N64: Name a Next Gen that I ain't Influenced

[Darts]

Gave y'all chapters...


- Changed 3D gaming forever with Mario 64

- D-pad + analog stick control

- Popularized and perfected analog stick on controls

- Console and controllers come in a variety of colors

- 4 controller ports built in

- Rumble feature on controls

- Upgradable memory

- Kicked off the multi-player games frenzy which eventually led to online gaming

- Re-invented the the first person shooter genre with Goldeneye

- Having the best wrestling games ever which still can't be matched to this day.

 

[Tony_Siegel]

*cops n64*
*doesn't get game for atleast a year*
*turns on system to stare at red light*
*brings controller to school to prove to friends
-that you copped the system*
*finally gets mario 64 *

let us salute one of the goat systems

 

[Rain]

Can't say it led to online gaming. Sorry.

 

[Liquid]

did not lead to online gaming

Console hardware had some nice ideas, but as far as gaming goes...nah it was a failure. It led to the downward spiral of Nintendo. They have been progressively worse since the N64.

 

[Dirty Mcdrawz]

Can't say it led to online gaming. Sorry.

also can't say it revived the fps

Spoiler

mario 64 is uber trash

 

[Darts]

Can't say it led to online gaming. Sorry.

It did tho, the popularity of those multi player classics led to the evolution of online gaming.

 

[Darts]

mario 64 is uber trash

Neg

 

[klientel]

online gaming was born because console makers wanted to tap into the PC gaming market....

Even if the N64 never existed, online gaming would have eventually came....it's natural progression of technology.

 

[Sinnerman]

 

[BlvdBrawler]

mario 64 is uber trash

 

[feelosofer]

also can't say it revived the fps

Spoiler

mario 64 is uber trash

Goldeneye was the gold fukking standard for console shooters, breh and it stayed that way for almost 3 or 4 years.

agree with TS.

Despite the 64 being a commercial failure, it influenced the current gen more than any system of the era.

 

[duncanthetall]

It did tho, the popularity of those multi player classics led to the evolution of online gaming.

lolwut. Online gaming led to online gaming. shyt had been going on even at that point when the N64 was released.

And it didnt revive FPS's. It just brought them to consoles.

 

[Dirty Mcdrawz]

Goldeneye was the gold fukking standard for console shooters

fps on the pc are the gold the standard for shooters period breh

 

[Darts]

I think some of y'all don't remember (or don't know) what a phenomenon Goldeneye was back in the day. We used to spend HOURS on that multiplayer shyt...just straight KILLING it. Not to mention the single player story mode blew everyone away. It held down and re-invented the genre. You can definitely see its influence in future fps.

 

[up in here]

i wouldn't say it lead top online gaming since that was alrady going on on PC, but it did up the ante for multiplayer games on home consoles in a major way.

as far as first person shooters, goldeneye revolutionized that shyt to be what it is today. before that it was limited to doom and wolfenstein status (although turok was also a strong contender for a while).

and yeah mario 64 changed 3D gaming forever. if you remember when that came out that shyt was unbelievable. it was such a big step up from the games of that era. the closest thing we had up until that point was crash bandicoot and he only went sideways and forwards and never on the same stage (it was dope as fukk for what it was though). but yeah mario 64 is the father of today's games, anyone who would deny this is a fool.

the N64 was good and bad though, it easily had the best technology for its generation and when it was done right they made some really classic games, but they didn't really utilize the technlogy with alot of games. also suprisingly the lack of side scrolling games made it less accessable to the general public.