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[A Black Falcon]

What, because the PSX is oh so much more powerful than the N64?

I actually think the PS2 and Gamecube are much closer in the 'games worth owning' category than PSX and N64 were. Of course, that's a matter of personal taste.

Sure, because PSX has more games period, by a huge margin, it probably has more games worth owning. But the N64 exclusives easily make up for that, I'd definitely say... quality over quantity and all that... :)

I must confess, taking a mindset of "the classics are the only good games" is the cheapest way to go, but it gets cheaper and cheaper the earlier you start. Currently, N64 games are considered "classics". Darunia actually remembers those days as "so long ago", oddly enough. No, "long ago" is SNES, or NES days. Now if I went Retro during the NES days, well, I'd be "done" right now. I'd just sit around with my Game Axe without a care in the world for the new games. I'd basically BE Cranky Kong.

But, that's not the case. I'm still interested in the new games, because they haven't screwed up yet. Darunia, you may not realize this, but during the N64 days, a lot of people said "ugh, today's games suck! Give me Link to the Past any day over this Ocarnia of Time karp!". And, during the SNES days I recall reading many a though provoking speech regarding how the SNES days are "too much about the graphics" and "games are too easy" and all that stuff.

Same old same old...

Yes, I think Darunia has some rose-colored glasses on. Things aren't as much worse now as some people would like to think... and people have always looked at the past as "better than now". Doesn't make it true...

... of course, I say that while being of the opinion that the N64 is a better console than the GC. :D

But yes, there are good games now, good games in the N64 days, good games before that, and always people saying the previous generation was better and that games are going downhill.

Oh... yeah, DJ, you're right of course, what is considered 'classic' changes over time. It's going to. I do think of N64 as classic I guess, but not in the same way as the NES... N64 are too recent to be considered "classics" in the same way NES games are, I think...