I want to get mine out the loft now.. (Nintendo N64)

Member Name: dosftw

Product:	Nintendo N64
Date:	26/07/09 (20 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Awesome selection of games that were gratifying to play.

Disadvantages: Was heavily over shadowed by the Playstation.

I was never a Sony child when I was younger, I was always Sega and Nintendo and as a result I think that when it comes to gaming I am lot less fickle compared to most games reviewers. The Nintendo 64 did not boast realistic graphics, what is did boast was a large catalogue of fantastic games with rich and long story lines, rather than Sony's many short games which many could say were churned out in order to keep the consumer happy.

I feel that, had Nintendo released this console with the use of CD's rather than Cartidges it would have caught the attention of far more gamers than if did. The other problem was was a lot of the games on the N64 were considered quite 'kiddy' in comparison to Sony's more adult games such as Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy (Which might I add were the formats only large and indepth story lines at the time)

But this assumption was only on the surface. The N64 had titles such as The Legend od Zelda: The Ocarina of Time which was an absolute epid game and a defining title of my childhood aswell as Lylat Wars, Godenaye, Doom 64, Quake and many other not so childish games. But this said, even the more childish ones were still amazing games. Look at titles such as Super Mario 64, Banjo Kazooie, Mario Kart and Diddy Kong Racing, on the outside they are for kids, but since when did this stop something being fun and entertaining.

The console its self is a very attractive and has an almost space age appearence to it which I feel makes it a success and used catridges rather than CD's to play games on. It has the capability to have 4 controllers plugged in at once and these can be bought in a range of colours from red to yello and all manner of patterns and 3rd party designs some of which are quite good.

I love this console and while it was viewed by many as inferior to Sony's Playstation I feel that it achieved what Sony didnt, while Sony churned out game after game that were reletively short for the majority, Nintendo offered games that had much richer story lines and took far longer to complete, this in my eyes made it a hige success and stands as a testament that quality should come before quantity.

Summary: Even if you were never a fan of Nintendo this console has some fabulous titles to offer.