Title says it all. I want to ask for an older console for Christmas (like before 2000) but I don't know much about the older ones.

I would want to both play casually on there and play speedgames on there. I like most types of games, so I'm not too picky on the type.

I was thinking about an SNES or N64 but wasn't sure which would be better, or like a Genesis or something?

I will be researching in the meantime, but I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts about this?

Thanks in advance :)

Also I forgot to mention I only want to ask for one console.

Pick up an Original Xbox console and speedrun Bruce Lee Quest Of The Dragon.

Get an SNES. With recent technology and advancements, you can play Game boy, Game boy color, Game boy advance, NES / Famicom, and super famicom games on it.

Sounds awesome.. how can I do that? Is it a certain model of the SNES, or can they just do that by default or something?

Model doesn't matter. There's attachments you can get (3rd party of course) that lets you play NES or Famicom games. As for the gameboy stuff, I believe there's something called a super retro advance adapter. I don't own one so I don't know if it plays GB / GBC games, but Nintendo made a SGB2, which plays game boy and gameboy color games on your snes.

In addition there's a device called an SD2SNES which plays every single US and JP SNES game (besides doom), in addition you can put rom hacks on this and play them as well. SNES is a powerhouse, you really gotta get one

Super cool! Thank you so much for he info... I'll definitely look into it! :)

If it's between the SNES and anything else, then yeah, definitely go for the SNES. You can look into flash cartridges like this, as well: http://www.stoneagegamer.com/flash-carts/super-everdrive-snes-sfc/

If there are SEGA games that you end up wanting to play, then you should check out what they have released on Steam. When it's on sale, you can pick up all 60 of their Steam releases for $15.

SNK/Neogeo has also released a lot of their popular games on Steam and PC. I got a bunch in a Humble Bundle, once.

Aside from the games and the communities, another reason to get an SNES is that Nintendo has been way more stingy than other companies, and their games aren't as readily available on other platforms.

Ok cool thanks for the info!