I'm of the ever-so-humble opinion that they need to be pre-SNES era. Most click games are about that level or worse anyway so to not limit to NES or Atari level or something would be pointless.
Why make it home consoles? Why not choose some systems a little more 'exotic', such as the Game Gear (colour screen limited by pallet and resolution) and Game Boy (monochrome but most popular)??
Originally Posted by Mark Radon Why make it home consoles? Why not choose some systems a little more 'exotic', such as the Game Gear (colour screen limited by pallet and resolution) and Game Boy (monochrome but most popular)??
I say we "invent" 3 consoles with very specific limitations. Grab together all the people who are entering and assign them a console (by random, so each system has roughly the same number of entrants, give or take 1).
Could have it like, though I think made up names are better with different limitations... just an example like.
Amiga- Best sound and graphics. Limited by game size (assuming theres 1 disk). Long load times.
Mega Drive- Blast Processing! Larger cart size than Amiga.
SNES- Good sound and graphics. Larger cart size. 3Dfx chip.
Oh and late joiners would be assigned one too, of course. To allow freedom of design maybe let people swap consoles if they both agree?