N64 or PS1?

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VGPolyglot said:

Soundwave said:

Playstation overall, but arguably Nintendo had 3/4 "must play" games of that generation

(Mario 64, Zelda: OoT, GoldenEye, Final Fantasy VII).

If Nintendo had compromised that gen on the CD issue, they win that generation easily. 

Is Metal Gear Solid not considered to be it?

I'd say that would be no.5 on that list. 

Nintendo was soooooooooooo fucking stupid that generation, they had the generation *won*, they basically snatched defeat from the jaws of victory by not compromising on the stupid fucking CD issue and instead wasting time on the crap 64DD. Even if the N64 could only play CD games via add-on (ditch the dumb 64DD and give 3rd parties a CD drive to work with), they win that generation.