AkronsWitness Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Read a article about what the best video game system ever made was and it got me thinking. Is it even arguable that the N64 is the greatest system with the greatest catelog of games ever made? Strictly looking at the spring board it was in the era it was in for future systems and games it has to be considered the holy grail if systems that will never be beat. Look at this game list, going by game selection alone is there even a console out there that can match what the N64 brought to the table? 007 Goldeneye Turok 1+2 Mario Party Mario 64 Donkey Kong 64 Mario Kart Diddy Kong Racing Pokemon Stadium NBA Hangtime Starfox 64 NFL Blitz 1080 Snowboarding WaveRace Snowboard Kids Zelda Ocarina of Time/Majoras Mask Banjo Kazooie Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Ken Griffey Jr Slugfest Super Smash Bros Crusin' USA F-Zero X Hydro Thunder Harvest Moon San Francisco RUSH Vigilante 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 It was very good, but man the PS2 had some bangers too - GTAs, Metal Gear Solids, Final Fantasy X, some good Maddens, Kingdom Hearts, and more. That said, it's a lot easier to pull out an N64 and enjoy some classics compared to the PS2. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MdTitansFan56 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Super Nintendo IMO is better. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayRaider Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 As for Game Quality I’d put PS2 #1 and N64 #2. The games that were made for these two systems were just constant quality. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkronsWitness Posted April 28, 2021 Author Share Posted April 28, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, BayRaider said: As for Game Quality I’d put PS2 #1 and N64 #2. The games that were made for these two systems were just constant quality. Yeah I didn't know of it was the nostalgia or or if everything PS3 onwards has been underwhelming. There has been great games here and there (like Infamous) but nothing consistent on the newer consoles. The market just feels oversaturated with too many developers. The 64 had Midway and Rare producing like 50% of their games so there was a consistently model. Edited April 28, 2021 by AkronsWitness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 I'd certainly agree with those as the top 2 (N64/PS2), it's a tough call which I enjoyed more. I lean towards N64, but that could be childhood nostalgia. I got it for Christmas '96 when I was 15 and played the hell out of that thing for the next three years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeezla Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Edit that list to include the WCW/WWF AKI wrestling games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_shadows Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 No, ps2 and ps4 ahead of it for me... Probably ps1 as well. The terrible controller makes it hard for me to rank it higher than 4th even though there were definitely some great games on it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockwave Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Sega Genesis for me with SNES a close 2nd. I just couldn't deal with that N64 controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KManX89 Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 (edited) Not even close, PS1 was better. Final Fantasy 7-9, Resident Evil 1-3, Dino Crisis 1 and 2, Tekken 1-3, Metal Gear Solid, Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Twisted Metal 1-4, Parasite Eve 1 and 2, Gran Turismo 1 and 2, Legacy of Kain, Silent Hill, Crash trilogy, Legend of Dragoon, Tomb Raider 1-3, Spyro trilogy, Syphon Filter, Vagrant Story, the list goes on. The 3rd party games PS1 had were just sick. Edited April 29, 2021 by KManX89 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayRaider Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 (edited) 16 minutes ago, KManX89 said: Not even close, PS1 was better. Final Fantasy 7-9, Resident Evil 1-3, Dino Crisis 1 and 2, Tekken 1-3, Metal Gear Solid, Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Twisted Metal 1-4, Parasite Eve 1 and 2, Gran Turismo 1 and 2, Legacy of Kain, Silent Hill, Crash trilogy, Legend of Dragoon, Tomb Raider 1-3, Spyro trilogy, Syphon Filter, Vagrant Story, the list goes on. The 3rd party games PS1 had were just sick. For me it’s 1) PS2 2) N64 3) PS1 But they are all VERY close. PS1 games were incredible though. Crash series, Spyro series, Twisted Metal series, Gran Turismo 1 and 2, etc. Also, you didn’t list Driver. Fantastic game. Edited April 29, 2021 by BayRaider 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkronsWitness Posted April 29, 2021 Author Share Posted April 29, 2021 5 hours ago, THE DUKE said: I'd certainly agree with those as the top 2 (N64/PS2), it's a tough call which I enjoyed more. I lean towards N64, but that could be childhood nostalgia. I got it for Christmas '96 when I was 15 and played the hell out of that thing for the next three years. Me too. I remember mine on Xmas came with Goldeneye and I played through that game 50x over. I also cracked so hard on 1080 Snowboarding and Ken Griffey. Investing days upon days upon days of my life playing Mario Party, Mario Kart, NBA Hangtime, Blitz, Cruisin USA, Tony Hawk, Super Smash Bros, ect with friends. There were SOO many great multiplayer games. It just felt like whatever game you played for that system it was good. Maybe it's because I was 9-12 years old, but man everything was good. Besides Quest 64. The only game I couldn't beat. Hardest game ever made. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iknowcool Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 1 hour ago, BayRaider said: For me it’s 1) PS2 2) N64 3) PS1 But they are all VERY close. PS1 games were incredible though. Crash series, Spyro series, Twisted Metal series, Gran Turismo 1 and 2, etc. Also, you didn’t list Driver. Fantastic game. Yeah it is just way way too hard to beat PS2. Doubt it ever happens again. I remember having the fat backwards compatible PS3... it was perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 For a certain type of game maybe. I would vote PS2 or super NES 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 2 hours ago, KManX89 said: PS1 was better. Final Fantasy 7-9 i misremembered and though FF7/8 were PS2. so i retract and say PS1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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