WHICH SYSTEM HAD THE GREATEST DEBUT YEAR?

Readers tell us which hardware they were glad to buy early

Stevierom

We waited a bit longer in the UK for the N64 but it was well worth the wait with Mario

64, Mario Kart 64, Diddy Kong Racing, Goldeneye, Blast Corps, Turok, Killer Instinct Gold and Lylat Wars all releasing in 1997. What a year.

James Suddes

The Dreamcast had something for everyone, Soul Calibur, the return of Sonic, not to mention online Chu Chu Rocket out the box.

Martin Gams

Playstation… Ridge Racer, Wipeout, Tekken, Resident Evil… the beginning of a new way of gaming.

Robert August de Meijer The SNES immediately caught up with the Mega Drive: Street Fighter II, Zelda 3 [A Link To

The Past], Final Fantasy IV, Mario Kart, Actraiser, Super Castlevania IV, Contra III, Super Mario World, Turtles In Time…

Oliver Roderick

Surely there’s no other answer than the Switch, which had the finest game of all time in Zelda: Breath Of The Wild on day one and Mario Odyssey later that year. Not to mention it actually got strong third parties for the first time in an eternity on a Nintendo system that year.

Pete Adamson

PS2 easily, Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath Of Cortex, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 and lots of others. Also Gamecube. OK, the really good games took a while but come oooon.