well then, it seems like i'm carrying the lone banner for my favorite console:
the sega master system
not only were the games a lot of fun, but sega roundly kicked the crap out of the nintendo in the graphics and story department, it even had a lot of games that were better looking than anything on the SNES
the systems might have been technically equals, but sega always put forth so much more effort, like how mac is light years above pc
some of my games:
phantasy star - no guides back then, so i had to memorize every dungeon
space harrier
alex kidd in miracle world
zillion
for modern gameplay though, i love my 360
there are just too many games for me now
special mention for the genesis, i spent mad hours on that one also