For the time the N64 hardware was amazing, it was nearly an SGI workstation in a box. It's just that old 3d games date badly.
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Originally posted by Asura View PostFunnily enough the pending VideoCD revolution was a driving force in my decision to originally go with the Saturn over the Playstation. Of course, in the UK, VideoCDs never really took off; I never even bought the VideoCD card for the console.
I know they took off in other parts of the world, though. I'm told they were popular in humid countries as VHS tapes tend to fail in high humidity.
I always wanted the VCD add-on for the PSX. I tried calling a supplier out of the back of a magazine once, not realising it was a wholesaler. Not sure if I could just have purchased the one unit, I hung up in embarrassment heh.Last edited by Cepp; 03-12-2019, 14:01.
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Originally posted by Neon Ignition View Post
NES > PS1
Mega Drive > PS1
SNES > PS1
N64 > PS1
Saturn > PS1
PS2 > PS1
GC > PS1
DC > PS1
PS3 > PS1
360 > PS1
WiiU > PS1
NS > PS1
PS4 > PS1
XBO > PS1
Originally posted by Brad View PostNeo geo. Lusted after one for ages, got one, realised I don’t really like fighting games or shooters lol.
Originally posted by S3M View PostI'll go with the N64 as it's just a terrible piece of hardware
The N64 did a great job of running Mario 64, so I think that's what Nintendo were focused on. The hardware did manage to run some other good games across a range of genres. But there was definitely something strange about the hardware that always made games feel like they were struggling to run well -- and the vaseline-O-vision didn't help.
I'm still fond of the N64 though. But there are only around 20 games that I'd be happy to play. And only a handful that I go back to regularly.
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I have a few I'm not a fan of. I borrowed my mate's Colecovision in the late 80s and it had an Atari converter and I'd never had an Atari before and it made me never want to own one, ever. Though I found the games extremely smooth and the retro atmos intoxicating.
Then onto the Mega-CD2. Very cheap, tacky bit of kit, got it from Rumbelows dirt-cheap when it was closing down. Quite a barren selection of games I truly wanted, still had limited MD colour palette so FMV on games like Sherlock Holmes looked pap. Only had it a few months before it broke. On the same day I'd bought SNATCHER from Dixons for £19.99. Absolutely gutted Terrible build quality, bad memories of it, rubbish.
CD32 mainly because it was never gonna catch on and had a terrible controller. I actually thought the main machine felt quite chunky, mind.
Lastly...the N64. Too few great, beautiful games like Mario 64, too many brown, meh ones like Earthworm Jim 3D. A Mini of it would be great as it could potentially contain all the brilliant games for it whilst separating out the acres of chaff.
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The launch Gameboy Advance. This was early internet days (for me anyway) so I got it home expecting, y'know, a screen you could actually see. Mega disappointing experience (this was YEARS after the GameGear ffs). To add insult to injury I paid good money to get an after burner lighting kit fitted and that made it look utterly awful ... might as well have taped it to a fluorescent strip light.
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Originally posted by Atticus View PostThe launch Gameboy Advance. This was early internet days (for me anyway) so I got it home expecting, y'know, a screen you could actually see. Mega disappointing experience (this was YEARS after the GameGear ffs). To add insult to injury I paid good money to get an after burner lighting kit fitted and that made it look utterly awful ... might as well have taped it to a fluorescent strip light.
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Originally posted by JazzFunk View PostThough I found the games extremely smooth and the retro atmos intoxicating.
Originally posted by JazzFunk View Poststill had limited MD colour palette so FMV on games like Sherlock Holmes looked pap.
Originally posted by JazzFunk View PostA Mini of it would be great as it could potentially contain all the brilliant games for it whilst separating out the acres of chaff.Last edited by Leon Retro; 03-12-2019, 16:29.
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Originally posted by QualityChimp View PostThe Atari VCS was incredibly crude and any extended play showed how basic the games were.
Empire Strikes Back was just shooting endless AT-ATs, Smurfs only had a few levels and 147 slight variations of Pong.
Demon Attack is intense!
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Originally posted by S3M View PostI'll go with the N64 as it's just a terrible piece of hardware, in every area. Great games on the system, but terrible hardware. Buying the games on WII U Virtual Console is a better way to play them now.
Originally posted by Leon Retro View PostThe N64 did a great job of running Mario 64, so I think that's what Nintendo were focused on. The hardware did manage to run some other good games across a range of genres. But there was definitely something strange about the hardware that always made games feel like they were struggling to run well -- and the vaseline-O-vision didn't help.
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