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The N64 (lemmy.world)
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I am probably going to get hate for this, but I don't think too highly of this console.

Sure, some of the games at the time were astonishing and well regarded classics, but man oh man do I dislike the controller, it just feels so... alien to hold you know?

Another thing too, the cartridge format whilst snappy, suffered from making too many cutbacks compared to the disc format of PS1 and Saturn which gave you pretty much the full scoop.

I am sure Nintnedo had their reasons at the time, but to me it was almost like it was a death by a thousand cuts scenario, a really powerful machine let down by not using what is literally the next gen medium at the time.

Let me know your thoughts, it is fine to disagree as the console is well respected with both nostalgia and entertainment, I'm just an outlier here.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Carts a cutback?

Were you a kid when N64 came out?

Carts lasted ages longer than discs. Sure for some actually responsible adult player discs would probably have been better but for preteens fighting with their siblings on who's turn it is and what will be played..?

(We once ruined a PS2 game because we had it upright and it fell and the disc took such a deep scratch it never worked past that point again. I still feel guilty and feel I missed out on HP2. And that was 5 years after we got a N64, so PS1 discs would've been even more at risk.)

The controller is weird by modern standards , yeah, but it wasn't too weird at the time. It's sort of like two controllers in one, a more classic form like the snes and the basic ps1 controller and a more modern one with a joystick with the middle-handle.

There was no weirdness at all using it when it came out. The "basic" model (think xbox controller) only came out a bit later.

But nowadays? Idk, I don't have one, but we tried playing Goldeneye 64 with my brother and man the control schemes were all over the place and I couldn't for the life of me get "in the groove" and we used to play 4 player deatmatch a ton for years and I was ace at it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

GoldenEye has terrible controls compared to modern controller and especially mouse+keyboard but in multiplayer it didn't really matter as anyone is on even footing.

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