/vr/ - Retro Games

why do you need other people to decide for you?
It really depends on what your tastes are

I would get a job. Console warring is retarded.

I still keep finding great ps1 games I've never heard of meanwhile there is maybe like 10 games worth playing on the n64

>>10211805
N64 doesn't emulate perfectly so probably that one

>>10211805
PS1 no contest.

i have a xstation and a n64, i like my sega saturn but the ps1 has the best controls and the n64 has first person shooters

>>10211805
I love the psx and every year you enlightened trolls shine a light on at least a few new games I want to try out (I had no idea alien trilogy used modern shooter controls, now it’s on my list), however the 64 is just pure joy and fun to me. It’s the fun multiplayer games and honestly no other console did it better overall in this category. You honestly can’t go wrong w either system but gun to head, 64 for me.

>>10211805
I'd say that N64 has higher highs than PS1... but the PS1's library is so much more vast and diverse, that I could see myself choosing it as my only console at all if I had too, I just feel it's more worth it, also DualShock is more comfy to me than the N64's controller, it's also good, but it was an experiment, while the DualShock was a SNES controller with analogs and handles, safe, but essentially perfect too. Also, PS1 Memory Card and start up SFX are just peak SOUL and I can't get enough of it. Not having Mario 64, OoT, MM, Banjo, etc... it's a pain, buy PS1 has good options in all genres, so it makes up for it.

>>10211805
Well, the specific framing of this question biases it to ps1. After all, you can only pick one ever meaning I got to consider ps1 for the library. It's in disguise a "games to bring to deserted island" question.
I'd generally choose n64-but then occasionally I might want mvc or find some jrpg to try and I already played oot. Even then it's tough to abandon the idea of using the island time for replaying some n64 titles, maybe give a go to Pokemon Stadium, but mvc wins overall.

>>10211805
PS1 easily

>>10211821
Why do so many people still think that? N64 emulation has been amazing for years with paraLLEl-RDP

>>10211805
I think nothing on the PS1 comes close to OoT and MM but I'd still choose the PS1 simply for the library size and variety. The N64 library is just too damn small

>>10211818
this

>>10211805
whichever one you have the strongest emotional attachment to, for me that's the N64

>>10211887
You're going to upset a lot of hipsters here that love extremely low resolution textures and blurriness

N64

>>10212057
>posts a game that's better on Dreamcast
Nintenbros... I'm not feeling too good...

>>10211805
PSX has both higher highs and a much higher number of great games.
N64 is my biggest dissapointment ever.

N64 has Mario 64, Smash, OoT and a ton of good racers
PS1 has MGS, Tekken, Resident Evil and a ton of good RPGs
depends on ur taste

>>10212060
Nice console warring, but Bangai O is good on both N64 and DC (more challenging and deeper scoring on 64).
No ps version!

>>10211805
If you like literally anything but Nintendo games, PlayStation. If you like just Nintendo games and only Nintendo games, you've already made up your mind.

>>10211805
n64 wins big time

>>10211805
PS1 and it's not even close
I'd miss Goemon's Great Adventure but that's pretty much it

84'er
Born in USA
I had at home:

1988 Atari VCS
1989 NES
1993 SNES
1995 Game Boy
1996 N64
1997 PlayStation
1998 368 PC
1998 Intellivision
1999 Dreamcast
2000 Pentium I PC
2000 PS2
2001 Gamecube
2001 Pentium II PC
2001 Saturn
2002 Xbox
2003 Pentium III PC
2003 Nomad

Then I went to college and that's a different era.
Not a richfag. You had to be there.

>>10211805
the PS1 has games and the N64 doesn't. not even a contest

>>10212112
literally nobody asked

N64 was legitimately the worst Nintendo console and it was all thanks to their hubris in thinking 3rd parties would work harder and take a hit financially in order to support them. Meanwhile Playstation was to 3d what NES was to 2d.

>>10211805
i refuse to believe there is a single person who owned both who would actually choose the 64. mario 64 is certainly one of the best games ever, and worth owning the console for alone, but ocarina was always bad, goldeneye was amazing at the time but the multiplayer was always overrated. that just leaves starfox, mario kart, and a handful of rental tier games, and then shit tier versions of ps1 games.

N64 if you have friends, PS1 if you're a loser with no friends

>>10211821
>muh accuracy

>>10211805
a cheap low end PC to emulate both
emulation aside, the playstation. n64 has zelda and mario, but not much else. ps1 has over 3x more exclusives, and outside of first party nindy games the quality is generally better.

>>10212268
Chads don't wait for people to ask.

>>10212375
>works on my machine

>>10211818
those games make it totally worthwhile

>>10212347
There were 100 people multiplaying DDR to 1 playing Golden Eye. I'm sorry you were lied to.

The N64 is carried on the back of three games. Super Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, and Mario Kart 64. The rest is mid or made for retard babies like Banjo-Kazooie.

If you weren't a PlayStation gamer in the 90s, you weren't a gamer period. Games were way cheaper, higher in quality, and greater in variety.

Console comparisons should be a retired topic unless it's comparing hardware or different versions of a game. It just leads to the same (inaccurate) talking points being repeated every thread, and it's not even useful to anyone now that old consoles are cheap and emulation is easy.

>>10212469
This.

I had both as a kid. I played the hell out of my PSX. Had a modchip, but also bought plenty of games too. The PSX library is absolutely enormous, and while there's some trash it is still surprisingly high quality overall. I consider the best of the PSX to be the top tier of all of retro gaming. Among many other great games, the PSX was the main platform of the golden age of JRPGs.

By contrast, on my N64 I played Mario 64, GoldenEye, Mario Kart, Ocarina of Time... and that's it. I had a few other games, but I didn't enjoy them. I also thought the PSX had more aesthetically pleasing "early 3D" capabilities. I don't like the *extremely* low-res textures on the N64. You can also palpably feel how the N64 developers were constrained on cartridge size. Just feels like there's little "content" in each game.

>>10212469
Lmao, even MK64 is a stretch. CTR takes a huge dump on it and it's not even close.

PS1 is my main console at this point. The shit I play and replay the most is:

A Tier:
Crash 1, 2, 3
FF 7, 8, 9
SFA 2, 3, MVC

B Tier:
Tomb Raider
Metal Slug
Metal Gear
Megaman 7
Megaman X4
Mobile Light Force

C Tier:
Spyro 1

I pretty much have around 20ish games I just replay the shit out of. Whats the N64 nerd equivalent of me? Like I'm probably pretty autistic and I know Mario and Zelda are really good, but man is there enough games for it to kinda be the only console you play for years? Not meme'ing genuinely curious.

>>10212447
Do they make N64 worthwhile to own? Hell yeah! Do they make it worth owning one OVER the PS1? No, not even close. PS1's library is just too rich, and for every major N64 title, PS1 had an answer, the same cannot be said for N64 unfortunately... still both are damn good and owning both is ideal, but if you can only have one then PS1 just gives more value.

>>10212520
If you're genuinely curious, there are a decent amount of highly replayable games besides Mario and Zelda on N64: Smash Bros (idk if you consider this Mario or Zelda), racers, FPS games, Pokemon Puzzle League, etc.

>>10211805
For a very long time I considered Mario 64 my favourite game. It's definitely still in my top 5, but the N64 is riding on that game for me. GoldenEye is good but not lifechangingly. I don't like OoT and I don't think I'd enjoy MM.

The PS1 just has so many amazing games and so many interesting games I'm keen to check out, whereas the N64 has Mario 64.

There are many great highly replayable games on the N64. What is this retarded snoy myth that it's just a Mario and Zelda machine?

>>10211805
Do you like to play the same 5 games over and over (n64) or do you like trying new things all the time (ps1)?

Nothing more to it than that

>>10212575
It undoubtedly has less software variety, thus N64 owners consolidated around a few games. The proof is that the 20 best-sellers on a console with 3x as many owners were roughly competitive in sales with the 20 best-sellers on N64

>>10211841
Why the fuck would anyone play shitty 64 ports of quake and doom when there's a trillion better ways to play them now

>>10211903
This actually touches on the massive divide between ps1 enthusiasts and 64 troons.

64 troons are the people who just want to play the same 5 games for the rest of their lives. They're easily amused midwits and naturally this makes them goyslop consumers in other areas of life. They have nothing interesting to say because there's nothing left to say about the only 5 games they've ever enjoyed, yet they continue to blabber on anyway. This is what makes them so hated, it's obnoxious to blabber endlessly about the same old boring shit we've all heard a million times.

64 troons then project and assume the ps1 enthusiasts just replay mgs and ff tactics over and over, but actually the ps1 enthusiasts are novelty seekers always looking for a new "hidden gem" to unearth. There's always a new ps1 game getting translated, or one that flew under your radar because Sony was shooting games at you like bullets from a gatling gun.

We are not the same.

>>10212593
Just out of curiosity, how old are you, what country do you live in, and what do you do for work?

>>10212064
Ps1 has better racers than 64
Wipeout 3 > 64
CTR > MK64


Plus Ridge Racer 4, Gran Turismo 3, Rollcage 1 and 2, Sled Storm, Racing Lagoon, and Jet Moto 3

>>10212102

>>10212603
>Pac Man World is better than Banjo Kazooie and SM64
>Alien Resurrection is better than Goldeneye and Perfect Dark
lol at whatever retard made this

>>10212603
>worms armageddon on PS1
>was also on N64
Either a retard or a snoy or a macaco, maybe

>>10212347
Ps1 multiplayer:
Bloody Roar 2
Brigandine Grand Edition
Bushido Blade 1&2
Bugs Bunny Time Busters
CTR Crash Racing
Devil Dice
Ehrgeiz
Elemental Gearbolt
Firebugs
Future cop lapd
G Darius (Darius 4)
Gekido
Gundam Battle 2
Gran Turismo
Harmful Park
IQ
IQ2 Kurushi Final
Jet Moto 1-3
Legend of Mana
Micro Machines V3
N20
Nekketsu Oyako (Hot blooded family)
Pandemonium 1 & 2
Point Blank 1-3
Rakugaki Showtime
Raystorm
RC de Go
Re-Volt
Ridge Racer R4
Rival Schools
Rollcage 1&2
Sled Storm
Sol Divide
Soul Blade
Super Puzzle Fighter 2T
Tales of Phantasia
Team Buddies
Tekken 3
Tempest X3
Time Crisis Gaiden Project Titan
Tobal 2
Twisted Metal 1-4 + SB
UmJammer Lammy
Wipeout 1-3
Worms Armageddon

>>10212532
Good post with reasoning and logic.

>>10212597
I'm an American machinist and land lord.
Btw rent was due 2 days ago.

>>10212623
lol no one wanted to come over to your house to play any of that shit, kids came over to play Goldeneye, Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros. PS1 was for lonely jarpigs

>>10212635
I see, that makes sense. Just trying to visualize what kind of person would go on such an unnecessarily passionate and inflammatory rant about obsolete kids' toys.

>>10211805
The N64 has like 10 good games, theyre pretty great but thats not a lot to work with. PS1 has a fucking huge library that even 20 years later im still stumbling onto new stuff that hooks me. PS1 no question.

>>10212603
This list neglects that RE1 is better than RE2

>>10212547
>If you're genuinely curious, there are a decent amount of highly replayable games besides Mario and Zelda on N64: Smash Bros (idk if you consider this Mario or Zelda), racers, FPS games, Pokemon Puzzle League, etc.
Yaa I am. I think if you're into collectathons it could be your main go to. I imagine you'd play Mario, Zelda, Banjo, Tooie, Conker, DK, Perfect Dark, and Golden Eye just on repeat and that's mostly kind of it? They're all super good but is it enough?

>>10212715
Rocket Robot on Wheels is another great 3D platformer, better than the Banjo games imo. There's also Rayman 2, Toy Story 2, a few Bomberman games, and some other ones, but I haven't played them desu.

>>10212723
oh the banjo games are terrible, only well known for brand recognition reasons and the fact they had a massive vhs based marketing campaign. awful games. rocket is way better.

>>10212745
I wouldn't go that far personally, but they were a bit disappointing. Ironically, I really enjoyed the spiritual successor that everyone hated.

>>10211805
physically? n64. hate dealing with discs
digitally? psx. i like the library more, and im not a fan of the n64's blurry visuals

I chose ps1 back then and I'd choose it again.

That's not to say I didn't play the shit out of Mario 64 on my brother's N64, too. But I liked my PS1 better, fucked up lens and all.

>>10211805
PlayStation and it’s not even close.

The N64 only has like 4 good games.

>>10212750
Can you not recognise an obvious URL when you see one. Nobody gives a flying fuck about "rocket robot" anymore because it's a dogshit game no-one ever heard of other than done meme "hidden gems" video. Banjo Kazooie and it's successor meanwhile go down as two of the most iconic games in history.

troll*
yes, I was so triggered. I phone posted. Guess it went as intended.

>>10212924
How do you know that was a troll? Did you post it? There are people who honestly think the games are awful.

If it is a troll, the joke didn't land. I genuinely think Rocket is a much better game, having grown up with it as well as both Banjo games.

>>10211805
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahaha-

*Stop to catch breath*

Hahahahahahahahajahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Ps1 > all other consoles combined

>>10211805
Why choose? Just emulate both. Unless you plan on also buying a nice crt (doesn't have to be a pvm). Then you might as well just get an N64 too

>>10211805
N64 had stronger multiplayer titles, big 3D platformers like Banjo-Kazooie, and a handful of solid FPS games like GoldenEye and Perfect Dark. It was definitely popular for a reason. On the other hand PS1's library is nearly endless, there's tons of games in every genre, you will never get bored. They're both good choices for different reasons. I like them both, but personally I prefer Dreamcast over these. Apparently it's sixth gen though

>>10211805
I chose the one that runs the game I want to play. What do you do? Try to play a PS1 game on your N64? Try to play two games at the same time?

the N64 was if the PS3 was made by Nintendo and had tendie revisionist cucks call it the best console ever because they grew up with it

>>10212281
>N64 was legitimately the worst Nintendo console
wii u?
gamecube?

while the 5th gen as a whole is responsible for killing 2D gaming outside of handheld and indieshit, the N64 is the most responsible. fuck the N64.

>>10211805
They are both not that great, better get a snes if you can only have 1 console for whatever madeup reason.

I love all vidya. Truth is there are MANY more obscure ps1 games worth looking into, and its a much better choice for those looking to brave the unknown.

N64 has a solid 10 games which could easily be considered absolute fucking masterpieces, thats why the conversation about this becomes so hard. If I could only choose one from today forward? PS1 as I havent played all I want to. However if I had to wipe one from history, I would keep n64 every time. The thought of no 4player games when I was growing up kills me. Both great consoles with lots of sovl

Who fucking cares? You don't have to pick only one. What kind of human garbage makes these idiotic, pointless threads?

>>10213317
I mean, pretty much everyone here is sick of the constant console warring
that's kind of why it's slow now
Jannies just keep posting bait threads and everyone just leaves

>>10213336
I agree this is dumb. Especially when ps1 is the obvious winner here

>>10212642
Ctr is better than mario shart
Goldeneye is just straight up fucking trash, period

>>10211805
why not both in one?

The one with games obviously

the best console ever... N64 phukkin ownz

>>10213492
I know (You) are just a retarded troll, but mk64 was released over 2 years earlier. Good luck playing CTR in '97

>>10211805
Saturn.

>>10213736
We're talking about today bitch

>>10213752
(You) are talking about today.
Anyway DKR mogs CTR any day.

>>10213760
Nah. I thought it was mediocre.

>>10213507
Not quite... There are a handful of 3D games on it, but not nearly as many as either platform, plus no disc drive means no full motion video or digital audio. It's still a great console though, better than N64 imo.

>>10212642
People played fighting games like Tekken 3 or sports games like Pro Evolution, those genres have always been popular. Fifa, Madden, Soul Blade, Street Fighter... these games were obviously popular. Less famous games like DOA or Guilty Gear were also well regarded.
CTR was also very popular. I haven't played it, but Worms is considered one of these games that are very fun playing with friends.
And multiplayer adventures like Legend of Mana or Tales of Eternia were also very cool for people with brothers or people with very close friends who like this kind of games.
And not all kid are going to reject a good game only because it's not the trendiest thing.

>>10213883
>CTR was also very popular. I haven't played it

CTR fan excited to play it for the first time

N64

>>10211805
Playstation is far superior... I have a N64 hooked right now so gf gets to know it, thrifted dozens of games through the years and after trying them all the only stuff she liked was MK64 and Pokemon Puzzle League

I enjoyed A LOT Paper Mario and SM64 once I got my hands on one, but most of the rest feels subpar af. Like, yeah, it's cool playing Nintendo games or some ports like MML or RE2 on it, but feels (charmingly) underwhelming, like a step in-between Saturn and PS1. Everyone here always forget N64 was a Pokemon machine.

Also, CTR is a much better game technically than MK64, yet if I have to choose one, I'll always choose MK64

Also 2, FUCK Rare, can't believe how hyped their N64 games were

>>10211805
If you really only had to pick one, you’ll get way more mileage out of the psx. It has probably five times as many games, and good representation in every genre. If you like RPGs then you’ll be hard pressed to find a better system for them.

>>10212431
Based

>>10213818
well i was thinkin like, both platformers and jrpgs
but yeah 3d wise ig it depends on what genres ya like op

>>10213740
I prefer it over N64 but there's no way it's better than PS1.

>>10212112
>not a richfag but massively spoiled.
My dad was born in 77. only rented consoles. always told the story of having to use the PlayStation upside down because the disk wouldn't read otherwise. I think the only other console he had was a SNES and that's because he likes strategy games. eventually bought a PC and played civ and Warcraft etc.

>>10211805
Since you did not specify games, get the Playstation, it's at least useful as a CD player - the N64 is a paperweight if you have no games on it.

If you also have games for either one, but no accessories, then the N64 since it can save on carts.

If you have a shitload of memory carts, then the Playstation is the better choice.

>>10211805
Ps1
Every time

>>10211807
No it doesnt. Need proof? Play re2 on both consoles then get back to us on which is total trash.

>>10212435
Trippy. Had n64 more games that looked like this it may have been a good system.

>>10212469
Oot and Mario 64 aren't even good. WCW nwo revenge, ge and Mario kart are it's 3 best games. Smash is good too but i prefer melee.

yea but ps1 has better game

N64, because my PS2 is backwards compatible.

The N64 has a very small, pitiful library, but a lot of the PS1's library is also better on the Dreamcast given that it almost always had the better ports, especially if they ran on Sega NAOMI gear. The PS1 still wins on virtue of having the most niche shit that even games like Doshin the Giant or NGE on the N64 can't really match up to. We're talking shit like Meremanoid, Kaze no Notam, Hellnight, Terracon, hell, even random platformers like Johnny Bazookatone have a lot more interesting things going on than your typical N64 fare.

>>10217094
Lel
Reminds me of all those 'hidden gems' reccomendations for the (s)nes or genesis, basically obscure stuff that is too shitty to play but people still pretend to like it as they ran out of the good stuff ages ago.

>>10211805
The N64's peaks are higher than the PS1's, but the PS1's library of solid 10/12 titles is so large that you won't miss stuff like Ocarina or Mario 64.

Was stated a few times before but indeed, the n64 does have higher highs, but the sheer size of excelent games on the psx gives it a preference.

But in the end any sane person would just play both though.

Since there are already two "which console would you prefer" threads here, someone should make another one asking "would you prefer the gamecube or the wii?"
Personally, I'd go with the wii, since it has Super Mario Galaxy 1/2, Super Paper Mario, and Super Mario All Stars.

>>10217290
It also has backwards compatibility from what I can remember... which would make the choice somewhat pointless, though I could be remembering it wrong.

You are guaranteed quality with Mario. The average kid had between 10-20 games. The nintendo kid picking his games has an overwhelming advantage over the sony kid picking up shit like jumping flash and bubsy just from IP knowledge alone. The fact that all the smash hits on 64 are usually 4 player classics is a bonus. Sure there were rentals, but I probably only rented 20 or so games that cycle. I still feel the outcome would usually benefit the 64 kid unless they were well-read which most kids weren't. N64 to this day is the king party console, and if you were a sibling, replayability, multiplayer and a consistent brand with soul were essential. It's the best console for its targeted demographic.

>>10212532
>and for every major N64 title, PS1 had an answer
I don't know. There is nothing of the caliber of Star Fox, Wave Race, F-Zero X, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark Pokemon Stadium 1-2, Paper Mario, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Mischief Makers, Mario Party 2, Mystical Ninja, or Goemon's Great Adventure on PSX. There are similar games to those on PSX, but they're not really the same nor better than those N64 games. I guess if you need a ton of games to play through, then a PSX is a must, but otherwise, you need both.

>>10218451
Honestly this is not entirely wrong. If you're a normal kid who only gets max 2 games a year, sure the N64 library is small but there's still enough good games. The library becomes too small when you're an adult who can buy himself 6-8 games a year though

ps1 has way more variety and a bigger library

>>10212587
iirc Tooie was damn near just as big as Kazooie, maybe 500k less. That list looks like bullshit

>>10211896
FF7 comes close to OoT. But MM is in a whole other level, unmatched to this day by any game of any era.

>>10211807
His gf only lets him have one old retro console, she doesn't want him to fill up the spare room which is for her baby.

>>10218794
Well... you know what? I think you're right, maybe I shouldn't have phrased it with the word "every" as it isn't true, there really wasn't a PS1 Zelda, Star Fox or Mario Party, besides mediocre clones, and obviously PS1 didn't have Pokémon, which was a craze at the time, though I consider the N64 Pokémon titles to pale in comparison to the GB and GBC stuff at that time, anyways while there wasn't a proper F-Zero clone, PS1 was still probably the console to go for if you were into racing in general, due to Gran Turismo, Need for Speed and Ridge Racer all being there, also while GoldenEye is a classic, PS1 had its fair share of good 1st person shooters.

I think the main issue with N64 against the PS1 is that, besides the classic Nintendo IPs that were always superb, 3rd party support felt 10x weaker than on PS1, most likely due to the use of cartridges, which I prefer actually, so regardless of what your favorite genres were, you'd usually have a ton more options to experience on PS1 than on N64, where you'd get Nintendo's own offers, which were usually excellent, but then that'd be it, while on PS1 you'd have option after option to rent and try out, N64 usually got the short end of the stick on multiplatform titles too, again probably due to developers getting lazy with the cartridge limitations.

Anyways, both is the best option, if you're a major Nintendo fan and really wants their IPs then you go for N64, but if you're an average video game fan in general, PS1's most likely to have more options for your favorite genres. Still, it was a terrific generation and its a shame to see it often get tossed aside as "not aging well" or something... just a shame SEGA dropped the ball on the Saturn's US support, could've been an even more awesome generation here in the west if all 3 had a proper fight instead of what we got.