I didn't really have to choose. My mom got me a PS1 and my dad got me a N64.
"OK user, you can have a new Game System for your Birthday, but only one."
Zoomers deserve death, Saturn is the best console for 2D sprite games.
Nintendo 64 and 4 controllers
Knowing what I know now, Saturn because I'm a Sega fan and it has a cool library. If it's purely with the mindset of my kid self I'd most likely get a PS1 cause the Saturn was relatively unknown
Yep, retail stores only carried the same 10 or so games every knows about. Every good game you had to mail-order.
I ended up with a Saturn initially. I remember stores stopped carrying Saturn games pretty early on and rental stores had genesis games on the shelves longer than Saturn games
I never knew anyone with a Saturn, and only one friend had a Dreamcast and he won it in some contest and we barely played it. Sega post Genesis was hardly a contender, even if they made good consoles. PS1 also has an amazing library on it.
My grandma bought me a saturn from a thrift store with this case. Got Shellshock, Pandemonium, and Command and Conquer. I still have the system, but no cables and controllers. I think my brother used the case when he stole my SNES for drugs. Good times.
I'm not saying Saturn isn't good, I'm saying if it's your parents buying the games I doubt they'll bring home anything worthwhile.
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