The Subjective Scientific reTROview Console Tier List - 2024 Edition: Trash Tier

This is the trash tier. Just because your favorite appears here doesn't mean the console is trash. It just means that in my experience, it's trash. If your console doesn't appear at all, by the way, that means that there's not a single game that I know of that I can confidently say that it's an 8.0 or higher. Without further ado, here are your proud denizens of the trash can!

Sega Master System (1 point):

Good Game:

Phantasy Star

This is the only Master System game I've ever played! It's pretty good.

Sega Saturn (1 point):

Good Games:

Nights into Dreams

Put that thing in the trash? It's beautiful! How dare I? This baby is just the right mix of expensive and hard to emulate to ensure that I never get the chance to experience the library. FPGA development is coming along, though. Maybe some day?

PSP (7 points):

Good Games:

Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee 2

Jeanne D'Arc

Excellent Games:

Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core

The PSP is a great little piece of hardware. I have two of them. Almost more than I have good games on this list. I actually use the PSP to play mostly ports and collections, and I don't consider any of those games to be PSP games.

PC Engine/Turbografx-16 (10 points):

Perfect/Iconic Games:

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood

I really need to get into this console! Rondo rules, but I know there's more out there. I'll poke around on my Pocket before too long. I'm feeling a shooter bug, and the only solution is to dive into the PC Engine, if the rumors are true.

Xbox (11 points):

Good Game:

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Excellent Games:

Halo

Halo 2

This is an Xbox. It had a few great Halo games on it. There's probably more, too, but I am not certain.

Wii (15 points):

Good Games:

Donkey Kong County Returns

Mario Kart Wii

Punch-Out!!

Tiger Woods Golf

Wii Play

Excellent Games:

Wii Sports

Xenoblade Chronicles

This thing gave us a great month after Christmas when we received it. Wii Play and Wii Sports were very fun. I've probably touched one again less than 10 times since, particularly since I played Punch-Out!!, Xenoblade, and Donkey Kong Country Returns on other systems.

Wii U (16 points):

Good Games:

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Excellent Games:

Super Mario Maker

New Super Mario Bros. U

Mario Kart 8

I have several more Wii U games to try, but there's actually several fantastic games on this console! Still probably not worth owning, especially since Mario Maker and Smash have been supplanted by their sequels and Kart has been ported to Switch.

And with that, my arbitrary cutoff for the trash tier has been reached. It hurts too much to put the next console in the trash tier, so I just won't. Come back soon for the I'm Pretty Sure I Should Own This tier!

- TRO