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FACT. The Nintendo 64 is an absolute gem of a console.
I mean where else would you experience games of such high quality of a sizeable library.
Greats.Classics.Whatever you want to call them exists on the console, but not one or two, but many that either defined the genre or has simply been unbeatable.
Goldeneye...What FPS has really and truly surpassed it 'to this day'. None. Pefect Dark might have been a great sequel, but they where in my opinion games of equal standard.
Others would be Mario 64, where no other platform game has bettered it yet, there's 1080 Snowboarding, Waverace, Zelda, Mario Kart and other classics such as Banjo Kazooie, Conkers Bad Fur Day, ExciteBike. The list goes on as many would know.
But, what if Nintendo had decided back in 1996 to release the Console with a CD Drive?
Just think about that.A 64 bit CD Console.
For a start many who left Nintendo because they opted for carts would still be there.
Square originally had designed Final Fantasy 7 for the system, they even pleaded as I remember with the Big N to go CD with the console.
Imagine what it could have been like, Having such games of such high standards from Square on the console.
Konami too would have almost certainly have released Metal Gear on the system too and that's not mentioning the countless third party developers who would have been enticed with the cheap media and storage.
Consider those, maybe that is why the Playstation was so successful, in fact I think 'it is' why the PS was and is so successful, all because of Nintendo's reason for sticking with cartridges.
Sony wouldnt have had Square developing for them, simply being because Nintendo and Square where strong partners.
What would it have been like if we had those games mingling alongside the classics that the console has today? Plus consider the graphics, 64Bit processsor, larger RAM an all out more powerful system to the PS. A 64bit Metal Gear,Final Fantasy!
It is only now that Nintendo have realised this. Gamecube will be a Mini-DVD Format, it will be cheaper than carts for the developers to purchase, Square and others who backed off with the N64 have no excuse this time, they have the space to play around with.
This time next year, we could possibly see the end of the PS2 with a Dreamcast style demise.
Roll on Spring 2002.
I mean where else would you experience games of such high quality of a sizeable library.
Greats.Classics.Whatever you want to call them exists on the console, but not one or two, but many that either defined the genre or has simply been unbeatable.
Goldeneye...What FPS has really and truly surpassed it 'to this day'. None. Pefect Dark might have been a great sequel, but they where in my opinion games of equal standard.
Others would be Mario 64, where no other platform game has bettered it yet, there's 1080 Snowboarding, Waverace, Zelda, Mario Kart and other classics such as Banjo Kazooie, Conkers Bad Fur Day, ExciteBike. The list goes on as many would know.
But, what if Nintendo had decided back in 1996 to release the Console with a CD Drive?
Just think about that.A 64 bit CD Console.
For a start many who left Nintendo because they opted for carts would still be there.
Square originally had designed Final Fantasy 7 for the system, they even pleaded as I remember with the Big N to go CD with the console.
Imagine what it could have been like, Having such games of such high standards from Square on the console.
Konami too would have almost certainly have released Metal Gear on the system too and that's not mentioning the countless third party developers who would have been enticed with the cheap media and storage.
Consider those, maybe that is why the Playstation was so successful, in fact I think 'it is' why the PS was and is so successful, all because of Nintendo's reason for sticking with cartridges.
Sony wouldnt have had Square developing for them, simply being because Nintendo and Square where strong partners.
What would it have been like if we had those games mingling alongside the classics that the console has today? Plus consider the graphics, 64Bit processsor, larger RAM an all out more powerful system to the PS. A 64bit Metal Gear,Final Fantasy!
It is only now that Nintendo have realised this. Gamecube will be a Mini-DVD Format, it will be cheaper than carts for the developers to purchase, Square and others who backed off with the N64 have no excuse this time, they have the space to play around with.
This time next year, we could possibly see the end of the PS2 with a Dreamcast style demise.
Roll on Spring 2002.
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I think the PS has a processor around 32 mhz.
The N64 is around the 90 mark.
I think what the PS Has over the N64 is the rate that it produces Polygons p/s. But it isn't by a large margin.
The N64 is around the 90 mark.
I think what the PS Has over the N64 is the rate that it produces Polygons p/s. But it isn't by a large margin.
ok... one last time. The PSone is essensially as fast, if not faster than an N64 even though it is only 32bit. I cannot be bothered to explain this.
Oh, and why are all the good posts (this is one of them) never about the Future of Gaming!
Sonic
Oh, and why are all the good posts (this is one of them) never about the Future of Gaming!
Sonic
Ah Nintendo...a games company with any other name could not make games so great....It has a lovely ring to it though!
I do think that because of the format of the game Nintendo will manage to lure many developers to the console, but if you remember, there were quite a few 3rd party developers, okay not LOADS but there were more than people think, Midway, Acclaim, Konami. The N64 games, in my opinion were the best games around, it wasn't FMV's that made the games it wasn't CD's the made the games, and it wasn't even a name that made the games so successful, It was the games, they were great, the gameplay was topps and enjoyed by many, and I bet that if we were to have a vote on this site, something which I think should be included (on the left), I stongly think that the majority of gamers would vote Nintendo as their favourite.
And althoughn Sony might have made a big user base because it had more games, with relationships repaired and a disc-based port to boot, I think that gamers worldwide will see the PSX success in the Gamecube. With the 'Classique'N64 gameplay? Mario 128 anyone? I fancy a new Zelda myself!
Game
I do think that because of the format of the game Nintendo will manage to lure many developers to the console, but if you remember, there were quite a few 3rd party developers, okay not LOADS but there were more than people think, Midway, Acclaim, Konami. The N64 games, in my opinion were the best games around, it wasn't FMV's that made the games it wasn't CD's the made the games, and it wasn't even a name that made the games so successful, It was the games, they were great, the gameplay was topps and enjoyed by many, and I bet that if we were to have a vote on this site, something which I think should be included (on the left), I stongly think that the majority of gamers would vote Nintendo as their favourite.
And althoughn Sony might have made a big user base because it had more games, with relationships repaired and a disc-based port to boot, I think that gamers worldwide will see the PSX success in the Gamecube. With the 'Classique'N64 gameplay? Mario 128 anyone? I fancy a new Zelda myself!
Game
FACT. The Nintendo 64 is an absolute gem of a console.
I mean where else would you experience games of such high quality of a sizeable library.
Greats.Classics.Whatever you want to call them exists on the console, but not one or two, but many that either defined the genre or has simply been unbeatable.
Goldeneye...What FPS has really and truly surpassed it 'to this day'. None. Pefect Dark might have been a great sequel, but they where in my opinion games of equal standard.
Others would be Mario 64, where no other platform game has bettered it yet, there's 1080 Snowboarding, Waverace, Zelda, Mario Kart and other classics such as Banjo Kazooie, Conkers Bad Fur Day, ExciteBike. The list goes on as many would know.
But, what if Nintendo had decided back in 1996 to release the Console with a CD Drive?
Just think about that.A 64 bit CD Console.
For a start many who left Nintendo because they opted for carts would still be there.
Square originally had designed Final Fantasy 7 for the system, they even pleaded as I remember with the Big N to go CD with the console.
Imagine what it could have been like, Having such games of such high standards from Square on the console.
Konami too would have almost certainly have released Metal Gear on the system too and that's not mentioning the countless third party developers who would have been enticed with the cheap media and storage.
Consider those, maybe that is why the Playstation was so successful, in fact I think 'it is' why the PS was and is so successful, all because of Nintendo's reason for sticking with cartridges.
Sony wouldnt have had Square developing for them, simply being because Nintendo and Square where strong partners.
What would it have been like if we had those games mingling alongside the classics that the console has today? Plus consider the graphics, 64Bit processsor, larger RAM an all out more powerful system to the PS. A 64bit Metal Gear,Final Fantasy!
It is only now that Nintendo have realised this. Gamecube will be a Mini-DVD Format, it will be cheaper than carts for the developers to purchase, Square and others who backed off with the N64 have no excuse this time, they have the space to play around with.
This time next year, we could possibly see the end of the PS2 with a Dreamcast style demise.
Roll on Spring 2002.
I mean where else would you experience games of such high quality of a sizeable library.
Greats.Classics.Whatever you want to call them exists on the console, but not one or two, but many that either defined the genre or has simply been unbeatable.
Goldeneye...What FPS has really and truly surpassed it 'to this day'. None. Pefect Dark might have been a great sequel, but they where in my opinion games of equal standard.
Others would be Mario 64, where no other platform game has bettered it yet, there's 1080 Snowboarding, Waverace, Zelda, Mario Kart and other classics such as Banjo Kazooie, Conkers Bad Fur Day, ExciteBike. The list goes on as many would know.
But, what if Nintendo had decided back in 1996 to release the Console with a CD Drive?
Just think about that.A 64 bit CD Console.
For a start many who left Nintendo because they opted for carts would still be there.
Square originally had designed Final Fantasy 7 for the system, they even pleaded as I remember with the Big N to go CD with the console.
Imagine what it could have been like, Having such games of such high standards from Square on the console.
Konami too would have almost certainly have released Metal Gear on the system too and that's not mentioning the countless third party developers who would have been enticed with the cheap media and storage.
Consider those, maybe that is why the Playstation was so successful, in fact I think 'it is' why the PS was and is so successful, all because of Nintendo's reason for sticking with cartridges.
Sony wouldnt have had Square developing for them, simply being because Nintendo and Square where strong partners.
What would it have been like if we had those games mingling alongside the classics that the console has today? Plus consider the graphics, 64Bit processsor, larger RAM an all out more powerful system to the PS. A 64bit Metal Gear,Final Fantasy!
It is only now that Nintendo have realised this. Gamecube will be a Mini-DVD Format, it will be cheaper than carts for the developers to purchase, Square and others who backed off with the N64 have no excuse this time, they have the space to play around with.
This time next year, we could possibly see the end of the PS2 with a Dreamcast style demise.
Roll on Spring 2002.
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