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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 8 2007, 07:59 PM (3,213 Views) | |
| stinger9142 | Feb 8 2007, 07:59 PM Post #1 |
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all of us here obviously love(d) the nintendo 64. (if not, why are you here?)
i know for me it was more than just a great system, it represents the fun of my teenage years to me. there were so many great gaming experiences on that system. goldeneye, perfect dark, and ocarina of time making the biggest impression on me. the introduction of 3D gaming really drew me in. i think the multiplayers games were the biggest thing that made it so fun though. nothing compared to an evening of pd/ge deathmatches. maro kart, diddy kong racing, mario party, starfox, thq wrestling games, road rash, etc... that were all so awesome to play with friends! i still love how the system looks, and the same goes for the controller. to be honest, i love the idea of cartridge systems. just seems more fun to me to play on cartridges than cd's. things were a lot less hectic to me back then. i just had to worry about school. i could play games all day and night. it was easy to get together with friends and play games, as nobody had jobs. i really have a hard time letting go of that time in my life. i reflect on it a lot, and wish i could go back, atleast for a little bit and spend an evening or two playing with friends. i have a friend visiting later this year. he was my best gaming bud from high school and we plan to play a lot of 64 games. he mentioned he missed those days too. is it the same for anybody else? or am i just weird? |
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| Rapueda (retired) | Feb 8 2007, 08:20 PM Post #2 |
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Well said, stinger9142!!
Everything you said is so true. It's such an incredible system. Games today don't compare to the N64's best. |
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| stinger9142 | Feb 8 2007, 08:29 PM Post #3 |
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why thank you
i totally love my ps2 and gamecube btw, i just love the feel of the 64. like you said, rapueda, games for the most part just don't have the depth to me anymore. i think the new zelda will for sure when i get it. aside from that though, i could only really thing of 6 or 7 games in the last 5 years that had near the impact that a dozen or so that the 64 had in the same amount of time. |
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| dagoss | Feb 8 2007, 09:49 PM Post #4 |
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Do you miss the games or do you miss their idealized memories? I notice most of your post doesn't actually have to do with the N64 rather your impression of the time you spent with it -- |
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| Ragedy | Feb 8 2007, 10:30 PM Post #5 |
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I just had a 4 player Mario Tennis session. Definitly reminded me how N64 is more fun than any other console. |
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| stinger9142 | Feb 8 2007, 11:35 PM Post #6 |
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dagos -
well, both. that's kind of what i meant in my post. both the quality of games, and the age at which i played them helped create the experience. i have most of my games still, and play a lot now. so i can't really miss the games, but i do definately miss the experience of them being new and playing them with friends. i think i mentioned equally both the system (and its games) and my time spent on it. i talked about it's best games, multiplayer madness, how it looked, and liking the cartridge media better. that pretty much covered all the basics about the system to me. i sure didn't mean to neglect it if it comes across like i was. if the system wasn't great, the time spent on it wouldn't have been great either. so it definately is both. "why i love the n64" is really because of the times it gave me playing quality games both by myself and with friends. |
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| dataDyne | Feb 9 2007, 01:24 AM Post #7 |
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Not at all! Your feelings about the N64 are exactly the same as mine. I may be only 16, but the days of staying up all night playing N64 (or any system) are long gone now that I'm in my senior years of school and have a job. I always think about those days, it makes me sad that I can't go back to them no matter how hard I try. When I do get the chance to have a few gaming sessions, I just don't get the same feeling that I did when I used to only play N64. Video games just don't seem to have that magical effect on me these days. |
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| macN64 | Feb 9 2007, 11:36 AM Post #8 |
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I think that too. I've been wondering, would it be possible to put a game on a flash drive type thing? I was thinking something like a wider one of these: ![]() It would be like a super cartridge! |
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| Mop it up | Feb 9 2007, 12:36 PM Post #9 |
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Y'know Mac, I was wondering just the same thing the other day. I don't know how much those cards cost to manufacture though, especially one that contains 9GB. Surely it must be less than what a 9GB cartridge would cost, but it's still probably a lot more than CD's. |
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| macN64 | Feb 9 2007, 01:04 PM Post #10 |
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I wonder if they would ever be used. They'd be more durable than disks and they'd have quicker loading times. There would also be no problems with lazers wearing out, skipping, scratches etc. As you say though, they'd by more expensive. |
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| Flame_Dragon | Feb 9 2007, 05:14 PM Post #11 |
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I agree 100%. The N64 is the best system of all time. The reason for that is because it's wide selection of Triple A titles. With 4 controller ports built in, the N64 is a great gaming machine tom play at gatherings. |
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| stinger9142 | Feb 9 2007, 06:19 PM Post #12 |
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yes, the 4 controller ports is something i forgot to mention. that was a major turn off when buying the ps2. who wants to buy a multi-tap anyways? if anything could ever come of flash drive games i think that would be great. the cost makes it not very likely now, but in the future who knows. if the prices fall enough we may see it some day. i like the sound of it for sure. i would say that a flash drive based system would be signifigantly smaller. the system would be much more durable with no moving parts. game storage would be a breeze too. you could have a big long tray with usb sized slots in it. 20 or 30 games wouldn't take up much space at all. |
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| dagoss | Feb 9 2007, 08:39 PM Post #13 |
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I must be alone in thinking the N64 isn't the greatest system, rather there is no such thing as a great system. The hardware really doesn't matter. A great game can be made on even the worst hardware. Hell, anyone else here play Nethack? A great game that is completely text-based. Even Sega CD had some great games, such as Lunar or Sonic CD, which warrant buying the system. There are some great games for N64, but every system has great games. Perhaps I am alone in my unbias (and clearly I am alone on top of this high horse
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| Mop it up | Feb 9 2007, 08:54 PM Post #14 |
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Perhaps you're over-analizing it and taking it too literally. It's just easier to say the Nintendo 64 is a great system as a whole, rather than listing every reason (or every game). It's the games that make (or break) the system. But why can't a system be great? The controllers can be great, and that's part of the system, right? Isn't a system with 4 controller ports better than one with 2 ports? If a system had the ability for the developer to create any idea that they came up with, and make the programming process quick and easy, how is that not a great system? Wouldn't a great system breed great games? One probably doesn't exist yet, but that doesn't mean it never will. On a completely unrelated note, what other games do you like on the N64 besides Pilotwings? I can't think of any other game you've ever mentioned. |
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| dagoss | Feb 9 2007, 09:08 PM Post #15 |
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Game I love on N64: Pilotwings Mario 64 Banjo-Kazooie Mario Kart 64 Waverace 64 Diddy Kong Racing Star Fox 64 Probably a few others, but that's what I'll usually play. I have more N64 games than that of course, but I don't really play those. Back in the day, I did unlock every cheat in Goldeneye (including that bloody Facility), but I find that game to be such a bore now. |
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| stinger9142 | Feb 10 2007, 12:32 AM Post #16 |
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i think systems can definately be great or not. and i wouldn't call it a bias either. just my opinion, now if i worked for nintendo or something, i could see how it would be biased. i do agree that just about any system can have a good game. i do think hardware matters though. a great game can be made on a crappy hardware set up, but i think a great game can be better created and enjoyed on a great hardware set up. i think peripherals for a system can have a big impact as well. some people didn't like the idea of a memory pack inside the controller, but i liked it. it fit perfectly with pd style games where you had customized players. the introduction of the rumble pack was super cool, though i think internal motors are definately better now ofcourse. there was a lot of innovative things with the n64 hardware and it's accesories. i think the n64 controller was a great step forward. the idea of a d pad and analog together was awesome, heck an analog stick alone would have been awesome innovation! hardware aside, what helps make the n64 great was the exclusive games. those always make or break a system. exclusives like the mario games, rare fps, zelda, banjo, etc gave te n64 an edge over the competition. so in my opinion, the formula for a great system - great system = great hardware & accesories + innovative features + great games + and multiplayer support |
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| macN64 | Feb 10 2007, 04:42 AM Post #17 |
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Was the 64 the first console to have an analoge stick? |
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| Deleted User | Feb 10 2007, 05:02 AM Post #18 |
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Nope, the GCE Vectrex and the Atari 5200 both had analogue sticks about 15 years before the N64 was released. The N64 made analogue sticks the industry standard, though... |
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| macN64 | Feb 10 2007, 08:40 AM Post #19 |
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What about the PSX? Didn't that have anologue sticks? |
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| Deleted User | Feb 10 2007, 08:56 AM Post #20 |
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Not originally. Sony added two analogue sticks to their controller after the Nintendo 64 was released. That controller was called the Dual Analogue, but didn't last long because Nintendo released the Rumble Pak. Sony then redesigned the Dual Analogue to incorporate a vibration function into it and it was released as the Dual Shock controller. |
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| macN64 | Feb 10 2007, 09:25 AM Post #21 |
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Wow
I didn't know that... |
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| dagoss | Feb 10 2007, 10:00 AM Post #22 |
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Sony's dual-shock controller's didn't need batteries though and remained unchanged through the PS2's lifetime. I believe there were also differences between the dual-shock Playstation (it was released as a new package) and the original Playstations. They added a chip or something that made it hard to import. I can't remember exactly. |
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| Mop it up | Feb 10 2007, 12:05 PM Post #23 |
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The Atari 5200's stick doesn't look much like the N64's, but the Vectrex's looks similar. I often wonder how durable these sticks were, and if Nintendo could've learned something if they had studied the design. And before anybody asks, the N64 also wasn't the first console to have 4 controller ports, but it did make it a standard. I can't remember what system it was though. *cue alxbly to post a link* And was the Sega Saturn's controller ever analogue stick'd? |
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| stinger9142 | Feb 10 2007, 12:08 PM Post #24 |
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that's cool about the two older systems with analogs. if they came out 15 years before the 64, i wasn't born yet, so i guess that's why i missed them. i remember joy sticks, but never anythign small like the n64 kind. |
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| dagoss | Feb 10 2007, 12:17 PM Post #25 |
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Yes. When NiGHTS into Dreams came out, it included a "3D controller" that had a control stick. I don't know how many games used it besides NiGHTS though. Here's a picture: ![]() By the way, that controller is very comfortable. |
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| Deleted User | Feb 10 2007, 02:24 PM Post #26 |
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Mop, you should remember this... but only because the console has such a silly name! The Bally Arcade/Astrocade was the first console with four controller ports: http://www.glankonian.com/~lance/History.html It came out in 1977 and is the same age as... me. The early ananlogue sticks were pretty duff. The Atari 5200 one didn't even self-centre... not good. |
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| Mop it up | Feb 10 2007, 03:24 PM Post #27 |
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How can you expect me to remember that? In another thread, I just told you the N64 outsold the PlayStation until 1999, which is pretty far from what the article I inferred it from said. Don't expect me to ever get the facts straight. :wacko: |
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| Abendigo | Feb 10 2007, 03:47 PM Post #28 |
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of course! the n64 is perfect in pretty much every way
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| stinger9142 | Feb 10 2007, 05:24 PM Post #29 |
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you two need a room?
j/k that saturn controller looks awfull! i thought the dc had an ugly one too. i thought the gc one looked awfull at first, but it grew on me when i held it. |
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| Rapueda (retired) | Feb 10 2007, 05:47 PM Post #30 |
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Definately! There's so many great games that are only available on the N64 (excluding the Wii). |
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