Tulpa | 3,445 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 3 hours ago, Estil said: Speaking of which I can't believe for whatever reason the ports of Dig Dug and (my wife's all time favorite) Space Invaders never made it to the US. Both of those were on the Famicom. Space Invaders was probably a little too old, but Dig Dug and Frogger (which only made it to the system as a home brew) were probably the two most glaring examples of missing arcade ports for the NES. We also didn't get Centipede and Defender, but at least Millipede and Stargate got ports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amermoe | 150 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 (edited) I'll take the NES over the N64 any day of the week, no question. But by the same token I'll take the SNES over NES any day of the year. It goes a little something like this; SNES > Gamecube >NES > Switch > Wii-u > N64 > wii Edited December 15, 2020 by Amermoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin | 4 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Looking at it strictly from the perspective of an inexperienced player who's only into modern gaming, I do think they would appreciate the N64 more than the NES. The N64's 3D graphics have a lot more in common with the average game today than the 2D sprites of the NES, and I bet they would also be less likely to put up with the insane amount of slowdown and flicker NES games tend to exhibit. That said, I personally go back to the NES way more often than Nintendo 64, for its more simplistic (but still satisfying), challenging experiences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,681 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 On 12/11/2020 at 3:17 PM, Tulpa said: Both of those were on the Famicom. Space Invaders was probably a little too old, but Dig Dug and Frogger (which only made it to the system as a home brew) were probably the two most glaring examples of missing arcade ports for the NES. We also didn't get Centipede and Defender, but at least Millipede and Stargate got ports. Frogger was released under the name of Frog Adventure on NES / Famicom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,887 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 I don't think any console has aged at all. The NES is as fresh and enjoyable as when it came out, and the N64 as janky and enjoyable as when it came out. Why would that change over time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,401 Editorials Team · Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 6 hours ago, Sumez said: I don't think any console has aged at all. The NES is as fresh and enjoyable as when it came out, and the N64 as janky and enjoyable as when it came out. Why would that change over time? Paging guntz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bogomil | 810 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 (edited) After seeing clips of Cyberpunk on last gen consoles I'd say 64 is looking pretty good these days I really don't think this is fair comparison though. I think the 64 w.r.t 3D is pretty close to the NES w.r.t 2D. Both have a solid foundation but glaring issues. 64 is gonna be judged harsher as it is easier to compare with modern games/graphics skewing your perspective into thinking it's 'aged' poorly. Edited December 17, 2020 by Andy_Bogomil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagusSmurf | 577 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Time and the internet have sorted out the decent-to-good NES games from the total dreck and at this point anyone who just cares about playing the games can easily do so for free all-killer, no-filler experiences that don't outstay their welcome (barring some of the more menu based games which can have issues) whereas many games that are fun for the short time they last would have made terrible value-for-money propositions back in the day. And you can't easily get 3 of your friends together for a couch co-op N64 session anymore, without which the N64 feels a little lacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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