Subj : Re: Retro gaming
To : Nightfox
From : Arelor
Date : Fri Sep 17 2021 06:14 pm
Re: Re: Retro gaming
By: Nightfox to Mr Ned on Fri Sep 17 2021 08:45 am
> Re: Re: Retro gaming
> By: Mr Ned to Nightfox on Fri Sep 17 2021 11:48 am
>
> MN> Yeah there was loads of that going on with the SNES, especially in the
> MN> later years of the scene where Nintendo was a little behind Sony and
> MN> Sega in having a next generation console available for purchase. Yoshi'
> MN> Island is a good example. It didn't happen so much with the Genesis but
> MN> Sega was pushing its 32X addon which didn't work out for them.
>
> Nintendo, behind? In the 90s, I thought their Nintendo 64 was really good.
> thought the N64's graphics were better than the Playstation (I always though
> Playstation's graphics looked blocky), and the Playstation seemed to suffer
> from slow load times due to using CD-ROM games rather than cartridge games.
> The N64 also had a 64-bit processor whereas the others were using a 32-bit
> processor, I believe - though maybe that didn't really offer much..
>
> Nightfox
>
Nintendo 64 could have been the most advanced system of its generation, but
their architecture was so weird the games mostly failed to make the most out of
it.
Sony's Play Station had worse load times because optical media is slower, but
on the other hand they could pack more material in a CD than Nintendo could in
a cartridge back then. This is obvious when you compare the Nintendo 64 port of
some game against the Playstation one. Rayman 2, for example, has _less_ game
in Nintendo 64 than on Playstation.
Nintendo's games excelled at being built around original concepts or
interesting designs, more than on superior technical capabilities. Even if you
compare the blatant Playstation copies of Nintendo 64 titles (say, Mario Kart
vs Crash Team Racing, or F-Zero vs Wip3out) the blatant copies don't fall
behind at all.*
* I just learned there is a Wipeout port to the Nintendo 64. Interesting find.
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