Considering I own a an N64 and never owned a PS1... They're both great.

Grrrrr, I hate trying to pick between the two cause they both have epic libraries... I guess it comes down to FFVII vs Ocarina of Time for me and I would have to choose Ocarina of Time cause its just such a timeless classic that inches out ever so slightly!
But Playstation is, without a doubt, the best competitor that Nintendo has ever had and its still hard for me to choose

Nintendo 64 wins this one easily!

Nintendo 64's games aged well....


but.... final fantasy 7, 8, 9 and tekken 3???? yeah play station for me

It's tough for me! While the N64 had awesome games like Paper Mario, Mario 64, Star Fox 64 and such, the original PlayStation had Final Fantasy IX, Chrono Cross ( Yes. I liked that game!), Tekken 3, the original Crash trilogy and other games! So, the original PlayStation  just barely wins!

Playstation wins it for me. Final Fantasy VII-IX, Gran Turismo, Resident Evil 1-3, Silent Hill, Tekken 3, Tomb Raider 1-5, Soul Reaver... I'm sure I'm forgetting some. Even some of the less memorable titles like G-police, TOCA, and Future Cop LAPD were great.

N64 was a lot of fun though. I have fond memories of Goldeneye and Lylat Wars

n64 less games but better overall titles

ps more games cd player

voted n64

I loved both equally. PS1 for the single player experience and the N64 for multiplayer games. It's hard for me to give the edge to any because I had great third party exclusives on the PS1 (at least between both systems) like MGS, FF 7 - 9, Parasite Eve, Soul Blade, Tekken 1 - 3, almost every fighter from Capcom, Soul Reaver, etc. Plus, it had great first (and second) party stuff like GT, Bloody Roar, Syphon Filter, Crash, Spyro, Parapa the Rapper, Jet moto, etc.

On the other hand, multiplats looked considerably better on the N64, and while I liked Sony's first party games back then, I found Nintendo's offerings to be superior with respect to scope and quality. I owned way more games on the PS1, but I'm inclined to think I played the N64 more due to Goldeneye, Smash Bros. 64, Diddy Kong Racing and Conker's Bad Furday - Smash being the chief game among them.

So, for the single player experience, the PS1 was the system for me, but for the multiplayer vybe ... definitely the N64. I'll vote Playstation since I'm a Sony whore it was the system that had MGS, the game that more or less shaped me as an individual since primary school.

Of all the generation match-ups I think this one is the most difficult to decide. It's really close.

Both have great libraries, with some strengths and some weaknesses. N64 was relatively weak in terms of RPGs and fighting games, but was really strong with platformers, shooters, and action-adventure games. Conversely, PS1 was strong with RPGs, fighters, and racing games, but relatively weak with platformers and shooters.

Overall PS1 has a bigger and probably more diverse library, but the top-tier games on N64 are so damn good that I have to give it to Nintendo's fifth generation console.

N64 got no third-party support (so I'm repeatedly told) and third-parties make a lot of shit, so this already puts the N64 catalogue at an objective high point. Many of the biggest gobpieces from the transition backed up their words by making games with the sort of ideas that would eventually making gaming worse anyway. The aforementioned things may even make the N64's catalogue better than the Gamecube's library, for that reason alone.

I'm going to vote for the N64, despite never having owned either console due to being distracted by guitars, booze, drugs and women.