PlayStation vs. Nintendo 64

[Ayen]

The people I'm too lazy to quote, you lot need to play more N64 games.

I'm giving the N64 a pity vote.

"I don't want your pity!"

You're getting it anyway.

[Pike]

You all need to play more N64 games.

dude I've played probably 90% of all N64 games that were released don't lump me in on this

[Ayen]

You all need to play more N64 games.

dude I've played probably 90% of all N64 games that were released don't lump me in on this

I wasn't.

[Vyk]

If emulation wasn't so spotty and if the controller wasn't so wonky I'd probably have played tons more N64 games. On my PSP :3

[Pike]

Speaking of controllers, you can get N64 controllers that hook into your computer via USB. I want one. Really bad.

[Ayen]

Speaking of controllers, you can get N64 controllers that hook into your computer via USB. I want one. Really bad.

I want one too. The N64 controller is the biggest example of "don't judge a book by its cover" because it's super comfortable. I love it so much.

[Psychotic]

Oh god no, I played GoldenEye not too long ago (my N64 still sits in my living room ) and it smurfing mashed my wrists.

[Mirage]

The n64 controller feels great until you have to use the trigger.

Anyway, Playstation had more titles that I enjoyed, and that's what really counts.

[Ayen]

Oh god no, I played GoldenEye not too long ago (my N64 still sits in my living room ) and it smurfing mashed my wrists.

You're doing it wrong.

[Pike]

I feel like my taste in controllers is different from a lot of people's because my hands are really small so I prefer smaller controllers.

On the other side of the coin the original Xbox controller (before they redid it) was practically IMPOSSIBLE for me to use xD

[Spooniest]

The N64 succeeded as a 3-D game system, but the hardware sacrifices necessary to maintain the cartridge format left so little room for anything else but the graphics in the cartridge that the third-party developers mostly balked.

They went over to Sony, and one of the biggest coups in the history of the game business happened practically overnight. Sony had achieved something very impressive, it had dethroned Nintendo with it's first outing into the game console market, all through clever marketing, diplomatic content policies and solid hardware design. Nintendo must've felt like Eric Clapton standing on stage with Jimi Hendrix for the first time.

The N64 is a killer system; with time and effort, truly mind-blowing games could be done for it, but it was just too wonky for devs to work with in a cost-effective, timely manner. I seem to recall some truly ham-fisted practices by Nintendo at the time regarding splitting the profits from cartridge sales with the devs, too. Not smart, Nintendo.

[Pumpkin]

Also noticed that my favourite game ever is a PS1 game and my second favourite game ever is a N64 game. It is really tough between the two but I do like the PlayStation just a little bit more

[Madame Adequate]

And what was up with the skeletons on motorcycles?!

What are you, a racist? What's wrong with my people riding motorcycles? We don't even have skin to leave on the asphalt if we fall off (not that we ever do because Skeleton MC is pro).

The N64 had a core of astonishingly superb games, but it was a pretty small core. The PS1 had an absolutely vast library that catered to just about every genre under the sun, even stuff that struggled to work on a console like RTS games (Command and Conquer, Warcraft II, and KKND were all on PS1) and Sim/Managers (SimCity, Theme Park/Hospital, Transport Tycoon), plus the occasional gem of absolutely battrout Japanese lunacy that made its way to foreign shores (Incredible Crisis, No One Can Stop Mr. Domino!, Carnage Heart).

So I want to make sure the N64 gets the respect it deserves, especially as it kind of awkwardly came in late and didn't do the CD thing, and I won't pretend for one second I didn't spend an absolutely stupid amount of time playing the thing, but I do think it has to go to the PlayStation in the end.

[Bolivar]

N64 might be the greatest couch multiplayer system of all time, which Nintendo embodied by building it with 4 controller ports right out of the box.

But the PlayStation definitely takes it for me. Too many game changers across genres, some of which didn't exist up to that point. The only thing stopping the PlayStation from being the best console of all time is the PlayStation 2.

[Pike]

The N64 had a core of astonishingly superb games, but it was a pretty small core. The PS1 had an absolutely vast library that catered to just about every genre under the sun, even stuff that struggled to work on a console like RTS games (Command and Conquer, Warcraft II, and KKND were all on PS1)

StarCraft 64 would like a word with you.