atrium

Might as well since we have a Genesis vs. SNES thread.

My vote goes with the PSX. The king of console JRPGs, enough said.

Also, for every good N64 game released there seemed to be 5 good PSX games being released. I don't know the actual library #s but I'd be willing to bet PSX has 2-3 times the number of games the N64 had.


I meant to add a poll, if the mods could add one it'd be appreciated.

fujishig

Poor Sega, not even in the conversation...

I don't care what kind of Nintendo fanboy you are or how much you loved Mario 64 or Golden Eye or Mario Kart or the wrestling games, it's PSX by a landslide. The unfortunate part is that because this was pretty much the first foray into polygons and such, most of the games are really hard to look at IMHO, at least compared to the previous generation (Genesis/SNES). The 2D games are still awesome, though.

Plus the PSX didn't have Superman 64...

starseed1981

Playstation without a doubt. I also love my N64 and I actually think it has better overall games (Mario Kart 64, Starfox 64, Zelda: OOT) but those are just too few and far between to take on the onslaught of awesome PS1 titles. I still hold FFVII, Castlevania: Sotn, Metal Gear Solid, FF Tactics, FFVIII in very high regard. Ah...PS1....back when Squaresoft was cool.

stingermck

Good lord PSX. Close thread.

cruzness

Playstation brought so many great franchises and it blew away the N64. FFVII, Gran Tourismo, Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil, Twisted Metal, Tony Hawk, Tomb Raider, Spider-Man, etc...

Setzer

This one isn't even close.

Playstation

Maxflier

chess

I was a playstation guy during that era, and it had a bunch of good games. I probably have a thousand hours in Twisted Metal 2, I thought the second and third Crash Bandicoots were great, I loved Gran Turismo and don't even get me started on Symphony of the Night. But most of the games on PS1 have not aged well at all, and I'm not a huge RPG guy.

In contrast the N64 was a top heavy system with some serious classics that still hold up today:

Mario 64
Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Mario Kart 64
Smash Bros.
Paper Mario
Goldeneye

It's a quantity vs. quality and a then vs. now argument, and I'll go with quality and games I'd play right now. N64.

fumanstan

This generation and the PS2 generation I mostly missed out on, but I did end up playing a lot of PSX ports on PC, namely Final Fantasy 7 and 8, Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil, etc. PSX wins for me, where as the N64 I really I only enjoyed playing Smash Bros with friends.

bigluelok

i still have my n64 i gotta get more games for it though. ebay here i come

RichC2

PSX

The Playstation to me felt much more successful. You had continued series that didn't feel like complete rehashes (for me at least, the FF games, Symphony of the Night, and Metal Gear Solid), a whole new generation of fighters (Marvel, Tekken, SFA, Bushido Blade, Dead or Alive), and a slew of quality original games (Resident Evil, Intelligent Qube, Wipeout, Tomb Raider, PaRappa, Suikoden, Oddworld, Silent Hill, Twisted Metal, etc; ), while many of these series have lost the qualities that made them great, for the time (and in many ways, still now) the PSX was superior.

I owned both and enjoyed my N64 a good bit, Goldeneye was a great time, enjoyed Starfox, even Waverace 64 and Tetrisphere were a blast. But while the Nintendo "big IPs" are quality titles, I was mostly bored of them that generation. Mario 64 did nothing for me (it was actually quite boring at the time, I warmed up to it a little a few years later but still don't care for it), the success of Smash Bros still escapes me, Paper Mario should have been so much more than it was, and Mario Kart 64 was the franchises worst... That said Zelda:TooT is arguably the best in the franchise.

With that, I would kill for a modern iteration of Blast Corps.

Obi-Wanma

I followed the Final Fantasy series from SNES to PSX and never looked back. I never purchased another Nintendo console after the SNES (My brother had an N64, but I rarely played it).

mhg83

Psx. If Nintendo hadn't been so stubborn and switched to cd format the N64 would've been the biggest console of all time.

Krayzie

PSX because of Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style!

fujishig

Well, in that case we wouldn't have gotten a Playstation, right, because Nintendo would have partnered with Sony. Though I thought there was something about the Sony contract giving them exclusive rights to the games, which is why everything fell apart.

Or are you just saying that because Square would have put FF VII on the N64 if they had switched formats?

bigluelok

since this is a n64 vs psx thread,

what are some must N64 games?

Krayzie

Besides the normal nintendo published games?

These are the games I remember enjoying:

Blast Corps
Jet Force Gemini
Mischief makers
Sin & Punishment (import)
Star Wars Rogue Squadron

Edit: I forgot Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon!

FRwL

The problem is that 99% of those games are unplayable.
Another thing is 64 ushered in an era of multiplayer euphoria the likes which have never been really seen and since have been a regular template for consoles. My only wish was to have had a Metroid 64 with proper 3rd party support while Gunpei Y

FRwL

The problem is that 99% of those games are unplayable.
Another thing is 64 ushered in an era of multiplayer euphoria the likes which have never been really seen and since have been a regular template for consoles. My only wish was to have had a Metroid 64 with proper 3rd person perspective while Gunpei Yokoi was still alive. Hated the Metroid Prime shit.

cruzness

Conker's Bad Fur Day
Ocarina of Time
Super Mario 64
Perfect Dark
Golden Eye
Donkey Kong 64
Yoshi's Story
Mario Party
Rogue Squadron

Are all titles that stand out IMHO

mhg83

I didn't know about the exclusives deal. I figured all the ps games we see today would've been all Nintendo. But even if that was the case having a deal with square we would have ff and other popular square RPGs On N64

superdeluxe

N64: Goldeneye, No Mercy, Mario kart 64

So N64 for me

Sonic

I loved Mario 64...but after playing Banjo Kazooie...I could no longer tolerate cute games which Nintendo had a reputation of making.

I enjoyed the more mature games on PSX.

RocShemp

I had an N64 first and only got a PSX much later in its cycle (though the slim version wasn't even a rumour yet) but my vote goes for PSX.

atrium

Err, what are you talking about? I return to the classic PSX games on a regular basis.

N64 definitely had the multiplayer down, but I'm a single player gamer first and foremost and PSX had the advantage with that. N64 was for weekend sleepovers, PSX for every other time.