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October 26, 2000 at a Toys R Us store in El Paso, Texas. You have the choice between a jungle green Nintendo 64 and a Sega Dreamcast.

Which did you choose?

>> No.4884881

I'd go for the Dreamcast. It has games.

>> No.4884884

Dreamcast no contest

>> No.4884898

dreamcast was new and n64 was old

>> No.4884907

>>4884878
Get the dreamcast.

>> No.4884921

Neither, I save my money for a PS2 because it gets Final Fantasy X, and JRPGs are the only genre really worth playing.

Fuck your arcade shit! Competitive gaming is toxic masculinity and literally Hitler!

>> No.4885009

>>4884878
I have knowledge of the future so i choose the 64 for resale

>> No.4885061

DC all the way.

>> No.4885109

>>4884878
both, because I'm not a poorfag

>> No.4885125
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>>4885109
We're coming for your money, richfag.

>> No.4885167

Already had the N64 so DC

>> No.4885180

>>4884921
no amount of shitposting will erase the cancer that it credit feeders

>> No.4885220

>>4884878

N64

I had that jungle green one back in the day

>> No.4885221

Get the N64 and wait a few months for Dreamcast prices to hit rock bottom

>> No.4885236

Dreamcast - I got a CD burner in early 1999.

>> No.4885267

>>4885236
>pirating DC games
Fuck you anon, you're the reason based Sega died out.

>> No.4885270
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4885270

I'd get N or get out.

>> No.4885279

>>4884878
Dreamcast.

>> No.4885284

>>4885270
>collectathons, generic racers, and non-KB/M shooters
I'd rather get out. N64 fucking blows.

>> No.4885302

>>4885284
What's a non generic racer exactly?

>> No.4885304

>>4885302
probs means cruisin’ USA, which was lackluster compared it’s arcade original

>> No.4885307

>>4885304
That's weird because Cruisin' is probably what I'd call the MOST generic racer.

>> No.4885321

I owned both of those consoles back in 2000. But if I were to chose, Dreamcast.

>> No.4885325

>>4885307
thought you were asking what game he was specifically talking about, sorry

>> No.4885334

> October 26, 2000
this is the PS2 launch day so why would I fuck with either of them?

>> No.4885340

>all these dreamcast choosers
boomers get out

>> No.4885349

N64 because it's my entire childhood in a weirdly shaped box thing.

>> No.4885353

>>4884878
In 2000 I already had a PSX and an N64 so nothing. Why would I need anything else?

>> No.4885357

>>4884878
that green shit looks fantastic

>> No.4885359

>>4885334
Got em.

>> No.4885362

>>4885334
Have fun playing TTT and Fantavision.

>> No.4885367

Does the Dreamcast have Pokemon?

>> No.4885370

>>4885367
Does the N64 have Sonic?

>> No.4885373

>>4885370
I don't care about that blue mouse from some shitty cartoon.

>> No.4885385

>>4884921
found the angry /vg/ cunt

>> No.4885387

>>4885373
Quality

>> No.4885409

>>4885302
Stuff that tries too hard to be realistic yet ultimately has nothing interesting about it, like Gran Autismo or Beatle Adventure Racing.

>> No.4885426

>>4885409
I guess I'd rather play a generic racer then. Pew Pew, take that Wizpig

>> No.4885437

>>4885426
Kart Racers are objectively funner than autistic car sims, though.

>> No.4885446

>>4884878
Dreamcast cause I already have a N64 since 1996.

>> No.4885456

>>4884878
Dreamcast because I want to get online.
I remember back then a Pentium 2 or 3 PC was like $3000 at Gateway so the Dreamcast was my first time getting on the internet.

>> No.4885460

>>4885370
Who the fuck cares about Sonic? Phantasy Star and Shenmue are where it's at.

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>>4885437
>>4885426
I just miss Ridge Racer.

>> No.4885475

>>4884878
Sega Dreamcast. But since I already had one in 1999, I would get the Jungle Green N64.

>> No.4885529

Literally choosing Dreamcast... This board has shit taste. Enjoy your paperweight in 2 years when actual consoles get released.

>> No.4885536

>>4885529
If less retards thought like you then maybe it wouldn't have died after just 2 years. Ever consider that?

>> No.4885552

>>4884878

Id take a Dreamcast over live saving kidney surger

>> No.4885556

>>4885529
Yeah bro THIS is how a real gaming system looks like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da7RYUSU5-8&t=271s

>> No.4885785

>>4885529
Man someone’s pissed because mommy didn’t buy them a Dreamcast at launch

>> No.4885802

>>4885437
Thats what I was saying bro...

>> No.4885956

>>4884878
Buy the PS2 because it just came out this morning and won't be irrelevant in a year

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>>4884878

>October 26, 2000

A this.

>> No.4886050

PSX was amazing, why wouldn't I buy PS2? I am sure in Sony, I won't make a mistake if I choose new Playstation.

>> No.4886068

>all these sonycucks
explains why this board is so shit tbf

>> No.4886080

>>4884878
Junlge Green N64

>> No.4886084

>>4886068
eh, sixth gen fags will always be cancerous but doesn't change the fact that the PSX had a lot of good shit on it

>> No.4886106

>>4885362

SSX was the best launch title and pretty much the best snowboarding game available at that point though.

>> No.4886113

>>4884878
Dreamcast for the time being, only because PS2 won’t have any good games on it till a year later.
- Power Stone
- Crazy Taxi
- Soul Calibur
- Tokyo Xtreme Racer
- Jet Grind Radio

vs the PS2 launch lineup:
- DoA2 (already on DC with better picture quality)
- Smugglers Run (shit)
- Time Splitters (shit)
- Silent Scope (shit)
- Ophen (shit)
- Kessen (shit)
- Gun Griffin Blaze (shit)

But once the PS2 starts getting the games like FFX, Ace Combat 4, GT3, GTA3. Well, it’s PS2 all the way.

>> No.4886114

>>4884878
I have a time traveling phone and check 2018 prices on ebay so N64 is the obvious choice

>> No.4886118

>>4885267
no, SEGA is the reason SEGA died. Particularly SEGA Japan, wanna blame someone, blame them.

>> No.4886126

>>4886068
PSX had all of the best RPGs. Why wouldn't I get a PS2?

>> No.4886138

>>4886126
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE STOP LIKING RPGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

>> No.4886140

>>4886032
not retro

>> No.4886141

>>4884878
The Dreamcast, no contest.
>>4886113
>- Time Splitters (shit)
>- Silent Scope (shit)
Dem fucking fighting words, Silent Scope was the tightest shit at the arcades at the time

>> No.4886176

>>4886032

Neither is this thread

>> No.4886181

>>4886113

Nigger Ridge Racer V was a launch title and it is GOAT

>> No.4886249

What are the prices?

>> No.4886487

>>4886118
>Being this delusional
Piracy really did kill the Dreamcast. There's no point in trying to put the blame on Sega of Japan.

>> No.4886497

>>4885167
This.
Copping SA1 for sure. The orca stage looked pretty cool, demoed it at Walmart.

>> No.4886510

>>4884878
The only titles I care about on N64 are the Zelda titles, and those have both been ported several times. Also I don't want to inevitably replace that shitty thumbstick. So I go Dreamcast.

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>>4886032
This.
And choose two of those.

>> No.4886609

>>4886141
What's the controversy here? Timesplitters wasn't good until 2 and Silent Scope without the fucking scope is dumb.

>> No.4886618

>>4885373
Mice aren’t as sexy as hedgehogs.

>> No.4886620
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>>4886618
>beastiality is ok to discern the sexiness of animals

Hey chrischan.... been a while, hows sonichu?

>> No.4886696

>>4886114
as someone who doesn't pay that close attention to the reselling market, how much of a difference is there between average price for a N64 vs. a Dreamcast on a site like eBay in 2018? (just talking about hardware)

>> No.4886701

>>4884878
Both.

>> No.4886717

>>4884878
I got the DC irl so I guess I repeat history? Closest I got to N64 was during a holiday sale. As it turned out, I changed my mind at the last minute and got a PS instead. Never actually got my own N64 until years later.

>> No.4886808

>>4886696
I routinely see them both for $50-$75 depending on condition

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>>4886113
>Time Splitters (shit)

>> No.4886927

>>4886527
Armored Core 2 and Eternal Ring. God damn, I would be thrilled to see a console launch with two FromSoft titles like those these days.

>> No.4886938

Nintendo 64 is the safe choice.

>> No.4886950

>>4886126
>>4886084
>>4886050
>>4885353
What's a PSX? Are you from future?

>> No.4886986

>>4886950
alternative name for the ps1

>> No.4886994

>>4886140

I would prefer to buy ps2 ONLY to play ps1 games (which makes it retro according to board's rules) than buy n64, dreamcast and saturn and own them at the same time.

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>>4886950

I see you're too underage to remember (either this, or not a very creative troll).

>> No.4887015

I already had both a Dreamcast and a Nintendo 64, I'm just gonna get the PS2.

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>>4887007
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSX_(digital_video_recorder)

PSX was just the Sony intern codename for the Playstation 1 while it was still in development(just like the Nintendo Switch used to be called Nintendo NX before it came out) and some magazines kept calling it PSX even AFTER the Playstation 1 came out for some stupid reason. The Playstation 1 was just called Playstation before the PS2 came out.
Pic related is the PSX my underage boomer friend.

>> No.4887030

>>4884881
Yep Dreamcast has games, the N46 has like 6 good ones.

>> No.4887049

>>4887028

>underage

I'm 32

>Pic related is the PSX my underage boomer friend.

I owned this piece of shit and I deliberately try not to remember it by calling PS1 "PSX" like literally everyone did in 90s.

>> No.4887051

>>4887028

Also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_(console)

> (officially abbreviated to PS, and commonly known as the PS1 or its codename, PSX)

You're probably one of dickheads who create "THIS IS NOT WHAT DEVELOPERS INTENDED" bullshit threads.

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>"ACKSHUALLY the PSX is a Japan only..." posts from people who learned everything they know about the time from Youtube. Again.
You know, mere seconds on any usenet archive will show you how wrong you are, and turn you up some entertaining 90s shitposts to boot. The Playstation was absolutely, frequently referred to as the PSX throughout its life.

>> No.4887071

>>4884878
Dreamcast.
Green is a disgusting as fuck color.

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>>4886950
>What's a PSX? Are you from future?

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4887114

What did they mean by this /vr/?

>> No.4887120

>>4887114
Why is the PS1 version of Doom cheaper than the SNES one?

>> No.4887127

>>4887120
>Why is a CD-ROM cheaper than cartridge with custom chips?
I have no idea.

>> No.4887128

>>4887120

Because cartridges are more expensive than cd.

>> No.4887130

>>4887128
they're arguably superior, no loading screens

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>yfw January 31st, 2001

>> No.4887287

>>4886113
>- Time Splitters (shit)

HOW ABSOLUTELY DARE YOU

>> No.4887293

>>4885334
That's not march 4th

>> No.4887328

>>4886901
>>4887287
He's right, though. See >>4886609

>> No.4887365

Notable games from around this period, for both consoles (going off NA release dates)

>Dreamcast

>October:
-Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike,
-Samba De Amigo
-Quake III Arena
-Ready 2 Rumble Boxing, Round 2
-Jet Grind Radio

>November:
-NBA 2K1
-Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2,
-Shenmue
-Capcom vs. SNK
-Sonic Shuffle
-Skies of Arcadia
-Resident Evil 3, Nemesis

>Nintendo 64

>October
-Cruis'n Exotica
-Legend of Zelda, Majora's Mask

>November
-007: The World is Not Enough
-Hey You, Pikachu
-Ready 2 Rumble Boxing, Round 2
-WWF No Mercy
-Banjo-Tooie
-Spider-Man

>> No.4887490

>>4886487
PS2 killed the Dreamcast

>> No.4887496

>>4887490
PS2 KILLED THE SAYYYGUH STAR

>> No.4887583
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>>4886032
>>4886527
>>4886927

>> No.4887590

>>4887583
not /vr/

>> No.4887615

>>4885270
What a fucking terrible loop.

>> No.4887623

>>4887028
Magazines used PSX because it matched the number of characters in N64 and there was no PS2 so no one would ever think to call it PS1.

>> No.4887639
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>>4886032
>>4887583

>The PS2 will be old enough to post on 4chan in October

>> No.4887662

>>4886032
>putting in discs upside down

>> No.4887736

>>4884921
pretending to be a retard makes you more of a retard than actual retards

>> No.4888086

>>4886527
Tekken Tag and Timesplitters would've had me occupied for months, at least long enough to tide me over until DMC and FFX

>> No.4888125

>>4884878
D R E A M C A S T

>>4884921
A (you) for (you), my baiting sir.

>> No.4888593

>>4887490
Meme

>> No.4888597

>>4884878
I choose the Nintendo

>> No.4888605

>>4884878
I guess the Jungle Green Nintendo 64 since I bought my Dreamcast on 9.9.99

>> No.4888646

>>4884878

I got N64 on release so obviously I would be getting the system I don't already have.

>> No.4888658

>>4884878
Why would I not already have an N64 and a Dreamcast by that time?

>> No.4888661

I got N64 on launch and Dreamcast when they were on sale in 2001 because Sega killed it.

>> No.4888669

dreamcast doesn't have a single good game

>> No.4888678

>>4888669
Ikaruga proves you wrong.

>> No.4889006

>>4886487
especially not when it's Sega of America that fucked everything up.

>> No.4889019

>>4887639
still not retro. you will do your annual dance and song and complain and shit talk and it'll still be the same. ps2: NOT retro.

>> No.4889020

>>4889006
SoA did nothing wrong. Also, people only remember Sega because of Tom Kalinske.

>> No.4889024

>>4889020
>m-muh murika, better shift the blame anywhere else except muh murika!!

>> No.4889030

>>4889020
Sega did not have enough US consoles or games in stock to justify the early launch. The firm could only supply select retailers, prioritising Babbages, Electronics Boutique, Software Etc. and Toys 'R' Us[28], while in the process, alienating the likes of Kay-Bee Toys (which incidentally refused to stock the Saturn from this point onwards[29]).

Yeah, good job, Kalinske was great. Tell me again how Stolar was another marketing genius as well, murikanon. go ahead.

>> No.4889035

>>4889030
Sorry, forgot the (obvious) link.
https://segaretro.org/History_of_the_Sega_Saturn/Release

>> No.4889036

>>4889024
>>4889020
why do you retards refuse to acknowledge that sega didn't want to fool around with the console business anymore?

>> No.4889052 [DELETED] 

>>4889006
Still more than the N64.

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>>4884878
I get the Dreamcast and Tokyo xtreme racer 2.

>> No.4889067

>>4888669
At least it has games.

>> No.4890901

>>4889006
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2009/04/21/ign-presents-the-history-of-sega?page=7

"We got together with [Sony] and defined what we'd like to see in our next hardware. We had this great idea that it should be a joint SEGA-Sony hardware system. If we had to take a loss on the hardware (which was the norm then), we'd split the loss on the hardware, but we wouldn't split software, so any software they did, they'd get 100% of the profits, and any software we did, we'd get 100% of the profits. It seemed like a fair deal since we were eons ahead of them in terms of software development.

"So we go to Japan, and Sony management liked the idea. Then we went to SEGA, and Nakayama hated the idea. [laughs] So that was the end of that, and the rest is history once again. Those were the specs that became the PlayStation."

It was SoJ no question, SoA actually made Sega a name in America.

>> No.4890995

>>4886487
thats bullshit so few people had cd burners in 2000. most gamers had fucking dial up

>> No.4891776

>>4885362
fucking weird, im watching a youtuber named fantavision right now

>> No.4891846

I choose neither and instead decide to spend nearly a year tracking down and killing Osama bin Laden only to be aghast when the towers still fall and it's blamed on a different patsy

>> No.4892174

>>4887028

33 yo Canadian here, we called it psx growing up, and all the magazines and tv shows did too. Because ps sounds dumb and ps2 wasn't released yet, therefore ps1 wouldn't fit.

>> No.4892227

>>4890995
I'd love to call you a summerfag for your ignorant shitposting but the sad fact is most of nu-/vr/ would parrot the same ignorant stuff.

>> No.4892906

>>4889019
>>4886140
We seriously should have a /v2k/ board for games made after the 5th generation but before modern AAA gaming (so up to about 2012-2013) became huge

>> No.4892909

>>4892906
I doubt gookmoot would wanna make yet another vidya board. I mean, we already have 5 (/v/, /vg/, /vr/, /vp/, and /jp/).

>> No.4892912

>>4884878
I wait until the PS2 gets good games like Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter, Timesplitters 2, the Jak and Daxter series and the shitton of PS1 games I have. Until then, my PS1 can keep my comfy

>> No.4893107

>>4892909
God, I forgot there's an entire board dedicated to Pokemon.

>> No.4893257

>>4884878
>limited edition
Aways go for this if you want a physical collection, it's not like you can't find a dreamcast for sale anywhere

>> No.4893326

>>4884878
Neither. Because I already have a 64.

I buy Majoras mask instead and a limited gold controller too, because they came out that day.

>> No.4895930

>>4884878
why the fuck are you talking about my city

>> No.4895935

>>4895930
Maybe OP also lives there?

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>>4884878
Dreamcast, since I already have a charcoal N64 and the only brightly coloured machine I want to see in my house is the iMac.

>> No.4895970

>>4884878
Dreamcast, bought mine in 2001. One of the best consoles ever.

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>>4884878
Both. And then wait a long time until you can run both off SD cards.

>> No.4897689

>>4884878
Already had a pc at that time.
I wouldn't have bought either consoles.
We went from Commodore64 to Amiga to PC in my part of the world.

>> No.4897771

Go to Chico's Tacos and play Pacman

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>>4884878
Pick up the Funtastic N64 because I fucking love that shade of green. Wait a few months until the Dreamcast is in bargain bins, and pick up this controller to go with it.

>> No.4898107

>>4884878
dreamcast, already had 2 n64s, and i love skies of arcadia, powerstone and shenmue.

>> No.4898132

>>4895995
>SD cards

Plebeian. Running the DC off a USB is the patrician solution.

>> No.4898138

>>4888593
>Meme
yeah.... no
sony pr slaughtered the dreamcast; they had everyone believing ps2 was a vastly superior product a year before ps2 was released, causing many to hold off buying a dreamcast. you clearly don't know shit.

>> No.4898158

>>4895935
op a faggot then

>> No.4898994

>>4897786
wow, thanks!

>> No.4899061

>>4884878
The Dreamcast because I already had an N64.

>> No.4899128

>>4898132
>no multidisc games
Why use a usb when its inferior?

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>>4898132
>not using an external ssd.

>> No.4899201

>>4899128

USBGDROM easily plays multidisc games.

>> No.4899201,1 [INTERNAL] 

>>4886140
Boy this aged like milk