Anyone else think N64 is most underated console ever?

[robfosters]

Just reminiscing. I used to have both PS1 and N64 and my PS1 barely got a look in. The hours I lost to Mario, Goldeneye, LOZ ocarina of time and the greatest ever, ISS, which I believe was a predecessor of Pro Evo.

I think it pipped PS1 in graphics and goldeneye and iss were just about the finest multiplayer games around. Especially as it came with 4 joypad ports (masterstroke).

Taken from wiki "1997's Golden Eye 007, was nominated by Marc Russo as one of the greatest games of all time, and, in his words, remains "to this day . . . the finest game I've ever played across any platform or genre".[26] Its release was exclusive to the Nintendo 64 system"


In fact, If I can get one cheap, I may buy it again just for the nostalgia value.

[slimmrock]

i remember trading mine in for a gamecube.....
oh the regrets

[Jacko Jab]

The problem Nintendo always had against Sega (and then Sony) was that they never had a huge library of games. I always ignored that because having owned most of Nintendo's consoles in the past (no Wii yet - I'm still fighting the urge!) I knew I was getting the most original games to enjoy. The N64 stood out from previous Nintendo consoles (even more than the Gamecube) because of Super Mario 64, Goldeneye and Zelda. Yes, most of the games were a bit "cutesy" (Diddy Kong racing, Banjo etc.) but they were challenging and most titles proved value for money. I still play ISS 98 and Goldeneye from time to time. The graphics look awful now but are still highly playable.

[rd9124]

I traded in my PS1 for a Nintendo 64 and no matter how much I tried to convince myself I'd done the right thing I regretted it. I'm not saying it was a bad console, at the time the controller was amazing, for multi player gaming it couldn't be beaten and it had some cracking games but these were few and far between and some of the "classics" just didn't do anything for me. I must have quit and went back to Zelda maybe four times and I just didn't get Goldeneye.

And the N64 introduced me to the lowest point in my gaming life. I bought Mission Impossible and after playing that I gave up on gaming for several years. It was only after picking up Half Life in a bargain bin in a Gamestation that I found any interest in gaming again.

This is probably not going to be a popular post but those are my memories of the N64.

[Miyazaki]

Most underrated console ever for me = gamepark or possible sega game gear. Loved that bit of kit.

[Miyazaki]

Or maybe the dreamcast.

Shenmue 3.... will we ever see you....

[tigandken]

Originally Posted by rd9124

And the N64 introduced me to the lowest point in my gaming life. I bought Mission Impossible and after playing that I gave up on gaming for several years. It was only after picking up Half Life in a bargain bin in a Gamestation that I found any interest in gaming again.

Conversely, the N64 introduced properly to console gaming, and I've not stopped since. My first go of Goldeneye - shooting proper 3D people with proper guns rather than the Doom sprites - blew me away; I had to get one. My then GF bought me one for Xmas and it was great from then on; Mario 64; ISS64 (the only footy game I've ever really enjoyed); Zelda; Majora; Shadowman; Perfect Dark (still the best offline shooter ever); Body Harvest (the missing link to GTA); F1 etc. etc.

I don't know it's the most underrated console ever - that award would probably go to the DC - but it was vastly superior to the PS1, yet often seems maligned when compared with it.

Oh, and of course my then GF became my wife....

[Haggler]

Some of the best games ever made appeared on that console imo, all by rare and nintendo though mario 64, donkey kong 64, Conkers bad fur day, banjo kazooie, banjo tooie (best platformer ever imo), goldeneye, perfect dark (best fps ever again imo), Both Zelda and majoras mask, Mariokart 64, Diddy kong racing, Blastcorps, if it had nintendo or better still rare on the box it was more or less a guaranteed gem.

[addyb]

I agree i loved my N64 and it runs close to the snes for best gaming era imo.
Games like starfox, Mario64, Blast corps, Goldeneye, Mr Nutz, Banjo Kazooie, Mariokart64, Diddy kong racing, DK64, waverace to name a few!

I remember the first day i bought goldeneye and thought it was the best game ever. Still to this day its probably my favourite fps game of all time.

[andrewrunagall]

I don't think it was underrated, just that the PSX was overrated.

If anything, the Sega Saturn was a bit mistreated which meant a lot of potential was lost there, I call that underrated.

[Miyazaki]

I don't think anyone can say that the ps1 was overrated.

It was solely responsible for the revolution in the video games industry we witness today.

[robfosters]

I wont argue that the PS1 will probably go down as the important console ever. It's the only console ever to have shifted over 100 million units. It kicked off with a great selection of games, whilst N64 really only kicked off with Mario and Pilotwings.

Plus the PS1 was the first ever console to be aimed at adults, rather than just children (that helped), and once the mod chips arrived on the scene!.

My main argument of the post was that the while the PS1 got the recognition it deserved, the N64 did not and me, and quite a few (a lot) of gamers honestly enjoyed their time more on an N64 than a PS1 and to me, that is the acid test of the quality of a games console.

Anyway, it was better than my first 64bit console, the dreaded Atari Jaguar. A frustrating, crap console combined with a house brick of a controller in the hands of a ****** off 14 year old was not a great combination. Our cat had a few close shaves

[ChundanaUK]

Originally Posted by robfosters

Just reminiscing. I used to have both PS1 and N64 and my PS1 barely got a look in. The hours I lost to Mario, Goldeneye, LOZ ocarina of time and the greatest ever, ISS, which I believe was a predecessor of Pro Evo.

I think it pipped PS1 in graphics and goldeneye and iss were just about the finest multiplayer games around. Especially as it came with 4 joypad ports (masterstroke).

Taken from wiki "1997's Golden Eye 007, was nominated by Marc Russo as one of the greatest games of all time, and, in his words, remains "to this day . . . the finest game I've ever played across any platform or genre".[26] Its release was exclusive to the Nintendo 64 system"


In fact, If I can get one cheap, I may buy it again just for the nostalgia value.

Great console BUT.... i hav to say the DreamCast is the most under rated console ever.....i still shed a tear for sega

[scott R]

give me a Sega unit over any of the Sony crap any day i would rather have my games near arcade perfect rather than stripped down

The N64 was a sweat machine but that pad just isnt worth rating how could they go from the sleek SNES pad for that freakish controller

[Icm76]

I say no, N64 wasn't and isn't underrated because most people who are really into games (& old enough!) will say that N64 had one of the best ever collections of games available for it, and amongst its' peers it was definitively the best console.