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[Phediuk]

So I'm making this as a follow-up to the some of the posts in the N64 vs. Saturn thread, which perplexed me. There were a surprising number of people not only insisting that the N64 was superior to the Saturn, but also the far more dominant Playstation. There were even people saying that everyone they knew back then had an N64 but that no one had a Playstation (????). I was the under the impression, until now, that everyone agreed that the PS1 utterly curbstomped the rest of the 5th generation in terms of both quantity and breadth (around 1400 games in the US alone, ~2500 altogether). It spanned every genre, both casual and hardcore, children and adult, arcade and home, 2D and 3D, Western and Japanese, experimental and evolutionary, and it had virtually every top developer in the industry making games for it. Also, the games were much cheaper than on N64, especially once Greatest Hits were introduced, making it a no-brainer choice both in terms of game library and economics.

But, apparently there are people who disagree, and I hope to see their rationales so that I can understand a sentiment that admittedly baffled me in that other topic. So, GAF, I turn the question to you: which system do/dd you prefer? PS1 or N64?

 

[Alexalder]

N64 has Mario 64

 

[Odrion]

PS1 has everything else.

 

[BadWolf]

PS1 is a goldmine of amazing games, its not much of a contest.

 

[soulassssns]

PS1 has everything else.

That I didn't like....

 

[Shiina]

N64 has Mario 64

PS1 has everything else.

Hah.

 

[EightBitNate]

N64 has Mario 64

PS1 has everything else.

Hahahahahahaha

 

[xemumanic]

There was already a great thread for this. A good read too.

But I just can't find it.

 

[Unknown One]

PS1 stomps N64 badly.

 

[Mr_Antimatter]

N64 had some nice games, even some great one, but the ps1, well, was just an insane amount of gaming. Tons of classics, all fairly cheap compared to the N64 carts.

When I looked at my n64 owning friends, most had 6-7 games by the end of the gen. The ps1 friends were easily in the 20-30 games range by and large.

 

[AZ Greg]

N64. But I've always preferred multi-player to single-player.

 

[phanphare]

quality vs. quantity

 

[MercuryLS]

N64 for me, I didn't start really liking PS systems till the PS2. I don't care for RPG's and many of the action titles for PS1 had weird ass controls (TR, RE) and horrid visuals (blocky, swimmy textures). The only PS1 titles that really stood out for me were Parappa The Rapper and MGS1.

N64 had Mario 64, Zelda's, SSB, and all those Rare games. No contest for me.

Edit: I should note that N64 games have aged worse due to the blurry visuals and terrible framerates. Many of those games give me motion sickness now. Frankly, I don't like this gen and I'm far more likely to go back and play 16-bit and PS2/Xbox/GC era games.

 

[nbnt]

One had Super Mario 64, Super Smash Bros. and GoldenEye. The other didn't.

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

The N64 was basically held together by Rare.

Edit: I also was never big into Nintendo's move to 3D with Mario, Zelda and, I guess, Mario Kart because the 2D games were still more fun.

 

[papercamm]

Giving the Saturn the cold shoulder here.

 

[baphomet]

Anyone disagreeing that ps1 didn't demolish the n64 is 100% wrong.

 

[antitrop]

The PlayStation 1, mostly on the strength of its JRPGs.

Graphically, I'll take Vagrant Story and Chrono Cross over everything on the N64, as well.

 

[Nervous Sausage]

I grew up with both and enjoyed them almost equally. I can't help but look back more fondly on the N64 though. It provided me with some of the best multiplayer memories.

 

[Camoxide]

 

[JordanN]

N64 had a lot of fun experiences but PS1 just takes the crown in general.

I remember I wanted a N64 as a kid but got a PS1 instead. After being exposed to the vast library, I don't know how you could survive as a N64 only.

Mega Man, Final Fantasy, Metal Gear, Marvel vs Capcom, Crash, Spyro, Gran Turismo, Driver, Tomb Raider, Brave Fencer Musashi. Like damn, every genre was there and with high quality.

Not only that, but PS1 was the only console that had the most "balanced" hardware last gen. I never got to experience how cartridges limited a lot of games (i.e smaller textures, compressed audio) so gaming was very vanilla. However, the PS1 wasn't without its fault (i.e no texture filtering and the distorted polygon warping).

 

[Loris146]

PSX was amazing : tekken 3 , Gran Turismo 1-2 , Metal Gear Solid , Vagrant Story , FF VII and many others game... I still have it

 

[entremet]

quality vs. quantity

LMAO.

I remember that argument. PS1 wins by longevity and consistency in releases. The N64 had some amazing highs--Goldeneye, MK64, Mario 64, Wave Rave and OOT, though.

 

[xemumanic]

The PS1. It took over the spot the SNES once held for more than one reason.

 

[KeeSomething]

Nothing really holds up on PS1, at least not the adventure games. Mario 64 and both Zeldas hold up a lot better than Crash or Tomb Raider or even MGS.

 

[ascii42]

The PlayStation 1, mostly on the strength of its JRPGs.

It's kind of funny looking back, I already preferred the PS1 at the time, but hadn't actually played a single JRPG on the system until the PS3 was nearly out.

 

[edoara]

N64 has Mario 64

PS1 has everything else.

The magic of NeoGAF

 

[Taruranto]

quality vs. quantity

quality vs quantity and quality.

 

[Ishida]

The PlayStation completely obliterated the Nintendo 64 in both overall catalog and sales. No competition.

 

[CrazyIvan1978]

I owned the PS1, and I remember that I usually played multiplayer games on N64 at my friend's house.

I played single player PS1 games most of the time, though, to me the N64 was a waste of money, if my buddy did not have it, I wouldn't have cared much...

 

[Unknown One]

quality vs quantity and quality and at a cheaper price.

PS1 games were a lot cheaper.

 

[Spazznid]

Perfect Dark.

 

[Cheesecakebobby]

Ps1 had tons of games but N64 had Goldeneye, Mario Kart, Mario Party and Smash brothers to play with my school chums on a Friday evening, so it always won.

 

[SHL23]

N64 was for was for Goldeneye, MK64, and Mario Party with friends and family. That's it. Everything else was meh IMO.

PS1 was better overall

 

[Phthisis]

Ogre Battle 64

 

[phanphare]

LMAO.

I remember that argument. PS1 wins by longevity and consistency in releases. The N64 had some amazing highs--Goldeneye, MK64, Mario 64, Wave Rave and OOT, though.

should I have put "imo" after that or can you infer that on your own?

 

[Spiffy_1st]

I was a nintendo boy yet think PS1 games have aged better. I recently played through Silent Hill and it was fine, the same can't be said about my attempt to replay goldeneye.

The only worthwhile N64 games that I can think of that aged ok are Mario 64, OoT and Majora's Mask.

 

[Sacrimoni]

No game on ps1 was as good as zelda, mario, goldeneye etc

But it had many times more good games

 

[baphomet]

Nothing really holds up on PS1, at least not the adventure games. Mario 64 and both Zeldas hold up a lot better than Crash or Tomb Raider or even MGS.

Spoken like someone who truly has no clue what the ps1 has.

 

[DagnastyEp]

N64.

There were more games I cared about on it (not a jrpg fan), and I think the graphics where better at the time, and hold up slightly better today.

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

 

[antitrop]

Perfect Dark.

Not that framerate.

I do love Perfect Dark, but when I think about it, I picture pine sap dripping down the side of a tree in my head.

 

[Haunted]

If you love jRPGs, I suppose there's an argument to be made for the PS1. N64 has more legend-level games, though.

 

[SuperSonic1305]

Tomba is better than every Mario game.

 

[Mr. Smiley]

quality vs. quantity

Why fight when Playstation had both?

 

[Taruranto]

Nothing really holds up on PS1, at least not the adventure games. Mario 64 and both Zeldas hold up a lot better than Crash or Tomb Raider or even MGS.

what are alundra and tombi

 

[Laieon]

PS1 had better RPGs, N64 had better multiplayer and adventure games. Overall, I'd say that the N64 had a library that aged better as well. It's anecdotal, but every now and then I'll see someone who doesn't really play video games post about playing an N64 game on Facebook, I don't think I've ever seen someone post about the PS1. Judging by that, N64 seems to have a larger nostalgia factor too.

 

[Portugeezer]

N64

I didn't play RPG's back then, maybe it would have changed my mind.

 

[Hatchtag]

I grew up more with the Gamecube, but the N64 really didn't have the best library. If it didn't have the first 3D Nintendo titles + Rare, it would have a very, very bad library. That said, the 3D Nintendo titles that are there are great, as are the Rare titles, and it still has the best Pokemon spin-off to date, Pokemon Snap.

 

[Jamix012]

I don't get the PS1, I've played so many of it's "classics" and only MGS 1 really stood out as a fantastic game to me. Mega Man Legends 1 was a great game too, but it was only a timed exclusive to the PS1, eventually coming to the N64 too. Truthfully, I do have yet to play Tomba though.
The N64 wins by a country mile for me. The Saturn also beats the PS1 IMO. The 3DO also just edges it out to me.

Never played Quest 64, and I'm assuming it sucks, but Final Fantasy 7 is literally my least favourite game ever.