Too close for me to call. Even though the PS1 had the way, way, way, hilariously better overall library, I like them both about equally. The best N64 games were arguably better than the best PS1 games, but the PS1 had so many more, and really, you could easily flip that and say the best PS1 games were arguably better than the best N64 ISS 64 and it's sequels were the best football ( soccer ) games of their time, and are often forgotten in the pantheon of the best N64 titles. Yeah, they were sports games, but they kicked ass. So many other variables:

- Loading times
- Audio quality
- Cinematics/Cutscene quality
- Controller preference
- Software costs

Yeah, both were very nice.

I bought a PS1 about a year after the N64 came out, which I got near launch.

Despíte the fact the PS1 had a bunch of high profile games, I have to be honest I had much more fun with the N64.

So it's N64 for me.

But look at the PS1 list though:

Abe's Exodus
Alundra I & II
Arc the lad I, II, II
Beyond the beyond (fantastic game)
Breath of Fire III, IV
Broken Sword I & II
Bugs Bunny - Lost in time
Bugs Bunney & taz - Time busters
Chrono Trigger & Chrono Cross
Crash Bandicoot 1,2,3
Digimon World I,II,III
Discworld 1 & 2
Dino Crisis 1 & 2
Dragon Quest VIII
Eternal eyes (t-rpg)
Fear Effect 2
Final Fantasy IV,V,VI,VII,VIII,IX
Final Fantasy tactics
Front Mission 3
Grandia I
Guardians Crusada
Hoshigami - running blue earth
Jade Cocoon - legend of Tamamayu
Kartia the word of fate
Koudelka
Legend of Dragoon
Legend of Mana
Looney Tunes - Sheep Raider
Lunar I & II
Mega Man X3,X4,X5,X6
Metal gear solid
Metal Slug & X
Micro Machines V3
MDK
Persona 1 - Revelations
Persona 2 - Eternal Punishment
Railroad tycoon
Rayman 1,2
Resident Evil 1 & 2 & 3
Roll Away/Kula World
Saga Frontier I & II
Saiyuki - Journey West
StarOcean - the 2nd story
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Suikoden I & II
Thousand Arms
Tomb Raider 1,2,3,4,5
Valkyrie Profile
Vandal Hearts I & II
Wildarms I & II
Worms Armageddon
Xenogears

and so many more.

PS1 easily had tons more great games than the N64.

While playing on PS1 I never bothered with needing N64.

Games - N64
Visuals - N64
4 Player games - N64
Innovations - N64

Heck if it wasnt for the N64 the Dual Shock and Analog Sticks would have never existed.
PS1s very own 1st party games werent even in the same league as Nintendo and Segas.
N64 the best of what consoles can do.

It even put PCs to shame in the graphic department. Something consoles never did before and will never do again.

Umm, the 3rd gen had consoles with very smooth horizozntal scrolling, which computers had a lot of trouble doing.

Its all opinions mind you, but I dont agree with what you wrote.

I had a N64 too, and Mario64 was probably my favorite game that gen, however the volume of great games on the playstation puts it above the N64.

N64 had a handfull of great games (a few 10 out of 10's), but PS4 had 100's of games in the 8-9 range.

By quanty PS1 wins by miles and miles.

A agree for the bolded (and I cited those game in my first post) and I should have cited Legacy of Kain which I also liked. But I find the gameplay / controls of most of the others game lacking.  Resident evil and Silent hill games on PS1 ? awful controls (even if I liked the atmosphere of Silent Hill but couldn't play the game because of the controls and gameplay. Crash and Spyro games ? Subpar games compared to Mario 64, Banjo Kazooie or B. Tooie.

Also I forgot Mario Kart 64 on N64. So much good memories with friends.

Come on, I'm a PS1 guy myself, but why is it so hard for many others to admit that the N64 was more powerful and had better graphics?

Was more powerfull yes.... but PS1 had some games that where really well optimised, or ended up looking better than you'd think the PS1 could do.

Theres enough games that look so good, it makes you question which system had the better looking games.

Legend of Mana:

megaman legends 2:

Metal gear solid:

Vagrant Story:

Breath of fire IV:

Final Fantasy IX: