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thekitchensink on 06 July 2008
leo-j said:
I love the N64 and all(I own one)

But most of those "innovations" came from the ps1..

 

 Actually, none of them did.  The Super Nintendo had 3D graphics capabilities.  The N64 was the first that did 3D gaming properly (this isn't just my opinion, but the opinion of most people I've ever asked).

What else did the PS1 bring?  It wasn't upgradeable, it didn't introduce the analog stick, it didn't have 4 controller ports, it was extremely fragile (which, to its' credit, probably artificially added 30 million to its' sales), and there was only one colour. 



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Played_Out on 06 July 2008

Analogue controls?...Upgradeable RAM??... 3D gaming???... Multiplayer????... Controls options?!?!?

Very tenuous.

In one form or another, all of those "innovations" pre-date the NES, and the others are largely pointless (coloured consoles?!?!).

That isn't to say the N64 wasn't a good console, though. Goldeneye and F-Zero X were awesome. Never saw what the fuss about SM64 was, though. I always thought it was shit.



brute on 06 July 2008
Played_Out said:
Analogue controls?...Upgradeable RAM??... 3D gaming???... Multiplayer????... Controls options?!?!?

Very tenuous.

In one form or another, all of those "innovations" pre-date the NES, and the others are largely pointless (coloured consoles?!?!).

That isn't to say the N64 wasn't a good console, though. Goldeneye and F-Zero X were awesome. Never saw what the fuss about SM64 was, though. I always thought it was shit.

 

 those werent on nes



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The Ghost of RubangB on 06 July 2008

Analog controls before the N64 didn't have the same degree of freedom. They either wouldn't re-center properly, or they only had 8 angles to move in rather than 360 degrees, or they didn't have different levels of speed depending on how hard you push. The N64's analog stick was the revolution in analog controls.

3-D gaming wasn't invented by the N64, but 3-D gaming with a new control scheme built for it from the ground up... and that was the new analog stick.

I think the reason you think Mario 64 was shit was because you're denying the 2 basic innovations it brought to gaming that changed the industry forever.



If you think colored consoles are stupid, why did Sony and MS start doing it after Nintendo? Whenever a new color is released, sales spike. Every time, on every system.

And it didn't say "multiplayer." It said "4 controller ports out of the box." For earlier systems you had to buy an adapter to play games more than 2 players. N64 was the first system to be ready for a party, and it had the best party games, GoldenEye, Star Fox 64, Mario Kart 64, Smash Bros., etc.



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Yakuzaice on 06 July 2008
brute said:
Played_Out said:
Analogue controls?...Upgradeable RAM??... 3D gaming???... Multiplayer????... Controls options?!?!?

Very tenuous.

In one form or another, all of those "innovations" pre-date the NES, and the others are largely pointless (coloured consoles?!?!).

That isn't to say the N64 wasn't a good console, though. Goldeneye and F-Zero X were awesome. Never saw what the fuss about SM64 was, though. I always thought it was shit.

 

 those werent on nes

"pre-date the NES"

 



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Played_Out on 06 July 2008
brute said:
Played_Out said:
Analogue controls?...Upgradeable RAM??... 3D gaming???... Multiplayer????... Controls options?!?!?

Very tenuous.

In one form or another, all of those "innovations" pre-date the NES, and the others are largely pointless (coloured consoles?!?!).

That isn't to say the N64 wasn't a good console, though. Goldeneye and F-Zero X were awesome. Never saw what the fuss about SM64 was, though. I always thought it was shit.

 

those werent on nes

I said they pre-date the NES.



brute on 06 July 2008

^3D gmae wasnt before the nes,and the analoig stick didnt work well,like rubangB pointed out



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akuma587 on 06 July 2008

The N64 is the console that made me stop supporting Nintendo.



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brute on 06 July 2008

^really how come it had awesome games



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Aj_habfan on 06 July 2008

The ram thing was stupid, and if I remember correctly you needed it to play certain games. LAME.

But I have the most memories of N64, what a great console.