The ability to plug in 4 controllers right from jump was such a game changer. I have so many great memories of staying up all night playing Goldeneye and all of those wrestling games! Gotta agree with Mike about Mario Kart, too - I love the SNES version!
Loved the N64! Zelda Ocarina of Time, Mario 64, Turok 2 Seeds of Evil, Goldeneye, Mario Kart, Diddy Kong Racing, Wave Race, Shadows of the Empire, NFL Blitz, Smash Bros! Man, what a blast corps ;)
I recently got my N64 modded with the UltraHDMI and I love replaying GoldenEye on it. It's such a different FPS experience compared to today's shooters. There's so much variety to the missions it means the game never feels stale. I also really love how the AI is always doing different things and is really unpredictable (like flanking or lobbing grenades or running to trigger an alarm for reinforcements). It means you're always having to adjust and react to them rather than just memorising levels. Personally I think the PS1/N64/Saturn era is the most evenly matched generation when it comes to classics. There are games I love on all three systems and I really can't pick a favourite between them, I love them all equally and still have all three hooked up.
Garbage framerates and controls is what made me a PC gamer. The NES and SNES controlled almost perfectly, super low latency sprite hardware, literally racing the beam. The N64 and PS1 controlled like wrestling in treacle.
Why is Perfect Dark always overlooked? I feel it took Goldeneye and perfected it. The simulation mode was like an online play before online was available. My personal favorite for the 64.
Tj F I agree 100%!! Perfect Dark multiplayer was truly something special. I love it more than any other game. I talk more about PD in my other comments.
You know it IS possible to like one console without HATING the other? I love the N64, but that doesn't mean I have to HATE the PS1....and vise versa....
Perfect Dark isn't as good as Goldeneye? Lmfao. Customizable bots, MUCH better weapons and equally memorable music. Oh and many more game modes, character customization, ranks, alternate firing modes for every gun, a firing range with challenges, and so much more.
Even the guards were just as funny and charming as in "GoldenEye 007", they still did hilarious things and also had funny one-liners as well. A lot of FPS games take themselves overly seriously, but "Perfect Dark" still had that wonderful British humour from "GoldenEye 007" intact, like Elvis the alien for example. xD
+Banjo Bill "Perfect Dark" had two functions for most weapons, more detailed instructions for the mission objectives, quicker access to the Pause menu, and you could open a quick menu for several of the weapons and items by holding the A button. All those things are undeniable improvements, because they all ADDED something beneficial without hurting any other aspects in any way, which by definition is an improvement. It also had more intelligent enemies, and the music was at least as awesome.
I loved the n64 more because the games with smaller space to work with were made much better than ps games because they were like with ps games yeah I got all this Spence make a huge game with not great story or graphics as with n64 they are like ok we got small amount of space how will we make a good game while nit going over the storage limit
Perfect Dark was the shit. Goldeneye was great, but Perfect Dark was far superior. It ran better on the hardware, more guns, way more multiplayer customization, bots, challenges, unlockables, better graphics, voice acting. It blew me away when I got it.
I had both the PS1 & N64 as a kid, they are both great. It's probably strictly nostalgic and memories, but there's something just more special to me with the N64. Like, I'd be totally down to play it but when it comes to the PS1, I'd have the attitude, "Why, when I have a PS4?" If that makes sense.
I didn't own them both as a kid but I do as an adult and I love both to this day. Each have their own place in my collection. N64 > PS1 when it comes to multiplayer. PS1 > N64 when it comes to single player experience
I owned both, and although Digimon World is probably my most favourite game of all time, I'd say the n64 had a higher quality for it's fewer games. Really cons and pros to each.
And Perfect Dark is superior. It had a really long story mode that was fun and could be played co-operately and a more content rich multiplayer mode (tons of different cheat codes) with a some staple Goldeneye levels in it.
WWF Wrestlemania 2000, No Mercy & WCW vs NWO Revenge were easily some of the best wrestling games during the era. The 4 player mulit-player and the simple pick up and play controls were always fun especially when you got 4 players together. Given how there was so many different match types and wrestlers to choose from (Along with Created Wrestlers) You had such variety. Wrestling games today are still being compared to No Mercy!
Ogre Battle 64. Another all-time SRPG classic. And yeah, Perfect Dark is faaaaar superior to Goldeneye. That game alone kept the system under me and my friends televisions until 2004 or something.
N64's legacy lives on with the abundance of remixes of game musics from the N64. A lot of N64 games had great music, my favorite is Mystical ninja starring Goemon 2 - Ryugu Castle (also known as Palace of the Sea Goddess, Life on Turtle (Part 2). The N64 midi is pretty good to listen still.
I think the SNES has aged better than the N64. There are just something about those early 3D graphics that I'm not too fond of. That being said I do think the N64 had some really good games.
No doubt about it, the Genesis as well. 60 fps 2D graphics with smooth animation and colorful hand drawn art styles? Absolutely! You can say the same from 2D games from the 5th generation as well.
That is how i generally look and feel back on consoles, it is a major reason why i never got into the NES, it had really poor colorschemes a lot of times, i rather preferred my snotty GameBoy games instead. The lack of color in GameBoy games actually enhanced it for me, to imagine what they would look like in color, and the NES versions generally barfed all over that imagination. The N64 kinda suffered the same dullness of graphics, which the SNES didnt have as much, but yeah i would agree that the MegaDrive was really smooth and crisp.
Sony is better right now, in my opinion because I don't wanna buy mk8 again, nor do I think Splatoon or Arms is any good. Pokken looks promising if they can do it some Justice.
Tchitchouan Inouane very accurate. If Nintendo took advantage of CD-ROM capabilities better in the 90s it would be a tough market between n64 and PlayStation.
One of the tough things about doing a N64 classic is that a lot of the great N64 titles were 2nd party done by Rare who is now owned by Microsoft. So it's going to be a lot tougher to get those on it as opposed to the Konami and Capcom titles on the NES & SNES classic systems.
My favorite console of all time, but y'all all talk about Zelda and Mario and Fzro, but my faves were GAUNTLET LEGEND, EXTREME G RACING SERIES NFL BLITZ,QUAKE NOW THAT WAS ALSO SOME EPIC GAMES (XG3 RACING REBOOT PLEASE)!!!!
dude if they get a remade n64 theyd be off of the shelves as soon as it comes out and what about fighting force 64? it was hard but amazing. or vigilate 8 was awesome or dk 64, paper mario
23:47 WTF??? Goldeneye is bliss. But Perfect Dark is just better. in every single way. They just brushed that off oh well. 9/10 chance Mike and Ryan have no idea that PD is fucking co-op campaign.
The N64 revolutionized the gaming industry, Mechanics from Zelda are still being used in games like Horizon, The sniper zoom in games nowadays comes from GoldenEye, so many things started on N64 and the haters just have to suck it
Im not a hater of N64, but i really disliked the flood of FPS games, its what turned me off from gaming after being a die hard gamer since childhood. The switch to 3D wasnt specifically the problem for me, but the gameplay does not interest me. If GoldenEye contributed to that, then i will spit in its GoldenEye :P
Meshuggah Fan8675 You are 100% correct. Ben Hanson of Game Informer still calls it the best multiplayer shooter of all time, and also having the best wea6of any shooter. I will always love Perfect Dark 64.
The only game I had was San Francisco Rush and me and my buddy must have put literally thousands of hours into the Stunt map. We had it absolutely mastered.
Dear Mike and Ryan, I feel you did Perfect Dark a bit of a disservice there: Perfect Dark is a far superior game than Goldeneye in pretty much ever way with better graphics, AI, multiplayer, story, missions, objectives, etc. etc. True, it did push the capabilities of the console a bit much at times but it's a truly awesome game. So great that it was released in HD on Xbox live a few years back.I'm not sure if you know much about it but Rare were originally going to produce the game for Tomorrow Never Dies but they declined because they felt too limited with Goldeneye and wanted to come up with their own story and characters to enable them more creative freedom. However they kept a lot of the things from Goldeneye including weapons (which you could unlock) and some of the multiplayer levels including facility, complex and temple.I would love to see you do a play through of both games so that you can really compare the difference, also it would be great to see you do a four player multiplayer comparison with James and some of the other cinemassacre regulars.Thanks for listening :)P.S. you should also definitely have a go at playing Team Buddies on PS1 if you can get it - it's quite a rare game, but fantastic.
I remember plenty of people using "Xbox" as a catch-all term for video games during the late 6th to 7th gen of consoles. It didn't die out during the age of the Nintendo 64. Microsoft dominated the late 6th gen and early-mid 7th gen of consoles with the Xbox and Xbox 360, which was probably due to Xbox Live becoming hugely popular. So yeah, when I was in my teens back then, plenty of people used "Xbox" as a catch-all term for video games, especially parents.
and the thing about Perfect Dark is that its multiplayer is WAY better than Goldeneye's but almost never gets talked about. Know what? I'm gonna play it again
Jon Cook it was always my belief that perfect dark didn’t get the love it should because people don’t enjoy sci-fi games as much as the standard modern type shooter like goldeneye was. It’s a shame because it really is just technologically superior to goldeneye!
Perfect Dark and how complex the game is on a campaign and multiplayer scale as well as the graphics are some of the best on the system EVER. The dynamic lighting combined with shadows and move-able objects within levels...wow that blew my mind when I was 13...never saw an FPS that came close to detail...not to mention with the expansion pack the ability to play it on wide screen HD tvs before they were even main stream is amazing. The game plays like a current day game on my 55inch 1080p UltraHDMI modded N64. Its even better when you upgrade the N64 joystick to the Gamecube bowl style joystick and then play the game using 2 controlers as if you had 2 analog sticks...yup then your in retro FPS heaven!
I don't know if this will get read but one of the best hidden gems that no one talks about is Hybrid heaven. Its a fun RPG where you get to kickbox aliens to death and is done by konami (was rumored to have been a metal gear game in development). Not the greatest story but has some cool mechanics I haven't seen before
Cake Hebenstreit I've put many hours into it since 2013, and I'm still at 8 or 9 ranking. One day I will reach the top ranking, and when I do I will be sure to think of you, and how you got it so much sooner, lol. I agree though, I love looking at all the stats.
I dont understand why 465 people (and counting) would watch this video and click dislike. what's wrong with the video in terms of quality and content? I loved it, it was a great watch.
Personally the game cube would have to be my favorite console of all time I feel like with the n64 nintendo was just getting their hands wet with what they can do, and with the gamecube they have released some of my favorite games of all time like windwaker mariosunshine and luigis mansion, and just made it so much better.
What's the Final Fantasy 4 tech demo that Ryan's talking about? I can't find any information about it. Is he confusing it with the N64 tech demo that had Final Fantasy 6 characters?
Not saying it's a great game, but I thoroughly enjoyed Castlevania 64. I can understand how people were disappointed by it as a Castlevania game (and I assume that's a huge reason why people don't like it), but if you pretend it's not a Castlevania game, it's not that bad.
Couldn't disagree more about Quest 64 and Perfect Dark. The former, while generic, was a decent RPG for the N64's library. It had some merit. The latter? Holy crap, that game is massively superior to Goldeneye 007 in nearly every way. I think people just dismiss Perfect Dark because it was late in the N64's life cycle. And to be fair it was nowhere near as memorable as Goldeneye 007.
Kristopher Garcia yeah that game was popular with little kids and teenage girls, no offense, my cousin had it when we were little and played it all the time!
I remember when I was about 6 (2002) and an older bloke came up to me at school and asked 'Do you play Zelda ZORG?' I said yes, but to this day, I really wished I asked wtf he meant when he said 'ZORG'!!
I'll always remember the N64 fondly, even if there wasn't a vast collection of stand out games for it. The controller, in my opinion, is an iconic piece of gaming history and is immediately recognizable.
its apples and oranges between the games, i love the crash series on ps1 and love mario 64 on n64, i love ctr on ps1 but prefer mario kart on n64, goldeneye was the best game to have for multiplayer but metal gear solid and the resident evil games were the best games to have for single player. they both had great games but i do think nothing on n64 was as good as metal gear solid on ps1 for that time in gaming, metal gear and resident evil changed the way people looked and thought about games, metal gear was crazy for its time. id have to give the nod to the ps1 over the n64 just for that game alone.
As much as I was a Nintendo Fanboy you can't argue that metal gear and rezendeevil didn't change gaming completely. Even Silent Hill on PlayStation 1, I didn't like it as much as I fell in love with Silent Hill 2 but it did raise the bar and set a standard for a horror game. I can still remember being legit scared from the Silent Hill 2 playing it alone in the dark stoned when I was 17
Haha yeah, i just commented on that in a reply to someone mentioning Turok. Mike looks like he blocked Turok from his memory or something, like a trauma he doesnt want to talk about haha.
19:10 Shadowman! You do know your games Ryan. It's one of my favorite games, I beat it on N64 and I loved it, but you're right, it's better to play it on Dreamcast or just PC.
Thank you Mike for addressing why every Mario Party sucks after number seven. Everybody together in the same vehicle is just catering to how kids don't want to directly compete with each other on those games. There's literally no competition in the new ones. My four-year-old nephew can play as well as me or my 11 year old son almost in the new ones where as in number 6 it's not even close
Just to clarify not that I'm trying to beat up on a little kid but a four year old that's not particularly good at video games should not be able to keep up with somebody who's played an entire series and is good at it. That just means they homogenize the games
And thank you for mentioning gauntlet. Until it came out on Dreamcast this game was amazing. it sucks to play this game without four players if you have your friends over. Don't get me wrong I played it by myself all the way through a bunch but when you have more than one friend over it's one of the best games to have. And until Dreamcast this was one of my favorite four-player games for a long time
The ability to plug in 4 controllers right from jump was such a game changer. I have so many great memories of staying up all night playing Goldeneye and all of those wrestling games! Gotta agree with Mike about Mario Kart, too - I love the SNES version!
Loved the N64! Zelda Ocarina of Time, Mario 64, Turok 2 Seeds of Evil, Goldeneye, Mario Kart, Diddy Kong Racing, Wave Race, Shadows of the Empire, NFL Blitz, Smash Bros! Man, what a blast corps ;)
I recently got my N64 modded with the UltraHDMI and I love replaying GoldenEye on it. It's such a different FPS experience compared to today's shooters. There's so much variety to the missions it means the game never feels stale.
I also really love how the AI is always doing different things and is really unpredictable (like flanking or lobbing grenades or running to trigger an alarm for reinforcements). It means you're always having to adjust and react to them rather than just memorising levels.
Personally I think the PS1/N64/Saturn era is the most evenly matched generation when it comes to classics. There are games I love on all three systems and I really can't pick a favourite between them, I love them all equally and still have all three hooked up.
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The only campaign in an FPS game to come close to Goldeneye were the newest Wolfenstein games
My daughter and me still play Mario Party 1, 2, and 3 to this date. She's 9 and she loves the old versions.
Loved Conker's Bad Fur Day. A Rare and over looked game. It was so much Fun. Thankfully I still have it.
No loading times is what sold me on the N64
Garbage framerates and controls is what made me a PC gamer. The NES and SNES controlled almost perfectly, super low latency sprite hardware, literally racing the beam. The N64 and PS1 controlled like wrestling in treacle.
Nintendo 64 shined when it came to multiplayer games.
Artzie Music saving the day bruh
But it sucked ass when it comes to 2D, JRPGs, WRPGs and general role playing games !
Tchitchouan Inouane yea it had good platformers but no rpg games :/
still love it
Artzie Music that it did!
Artzie Music one of the worst if not the worst controller I've ever used
WCW Revenge and WWF No Mercy were awesome!
I never had any problem with the N64 Controllers.
Duke Spubber yeah me neither. The stick wasn't great, but it worked well enough for me. And I never had one break.
Same here.
I actually preferred n64 controllers over Playstation or anything at the time
I don't have problems with the original n64 controller
I still love that controller
Why is Perfect Dark always overlooked? I feel it took Goldeneye and perfected it. The simulation mode was like an online play before online was available. My personal favorite for the 64.
Tj F I agree 100%!! Perfect Dark multiplayer was truly something special. I love it more than any other game. I talk more about PD in my other comments.
It's true. Perfect Dark is one of the coolest shooters ever.
The gunshots didn't sound as satisfying as Goldeneye/007 TWINE/Duke Nukem
It was pew pew pew VS bang! bang! bang!
You know it IS possible to like one console without HATING the other? I love the N64, but that doesn't mean I have to HATE the PS1....and vise versa....
My buddies who had Playstation always asked to play my 64 when they were at my house and vice verse. Same as several years earlier with SNES and SEGA
Nobody ever seems to mention Offroad Challenge on the n64, but I loved that game. The vehicles handled really well and the track designs were fun.
GoldenEye,Perfect Dark and Pilot Wings.Those alone made the N64 worth having.
of these 3 all I have is Goldeneye. For me the 64 was a haven of hidden gems that no one really remembers tho.
Perfect Dark isn't as good as Goldeneye? Lmfao. Customizable bots, MUCH better weapons and equally memorable music. Oh and many more game modes, character customization, ranks, alternate firing modes for every gun, a firing range with challenges, and so much more.
Benobot99 I agree - it was a great story too. My favourite on the system sling with Super Smash Bros and Mario
They're both excellent
Even the guards were just as funny and charming as in "GoldenEye 007", they still did hilarious things and also had funny one-liners as well.
A lot of FPS games take themselves overly seriously, but "Perfect Dark" still had that wonderful British humour from "GoldenEye 007" intact, like Elvis the alien for example. xD
Perfect dark had better multi-player. That's all.
+Banjo Bill
"Perfect Dark" had two functions for most weapons, more detailed instructions for the mission objectives, quicker access to the Pause menu, and you could open a quick menu for several of the weapons and items by holding the A button.
All those things are undeniable improvements, because they all ADDED something beneficial without hurting any other aspects in any way, which by definition is an improvement.
It also had more intelligent enemies, and the music was at least as awesome.
Sounds lame to say but I think the N64 had more heart than the Playstation.
mark224 It does for sure
I loved the n64 more because the games with smaller space to work with were made much better than ps games because they were like with ps games yeah I got all this Spence make a huge game with not great story or graphics as with n64 they are like ok we got small amount of space how will we make a good game while nit going over the storage limit
Three Words that disprove that:
Metal Gear Solid
Because the PlayStation was made by Nintendo and then Nintendo backed out of a deal
Amen to that.
Perfect Dark was amazing. Ultra underrated. They also failed to mention Jet Force Gemini.
Perfect Dark was the shit. Goldeneye was great, but Perfect Dark was far superior. It ran better on the hardware, more guns, way more multiplayer customization, bots, challenges, unlockables, better graphics, voice acting. It blew me away when I got it.
You may be thinking of Time Splitters 2. There was no map editor in Perfect Dark.
Perfect dark was awful.
D. Barton you couldn't be more incorrect. It makes Goldeneye look like a piece of shit
D. Barton didn't get the Expansion Pak.
We can all agree that Superman 64 was the best game for the system.
I love this console. Even though it was not perfect, it helped to shape graphics and games so the next generation can prefect it.
I had both the PS1 & N64 as a kid, they are both great. It's probably strictly nostalgic and memories, but there's something just more special to me with the N64. Like, I'd be totally down to play it but when it comes to the PS1, I'd have the attitude, "Why, when I have a PS4?" If that makes sense.
Conker's Bad Fur Day had some great multiplayer modes, the D-Day mode in particular was so much fun
I owned both PS1 and N64 so I love both consoles.
same. fuck the sonytards hating in the coments. I love both.
I didn't own them both as a kid but I do as an adult and I love both to this day. Each have their own place in my collection. N64 > PS1 when it comes to multiplayer. PS1 > N64 when it comes to single player experience
I owned both, and although Digimon World is probably my most favourite game of all time, I'd say the n64 had a higher quality for it's fewer games. Really cons and pros to each.
"I" didn't have any money. My parents bought the N64 one Christmas and the PS1 the next that's all.
poors triggered lol
And Perfect Dark is superior. It had a really long story mode that was fun and could be played co-operately and a more content rich multiplayer mode (tons of different cheat codes) with a some staple Goldeneye levels in it.
Perfect Dark. Enough said.
underrated, for sure. I love both multi and single player modes.
Laptop gun
Yes!
Over rated!
Rogue Squadron for N64 is possibly the most underrated game of all time...
Blast Corps is that for me. It is the only very unknown Rare game on the console.
Talkren It was a massive seller... Idk what the hell you guys are talking about.
Battle for Naboo is far more underrated than Rogue Squadron in my opinion.
Ironinquisitor loved the variety of missions and story in battle for Naboo!
18:47 for that generation it was the Sega Saturn not the Dreamcast.
The Dreamcast was release only 1 year before the PS2 launch. So the Switch is a quarter generation system or what?
lol Half is life, you mean 1 year roflmao
Again Ryan provides us with some nice information and Mike continually reminds us that he was born in the early 80s
WWF Wrestlemania 2000, No Mercy & WCW vs NWO Revenge were easily some of the best wrestling games during the era.
The 4 player mulit-player and the simple pick up and play controls were always fun especially when you got 4 players together. Given how there was so many different match types and wrestlers to choose from (Along with Created Wrestlers) You had such variety.
Wrestling games today are still being compared to No Mercy!
agreed! WWF no mercy defined the n64 as well
Ogre Battle 64. Another all-time SRPG classic.
And yeah, Perfect Dark is faaaaar superior to Goldeneye. That game alone kept the system under me and my friends televisions until 2004 or something.
SALUTE
I seriously question the judgment of anyone who says Perfect Dark is "okay" and Goldeneye is better
Well it's because GoldenEye is a fun game and I don't know what perfect dark is
I question your state of mental health by making this nonsense of a statement lol
I really like Doom 64. But one of the underrated games that I can recommend is "Space Station Silicon Valley".
6:31 Ha, Mike knows these videos bring a spotlight to these finite games and consoles and increases demand for them, thus increasing the prices.
N64's legacy lives on with the abundance of remixes of game musics from the N64. A lot of N64 games had great music, my favorite is Mystical ninja starring Goemon 2 - Ryugu Castle (also known as Palace of the Sea Goddess, Life on Turtle (Part 2). The N64 midi is pretty good to listen still.
This console was total legitness
Roland Bat I'M A BRICK
The consol is total legitnes
Why hasn't there been a AVGN video on Daikatana?
John Spade I'M A BRICK AND LUV MEMES
Pretty sure there was, actually.
irllcd13 it was a James and Mike Mondays episode
You two are nuts, Perfect Dark was WAY BETTER than Goldeneye.
No
No they are equal
I think the SNES has aged better than the N64. There are just something about those early 3D graphics that I'm not too fond of. That being said I do think the N64 had some really good games.
No doubt about it, the Genesis as well. 60 fps 2D graphics with smooth animation and colorful hand drawn art styles? Absolutely! You can say the same from 2D games from the 5th generation as well.
That is how i generally look and feel back on consoles, it is a major reason why i never got into the NES, it had really poor colorschemes a lot of times, i rather preferred my snotty GameBoy games instead.
The lack of color in GameBoy games actually enhanced it for me, to imagine what they would look like in color, and the NES versions generally barfed all over that imagination.
The N64 kinda suffered the same dullness of graphics, which the SNES didnt have as much, but yeah i would agree that the MegaDrive was really smooth and crisp.
OsricRexor - Sprite art generally ages better, since you're not comparing polys.
Everyones like "Sony's better, Nintendo's better!" Who cares! Look at all these sweet games!
Sony is better right now, in my opinion because I don't wanna buy mk8 again, nor do I think Splatoon or Arms is any good. Pokken looks promising if they can do it some Justice.
But it's true Sony objectively handeled disc media in a more convenient manner than N64's aging cartridges.
Tchitchouan Inouane very accurate. If Nintendo took advantage of CD-ROM capabilities better in the 90s it would be a tough market between n64 and PlayStation.
+sonyvssnes Indeed ! My point exactly pretty much !
Lol its like the same tribalism that exists with "democrats" and "republicans"
One of the tough things about doing a N64 classic is that a lot of the great N64 titles were 2nd party done by Rare who is now owned by Microsoft. So it's going to be a lot tougher to get those on it as opposed to the Konami and Capcom titles on the NES & SNES classic systems.
When the system came out my dad took me to Toys R Us to buy a N64 game, after taxes it came out to $64.64.
man anyone else wish these videos were still being pumped out, I find myself re-watching all these old ones and I'm upset most of these guys are gone.
what about mystic ninja? loved that one!
My favorite console of all time, but y'all all talk about Zelda and Mario and Fzro, but my faves were GAUNTLET LEGEND, EXTREME G RACING SERIES NFL BLITZ,QUAKE NOW THAT WAS ALSO SOME EPIC GAMES (XG3 RACING REBOOT PLEASE)!!!!
dude if they get a remade n64 theyd be off of the shelves as soon as it comes out and what about fighting force 64? it was hard but amazing. or vigilate 8 was awesome or dk 64, paper mario
Dude Vigilante 8! What a classic 🔥🤘🏻
Holy shit, I was SO GLAD that Ryan mentioned Turok 1 & 2, highly underrated classics for the system.
23:47 WTF??? Goldeneye is bliss. But Perfect Dark is just better. in every single way. They just brushed that off oh well.
9/10 chance Mike and Ryan have no idea that PD is fucking co-op campaign.
The N64 revolutionized the gaming industry, Mechanics from Zelda are still being used in games like Horizon, The sniper zoom in games nowadays comes from GoldenEye, so many things started on N64 and the haters just have to suck it
Lol wait, do you really think Goldeneye invented sniper zoom?
Can you prove it didn't? Because it wasn't in any other games at the time.
Im not a hater of N64, but i really disliked the flood of FPS games, its what turned me off from gaming after being a die hard gamer since childhood. The switch to 3D wasnt specifically the problem for me, but the gameplay does not interest me. If GoldenEye contributed to that, then i will spit in its GoldenEye :P
I'm sure if you really wanted to dig you could find a dozen PC games that used it before the N64 did.
A dozen, really? Post a single one for proof.
Perfect Dark improved on GoldenEye in every possible way! You guys are crazy, that game was amazing!
Cruis'n USA was awesome.
That and San Francisco Rush!
D. Barton shit was doooope
Those games are my childhood. I got them on my nintendo 64 rite now!
That was my jam untill I got halo then every other game on earth died
Perfect dark is far better than goldeneye. Sue me
Meshuggah Fan8675 You are 100% correct. Ben Hanson of Game Informer still calls it the best multiplayer shooter of all time, and also having the best wea6of any shooter. I will always love Perfect Dark 64.
Yea those reload animations changed the industry for sure.
Yeah, no. Sorry. It's freaking 007 shooting the fuck out of shit
@@sickboy805 I hate reload animations
The only game I had was San Francisco Rush and me and my buddy must have put literally thousands of hours into the Stunt map. We had it absolutely mastered.
You already know Nintendo will make a N64 Classic Edition.
It better have GoldenEye 007
Intimidation I've heard this. But will you be able to drop a cinder block on it and not phase it?
Monty Mack I agree but don't know if it will make it.
Without the Rare IP games, it will be lackluster.
They'll probably only make 50 of them and quit for fear it will hurt sales of Switch
How did you guys not even mention Donkey Kong 64?! It was so amazing!
Many people don't like DK 64.
In Turkey we still say in 2018 “hey! I’m gonna play some Atari” when they mean video games oh and they don’t know what the hell nintendo is
Dear Mike and Ryan, I feel you did Perfect Dark a bit of a disservice there: Perfect Dark is a far superior game than Goldeneye in pretty much ever way with better graphics, AI, multiplayer, story, missions, objectives, etc. etc. True, it did push the capabilities of the console a bit much at times but it's a truly awesome game. So great that it was released in HD on Xbox live a few years back.I'm not sure if you know much about it but Rare were originally going to produce the game for Tomorrow Never Dies but they declined because they felt too limited with Goldeneye and wanted to come up with their own story and characters to enable them more creative freedom. However they kept a lot of the things from Goldeneye including weapons (which you could unlock) and some of the multiplayer levels including facility, complex and temple.I would love to see you do a play through of both games so that you can really compare the difference, also it would be great to see you do a four player multiplayer comparison with James and some of the other cinemassacre regulars.Thanks for listening :)P.S. you should also definitely have a go at playing Team Buddies on PS1 if you can get it - it's quite a rare game, but fantastic.
I remember plenty of people using "Xbox" as a catch-all term for video games during the late 6th to 7th gen of consoles. It didn't die out during the age of the Nintendo 64. Microsoft dominated the late 6th gen and early-mid 7th gen of consoles with the Xbox and Xbox 360, which was probably due to Xbox Live becoming hugely popular. So yeah, when I was in my teens back then, plenty of people used "Xbox" as a catch-all term for video games, especially parents.
Cinemassacre always has the best videos. Nostalgia forever.
Anytime I see someone talk about how amazing Goldeneye was, I always feel like they've never played Perfect Dark. Perfect Dark was so much better
Brad Nimbus I agree, but people talk about it more because it came out earlier and because of the name.
Brad Nimbus some of the games they said sucked I loved as a kid. Started pissing me off lol.
Brad Nimbus Thing about Goldeneye - multiplayer was (and is) awesome! Still play it friends today from time to time^^
Agreed. Goldeneye 8/10. Perfect Dark 9/10
and the thing about Perfect Dark is that its multiplayer is WAY better than Goldeneye's but almost never gets talked about. Know what? I'm gonna play it again
I still play my N64. My friends and I growing up had N64's. My cousin had a ps1 and Saturn and dreamcast. All good systems. In my opinion
n64 = godmode multiplayer
ps1 = 1 hour load times so you can play by urself
Best episode yet! I love the n64. I have the best memories growing up playing this system.
"GoldenEye is superior (to Perfect Dark)"
No.
Jon Cook it was always my belief that perfect dark didn’t get the love it should because people don’t enjoy sci-fi games as much as the standard modern type shooter like goldeneye was. It’s a shame because it really is just technologically superior to goldeneye!
Yes
Perfect Dark!!
Perfect Dark and how complex the game is on a campaign and multiplayer scale as well as the graphics are some of the best on the system EVER. The dynamic lighting combined with shadows and move-able objects within levels...wow that blew my mind when I was 13...never saw an FPS that came close to detail...not to mention with the expansion pack the ability to play it on wide screen HD tvs before they were even main stream is amazing. The game plays like a current day game on my 55inch 1080p UltraHDMI modded N64. Its even better when you upgrade the N64 joystick to the Gamecube bowl style joystick and then play the game using 2 controlers as if you had 2 analog sticks...yup then your in retro FPS heaven!
I don't know if this will get read but one of the best hidden gems that no one talks about is Hybrid heaven. Its a fun RPG where you get to kickbox aliens to death and is done by konami (was rumored to have been a metal gear game in development). Not the greatest story but has some cool mechanics I haven't seen before
Perfect Dark kicked ass.Their reaction pissed me off. Probably one of my favorite games on the console. That and Ogre Battle 64.
Perfect Dark is my favorite 64 game.
Cake Hebenstreit Mine too!! The multiplayer is truly amazing.
DKC2! Oh yes! I played countless hours. I got the highest rank. Such a good game.
Cake Hebenstreit That's awesome!
DKC2! Thanks. It took years.i loved how you could see all your multi stats.
Cake Hebenstreit I've put many hours into it since 2013, and I'm still at 8 or 9 ranking. One day I will reach the top ranking, and when I do I will be sure to think of you, and how you got it so much sooner, lol. I agree though, I love looking at all the stats.
I dont understand why 465 people (and counting) would watch this video and click dislike. what's wrong with the video in terms of quality and content? I loved it, it was a great watch.
Personally the game cube would have to be my favorite console of all time I feel like with the n64 nintendo was just getting their hands wet with what they can do, and with the gamecube they have released some of my favorite games of all time like windwaker mariosunshine and luigis mansion, and just made it so much better.
Wave Race 64 was a fucking classic, Road Rash 64 was a great game also
They should make the virtua boy mini. Then you might actually have a chance of getting one.
Shadows of the Empire was not a launch title. Came out a little later end of 1996 I believe.
I loved Beetle Adventure Racing, it was a lot of fun in multiplayer too
in Europe, a Playstation definitely means video console lol
Banjo kazooie!!!
What's the Final Fantasy 4 tech demo that Ryan's talking about? I can't find any information about it. Is he confusing it with the N64 tech demo that had Final Fantasy 6 characters?
Megaman 64 is where it's at. What an underrated gem
Man, if the N64 had used CDs it would have been an even more beastly console.
Not saying it's a great game, but I thoroughly enjoyed Castlevania 64. I can understand how people were disappointed by it as a Castlevania game (and I assume that's a huge reason why people don't like it), but if you pretend it's not a Castlevania game, it's not that bad.
Every time Mike breathes in Ryan's face Ryan rubs his nose.
The turbografx 16 was so advanced that it only had one controller port
Great video. Mischief Makers was a game that I really enjoyed on the N64.
Really ? you didn't talk about Body Harvest ... One of the best N64 games out there, go play it !
Mick Rob I have that but I don't remember enjoying it.
Seeing Mike rotate that analogue stick is like nails on a chalkboard to any N64 fan.
Couldn't disagree more about Quest 64 and Perfect Dark. The former, while generic, was a decent RPG for the N64's library. It had some merit. The latter? Holy crap, that game is massively superior to Goldeneye 007 in nearly every way. I think people just dismiss Perfect Dark because it was late in the N64's life cycle. And to be fair it was nowhere near as memorable as Goldeneye 007.
"was a decent RPG" LOL nooooooooope.
I wanted to enjoy Quest 64... hard... It was a game I made my parents buy. It was just never fun.
You should check Goldeneye X which has full converted Goldeneye's multiplayer and parts of the single player into the Perfect Dark engine.
I was so pissed with Quest
i forgot all about goldeneye after perfect dark. perfect dark makes goldeneye look like total shit
Where did you get your top labels? The pack I got from Etsy felt too small. Those look like a great replacement
Blast Corp, that was awesome!
I still have mine and I love playing it when I want to take a break from the modern consoles and go retro and relive a lot of my younger days
you forgot about hybrid heaven!! best RPG/fighter on the system !!
Many people don't like that game.
well those people probably suck at it lol
yeah Hybrid Heaven was fun to me, it never gets talked about. I still have my cartridge copy of it
Blast Corps is one of my favorite games on the system and rarely gets mentioned when good N64 game are listed
Yoshi Story is actually a great game! you guys should give it a try!
Yep, it really is. Total fun platforming. It's probably one of the few that still holds up graphically because it wasn't 3D.
Yea, Yoshi Story is a great game once you learn the goals. it is a lot of fun to replay.
I like how he just trashes it and afterwards barely recalls playing it.
Kristopher Garcia yeah that game was popular with little kids and teenage girls, no offense, my cousin had it when we were little and played it all the time!
Mike wouldn't like it because its not Yoshi's Island and its structured very differently.
I remember when I was about 6 (2002) and an older bloke came up to me at school and asked 'Do you play Zelda ZORG?'
I said yes, but to this day, I really wished I asked wtf he meant when he said 'ZORG'!!
Pod racing was my fav raceing game top notch for sure
Also perfect dark was just ridiculously awesome man was my fav system
I've never been a fan of racing games, but I loved Pod Racer
*sounds of the pod racer losing one of its engines then the loud no* i do like to play that game from time to time
I always enjoy when you two talk about games.
N64 master race
I'll always remember the N64 fondly, even if there wasn't a vast collection of stand out games for it. The controller, in my opinion, is an iconic piece of gaming history and is immediately recognizable.
its apples and oranges between the games, i love the crash series on ps1 and love mario 64 on n64, i love ctr on ps1 but prefer mario kart on n64, goldeneye was the best game to have for multiplayer but metal gear solid and the resident evil games were the best games to have for single player. they both had great games but i do think nothing on n64 was as good as metal gear solid on ps1 for that time in gaming, metal gear and resident evil changed the way people looked and thought about games, metal gear was crazy for its time. id have to give the nod to the ps1 over the n64 just for that game alone.
As much as I was a Nintendo Fanboy you can't argue that metal gear and rezendeevil didn't change gaming completely. Even Silent Hill on PlayStation 1, I didn't like it as much as I fell in love with Silent Hill 2 but it did raise the bar and set a standard for a horror game. I can still remember being legit scared from the Silent Hill 2 playing it alone in the dark stoned when I was 17
I love how Ryan knows all the tech and Mike is focused on the intricacies of Mario Party maps lol
This part is so awkward 😂 18:25
Tony Pivaral "yeah...yeah...yeah
Haha yeah, i just commented on that in a reply to someone mentioning Turok.
Mike looks like he blocked Turok from his memory or something, like a trauma he doesnt want to talk about haha.
"Yeah... yeah... yeah..." is Mike's catch phrase.
Yeah
he should have mentioned Turok 3... well overlooked game!
19:10 Shadowman! You do know your games Ryan. It's one of my favorite games, I beat it on N64 and I loved it, but you're right, it's better to play it on Dreamcast or just PC.
say what you want about the n64 it has more personality than the ps1 any day.
Thank you Mike for addressing why every Mario Party sucks after number seven. Everybody together in the same vehicle is just catering to how kids don't want to directly compete with each other on those games. There's literally no competition in the new ones. My four-year-old nephew can play as well as me or my 11 year old son almost in the new ones where as in number 6 it's not even close
Just to clarify not that I'm trying to beat up on a little kid but a four year old that's not particularly good at video games should not be able to keep up with somebody who's played an entire series and is good at it. That just means they homogenize the games
And thank you for mentioning gauntlet. Until it came out on Dreamcast this game was amazing. it sucks to play this game without four players if you have your friends over. Don't get me wrong I played it by myself all the way through a bunch but when you have more than one friend over it's one of the best games to have. And until Dreamcast this was one of my favorite four-player games for a long time