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noname2200 on 10 May 2009
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CGI-Quality said:
noname2200 said:
I'm surprised the Nintendo 64 isn't on the list. Sure, it had two fantastic games at launch in Mario 64 and Pilotwings 64....and then almost nothing for several months afterwards.

And I mean that literally. There were almost no games for the thing for months after the launch.

Or does this thread only care about launch day, rather than launch windows?

Before the PS2, it was the console with the most anticipated launch, and rightfully so. That system was fantastic and DID also, take the console industry by storm, Super Mario 64 anyone? Fan-fuckin'-tastic game!!!

 

Yeah, but like I said things dried up real quick after that. Thinking back on it, I believe the only worthwhile titles in the first six months were Mario, Pilotwings, Shadows of the Empire (which hasn't aged well at all) and Wayne Gretzky's 3D-Hockey. I might be missing one or two, but if you were an N-64-only owner in that timeframe, you had nothing new to play for months.

And while the system definitely amassed a great library over time, the dry spells...well, let's just say that those complaining that Nintendo's not released much on the Wii for about a year clearly didn't live through those days.

But I digress.