Frankenstein's Console: The PS2's utterly essential rotating logo Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Frankenstein's Console: The PS2's utterly essential rotating logo This week we're stitching together our ideal console. Feature by Chris Tapsell Reviews Editor Updated on 30 Oct 2020 20 comments Which console features from yesteryear are you super fond of? Given that there are new machines out soon - and given that it's almost Halloween - we thought we would spend the week picking and choosing our favourite elements from our favourite consoles and stitching together our perfect Frankenstein's Console. Inevitably it's going to look a bit like that car Homer Simpson designed, and equally inevitably it's going to say Giga Power Pro-Gear Spec when you boot it up. Anyway - join us! And have a think about what your own Frankenstein's Console might look like. If you dare... There are many things people consider to be 'essential' for a new console. Things like 'backwards compatibility', or a 'disc drive', or 'having any new games to play', but these things are all, I feel, somewhat secondary to another: a logo that you can rotate so whether you turn the console horizontal or vertical, it's always the right way up. I have very little more to say about this, but I'll try. First, how things look in people's homes matters, actually, and to borrow a phrase you might have heard just once or twice recently: now more than ever. And second, I don't know - but stay with me on the first. The average home is getting smaller, and the average person is there, after this year of all years, more and more of the time. I am at home all the time - all the time - and so I spend my days, increasingly, just looking at it. I look at its walls and its ceilings, the cracks along the frames of its somewhat poorly-mounted doors, the little smear of paint someone managed to get in one corner of the front window, that one just barely noticeable gap between two floorboards. I've noticed one of the bulbs isn't as bright as I'd really like, that paint flakes in a certain spot, despite no measurable issues with damp, that certain corners and crevices seem far more prone than others to collecting dust. I've noticed everything, I think, about every inch of the flat where I've spent the last six months of my life. And I will absolutely notice, let me tell you now, that my new console's logo isn't always the right way up. The mechanical beauty of the SNES power switch The camaraderie and comforts of 3DS StreetPass The PS2's utterly essential rotating logo The GameCube's handle which made games truly social The baked-in pleasures of Alex Kidd in Miracle World Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More Features Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. 11 Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Feature What games get wrong about horses And what they could do about it. 34 Feature Shout out to all the Overwatch supports - where would we be without you? Merci. 55 Latest Articles Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 3 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store