Sonic Adventure
Dynamite Cop
Hydro Thunder
Powerstone
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
Tokyo Highway Challenge
Virtua Fighter 3tb

When you take out the lesser games that's not a bad little lineup looking back. I was on board for the JP launch which was a massive watch of cash, crap. Even these games aren't amazing though but certainly decent quality.

I think the best lineup in terms of amount and quality surely go to the Xbox.

Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding
Dead or Alive 3
Fuzion Frenzy
Halo: Combat Evolved
Jet Set Radio Future
NBA Live 2002
NHL 2002
NHL Hitz 2002
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
Project Gotham Racing
Rallisport Challenge
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions

These were the best but that is a lot of good to brilliant games.

Other lineups a weird. The PS2 was certainly a bit weak but I still play Ridge Racer V today. SNES only had a couple of games but one of them is Super Mario World which again I still play today.

What's better from a launch? Lots of mediocre games or two or three absolute classics?

Of course you need to like these classics!

are we counting consoles from the 5th generation? I wasn't going to mention the xbox as I thought people would frown but yeah it did have an excellent release line up. Still by then consoles kinda had to if they were going to make the money the companies wanted to see. PS2's launch was just like the console in general... many shades of dull grey low res... its just one big meh for me lol

Of course the PS2 was far from dull greys and all that. Stunning lighting adorned Ridge Racer V for instance. You had the lovely blue hues of the morning and the warm orange glow of afternoon races too.

Namco need shooting for not anti aliasing the game though. They did with Tekken Tag.  >:(

obviously I was being sarcastic the playstation 2 had some colourful games, but that doesnt change the fact that its widely known for its washed out and bland colours in most of it ridiculously large library. Just makes me sick that the ps2 did so well even though its most of its games looked like you were looking at them through a misty rainy pane of glass compared to the gorgeous crystal clarity of the 60fps on the dc...

I'm surprised that Soul Calibur wasn't in the release line up in the PAL region, I think it was literally only 2 weeks later though

Any other good line ups i dont know about? Nice line up laird, bit small but what year did it come oit?

Any other good line ups i dont know about? Nice line up laird, bit small but what year did it come oit?

As I said the European launch was early 1990, US launch was September 1989.

The Lynx launch line-up was only 6 games but they were all bloody excellent.

Slightly biased to shooters, especially as Zarlor Mercenary followed just after launch along side Slime World.

I would give it a 7/10 down to the quality of the actual titles.

Computers are difficult, that's why I am concentrating on consoles.

Just wondered as often heard A8 'Star Raiders' as being THE 1st 'Killer App', wondered IF it was a launch title, know lot of 8 Bit developers would often wax on about importing an Atari 800 just to play this game, it got them into gaming etc.If it was a launch game, could it have been the most important one, ever?

Also things like Starglider on the ST, just wondered just where in it's life it appeared.

Seen as you lot couldn't behave I have split the arguing off into a new topic.

Let's keep this one on track please and not de-rail it any more.

sorry dad

so anyway as this is in retro consoles I'm guessing we aren't really supposed to be considering PS2/xbox are we? I mean I think everyone agrees they aren't considered to be retro right? Personally I'd be interested to know what the TGX launch line up was like

sorry dad

so anyway as this is in retro consoles I'm guessing we aren't really supposed to be considering PS2/xbox are we? I mean I think everyone agrees they aren't considered to be retro right? Personally I'd be interested to know what the TGX launch line up was like

I will let them slip.

NEC TurboGrafx - U.S. launch: August 19, 1989

Alien Crush
China Warrior
Dungeon Explorer
Keith Courage in Alpha Zones
Power Golf
R-Type
The Legendary Axe
Victory Run
Vigilante

some nice ones there, Alien Crush, Legendary Axe, Dungeon Explorer and R-Type. Pretty good for 1989

some nice ones there, Alien Crush, Legendary Axe, Dungeon Explorer and R-Type. Pretty good for 1989

Yeah I would say that is a pretty strong line-up. China warrior is a bit crap but the rest are mostly good.

Solid 8/10 for me.

Alien Crush is the business. The PC-Engine is a brilliant console that punches way about its weight - it would have been mind-blowing to have back in the day.

Let's look at the launch line-up for the Atari 7800 Pro-System:

Ms. Pac-Man
Pole Position II
Centipede
Asteroids
Joust
Dig Dug
Desert Falcon
Robotron: 2084
Galaga
Xevious
Food Fight
Ballblazer

IMO this is actually a very good line-up, it would have been even better if the machine had got a full release in 1984 as intended and not 1986. All but 2 of those games are arcade conversions and bonafide classics too. I think I would give this a 9/10.