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If you could only have one system between PS1, N64 and Saturn...
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Even though N64 had some or my all time favorite titles, I have to go with PS1 in this scenario. There's just so much good quality content for it. It was an amazing console, both for local mp and single player games, and, I think, the main reason for the enourmous success of ps2.
I've been there and lived that life, OP. Let me tell you how it went.
I owned both a PS1 and a Saturn in those days (both bought super-cheap as second-hand), and of course the PS1 was objectively superior...for 3D games, which were new to most console gamers and all the rage back then, so of course I had to have one. But my first true console love was the Saturn, and it maintains a large pull on my gaming heart to this day.
Yes, even though I was a young teen in the UK, where most of the most amazing Saturn games never appeared, there was still enough to keep me satisfied. Utterly unique games like Nights, Panzer Dragoon (all of them), Astal (which I just bought off eBay), not to mention most, if not all the best versions of the leading arcade shooting and fighting games of the era (yeah, not including Namco, and I wasn't a Tekken fan before 5) and you have one of, if not the most charming and eclectic game libraries outside of the PS1 and Dreamcast.
Believe me, I'm not denigrating the PS1's library at all - I still haven't begun to skim below the surface of its shmup selection, for starters - but I can't find it in me to regard the PS1's 2D fighter selection to be anything but inferior to the Saturn's (thanks to the RAM carts that came with some Capcom and SNK games), and some of the Saturn's landmark titles (Virtua Fighter 2, Sega Rally, Shining Force 3, Magic Knight Rayearth, both Virtua Cops, Nights, etc) both aren't available on any other console (until PS3 for VF2 and SR, of course), and were instrumental in forming my current taste in games. I can't really say that for the PS1, even though it too had a lot of excellent exclusives. I guess it really is feels before reals, after all.
(I also prefer PC Engine over NES, mostly because I never had access to a TG16 in the UK at the time, but also because I think NES games look like crap. See? It's just a matter of taste!)
I owned both a PS1 and a Saturn in those days (both bought super-cheap as second-hand), and of course the PS1 was objectively superior...for 3D games, which were new to most console gamers and all the rage back then, so of course I had to have one. But my first true console love was the Saturn, and it maintains a large pull on my gaming heart to this day.
Yes, even though I was a young teen in the UK, where most of the most amazing Saturn games never appeared, there was still enough to keep me satisfied. Utterly unique games like Nights, Panzer Dragoon (all of them), Astal (which I just bought off eBay), not to mention most, if not all the best versions of the leading arcade shooting and fighting games of the era (yeah, not including Namco, and I wasn't a Tekken fan before 5) and you have one of, if not the most charming and eclectic game libraries outside of the PS1 and Dreamcast.
Believe me, I'm not denigrating the PS1's library at all - I still haven't begun to skim below the surface of its shmup selection, for starters - but I can't find it in me to regard the PS1's 2D fighter selection to be anything but inferior to the Saturn's (thanks to the RAM carts that came with some Capcom and SNK games), and some of the Saturn's landmark titles (Virtua Fighter 2, Sega Rally, Shining Force 3, Magic Knight Rayearth, both Virtua Cops, Nights, etc) both aren't available on any other console (until PS3 for VF2 and SR, of course), and were instrumental in forming my current taste in games. I can't really say that for the PS1, even though it too had a lot of excellent exclusives. I guess it really is feels before reals, after all.
(I also prefer PC Engine over NES, mostly because I never had access to a TG16 in the UK at the time, but also because I think NES games look like crap. See? It's just a matter of taste!)
Their real golden era was SFC. Better games and they've aged far better too.PS1 no doubt .
How can anyone missed out Squaresoft golden era ?
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SamuelSupreme
Banned
PS1 obviously. I love my PS1.
N64 and Saturn are also fantastic systems.
So many good memories are rushing me right now as I look at your collection.
OP this is PS1 Easily.
IronicSonic
Member
Obviously Saturn.
I can´t live without Sega Rally, Daytona CCE, Virtua Fighter 2/Fighter Megamix, Nights, Sonic R, Panzer Dragoon Series, Shining Force 3, Burning Rangers, Capcom's 2D Fighters and so on.
It also has a good amount of suitable 3rd Party games ports.
I can´t live without Sega Rally, Daytona CCE, Virtua Fighter 2/Fighter Megamix, Nights, Sonic R, Panzer Dragoon Series, Shining Force 3, Burning Rangers, Capcom's 2D Fighters and so on.
It also has a good amount of suitable 3rd Party games ports.
Super_Cobra
Member
PS1. This isn't even a contest.
While it lacks in quantity, it excells in quality. N64 has easily the best games, so I'd go with that. There's Mario, Banjos, Golden Eye, Perfect Dark, Turoks, Paper Mario, Wave Race, 1080 Snowboarding, F-Zero, Lylat Wars and dozen other top quality games that those other consoles can only dream of.
IbizaPocholo
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Ps1.
To me, they looked like shit then. (with the exception of a few games: Tobal series, Einhander, etc.
I had over 600 games during the time, loved my PS1 (and to a much lesser extent, my N64). Most of my games were PS1 games. Most of my playtime was on the Saturn (probably by a factor of 3). If you accessed the Saturn import market, and if you had a taste for arcade games and 2D games, the Saturn smashed the PS1. "Edgelord." Seriously? No matter the genre? Compare 2D shoot-em-ups. Compare DECENT 2D fighter ports.
Rockondevil
Member
PS1 had a lot of amazing games but I still personally had a load more fun with my N64 so my vote goes to it.
N64, for the kind of games I enjoy and my favorite games from that generation. I know because the N64 was my primary system during the Fifth Generation of consoles, in addition, my brother-in-law has a legacy system entertainment setup in his basement, and everytime I go over, it's the N64 that I play.
xaeroxcore
Banned
Saturn....i already took advantage of the PS1 and N64
Klart
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Don't forget the multitap and 6 controllers!
Canklestank
Neo Member
N64. Not even close, really.
I had a PS1 and later an N64. I preferred the N64 by a lot.
I've never even touched a Saturn though, so I'll have to look through this thread and see what games are worth playing on it. No one ever talked about it back in the day.
I had a PS1 and later an N64. I preferred the N64 by a lot.
I've never even touched a Saturn though, so I'll have to look through this thread and see what games are worth playing on it. No one ever talked about it back in the day.
PS1 obviously. I love my PS1.
N64 and Saturn are also fantastic systems.
Seeing pictures like this makes me regret selling off so much of my collection towards PS2 games. Hopefully they don't become star wars figures type collectors items and I can rebuild a collection in the future.
Aizen.S.Kennedy
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I changed my answer from ps1 slightly over n64. To duh ps1 has the greatest game of all time final fantasy tactics and it's not even close ps1.
I terms of library breadth, I'd say that the N64 is significantly worse than the Saturn. And if you're not gonna have 3 other people going on this ride with you, it's even worse.
you're calling people "edgelords" while in the very same post putting the N64 above the Saturn?
c'mon man
Harsh, but true. It was a black hole during one of the best generations of video games ever.
Obviously, PS1.
PS1 has the most RPGs. RPGs generally have longer play times than other genres, which is a plus imo.
Then there is the fact that it has one of the best 2.5D platformers ever, and that is Klonoa.
Of the 3 systems, Ps1 has the best versions of Wipe-Out, Tomb Raider, and Resident Evil, Tony Hawk and Spider-Man
Then you gotta count Crash, Tomba, Spyro.
There's Silent Hill, Dino Crisis, Policenauts, Metal Gear Solid...
Yeah, it's PS1.
Saturn would come next if all the PS1s tragically vanished.
PS1 has the most RPGs. RPGs generally have longer play times than other genres, which is a plus imo.
Then there is the fact that it has one of the best 2.5D platformers ever, and that is Klonoa.
Of the 3 systems, Ps1 has the best versions of Wipe-Out, Tomb Raider, and Resident Evil, Tony Hawk and Spider-Man
Then you gotta count Crash, Tomba, Spyro.
There's Silent Hill, Dino Crisis, Policenauts, Metal Gear Solid...
Yeah, it's PS1.
Saturn would come next if all the PS1s tragically vanished.
Polioliolio
Member
PSone for sure. Massive library, shit ton of great games.
N64 has great games too but the library is exponentially smaller, and the look doesn't age well for many games.
Saturn, I suspect, had awesome games in Japan, but still probably a too small, too inconsequential library.
N64 has great games too but the library is exponentially smaller, and the look doesn't age well for many games.
Saturn, I suspect, had awesome games in Japan, but still probably a too small, too inconsequential library.
TheUnsunghero26
Member
Rare is my favourite developer, so N64 wins easily. Do love the PS1, though.
Barry Burton
Member
N64 for me. It didn't have the most games, far from it, but it had the best. It's a top-heavy library, but that counts for a lot. It has my favorite single-player and multi-player games ever.
That was on Sega CD!
Majestic 12
Banned
No games of that quality? Are you on crack? The Nintendo games you mentioned are all great but to say no Playstation game was on that level is just silly.
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