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10/15/09
#N64 was to these kids what the NES and maybe to some extent the super NES was to me.
I matured as a teenage with the N64 so it was an important formative experience, these students had PS2 and to some extent PS3/360s as teens, the difference in culture is amazing and the difference in opinions in SSB is sadly generational, but i've pretty much forced Melee upon them as our competitive standard in the club.
Busting out the old N64 has also brought older gamers (my age 25+) that haven't kept up with gaming much back into our gaming community. N64 really is a wonderful machine that bridges generations. Conventions originating in many of its titles hold strong today like analog control ala Mario 64 and Z-targetting ala Zelda. FPS on consoles has drawn heavily on 007 and Perfect dark as well.
Perhaps I should bring Starfox 64 next week. We currently run 2 N64s at once during our weekly Melee and BlazBlue tournaments. #oldnews
08/06/09
I'll take the Virtual Boy.
@_@
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I would just watch the commercials for the games and all that stuff....all my friends had one.....except me :(
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It's gonna be okay... (pets head)
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@NekuSakuraba: That sucks about the Genesis, and even more so for the N64 (great, great, great system; pretty much everything is fun and of solid entertainment value - not so shallow and overpriced like this gen)
08/06/09
You can't just give a player 7 levels of linear gameplay and call it a game... I thought things were supposed to get better over time??
I mean, 40-60 bucks to play yet another game running the unreal engine offering mediocre gameplay with limited options and an even worse story to boot, it's not even worth my money. Not even worth pirating imo.
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Views adjusted... reticulating splines....
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So true...there were so many games I would have LOVED to play for the 64 but yeah...
I never could ask for one for my birthday and that was because well my family didn't really give me a choice until I grew older o__o (or for Christmas)
...all those clothes...and barbie dolls *foams at mouth*
08/06/09
By the way, I like just saying what is slowly becoming the rare gender-neutral English word to describe someone - guy.
08/06/09
Well, at least you have the chance to catch up on some N64 games via the Virtual Console (though you miss out on the awesomeness that is/was the N64 controller - it just felt so right...)
Just want to say, I may have grown up with the NES and original game boy (and unfortunately missed out on the SNES), but it's the N64 that defines my expectations of games. There have been a few gems since, but on the whole the gaming ideas have had some big missteps....
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Wah, now I feel like looking around for a N64 to buy! Maybe they aren't so expensive?...maybe.
All I know is once I'm get one (or a virtual one) I'm going to play Pokemon Snap! (or that other pokemon game)
...I can't believe I just said that.
08/06/09
I remember saving up all the money i got so i could get a 64 (this was before all the colors so just black) i think i was $50 short but my mom said she would cover the rest, thing was i didnt have enough money for a game after saving up for the system but bless my mom she surprised me when she brought the 64 home from the store and had GoldenEye as well. And she surprised me again that year on my birthday by, unbeknownst to me, preordering Ocarina Of Time picking it up day one. Those are some of the reasons it was my favorite system. Man im going to go call my mom.
EDIT: Oh and when the new colors came out i was pissed cause i wanted the Orange or Smoke colored console but there was no way i could afford to get another one.
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Man, I must have played Goldeneye with my friends for YEARS after it made any sense! I had a friend who could figure out where the spawning points were in multiplayer, and which one you'd be appearing at!
Using Oddjob (and the shorty cheat) was a no-no... if you ducked with him on that cheat, he'd go through the floor!
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He then runs back in screaming, starts rubbing his hands frantically over the box and starts screaming "Nintendo Sixty-FOUR! OH MY GOD!!"
Ah, the nostalgia...
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Such a great gaming system. I don'y know why everyone hates on it so much, It really did have the best games of it's console generation IMO
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I only ever had a standard black N64... I also had the add-on brick you stuck in it to make it do nothing better.
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I have never heard of the 64DD. I did buy a 64 on the day it launched : )
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I hope we get memory that goes in like cartidges but work like disks in the future.. because seeing the art on the physical game WHILE YOU PLAY is just awesome....
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