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Has any system aged better than the Nintendo 64?

Posted on 5/23/13 at 7:25 pm
Posted by OMLandshark
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Posted on 5/23/13 at 7:25 pm
It just has the library that really stands up the best. The Nintendo was great, but I don't think it stands up as well due to how much more complex gaming has gotten since its time. X-Box I think stands up pretty well as well, and its too early to tell with the now last gen consoles.

The only 2 other systems that come close for me are the SNES and the Genesis. Both have so many classic games, but there is one thing where these consoles fall short on compared to the N64: multiplayer. With my generation, these two systems never got close to taking a hold on the same generation a decade or two later. Sure we really love their games, but they tend to be based around a single player or "pass the controller" experience. You pretty much never saw these systems in a college dorm room.

N64 though, no. Almost every great game was based around having as many of your friends over as possible and having some sort of tournament. Smash Bros, Mariokart, Goldeneye, Mario Tennis/Golf/Party, Blitz, Perfect Dark, Star Fox, Wave Race, and many more. All had a great multiplayer, and we remember very fondly screwing over our friends in these games. Not so much with SNES, NES, or Genesis. Anyone in a college dorm who had an N64 was instantly a popular room to come to.

And to think, it even lost its own console war, despite having a vastly superior library to the PSX. Seriously, unless you're from the 90s, who brought a PSX with them to college. No one was really interested in playing PSX old games, and the console aged terribly.

Anyone disagree that its the console that's aged the best?
This post was edited on 5/23/13 at 9:12 pm
Posted by willymeaux
Member since Mar 2012
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Posted on 5/23/13 at 7:26 pm to
Sega Genesis
This post was edited on 5/23/13 at 7:28 pm
Posted by wish i was tebow
The Golf Board
Member since Feb 2009
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Posted on 5/23/13 at 7:28 pm to
Dreamcast


Seriously tho Game boy could be one
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 5/23/13 at 7:30 pm to
The Genesis was great, but I don't see many people still playing the Genesis. I think the N64 is still played, particularly Mariokart.
Posted by Wooly
Member since Feb 2012
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Posted on 5/23/13 at 7:34 pm to
i still play my n64 all the time
Posted by The Dudes Rug
Member since Nov 2004
14067 posts
Posted on 5/23/13 at 7:35 pm to
Honestly, I don't see any of the old systems that I have aged badly. I still play every one of them and enjoy finding and playing games I missed as a kid.

ETA: I play PS1 the most.
This post was edited on 5/23/13 at 7:40 pm
Posted by Freauxzen
Washington
Member since Feb 2006
38712 posts
Posted on 5/23/13 at 8:42 pm to
quote:

Has any system aged better than the Nintendo 64?


Relative to its time, maybe, but...

quote:

SNES


Is truly an amazing system. Nothing beats it.
Posted by Drewbie
tFlagship
Member since Jun 2012
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Posted on 5/23/13 at 8:47 pm to
quote:

i still play my n64 all the time
Just beat Star Fox 64 again the other day.
Posted by The Dudes Rug
Member since Nov 2004
14067 posts
Posted on 5/23/13 at 8:50 pm to
Sector Z sucks with out the blue laser power-up.
Posted by Gnar Cat21
Piña Coladaburg
Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 5/23/13 at 8:52 pm to
quote:

i still play my n64 all the time


Same. I have a continuous game going on Ocarina of time pretty much always. If I'm bored ill just fire it up and play a little bit.

Starfox is still one I play regularly as well
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
38830 posts
Posted on 5/23/13 at 8:59 pm to
I still play Ocarina, Earthbound, and Shadows of the Empire. It really was a great system.
Posted by Froman
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2007
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Posted on 5/23/13 at 9:15 pm to
I played Blitz 2000 a few days ago.
Posted by LosLobos111
Austere
Member since Feb 2011
45385 posts
Posted on 5/23/13 at 9:34 pm to
Still play my GBC and SNES games
Posted by willymeaux
Member since Mar 2012
4896 posts
Posted on 5/23/13 at 10:07 pm to
quote:

SNES is truly an amazing system. Nothing beats it.

I concur
Posted by cigsmcgee
LR
Member since May 2012
5233 posts
Posted on 5/23/13 at 10:09 pm to
i never really stopped playing NES, so that has my vote.

if i had to choose between a snes, genesis, 64, or PS1, id prob go 64.
Posted by DelU249
Austria
Member since Dec 2010
77625 posts
Posted on 5/23/13 at 10:12 pm to
N64 is the best system ever

Period

SNES has aged well too. I think this current gem will age nicely but the PS 1 &2, and both x boxes have not

Doesn't hurt having the greatest game ever...ocarina
This post was edited on 5/23/13 at 10:13 pm
Posted by DelU249
Austria
Member since Dec 2010
77625 posts
Posted on 5/23/13 at 10:14 pm to
Wayne gretzky's hockey is still the best sports game ever
Posted by DrSteveBrule
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2009
12525 posts
Posted on 5/23/13 at 10:37 pm to
N64 and snes are the two consoles I think of when it comes to all time greats, and proof that a great gaming platform isn't about what the console itself can or can't do, but it's the games that give a console its legacy. Snes and n64 excelled at this.

This is why I find modern day console wars ridiculous. The ps3 and wii will live on in my memory simply because they had the most memorable games. I'll remember the xbox 360 as the "just another FPS" console.
Posted by sgallo3
Lake Charles
Member since Sep 2008
27457 posts
Posted on 5/23/13 at 10:56 pm to
SNES aged the best IMO
Posted by DelU249
Austria
Member since Dec 2010
77625 posts
Posted on 5/23/13 at 10:59 pm to
Ps3 will age well

Uncharted series
Arkham series
Red dead redemption
Tomb raider
Hard rain
Skyrim

I think "the last of us" will make this list too
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