Famine said:
How so, that Nintendo was dethroned? Playstation sold more than the NES, and sold more than the SNES and Genesis combined. It had a wider variety of games: For every "awesome" N64 game, there were at least 3 good to great PS1 games. Even with the multiplatform games, the N64 without a doubt had better graphics, but the audio was significantly better on the PS1, the controls for a majority of games felt better on a PS1 controller compared to that huge piece of plastic of an N64 controller, and for a minute few, while the PS1 allowed for cutscenes, the N64 had a little picture with subtitles underneath. Add in the fact that the most expensive PS1 games cost $50 compared to $70+ for the most expensive N64 games. The N64 was the only non-Sega console where I owned the fewest games for, and I have no regrets because there were more games available for the PS1 |
I just think there was a huge drop off it gameplay from the 16 bit era. I'd take either an SNES or Genisis for a PS1 honestly if i had to make the choice.
Maybe it's just the shell shock over it being sandwhiched between the SNES and PS2 eras but the 64 and Playstation were my least favorite systems. I'd rather bust out my Atari 7800 then play an N64 game not pokemon or a majority of my PS1 games. (pretty much all of em that arn't SNES ports like Tactics Ogre.)
Goldeneye and Mariokart are exceptions to this, but only in multi-player modes. I just can't stand that 64 controller.
