The ability to plug in 4 controllers right from jump was such a game changer. I have so many great memories of staying up all night playing Goldeneye and all of those wrestling games! Gotta agree with Mike about Mario Kart, too - I love the SNES version!
Loved the N64! Zelda Ocarina of Time, Mario 64, Turok 2 Seeds of Evil, Goldeneye, Mario Kart, Diddy Kong Racing, Wave Race, Shadows of the Empire, NFL Blitz, Smash Bros! Man, what a blast corps ;)
I recently got my N64 modded with the UltraHDMI and I love replaying GoldenEye on it. It's such a different FPS experience compared to today's shooters. There's so much variety to the missions it means the game never feels stale. I also really love how the AI is always doing different things and is really unpredictable (like flanking or lobbing grenades or running to trigger an alarm for reinforcements). It means you're always having to adjust and react to them rather than just memorising levels. Personally I think the PS1/N64/Saturn era is the most evenly matched generation when it comes to classics. There are games I love on all three systems and I really can't pick a favourite between them, I love them all equally and still have all three hooked up.
Garbage framerates and controls is what made me a PC gamer. The NES and SNES controlled almost perfectly, super low latency sprite hardware, literally racing the beam. The N64 and PS1 controlled like wrestling in treacle.
You know it IS possible to like one console without HATING the other? I love the N64, but that doesn't mean I have to HATE the PS1....and vise versa....
Why is Perfect Dark always overlooked? I feel it took Goldeneye and perfected it. The simulation mode was like an online play before online was available. My personal favorite for the 64.
Tj F I agree 100%!! Perfect Dark multiplayer was truly something special. I love it more than any other game. I talk more about PD in my other comments.
Perfect Dark isn't as good as Goldeneye? Lmfao. Customizable bots, MUCH better weapons and equally memorable music. Oh and many more game modes, character customization, ranks, alternate firing modes for every gun, a firing range with challenges, and so much more.
Even the guards were just as funny and charming as in "GoldenEye 007", they still did hilarious things and also had funny one-liners as well. A lot of FPS games take themselves overly seriously, but "Perfect Dark" still had that wonderful British humour from "GoldenEye 007" intact, like Elvis the alien for example. xD
+Banjo Bill "Perfect Dark" had two functions for most weapons, more detailed instructions for the mission objectives, quicker access to the Pause menu, and you could open a quick menu for several of the weapons and items by holding the A button. All those things are undeniable improvements, because they all ADDED something beneficial without hurting any other aspects in any way, which by definition is an improvement. It also had more intelligent enemies, and the music was at least as awesome.
Perfect Dark was the shit. Goldeneye was great, but Perfect Dark was far superior. It ran better on the hardware, more guns, way more multiplayer customization, bots, challenges, unlockables, better graphics, voice acting. It blew me away when I got it.
I had both the PS1 & N64 as a kid, they are both great. It's probably strictly nostalgic and memories, but there's something just more special to me with the N64. Like, I'd be totally down to play it but when it comes to the PS1, I'd have the attitude, "Why, when I have a PS4?" If that makes sense.
And Perfect Dark is superior. It had a really long story mode that was fun and could be played co-operately and a more content rich multiplayer mode (tons of different cheat codes) with a some staple Goldeneye levels in it.
I didn't own them both as a kid but I do as an adult and I love both to this day. Each have their own place in my collection. N64 > PS1 when it comes to multiplayer. PS1 > N64 when it comes to single player experience
I owned both, and although Digimon World is probably my most favourite game of all time, I'd say the n64 had a higher quality for it's fewer games. Really cons and pros to each.
WWF Wrestlemania 2000, No Mercy & WCW vs NWO Revenge were easily some of the best wrestling games during the era. The 4 player mulit-player and the simple pick up and play controls were always fun especially when you got 4 players together. Given how there was so many different match types and wrestlers to choose from (Along with Created Wrestlers) You had such variety. Wrestling games today are still being compared to No Mercy!
Ogre Battle 64. Another all-time SRPG classic. And yeah, Perfect Dark is faaaaar superior to Goldeneye. That game alone kept the system under me and my friends televisions until 2004 or something.
N64's legacy lives on with the abundance of remixes of game musics from the N64. A lot of N64 games had great music, my favorite is Mystical ninja starring Goemon 2 - Ryugu Castle (also known as Palace of the Sea Goddess, Life on Turtle (Part 2). The N64 midi is pretty good to listen still.
My favorite console of all time, but y'all all talk about Zelda and Mario and Fzro, but my faves were GAUNTLET LEGEND, EXTREME G RACING SERIES NFL BLITZ,QUAKE NOW THAT WAS ALSO SOME EPIC GAMES (XG3 RACING REBOOT PLEASE)!!!!
dude if they get a remade n64 theyd be off of the shelves as soon as it comes out and what about fighting force 64? it was hard but amazing. or vigilate 8 was awesome or dk 64, paper mario
23:47 WTF??? Goldeneye is bliss. But Perfect Dark is just better. in every single way. They just brushed that off oh well. 9/10 chance Mike and Ryan have no idea that PD is fucking co-op campaign.
One of the tough things about doing a N64 classic is that a lot of the great N64 titles were 2nd party done by Rare who is now owned by Microsoft. So it's going to be a lot tougher to get those on it as opposed to the Konami and Capcom titles on the NES & SNES classic systems.
I loved the n64 more because the games with smaller space to work with were made much better than ps games because they were like with ps games yeah I got all this Spence make a huge game with not great story or graphics as with n64 they are like ok we got small amount of space how will we make a good game while nit going over the storage limit
Dear Mike and Ryan, I feel you did Perfect Dark a bit of a disservice there: Perfect Dark is a far superior game than Goldeneye in pretty much ever way with better graphics, AI, multiplayer, story, missions, objectives, etc. etc. True, it did push the capabilities of the console a bit much at times but it's a truly awesome game. So great that it was released in HD on Xbox live a few years back.I'm not sure if you know much about it but Rare were originally going to produce the game for Tomorrow Never Dies but they declined because they felt too limited with Goldeneye and wanted to come up with their own story and characters to enable them more creative freedom. However they kept a lot of the things from Goldeneye including weapons (which you could unlock) and some of the multiplayer levels including facility, complex and temple.I would love to see you do a play through of both games so that you can really compare the difference, also it would be great to see you do a four player multiplayer comparison with James and some of the other cinemassacre regulars.Thanks for listening :)P.S. you should also definitely have a go at playing Team Buddies on PS1 if you can get it - it's quite a rare game, but fantastic.
I think the SNES has aged better than the N64. There are just something about those early 3D graphics that I'm not too fond of. That being said I do think the N64 had some really good games.
No doubt about it, the Genesis as well. 60 fps 2D graphics with smooth animation and colorful hand drawn art styles? Absolutely! You can say the same from 2D games from the 5th generation as well.
That is how i generally look and feel back on consoles, it is a major reason why i never got into the NES, it had really poor colorschemes a lot of times, i rather preferred my snotty GameBoy games instead. The lack of color in GameBoy games actually enhanced it for me, to imagine what they would look like in color, and the NES versions generally barfed all over that imagination. The N64 kinda suffered the same dullness of graphics, which the SNES didnt have as much, but yeah i would agree that the MegaDrive was really smooth and crisp.
Personally the game cube would have to be my favorite console of all time I feel like with the n64 nintendo was just getting their hands wet with what they can do, and with the gamecube they have released some of my favorite games of all time like windwaker mariosunshine and luigis mansion, and just made it so much better.
The only game I had was San Francisco Rush and me and my buddy must have put literally thousands of hours into the Stunt map. We had it absolutely mastered.
Sony is better right now, in my opinion because I don't wanna buy mk8 again, nor do I think Splatoon or Arms is any good. Pokken looks promising if they can do it some Justice.
Tchitchouan Inouane very accurate. If Nintendo took advantage of CD-ROM capabilities better in the 90s it would be a tough market between n64 and PlayStation.
Perfect Dark and how complex the game is on a campaign and multiplayer scale as well as the graphics are some of the best on the system EVER. The dynamic lighting combined with shadows and move-able objects within levels...wow that blew my mind when I was 13...never saw an FPS that came close to detail...not to mention with the expansion pack the ability to play it on wide screen HD tvs before they were even main stream is amazing. The game plays like a current day game on my 55inch 1080p UltraHDMI modded N64. Its even better when you upgrade the N64 joystick to the Gamecube bowl style joystick and then play the game using 2 controlers as if you had 2 analog sticks...yup then your in retro FPS heaven!
I don't know if this will get read but one of the best hidden gems that no one talks about is Hybrid heaven. Its a fun RPG where you get to kickbox aliens to death and is done by konami (was rumored to have been a metal gear game in development). Not the greatest story but has some cool mechanics I haven't seen before
The N64 revolutionized the gaming industry, Mechanics from Zelda are still being used in games like Horizon, The sniper zoom in games nowadays comes from GoldenEye, so many things started on N64 and the haters just have to suck it
Im not a hater of N64, but i really disliked the flood of FPS games, its what turned me off from gaming after being a die hard gamer since childhood. The switch to 3D wasnt specifically the problem for me, but the gameplay does not interest me. If GoldenEye contributed to that, then i will spit in its GoldenEye :P
I dont understand why 465 people (and counting) would watch this video and click dislike. what's wrong with the video in terms of quality and content? I loved it, it was a great watch.
Meshuggah Fan8675 You are 100% correct. Ben Hanson of Game Informer still calls it the best multiplayer shooter of all time, and also having the best wea6of any shooter. I will always love Perfect Dark 64.
and the thing about Perfect Dark is that its multiplayer is WAY better than Goldeneye's but almost never gets talked about. Know what? I'm gonna play it again
Both PlayStation and N64 were great consoles that innovated in one way or another and both has solid game libraries with tons of classics and hidden gems. While it's hard to compare apples to oranges, my greatest memories gaming from the 90s until now is playing 4 player games on N64 with my siblings.
I'll always remember the N64 fondly, even if there wasn't a vast collection of stand out games for it. The controller, in my opinion, is an iconic piece of gaming history and is immediately recognizable.
Jon Cook it was always my belief that perfect dark didn’t get the love it should because people don’t enjoy sci-fi games as much as the standard modern type shooter like goldeneye was. It’s a shame because it really is just technologically superior to goldeneye!
Cake Hebenstreit I've put many hours into it since 2013, and I'm still at 8 or 9 ranking. One day I will reach the top ranking, and when I do I will be sure to think of you, and how you got it so much sooner, lol. I agree though, I love looking at all the stats.
This was a good listen. If I may, I'd like to list a few great games that weren't mentioned. Ogre Battle 64, Jet Force Gemini, Banjo-Kazooie, Revolt, and Mystical Ninja. Long live the N64!!
I remember plenty of people using "Xbox" as a catch-all term for video games during the late 6th to 7th gen of consoles. It didn't die out during the age of the Nintendo 64. Microsoft dominated the late 6th gen and early-mid 7th gen of consoles with the Xbox and Xbox 360, which was probably due to Xbox Live becoming hugely popular. So yeah, when I was in my teens back then, plenty of people used "Xbox" as a catch-all term for video games, especially parents.
Thank you Mike for addressing why every Mario Party sucks after number seven. Everybody together in the same vehicle is just catering to how kids don't want to directly compete with each other on those games. There's literally no competition in the new ones. My four-year-old nephew can play as well as me or my 11 year old son almost in the new ones where as in number 6 it's not even close
Just to clarify not that I'm trying to beat up on a little kid but a four year old that's not particularly good at video games should not be able to keep up with somebody who's played an entire series and is good at it. That just means they homogenize the games
And thank you for mentioning gauntlet. Until it came out on Dreamcast this game was amazing. it sucks to play this game without four players if you have your friends over. Don't get me wrong I played it by myself all the way through a bunch but when you have more than one friend over it's one of the best games to have. And until Dreamcast this was one of my favorite four-player games for a long time
its apples and oranges between the games, i love the crash series on ps1 and love mario 64 on n64, i love ctr on ps1 but prefer mario kart on n64, goldeneye was the best game to have for multiplayer but metal gear solid and the resident evil games were the best games to have for single player. they both had great games but i do think nothing on n64 was as good as metal gear solid on ps1 for that time in gaming, metal gear and resident evil changed the way people looked and thought about games, metal gear was crazy for its time. id have to give the nod to the ps1 over the n64 just for that game alone.
As much as I was a Nintendo Fanboy you can't argue that metal gear and rezendeevil didn't change gaming completely. Even Silent Hill on PlayStation 1, I didn't like it as much as I fell in love with Silent Hill 2 but it did raise the bar and set a standard for a horror game. I can still remember being legit scared from the Silent Hill 2 playing it alone in the dark stoned when I was 17
19:10 Shadowman! You do know your games Ryan. It's one of my favorite games, I beat it on N64 and I loved it, but you're right, it's better to play it on Dreamcast or just PC.
Haha yeah, i just commented on that in a reply to someone mentioning Turok. Mike looks like he blocked Turok from his memory or something, like a trauma he doesnt want to talk about haha.
I agree with Ryan, the N64 was the decline of N64. I think it has aged a bit worse than NES/SNES in certain titles but games like Starfox64 and Zelda: Ocarina of Time are still awesome. I definitely hated that just about every game had 64 at the end.
Hay Mike, you can purchase the analog replacement sticks online very inexpensive and they work great, it's like having a brand new controller, very easy to install and there is no soldering required just incase anyone want's to know
I remember when I was about 6 (2002) and an older bloke came up to me at school and asked 'Do you play Zelda ZORG?' I said yes, but to this day, I really wished I asked wtf he meant when he said 'ZORG'!!
Kristopher Garcia yeah that game was popular with little kids and teenage girls, no offense, my cousin had it when we were little and played it all the time!
Not saying it's a great game, but I thoroughly enjoyed Castlevania 64. I can understand how people were disappointed by it as a Castlevania game (and I assume that's a huge reason why people don't like it), but if you pretend it's not a Castlevania game, it's not that bad.
The ability to plug in 4 controllers right from jump was such a game changer. I have so many great memories of staying up all night playing Goldeneye and all of those wrestling games! Gotta agree with Mike about Mario Kart, too - I love the SNES version!
Loved the N64! Zelda Ocarina of Time, Mario 64, Turok 2 Seeds of Evil, Goldeneye, Mario Kart, Diddy Kong Racing, Wave Race, Shadows of the Empire, NFL Blitz, Smash Bros! Man, what a blast corps ;)
My daughter and me still play Mario Party 1, 2, and 3 to this date. She's 9 and she loves the old versions.
I recently got my N64 modded with the UltraHDMI and I love replaying GoldenEye on it. It's such a different FPS experience compared to today's shooters. There's so much variety to the missions it means the game never feels stale.
I also really love how the AI is always doing different things and is really unpredictable (like flanking or lobbing grenades or running to trigger an alarm for reinforcements). It means you're always having to adjust and react to them rather than just memorising levels.
Personally I think the PS1/N64/Saturn era is the most evenly matched generation when it comes to classics. There are games I love on all three systems and I really can't pick a favourite between them, I love them all equally and still have all three hooked up.
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The only campaign in an FPS game to come close to Goldeneye were the newest Wolfenstein games
Nintendo 64 shined when it came to multiplayer games.
Artzie Music saving the day bruh
But it sucked ass when it comes to 2D, JRPGs, WRPGs and general role playing games !
Tchitchouan Inouane yea it had good platformers but no rpg games :/
still love it
Artzie Music that it did!
Artzie Music one of the worst if not the worst controller I've ever used
I never had any problem with the N64 Controllers.
Duke Spubber yeah me neither. The stick wasn't great, but it worked well enough for me. And I never had one break.
Same here.
I actually preferred n64 controllers over Playstation or anything at the time
I don't have problems with the original n64 controller
I still love that controller
Loved Conker's Bad Fur Day. A Rare and over looked game. It was so much Fun. Thankfully I still have it.
No loading times is what sold me on the N64
Garbage framerates and controls is what made me a PC gamer. The NES and SNES controlled almost perfectly, super low latency sprite hardware, literally racing the beam. The N64 and PS1 controlled like wrestling in treacle.
You know it IS possible to like one console without HATING the other? I love the N64, but that doesn't mean I have to HATE the PS1....and vise versa....
My buddies who had Playstation always asked to play my 64 when they were at my house and vice verse. Same as several years earlier with SNES and SEGA
Why is Perfect Dark always overlooked? I feel it took Goldeneye and perfected it. The simulation mode was like an online play before online was available. My personal favorite for the 64.
Tj F I agree 100%!! Perfect Dark multiplayer was truly something special. I love it more than any other game. I talk more about PD in my other comments.
It's true. Perfect Dark is one of the coolest shooters ever.
The gunshots didn't sound as satisfying as Goldeneye/007 TWINE/Duke Nukem
It was pew pew pew VS bang! bang! bang!
WCW Revenge and WWF No Mercy were awesome!
GoldenEye,Perfect Dark and Pilot Wings.Those alone made the N64 worth having.
of these 3 all I have is Goldeneye. For me the 64 was a haven of hidden gems that no one really remembers tho.
I love this console. Even though it was not perfect, it helped to shape graphics and games so the next generation can prefect it.
Nobody ever seems to mention Offroad Challenge on the n64, but I loved that game. The vehicles handled really well and the track designs were fun.
Perfect Dark isn't as good as Goldeneye? Lmfao. Customizable bots, MUCH better weapons and equally memorable music. Oh and many more game modes, character customization, ranks, alternate firing modes for every gun, a firing range with challenges, and so much more.
Benobot99 I agree - it was a great story too. My favourite on the system sling with Super Smash Bros and Mario
They're both excellent
Even the guards were just as funny and charming as in "GoldenEye 007", they still did hilarious things and also had funny one-liners as well.
A lot of FPS games take themselves overly seriously, but "Perfect Dark" still had that wonderful British humour from "GoldenEye 007" intact, like Elvis the alien for example. xD
Perfect dark had better multi-player. That's all.
+Banjo Bill
"Perfect Dark" had two functions for most weapons, more detailed instructions for the mission objectives, quicker access to the Pause menu, and you could open a quick menu for several of the weapons and items by holding the A button.
All those things are undeniable improvements, because they all ADDED something beneficial without hurting any other aspects in any way, which by definition is an improvement.
It also had more intelligent enemies, and the music was at least as awesome.
Perfect Dark was amazing. Ultra underrated. They also failed to mention Jet Force Gemini.
Perfect Dark was the shit. Goldeneye was great, but Perfect Dark was far superior. It ran better on the hardware, more guns, way more multiplayer customization, bots, challenges, unlockables, better graphics, voice acting. It blew me away when I got it.
You may be thinking of Time Splitters 2. There was no map editor in Perfect Dark.
Perfect dark was awful.
D. Barton you couldn't be more incorrect. It makes Goldeneye look like a piece of shit
D. Barton didn't get the Expansion Pak.
I had both the PS1 & N64 as a kid, they are both great. It's probably strictly nostalgic and memories, but there's something just more special to me with the N64. Like, I'd be totally down to play it but when it comes to the PS1, I'd have the attitude, "Why, when I have a PS4?" If that makes sense.
Perfect Dark. Enough said.
underrated, for sure. I love both multi and single player modes.
Laptop gun
Yes!
Over rated!
And Perfect Dark is superior. It had a really long story mode that was fun and could be played co-operately and a more content rich multiplayer mode (tons of different cheat codes) with a some staple Goldeneye levels in it.
Conker's Bad Fur Day had some great multiplayer modes, the D-Day mode in particular was so much fun
I owned both PS1 and N64 so I love both consoles.
same. fuck the sonytards hating in the coments. I love both.
I didn't own them both as a kid but I do as an adult and I love both to this day. Each have their own place in my collection. N64 > PS1 when it comes to multiplayer. PS1 > N64 when it comes to single player experience
I owned both, and although Digimon World is probably my most favourite game of all time, I'd say the n64 had a higher quality for it's fewer games. Really cons and pros to each.
"I" didn't have any money. My parents bought the N64 one Christmas and the PS1 the next that's all.
poors triggered lol
WWF Wrestlemania 2000, No Mercy & WCW vs NWO Revenge were easily some of the best wrestling games during the era.
The 4 player mulit-player and the simple pick up and play controls were always fun especially when you got 4 players together. Given how there was so many different match types and wrestlers to choose from (Along with Created Wrestlers) You had such variety.
Wrestling games today are still being compared to No Mercy!
agreed! WWF no mercy defined the n64 as well
We can all agree that Superman 64 was the best game for the system.
Again Ryan provides us with some nice information and Mike continually reminds us that he was born in the early 80s
Ogre Battle 64. Another all-time SRPG classic.
And yeah, Perfect Dark is faaaaar superior to Goldeneye. That game alone kept the system under me and my friends televisions until 2004 or something.
SALUTE
Rogue Squadron for N64 is possibly the most underrated game of all time...
Blast Corps is that for me. It is the only very unknown Rare game on the console.
Talkren It was a massive seller... Idk what the hell you guys are talking about.
Battle for Naboo is far more underrated than Rogue Squadron in my opinion.
Ironinquisitor loved the variety of missions and story in battle for Naboo!
18:47 for that generation it was the Sega Saturn not the Dreamcast.
The Dreamcast was release only 1 year before the PS2 launch. So the Switch is a quarter generation system or what?
lol Half is life, you mean 1 year roflmao
N64's legacy lives on with the abundance of remixes of game musics from the N64. A lot of N64 games had great music, my favorite is Mystical ninja starring Goemon 2 - Ryugu Castle (also known as Palace of the Sea Goddess, Life on Turtle (Part 2). The N64 midi is pretty good to listen still.
My favorite console of all time, but y'all all talk about Zelda and Mario and Fzro, but my faves were GAUNTLET LEGEND, EXTREME G RACING SERIES NFL BLITZ,QUAKE NOW THAT WAS ALSO SOME EPIC GAMES (XG3 RACING REBOOT PLEASE)!!!!
This console was total legitness
Roland Bat I'M A BRICK
The consol is total legitnes
I really like Doom 64. But one of the underrated games that I can recommend is "Space Station Silicon Valley".
6:31 Ha, Mike knows these videos bring a spotlight to these finite games and consoles and increases demand for them, thus increasing the prices.
I seriously question the judgment of anyone who says Perfect Dark is "okay" and Goldeneye is better
Well it's because GoldenEye is a fun game and I don't know what perfect dark is
I question your state of mental health by making this nonsense of a statement lol
man anyone else wish these videos were still being pumped out, I find myself re-watching all these old ones and I'm upset most of these guys are gone.
dude if they get a remade n64 theyd be off of the shelves as soon as it comes out and what about fighting force 64? it was hard but amazing. or vigilate 8 was awesome or dk 64, paper mario
Dude Vigilante 8! What a classic 🔥🤘🏻
Holy shit, I was SO GLAD that Ryan mentioned Turok 1 & 2, highly underrated classics for the system.
Cruis'n USA was awesome.
That and San Francisco Rush!
D. Barton shit was doooope
Those games are my childhood. I got them on my nintendo 64 rite now!
That was my jam untill I got halo then every other game on earth died
Perfect Dark improved on GoldenEye in every possible way! You guys are crazy, that game was amazing!
what about mystic ninja? loved that one!
n64 = godmode multiplayer
ps1 = 1 hour load times so you can play by urself
23:47 WTF??? Goldeneye is bliss. But Perfect Dark is just better. in every single way. They just brushed that off oh well.
9/10 chance Mike and Ryan have no idea that PD is fucking co-op campaign.
One of the tough things about doing a N64 classic is that a lot of the great N64 titles were 2nd party done by Rare who is now owned by Microsoft. So it's going to be a lot tougher to get those on it as opposed to the Konami and Capcom titles on the NES & SNES classic systems.
Sounds lame to say but I think the N64 had more heart than the Playstation.
mark224 It does for sure
I loved the n64 more because the games with smaller space to work with were made much better than ps games because they were like with ps games yeah I got all this Spence make a huge game with not great story or graphics as with n64 they are like ok we got small amount of space how will we make a good game while nit going over the storage limit
Three Words that disprove that:
Metal Gear Solid
Because the PlayStation was made by Nintendo and then Nintendo backed out of a deal
Amen to that.
Dear Mike and Ryan, I feel you did Perfect Dark a bit of a disservice there: Perfect Dark is a far superior game than Goldeneye in pretty much ever way with better graphics, AI, multiplayer, story, missions, objectives, etc. etc. True, it did push the capabilities of the console a bit much at times but it's a truly awesome game. So great that it was released in HD on Xbox live a few years back.I'm not sure if you know much about it but Rare were originally going to produce the game for Tomorrow Never Dies but they declined because they felt too limited with Goldeneye and wanted to come up with their own story and characters to enable them more creative freedom. However they kept a lot of the things from Goldeneye including weapons (which you could unlock) and some of the multiplayer levels including facility, complex and temple.I would love to see you do a play through of both games so that you can really compare the difference, also it would be great to see you do a four player multiplayer comparison with James and some of the other cinemassacre regulars.Thanks for listening :)P.S. you should also definitely have a go at playing Team Buddies on PS1 if you can get it - it's quite a rare game, but fantastic.
When the system came out my dad took me to Toys R Us to buy a N64 game, after taxes it came out to $64.64.
I think the SNES has aged better than the N64. There are just something about those early 3D graphics that I'm not too fond of. That being said I do think the N64 had some really good games.
No doubt about it, the Genesis as well. 60 fps 2D graphics with smooth animation and colorful hand drawn art styles? Absolutely! You can say the same from 2D games from the 5th generation as well.
That is how i generally look and feel back on consoles, it is a major reason why i never got into the NES, it had really poor colorschemes a lot of times, i rather preferred my snotty GameBoy games instead.
The lack of color in GameBoy games actually enhanced it for me, to imagine what they would look like in color, and the NES versions generally barfed all over that imagination.
The N64 kinda suffered the same dullness of graphics, which the SNES didnt have as much, but yeah i would agree that the MegaDrive was really smooth and crisp.
OsricRexor - Sprite art generally ages better, since you're not comparing polys.
Personally the game cube would have to be my favorite console of all time I feel like with the n64 nintendo was just getting their hands wet with what they can do, and with the gamecube they have released some of my favorite games of all time like windwaker mariosunshine and luigis mansion, and just made it so much better.
Cinemassacre always has the best videos. Nostalgia forever.
The only game I had was San Francisco Rush and me and my buddy must have put literally thousands of hours into the Stunt map. We had it absolutely mastered.
I still play my N64. My friends and I growing up had N64's. My cousin had a ps1 and Saturn and dreamcast. All good systems. In my opinion
Why hasn't there been a AVGN video on Daikatana?
John Spade I'M A BRICK AND LUV MEMES
Pretty sure there was, actually.
irllcd13 it was a James and Mike Mondays episode
Best episode yet! I love the n64. I have the best memories growing up playing this system.
Everyones like "Sony's better, Nintendo's better!" Who cares! Look at all these sweet games!
Sony is better right now, in my opinion because I don't wanna buy mk8 again, nor do I think Splatoon or Arms is any good. Pokken looks promising if they can do it some Justice.
But it's true Sony objectively handeled disc media in a more convenient manner than N64's aging cartridges.
Tchitchouan Inouane very accurate. If Nintendo took advantage of CD-ROM capabilities better in the 90s it would be a tough market between n64 and PlayStation.
+sonyvssnes Indeed ! My point exactly pretty much !
Lol its like the same tribalism that exists with "democrats" and "republicans"
Perfect Dark and how complex the game is on a campaign and multiplayer scale as well as the graphics are some of the best on the system EVER. The dynamic lighting combined with shadows and move-able objects within levels...wow that blew my mind when I was 13...never saw an FPS that came close to detail...not to mention with the expansion pack the ability to play it on wide screen HD tvs before they were even main stream is amazing. The game plays like a current day game on my 55inch 1080p UltraHDMI modded N64. Its even better when you upgrade the N64 joystick to the Gamecube bowl style joystick and then play the game using 2 controlers as if you had 2 analog sticks...yup then your in retro FPS heaven!
How did you guys not even mention Donkey Kong 64?! It was so amazing!
Many people don't like DK 64.
Perfect Dark kicked ass.Their reaction pissed me off. Probably one of my favorite games on the console. That and Ogre Battle 64.
In Turkey we still say in 2018 “hey! I’m gonna play some Atari” when they mean video games oh and they don’t know what the hell nintendo is
I don't know if this will get read but one of the best hidden gems that no one talks about is Hybrid heaven. Its a fun RPG where you get to kickbox aliens to death and is done by konami (was rumored to have been a metal gear game in development). Not the greatest story but has some cool mechanics I haven't seen before
The N64 revolutionized the gaming industry, Mechanics from Zelda are still being used in games like Horizon, The sniper zoom in games nowadays comes from GoldenEye, so many things started on N64 and the haters just have to suck it
Lol wait, do you really think Goldeneye invented sniper zoom?
Can you prove it didn't? Because it wasn't in any other games at the time.
Im not a hater of N64, but i really disliked the flood of FPS games, its what turned me off from gaming after being a die hard gamer since childhood. The switch to 3D wasnt specifically the problem for me, but the gameplay does not interest me. If GoldenEye contributed to that, then i will spit in its GoldenEye :P
I'm sure if you really wanted to dig you could find a dozen PC games that used it before the N64 did.
A dozen, really? Post a single one for proof.
You two are nuts, Perfect Dark was WAY BETTER than Goldeneye.
No
No they are equal
You already know Nintendo will make a N64 Classic Edition.
It better have GoldenEye 007
Intimidation I've heard this. But will you be able to drop a cinder block on it and not phase it?
Monty Mack I agree but don't know if it will make it.
Without the Rare IP games, it will be lackluster.
They'll probably only make 50 of them and quit for fear it will hurt sales of Switch
I dont understand why 465 people (and counting) would watch this video and click dislike. what's wrong with the video in terms of quality and content? I loved it, it was a great watch.
Perfect dark is far better than goldeneye. Sue me
Meshuggah Fan8675 You are 100% correct. Ben Hanson of Game Informer still calls it the best multiplayer shooter of all time, and also having the best wea6of any shooter. I will always love Perfect Dark 64.
Yea those reload animations changed the industry for sure.
Yeah, no. Sorry. It's freaking 007 shooting the fuck out of shit
@@sickboy805 I hate reload animations
Banjo kazooie!!!
Anytime I see someone talk about how amazing Goldeneye was, I always feel like they've never played Perfect Dark. Perfect Dark was so much better
Brad Nimbus I agree, but people talk about it more because it came out earlier and because of the name.
Brad Nimbus some of the games they said sucked I loved as a kid. Started pissing me off lol.
Brad Nimbus Thing about Goldeneye - multiplayer was (and is) awesome! Still play it friends today from time to time^^
Agreed. Goldeneye 8/10. Perfect Dark 9/10
and the thing about Perfect Dark is that its multiplayer is WAY better than Goldeneye's but almost never gets talked about. Know what? I'm gonna play it again
Both PlayStation and N64 were great consoles that innovated in one way or another and both has solid game libraries with tons of classics and hidden gems. While it's hard to compare apples to oranges, my greatest memories gaming from the 90s until now is playing 4 player games on N64 with my siblings.
Megaman 64 is where it's at. What an underrated gem
Man, if the N64 had used CDs it would have been an even more beastly console.
They should make the virtua boy mini. Then you might actually have a chance of getting one.
I'll always remember the N64 fondly, even if there wasn't a vast collection of stand out games for it. The controller, in my opinion, is an iconic piece of gaming history and is immediately recognizable.
"GoldenEye is superior (to Perfect Dark)"
No.
Jon Cook it was always my belief that perfect dark didn’t get the love it should because people don’t enjoy sci-fi games as much as the standard modern type shooter like goldeneye was. It’s a shame because it really is just technologically superior to goldeneye!
Yes
Perfect Dark!!
I still have mine and I love playing it when I want to take a break from the modern consoles and go retro and relive a lot of my younger days
I loved Beetle Adventure Racing, it was a lot of fun in multiplayer too
in Europe, a Playstation definitely means video console lol
Perfect Dark is my favorite 64 game.
Cake Hebenstreit Mine too!! The multiplayer is truly amazing.
DKC2! Oh yes! I played countless hours. I got the highest rank. Such a good game.
Cake Hebenstreit That's awesome!
DKC2! Thanks. It took years.i loved how you could see all your multi stats.
Cake Hebenstreit I've put many hours into it since 2013, and I'm still at 8 or 9 ranking. One day I will reach the top ranking, and when I do I will be sure to think of you, and how you got it so much sooner, lol. I agree though, I love looking at all the stats.
This was a good listen. If I may, I'd like to list a few great games that weren't mentioned. Ogre Battle 64, Jet Force Gemini, Banjo-Kazooie, Revolt, and Mystical Ninja. Long live the N64!!
I remember plenty of people using "Xbox" as a catch-all term for video games during the late 6th to 7th gen of consoles. It didn't die out during the age of the Nintendo 64. Microsoft dominated the late 6th gen and early-mid 7th gen of consoles with the Xbox and Xbox 360, which was probably due to Xbox Live becoming hugely popular. So yeah, when I was in my teens back then, plenty of people used "Xbox" as a catch-all term for video games, especially parents.
Thank you Mike for addressing why every Mario Party sucks after number seven. Everybody together in the same vehicle is just catering to how kids don't want to directly compete with each other on those games. There's literally no competition in the new ones. My four-year-old nephew can play as well as me or my 11 year old son almost in the new ones where as in number 6 it's not even close
Just to clarify not that I'm trying to beat up on a little kid but a four year old that's not particularly good at video games should not be able to keep up with somebody who's played an entire series and is good at it. That just means they homogenize the games
And thank you for mentioning gauntlet. Until it came out on Dreamcast this game was amazing. it sucks to play this game without four players if you have your friends over. Don't get me wrong I played it by myself all the way through a bunch but when you have more than one friend over it's one of the best games to have. And until Dreamcast this was one of my favorite four-player games for a long time
its apples and oranges between the games, i love the crash series on ps1 and love mario 64 on n64, i love ctr on ps1 but prefer mario kart on n64, goldeneye was the best game to have for multiplayer but metal gear solid and the resident evil games were the best games to have for single player. they both had great games but i do think nothing on n64 was as good as metal gear solid on ps1 for that time in gaming, metal gear and resident evil changed the way people looked and thought about games, metal gear was crazy for its time. id have to give the nod to the ps1 over the n64 just for that game alone.
As much as I was a Nintendo Fanboy you can't argue that metal gear and rezendeevil didn't change gaming completely. Even Silent Hill on PlayStation 1, I didn't like it as much as I fell in love with Silent Hill 2 but it did raise the bar and set a standard for a horror game. I can still remember being legit scared from the Silent Hill 2 playing it alone in the dark stoned when I was 17
It was nice to see COnkers get a mention. My friends and I used to play the Multiplayer on that for hours. Game was so much fun!
you forgot about hybrid heaven!! best RPG/fighter on the system !!
Many people don't like that game.
well those people probably suck at it lol
yeah Hybrid Heaven was fun to me, it never gets talked about. I still have my cartridge copy of it
19:10 Shadowman! You do know your games Ryan. It's one of my favorite games, I beat it on N64 and I loved it, but you're right, it's better to play it on Dreamcast or just PC.
N64 master race
Great video. Mischief Makers was a game that I really enjoyed on the N64.
This part is so awkward 😂 18:25
Tony Pivaral "yeah...yeah...yeah
Haha yeah, i just commented on that in a reply to someone mentioning Turok.
Mike looks like he blocked Turok from his memory or something, like a trauma he doesnt want to talk about haha.
"Yeah... yeah... yeah..." is Mike's catch phrase.
Yeah
he should have mentioned Turok 3... well overlooked game!
I agree with Ryan, the N64 was the decline of N64. I think it has aged a bit worse than NES/SNES in certain titles but games like Starfox64 and Zelda: Ocarina of Time are still awesome.
I definitely hated that just about every game had 64 at the end.
Really ? you didn't talk about Body Harvest ... One of the best N64 games out there, go play it !
Mick Rob I have that but I don't remember enjoying it.
Hay Mike, you can purchase the analog replacement sticks online very inexpensive and they work great, it's like having a brand new controller, very easy to install and there is no soldering required just incase anyone want's to know
Pod racing was my fav raceing game top notch for sure
Also perfect dark was just ridiculously awesome man was my fav system
I've never been a fan of racing games, but I loved Pod Racer
*sounds of the pod racer losing one of its engines then the loud no* i do like to play that game from time to time
I remember when I was about 6 (2002) and an older bloke came up to me at school and asked 'Do you play Zelda ZORG?'
I said yes, but to this day, I really wished I asked wtf he meant when he said 'ZORG'!!
Blast Corp, that was awesome!
I always enjoy when you two talk about games.
Yoshi Story is actually a great game! you guys should give it a try!
Yep, it really is. Total fun platforming. It's probably one of the few that still holds up graphically because it wasn't 3D.
Yea, Yoshi Story is a great game once you learn the goals. it is a lot of fun to replay.
I like how he just trashes it and afterwards barely recalls playing it.
Kristopher Garcia yeah that game was popular with little kids and teenage girls, no offense, my cousin had it when we were little and played it all the time!
Mike wouldn't like it because its not Yoshi's Island and its structured very differently.
Blast Corps is one of my favorite games on the system and rarely gets mentioned when good N64 game are listed
Anybody remember turok?
capitaingrub turock 2 seed of evil I loved it!
capitaingrub 1 & 2 were great. 3 & rage wars not so much but had a better look. Love those games.
Literally the most violent game on the system, even more than mortal kombat lmao
Ashley Johansson bio freaks was pretty bad to
Yeah... Yeah... Yeah...
I could talk about the N64 all day. So many memories.
Not saying it's a great game, but I thoroughly enjoyed Castlevania 64. I can understand how people were disappointed by it as a Castlevania game (and I assume that's a huge reason why people don't like it), but if you pretend it's not a Castlevania game, it's not that bad.
n64 is by far my favorite Nintendo system. I played Mario Party 2, Mario Kart 64, and Mario Tennis an ungodly amount.
The turbografx 16 was so advanced that it only had one controller port
The Nintendo 64 totally takes me back to the 90's; such a fantastic console!