Current Events > The N64 is the best console ever. It's so amazing.

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The library was incredible.

I had a blue one

It's no Atari VIC-20

It was good at the time but I dont think it has much that holds up today.

I have a complete Japanese collection with a HDMI modded console and was playing Episode 1 Racer just before and it's very smooth.

PS1 > N64

dat controller doe

I had an N64 as a kid and not a PS1. I know a lot of people will say things like, "The library for the PS1 was so much bigger!" which, while true, didn't mean a whole lot to me as a kid.

I'm not sure if everyone else was in this situation, but as a small child, I only had a handful of games for the N64. I really only got new games at Christmas, on my birthday, or on occasions where I did really well at school. Hell, I can probably remember the exact library I had for the bulk of my childhood:

Mario Party 2
Mario Kart 64
Super Smash Bros.
Hey You Pikachu
Tonic Trouble
Paper Mario

I did acquire a copy of Resident Evil 2 when I was in high school. I had this utterly absurd habit of buying sealed games and opening them because I didn't want to play something that could be damaged by a previous owner. This was pre-2010, so the cost of a sealed N64 game was pretty small (to the point that a high schooler could buy it without issue), but I kick myself for not keeping it sealed.

I also rented plenty of games. Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Diddy Kong Racing, and Yoshi's Story were my favorites. I frequently borrowed or played games at my cousin's house. Super Mario 64, Snowboard Kids, Mickey's Speedway USA, and countless others. I got to experience a library of maybe 30 games between my own collection, rentals, and playing at other people's houses. That's plenty for a child.

I've built up my personal collection of N64 games since then. I bought a ton in college and not long after graduation. I have almost everything I want (games I frequently rented as a child, things I saw in magazines but could never get my hands on, titles I played at my cousin's house), but unfortunately what remains is prohibitively expensive. I can't justify paying $140 for a loose copy of Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness. I actually make a point to never pay more than the original MSRP for a game.

I did play PS1 games at friends' and cousins' houses. I eventually got a PS2 and ended up playing some of the PS1 games I missed on it. I still preferred the N64.

Its good

Its just missing a proper Metroid 64 game as the controller was perfect for a metroid game in 3D

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I wanted the green one super badly, but ended up with a standard black one. I can't justify buying a second one when my original still works.

N64 is Nintendo's weakest console

Even the Wii U had a better library

MarthGoomba posted...

N64 is Nintendo's weakest console

Even the Wii U had a better library

Virtual Boy unless that doesn't count cause of how bad/weird it was for a VR console

MarthGoomba posted...

N64 is Nintendo's weakest console

Even the Wii U had a better library

N64 was kind of weak, but lord no. At least N64 had some decent 3rd party games.