PSOne vs. N64: Which was the better system?

[funguy2121]

I'm seeking lively debate, but flaming will be reported. So tear apart the systems all you like but please refrain from attacking posters. 'kay?

I wonder if all that fog would have been abated/eliminated had Nintendo (wisely) decided to go to disc with the '64. Aside from that, the system embodied the first real jump into 3D and the first console to have real 3D FPS's. What's a real 3D FPS, you ask? Why, it's one where an enemy or a tree actually has a back and 2 sides and a top and isn't a paper cutout like in Doom (much love), and there are actually different levels so you're not just constantly turning right or left.

My problem with the PSOne is that it never seemed to generate many good games, not even many 3D games even though it existed in the era of 3D. The developers could have capitalized upon the N64's shortcomings and really pushed gaming forward (like dozens of PS-TWO games did), but instead they focused on churning out the world's first big batch of shovelwear for the world's first casual gaming machine.

Remember, the shields are up I love you all.

 

[Radeonx]

I preferred the N64 because I never owned a PS1, and the from the times I played it, I found it dreadful. On the other hand, I owned the N64, and still play it frequently.

 

[Mr. GameBrain]

N64. Had better games in my preffered genres.

Plus Lylat Wars is one of the greatest videogames of all time. <3

 

[Kodlak]

PS1 hands down for me as that is what I owned, and I can only remember a handful of decent N64 games i.e Zelda, Banjo Kazooie and Conkers.

 

[tk1989]

N64! I never was a fan of the PS1.

 

[Optimus Hagrid]

I much as I liked the N64's games...

...only one had Gran Turismo 2.

 

[TPiddy]

PS1 did more for gaming as a whole and overall had a better lineup. I hated the N64 controllers but it had several gems like Conker's Bad Fur Day, No Mercy and Goldeneye.

 

[TheRealRocknRolla]

I had much better memories with the N64, but it would be flat out wrong to say that it was better than PS1.

 

[mrjinx]

I owned a N64 and loved it at the time, but when you think about it you were limited to the dozen or so great Nintendo and Rare games and then the rest were either multiplatform or rather bad.

The original Playstation had a lot more variety

 

[Yumi_and_Erea]

The PS1 had Legend of the Dragoon, Final Fantasy IX and Firebugs, meaning it wins this round.

But still, the N64 had Conker's Bad Fur Day, making it the closest photo-finish of all time.

 

[Robert632]

i didn't really enjoy the ps0ne, but the n64 was an amazing system back in the day that nintendo had 3rd party support.

 

[SilentStranger]

It's a hard question... Both had some pretty amazing games, but since I had the best times with the N64, I'm going with that. Super Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, Pokemon Stadium, Lylat Wars, Goldeneye...

 

[Poketom]

N64 by far I still play mine now but I don't play my PSone and never really did when it was big either.

 

[Go Fighting In The War Room]

Dreamcast.
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Well, N64 because I played that more.

But during the time I had a Saturn. Then Dreamcast. And finally shuffled off to the Gamecube.

 

[Dan-o-mite]

I only owned the N64, so maybe I'm a bit biased, but I think it was the winner. Mario 64, Goldeneye, Starfox 64, Mario Kart 64, Zelda were all great games. The only ones I got into for PS1 were the Final Fantasy's.

 

[Hiphophippo]

I was really into jrpgs during that era so the ps1 was pretty clearly the winner for me. I did love my N64 though. Easily worth enjoying.

 

[samam]

PS1 for the reason that it was the only one i owned, and i had an awsome time with crash, spyro, and digimon world