I nominate Mattel's Intellivision for a classic set -- I think the controllers allowed for more complicated games than you could find on the Atari in those days. I still think of Utopia as the single cell ancestor of nation/city building genres. Also, I learned how to play blackjack and bet on horses on that thing.
5 Best Video Game Consoles in History
My list:
1. GameWatch - The beginning of handheld video gaming.
2. Atari2600 - The beginning of home console.
3. Nintendo - A lot of good games started from here (Zelda, Metroid, etc.)
4. Sega Genesis - The beginning of 16-bit gaming, and broke a lot of 8-bit limitations. Sonic platforming technology was such a huge improvement over Mario, for example. A lot of games that were only available on the arcades were portable to this console.
5. Xbox360 + Kinect - Tough choices between all the modern consoles (N64, PS, PS2, PS3, Cube, Wii, Xbox), but I think Xbox with Kinect wins. The need of not using a controller spawns new genres of video games.
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