what are the weirdest video game consoles

I would have to say probably two the the weirdest game consoles are the Nuon, and Action Max

NUON


Action Max

Sorry for the generic pics, I was to lazy to take pictures of my Action Max, and Samsung Nuon.

 

They are pretty strange. I think another candidate would be the Vectrex, just because it's something so unique that it has never been neither before nor after.

 

I love the Vectrex, vector style graphics are just incredibly cool.
Dunno how weird it really is, but the Memorex VIS is definitely obscure (I didn't know it existed until pretty recently) and I guess having a console that's even more geared towards multimedia than CD-i is pretty weird...

 

A couple that I always felt were a little 'off-the-wall' are:

The Capcom CPS Changer: http://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/pg90-capcom.htm - hard to think this was marketed as a consumer product, when you needed arcade boards to use it.

The HDI Halcyon: http://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/pg80-rdi.htm - whilst it's similar to Pioneer's LaserActive, the mixture of the strange keyboard, the included headset for 'voice commands' of its 2 games and the general obscure nature of the machine makes its pretty weird.

 

that The Video Game Console Library site is amazing. I spent hours on there reading stuff.

 

Let's call it like it is, the Virtual Boy was really weird/unique.

 

mine is called "reality" :witless:

 

The Pippin.
Strange controller, strangely overpriced, strangely similar to an Apple computer from the time, strangely similar to Apple's tactic for today's market... (underpowered, overpriced)

Strange, isn't it.

 

The Pippin was not underpowered for the time. Just compare its specs to the PS1's.

 

Thanks Yakumo! I have been working on the site for a while and am close to releasing a new redesign that I hope people will find easier to navigate and browse the information (tab-based for the console pages). Staying on topic though....

My vote would be for the Nichibutsu My Vision or the Gakken Compact Vision (TV Boy). Both of those losers are odd as the day is long.

Terry

 

I think the 64DD and Virtual Boy are both pretty weird (yet awesome). Some of those PC/console hybrids like the TeraDrive are pretty odd too.

 

Pioneer Laseractive is weird.

 

Its a Laserdisc player with addons, not what I'd call a console. More like video/audio/power adapter with a very large disc tray.

My vote goes to the Game.Com, because someone actually was stoned enough to think it had a market. Go look at what was required to get it online and you'll see why.

 

fair enough.

Does the R-Zone count as a handheld console? because that was weird.

 

Vectrex stands on its own. It's the only console released with built in display that is not battery powered. Virtually all other consoles with built in display has battery support.

But I'd give Coleco Telstar Arcade system an award. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coleco_Telstar_Arcade.jpg shows why no other console tried to build on a triangle shaped console with built in controllers.

 

I still find iQue an odity. So much time/effort went into it and it didn't pan out. Systems are still obtainable but anything else is extremely hard to get (manuals, pre-paid game cards, hell even someone getting their hands on the depot).
http://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/pg00-ique.htm

 

Bandai Video Challenger or one of the ones that uses LCD projection, basically the consoles that use technology badly, like the Action Max hah!

 

The Video Driver counts as a console, right? I mean, it did have something to do with Sega.

 

The first dot matrix handheld. Pretty cool but rare and with only 5 games.

 

Another weird system is the Microvision. To bad the screens always die on them, that is what happened to mine, so all it does now is make noises when I turn it on.