Poll: What Systems Do You Use?

FlyingTomahawk

FBAlpha
NES
SNES
MegaDrive
GBAdvance
NeoGeo
PC-Engine
MasterSystem

Those are I think the must be inside systems.
Then there are Atari 2600 and 7800, to be honest I have no idea what the difference between all the Ataris are they all look the same to me game-wise.

And then of course the america-nised versions of MegaDrive and PC-Engine I think an alternative logo inside the theme folder should suffice?

I personally use 4 systems of which one I copied multiple times to create CPS, Psikyo and NeoGeo.
Something like this;

SNES
NES
MegaDrive
FBAlpha
NeoGeo (using FBA system setting)
Capcom Play System (using FBA system setting)
Psikyo (using FBA system setting)

That makes 7 systems but actually using only 4.

Just add a basic system selection in your theme and make the others on request.

mattrixk

Thanks for the reply @FlyingTomahawk. Did you fill in the Google Survey? If not, I'll add these to the now.

What's Psikyo? I've not heard of that one.

FlyingTomahawk

Yes I did fill out the survey.
Btw. I was not the one that clicked all of them. ;)

Psikyo was a Japanese video game company specialized mostly in vertically scrolling shoot 'em ups and erotic mahjong games.
Some of the shooters are Gunbird, Gunbird 2, Samurai Aces, Aero Fighters, Cannon Spike, Zero Gunner 1 & 2 etc....

I just like to keep my favorite shoot em ups in a separate system. So it is not a real system per se.

mattrixk

vertically scrolling shoot 'em ups and erotic mahjong games

That's... quite an eclectic mix isn't it?

FlyingTomahawk

@mattrixk

lol, yeah, I guess shoot em ups alone didn't do it and you know what they say, "sex sells". :)
I don't know how to play mahjong so I just stick with the shooters.

mattrixk

For those curious, NES is currently in the lead, with SNES a close second.

10 - NES
9 - SNES
6 - SPX
6 - N64
6 - MegaDrive
6 - Gameboy
6 - Gameboy Advance
5 - Arcade
5 - FinalBurn Alpha
5 - Genesis
5 - Neogeo

So, could MegaDrive/Genesis technically be in the lead with 11 votes?

mattrixk

NES and SNES are neck and neck at 17 each!

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AlexMurphy

@mattrixk surely the Megadrive / Genesis is winning... it's the same system! Damn Nintendo fan boys.

mattrixk

@AlexMurphy MegaDrive and Genesis have 10 each, so yes, combined they are beating the pants off the Nintendos (which makes me happy as I was a MegaDrive owner growing up).

mattrixk

NES and SNES equal on 22, but MegaDrive/Genesis on a total of 25. The race is on!

AlexMurphy

@mattrixk I haven't been this excited since... forever! The Megadrive kicks ass. My first console was a Master System in 1987 so I'll always have a soft spot for Sega. Where I am from owning an NES was considered weird, most people had C64s, Speccys or Amstrad 464s, a few like me had the SMS.

mattrixk

@AlexMurphy I was pretty sure I had a Master System at some point, but looking at the pictures on the Goog didn't spark any memories. Then I remembered that it was actually a Master System II, looked it up and it all came flooding back. Then I had a MegaDrive II after that.

Most of my friends were Nintendo boys, and I had an original Gameboy, so I was still exposed to Mario, Donkey Kong, etc, but the Segas will always have a special place in my squeedlyspooch.

Update

SNES - Super Nintendo Entertainment System - 25
NES - Nintendo Entertainment System - 25
PSX - PlayStation 1 - 17
Nintendo 64 - 16
Genesis - 15
Game Boy - 14
Game Boy Advance - 14
Atari 2600 - 13
Megadrive - 13
Neo Geo - 13
Sega 32X - 13
FinalBurn Alpha - 12
Game Boy Color - 11
Master System - 11
Arcade - 10
Atari 7800 - 10
Nintendo DS - 10
PC Engine - 10
TurboGrafx-16 - 10
Dreamcast - 9
Ports - 9
Sega CD - 9
Kodi - 8
Super Famicom - 8
Virtual Boy - 8
MAME - 7
ScummVM - 7
Commodore 64 - 6
Colecovision - 6
Game & Watch - 6
Game Gear - 6
MAME - Libretro - 6
Atari 5200 - 5
Atari Lynx - 5
Capcom Play System - 5
Famicom - 5
Family Computer Disk System - 5
Intellivision - 5
PC - 5
PC Engine CD - 5
PSP - Playstation Portable - 5
TurboGrafx CD - 5
Vectrex - 5

Some real surprises here. Lots of Virtual Boy and Game and Watch. Not many MAME, but lots of Atari2600. No love for the 3do either, which I wasn't expecting.

AlexMurphy

@mattrixk Please just combine the Megadrive and Genesis... for the love of Bob!

mattrixk

@AlexMurphy said in Poll: What Systems Do You Use?:

@mattrixk Please just combine the Megadrive and Genesis... for the love of Bob!

No can do mate. The whole point of this survey is to find out the best folders to include in a theme, and in cases like MegaDrive/Genesis, PC Engine/TurboGraphx-16 and SNES/Famicom, to find out which folders and images to use by default.

AlexMurphy

@mattrixk Pointless! Really mate, are you that naive? You think you can please people??? I use Megadrive because I'm not a US citizen. They would not know, mostly, what a Megadrive was. It's just a regional thing. Blame the marketing companies and existing trademarks...

AlexMurphy

@mattrixk Megadrive, PC Engine, SNES. There you go... sorted! Cos they are the systems I use(d).

mattrixk

@AlexMurphy Hah. When I was in high school in Aus, I had a mate going to the US on holiday. I gave him some dosh and asked him to buy me a MegaDrive game. I had no idea the Genesis existed. Neither did he. He had a hell of a time trying to find a "MegaDrive" game. They all looked at him like he had 2 heads.

AlexMurphy

@mattrixk Ha! I just read that sentence in Paul Hogan's voice. Good thing he didn't get you one as it wouldn't run on your PAL system. And it's not "dosh", everyone knows they are called "dollarydoos". FACT!

sergioad

Those are my systems:

Famicom Disk System: 8
Game Boy: 24
Game Boy Advance: 100
Game Boy color: 16
SEGA Master System: 30
SEGA Megadrive: 64
MSX: 12
Nintendo 64: 28
Nintendo Entertainment System: 76
NeoGeo Pocket color: 8
PC engine: 18
PORTS: 4
Super Nintendo Entertainment System: 96
Virtual boy: 4
Wonderswan color: 4
Amstrad CPC: 8

All in my Raspberry Pi

mattrixk

The results after 49 responses:

37 - SNES - Super Nintendo Entertainment System

36 - NES - Nintendo Entertainment System

25 - PSX - PlayStation 1

23 - Nintendo 64
23 - Genesis

22 - Game Boy Advance

21 - Megadrive

19 - FinalBurn Alpha
19 - Game Boy
19 - Neo Geo

17 - Atari 2600

16 - Game Boy Color
16 - Sega 32X

15 - Master System
15 - PC Engine

14 - Arcade
14 - TurboGrafx-16

12 - Kodi

11 - Atari 7800
11 - MAME
11 - Nintendo DS
11 - Sega CD

10 - Dreamcast
10 - Ports
10 - Virtual Boy

8 - Atari Lynx
8 - Colecovision
8 - Commodore 64
8 - MAME - Libretro
8 - PSP - Playstation Portable
8 - Super Famicom
9 - Game Gear

7 - ScummVM

6 - Atari 5200
6 - Family Computer Disk System
6 - Intellivision
6 - Neo Geo Pocket Color
6 - PC
6 - Sega SG-1000
6 - TurboGrafx CD

5 - Famicom
5 - Game & Watch
5 - PC Engine CD
5 - ZX Spectrum

4 - Amiga
4 - Capcom Play System
4 - Mega 32x
4 - Mega CD
4 - Vectrex

3 - Daphne
3 - Desktop
3 - Neo Geo Pocket
3 - Odyssey2

2 - AdvanceMAME
2 - Atari 800
2 - Atari Jaguar
2 - MAME 4 All
2 - MSX
2 - Neo Geo CD
2 - PC-FX
2 - Sega Saturn

1 - 3do
1 - Apple II
1 - Atari ST
1 - Commodore Vic 20
1 - Macintosh
1 - Steam
1 - Stratagus
1 - Videopac
1 - WonderSwan
1 - WonderSwan Color
1 - Zmachine

0 - Adventure Game Studio
0 - Amstrad CPC
0 - BBC Micro
0 - Coco - Tandy Color Computer
0 - Dragon 32
0 - GameCube
0 - Love
0 - MESS
0 - Oric
0 - Pipplware
0 - PS2 - PlayStation 2
0 - ResidualVM
0 - SAM Coupé
0 - TI-99
0 - TRS-80
0 - Nintendo Wii