Favorite 5th gen system

[PCEngineHell]

That kid and his sister in the video dont count. I doubt he was excited or blown away after playing WCW this and that,Conkers Bad Frame Rate,Perfect Slow, Winback Copy That, and the countless other shit games for the system.
The majority of system trade ins towards Play Stations and Dreamcast were Nintendo 64 systems and games. Typically any N64s we sold found their way back to us for instore credit a couple of weeks to a month later.

[muse hunter]

Mario 64 was the first proper 3D game, full 3D movement and environments (before anyone says so no tomb raider wasn't), it was the game that revolutionised videogames.  You will have to have a cold cold heart not to feel anything once you saw mario pop up at the intro for the first time, or when you made mario jump around the castle for the first time.

Oh yes, Goldeneye is multiplayer perfection, never beaten, probably never will.  I generally dislike first person shooters, Goldeneye though is the only one i ever liked.

[PCEngineHell]

Mario 64 was the first proper 3D game, full 3D movement and environments (before anyone says so no tomb raider wasn't), it was the game that revolutionised videogames.  You will have to have a cold cold heart not to feel anything once you saw mario pop up at the intro for the first time, or when you made mario jump around the castle for the first time.

Oh yes, Goldeneye is multiplayer perfection, never beaten, probably never will.  I generally dislike first person shooters, Goldeneye though is the only one i ever liked. 

I was more impressed with Nights and Crash Bandicoot then watching Mario jump around doing the same ole shit but in 3d.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Actually, yeah, I was in love with Crash, the beautiful graphics, the ol' school gameplay.  Nights, I never played until recently, so I can't really speak about that from the right perspective, because, I think it stinks.  But maybe I wouldn't, if I'd played it back then, I just can't seem to get into it now.  Mario 64 never did anything for me, neither does the DS version.  It's just, boring IMHO.  The N64 did have some good games.  I like Paper Mario, Perfect Dark, Golden Eye, Mischief Makers, & a few others.  Nothing ever blew me away though.  But, Crash, that, believe it or not, blew me away!

[rolins]

If the Amiga CD32 made the poll I don't see why the FM-Towns Marty shouldn't be there.

I mean the Marty was a 32bit system too; it had awesome arcade ports and the biggest library of hentai games for a console. 

[guyjin]

C'mon, I apologized for that already! gimme a break! 

[PCEngineHell]

C'mon, I apologized for that already! gimme a break! 

Around here for such a horrible crime you can never apologize enough.

[CrackTiger]

Mario 64 was the first proper 3D game, full 3D movement and environments (before anyone says so no tomb raider wasn't), it was the game that revolutionised videogames.  You will have to have a cold cold heart not to feel anything once you saw mario pop up at the intro for the first time, or when you made mario jump around the castle for the first time.

Oh yes, Goldeneye is multiplayer perfection, never beaten, probably never will.  I generally dislike first person shooters, Goldeneye though is the only one i ever liked. 

Analog control isn't full 3D movement. The only times in Mario 64 you have full 3D movement is when you're either swimming or flying. And games like Pilot Wings did that years ago.

Now that you mention Tomb Raider though, Mario 64 is basically just a Mario version of that game.

[Keranu]

Now that you mention Tomb Raider though, Mario 64 is basically just a Mario version of that game.

Except Mario doesn't have crusty mustard controls .

[CrackTiger]

Now that you mention Tomb Raider though, Mario 64 is basically just a Mario version of that game.

Except Mario doesn't have crusty mustard controls .

Exactly, Mario 64 gave us some decent control in a straightforward adventurous 3D platformer, with some terrible camera angles. I'll have to read through the Wii instructions again to see if I can fix the damn camera somehow, but right now, its the only thing keeping me from enjoying the VC Mario 64.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Believe it or not, I'll take Tomb Raider(which is getting a complete overhaul for PS2 in a couple months ) over Mario.  I fell in love with that game & it's crusty controls

[OldRover]

Saturn first, because it had Dark Savior. Playstation second, because it had Xenogears. I never owned a PC-FX so I can't vote for that one, and none of the others held any interest for me.

[CrackTiger]

Believe it or not, I'll take Tomb Raider(which is getting a complete overhaul for PS2 in a couple months ) over Mario.  I fell in love with that game & it's crusty controls

Believe it or not, I prefer the Saturn version of Tomb Raider over the PSX version.

I really tried to get into some of the sequals, but I only really like the original.

I hope that the Anniversary edition includes a 60 fps port of the original PC version.

And although I've questioned Mario 64's status as a groundbreaking legend, I still really love it and it was the first VC game I bought, even over the TG-16 games.

[ParanoiaDragon]

I'm actually playing a bit of Tomb Raider Legend, which I just picked up for 20 bucks, & I'm loving it!  I thought the first 3 Tomb Raiders were great, though, the 3rd one is where it started going downhill.  The 2nd one is my favorite, love the locales mainly!  If you get a chance, I'd check out Legend which was done by Crystal Dynamics, as is also doing the remake.  Core isn't doing them anymore, after the last game, which I heard was beyond terrible.  Other then Legend though, I must mention that I'm playing mainly Ys Origin right now!!!  I'm a happy camper, though I'll be happier when the english patch comes out!

[CrackTiger]

I'm actually playing a bit of Tomb Raider Legend, which I just picked up for 20 bucks, & I'm loving it!  I thought the first 3 Tomb Raiders were great, though, the 3rd one is where it started going downhill.  The 2nd one is my favorite, love the locales mainly!  If you get a chance, I'd check out Legend which was done by Crystal Dynamics, as is also doing the remake.  Core isn't doing them anymore, after the last game, which I heard was beyond terrible.  Other then Legend though, I must mention that I'm playing mainly Ys Origin right now!!!  I'm a happy camper, though I'll be happier when the english patch comes out!

The 360 demo seemed alright. Like most 360 games I'm interested, I'm waiting to get a cheap used copy.

[SignOfZeta]

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Believe it or not, I prefer the Saturn version of Tomb Raider over the PSX version.

Believe it or not I'd rather just not play video games than play Tomb Radier. When it came out Tomb Raider made an impression on me for two reasons: the control SUCKED, and the graphics SUCKED (technically, and from an art direction standpoint).

Now that its 10 years old I can only imagine how terrible it must look since almost anything 3D tends to look worse every minute after its release unless its something like Rez (non-representational), or Mario Sunshine (powerful hardware combined with simple design).

A lot of people say they liked only the first Tomb Radier. I think that's like saying your first cigarette tasted better than all others; no they are all like that you were just tricked.

[OldRover]

My first (and last) experience with Tomb Raider was a PC demo. I played it for less than 2 minutes before getting EXTREMELY bored with it. Never tried another one.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Well, then you all suck,.............just kidding.  We all have our own tastes, & I loved the first 3 TR's, & the new one is really sucking me in, I played it until 5 am this morning, I just couldn't put it down for some reason

[PCEngineHell]

A lot of people say they liked only the first Tomb Radier. I think that's like saying your first cigarette tasted better than all others; no they are all like that you were just tricked.

Depends on the brand you smoke. Id say if you started off with a nice Menthol like a Newport or a Kool and then lowered your standards to a Wal-Mart brand then there is a pretty big difference.

And yea,I hated Tomb Raider too,never liked any of them,even the new ones.

[CrackTiger]

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Believe it or not, I prefer the Saturn version of Tomb Raider over the PSX version.

Believe it or not I'd rather just not play video games than play Tomb Radier. When it came out Tomb Raider made an impression on me for two reasons: the control SUCKED, and the graphics SUCKED (technically, and from an art direction standpoint).

Now that its 10 years old I can only imagine how terrible it must look since almost anything 3D tends to look worse every minute after its release unless its something like Rez (non-representational), or Mario Sunshine (powerful hardware combined with simple design).

A lot of people say they liked only the first Tomb Radier. I think that's like saying your first cigarette tasted better than all others; no they are all like that you were just tricked.

It's like games like Toshinden or many early 3D RPG's, the gimmick of that kind of a 3D game was the appeal at the time. But like many other games that haven't held up so well, it's tied to my early memories of the Saturn.

Although it's not a masterpiece, I do like pushing up to move forward in 3D games. I hate having to constantly change movement of an analog stick to match the direction of a wonking moving camera in some games.

[GUTS]

Tomb Raider had great graphics for when it was released, I don't know anyone who thought the game looked bad.  It's funny how the original Tomb Raider ripped off Prince of Persia's control scheme, and now the new one ripped off the new Prince of Persia's control scheme.  Totally sweet.

[CrackTiger]

Tomb Raider had great graphics for when it was released, I don't know anyone who thought the game looked bad.  It's funny how the original Tomb Raider ripped off Prince of Persia's control scheme, and now the new one ripped off the new Prince of Persia's control scheme.  Totally sweet.

Yeah, I think that happened with a couple other series', but can't remember which exactly at the moment.