecture is as good as a N64, and the 3DS is even better. There are thousands of games on the cartridges and hundreds available to download through the shop channels. you can get them in just about all genres.

Look at that, you got me into work mode again. Ugh. But then who better to help you pick out a system?

Play old school Rampart until it isn't fun anymore and you hate video games (about 13 seconds)

No.

Sega CD. Night Trap.

Virtual Boy. Any game.

I think I played Dragon's lair on Sega CD very recently (like this week), it was the worst thing i ever did to myself.

I couldn't recommend one. I enjoy too many to give an easy recommendation. Many people list emulators for a PC but they don't mind playing them on keyboards. I recommend buying a gamepad for that kind of thing.

Dude you should come over and play some Atari Jaguar at my place. I have a large selection of failure systems you can try out. From Tristar Arcade to 3DO, if its shitty console I probability have it.

I completely forgot about 3DO! I used to play that in 6th grade at my friend's house! I don't remember any games on it though, except for a really annoying game show game called twisted.

I sort of know where your house is now, we could totally do this. We should play dead game consoles in suit and stream it. (it will just be a lot of cursing)

A DS is piss cheap (as these things go), it goes in your pocket, and you can find just about any kind of game you'd want. The only other "current" system I have is a Wii, and there's basically nothing to recommend it.

Of course, having a computer means you can already play a lot of cheap or free games. Here's a free RPG I like:

http://www.desktopdungeons.net/?page_id=11

Here's a free platformer about BDSM:

http://mightyjilloff.dessgeega.com/

Here's a free game about abused plush toys:

http://www.parapluesch.de/whiskystore/test.htm

Here's this one:

http://www.atrianglemorning.com/games/

That's a good start, I think.

don't get a 360 because the only "good" games for that that you can't get for PS3 are first-person shooters (of which i am also not a fan)

i dunno i really like my PS3. but PC has some rad games too. PC is just a pain because you're always having to UPGRADE, which i can't afford.

Wii is fun but there are like four good games for it so i don't really recommend it.

Another vote for the DS, I'd say. If you get an older one, you can play both DS and GBA games. If you go for the 3DS, you get to play DS/3DS games, plus the DSi downloadable titles.

You're going to get fifty different answers as to what current-gen console is the best one, so let me try to break it down:

Wii: Probably will have the most retail titles you'd care about/enjoy. Unfortunately, while the system is cheap, the games almost never drop in price ever. If you like platformers it's the only console worth talking about. Downloadable titles include a) older Nintendo games (which you amazing, but you can emulate), b) indie titles (which are amazing, but available elsewhere and look better), c) shitty games.

360: Retail will bore you; downloadables are amazing. Lots of indie stuff. $60 a year to play online, sadly.

PS3: See above, except with worse downloadables, and more expensive up front but no online fee. There are some slight other differences (PS3 has PS2 support, sort of) but if you want to play PS2 games you should just get a PS2.

Honestly considering you haven't played games in around a decade you'll be able to find plenty of stuff to entertain you; in your shoes I wouldn't buy a console at all at this point, not even the older ones.

Also, download Steam and let everybody add you. Generally speaking, if a game comes out on more than one system, one of those platforms will be Steam. Big-name retail FPSs? On Steam. Indie platformers and RPGs? On Steam. Word games you play on your phone? On Steam. Honestly, just set it up, let people add you, browse around and build a wishlist, and then wait until Christmas or your birthday rolls around and people will compulsively buy you games. As far as playin'-online goes, I hear Terraria is pretty neat - it's like Minecraft but 2D and has some other elements (like monster-fightin') that have had many of my friends give it their approval - even those who didn't like Minecraft.

In short: Get a DS of some sort and get Steam. If some crazy person goes on about how great some old game is (I, personally, think that Paper Mario is a game everybody should play) you can probably just emulate it.

Welp, I'm like a week late, but here are some games that I like:

Okami (PS2)

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
Banjo Tooie (N64)

Assassin's Creed II (X360/PS3)
Red Dead Redemption (X360/PS3)
Grand Theft Auto IV (X360/PS3/PC)

Final Fantasy IX (Playstation)

Jet Grind Radio (Dreamcast)
Space Channel 5 (Dreamcast)

These aren't in any particular order. I feel like I'm missing a bunch of games, though.

I've got a lot of older systems... Atari (2600/5200/7800, Stunt Cycle, Video Olympics, 2 or 3 Pongs, Jaguar, Lynx, computers (400, 800, 800xl, 1200xl, 65XE, 130XE, 520STfm), Colecovision, Odyssey 2 (with the voice module), Intellivision, Vectrex, PS2, N64, Virtual Boy, and a very old Coleco Telstar and the first cartridge-based system, a Fairchild Channel F. :o) Which is weird, because I pretty much don't play video games any more.