7/22    I'm thinking of buying a video game system.  Does anyone have
        suggestions or pointers to sites with good reviews/comparisons?
        \_ Xbox, Microsoft.  The rest is junk.  Go with a quality company
           that has support and knows the business.  Forget Sony, Sega, and
           the rest of these pretenders who entered the arena too early.
        \_ http://gamefaqs.com is a great site for that kind of thing,
           at least for the games themselves.  If you want to find information
           on each console, look at the far left, click on the console you are
           interested in.  This will bring you up to a screen where one of the
           subsections reads "faqs and codes", and one of the topics listed
           under there is "general/system faqs." Also...NextGeneration
           magazine (next-generation.com) had a wonderful pros/cons
           comparisons of the upcoming systems this next year, but I don't
           know if it's available online.  http://ign.com is a an OK place to find
           info too...look at the left side of the page "games" Here's a
           rather short summary of what's available now (anybody else feel
           free to contribute)
           1) Playstation:  this is a somewhat old system soon to be replaced
              by the ps2.  It has some lots of games out for it, and better
              yet, you can copy (*gasp*) most of them if you have a cd-burner,
              so you can save lots of money on games.  It's best to stick with
              what you like instead of hoarding piles and piles of cd-r's
              though like some people I know.  To play the cd-r's, you pretty
              much have to solder in a small chip on the motherboard of the
              unit though.  (at last last I heard).
           2) N64:  don't buy this;  it's technically higher-performing than
              the playstation, but it didn't really catch on witht the public
              that match.  mediocre game selection.
           3) Dreamcast:  this is an enjoyable "newer" system.  People expect
              this to be bumped off by ps2, but for now, this is highest end
              system available on the market to date.  There's a good number
              of game titles out there for it...nothing really to complain
              about it except that the controller is damn ugly and big and
              clunky like a cadillac.
           4) saturn:  it was alright, but the marketing was done poorly and
              not many bought this compared to the playstation.  you probably
              don't want to buy this unless you are a big video game freak
              (some good games, including X-men VS.  Streetfighter complete
              with tag-team playability, only came out for saturn).
           I would say get a Dreamcast if you are bored and can't wait for
           ps2.  However, the ps gives you a wider selection, and any games
           you buy for it as well as peripherals will be compatible with the
           ps2...only problem is that the ps2 will be dvd-based and cd-r burns
           will probably not work...  Anybody have any update on mod-chip
           viability on the ps2?
           Of course, if you are not strapped for cash, get the Dreamcast and
           the ps then wait for the ps2 to come out..=)