Is N64 Classic Now?

[Xenozeri]

Ok, Gamestop stopped selling N64 games, it's pretty old, and the Seventh Generation has already started. My question is that now would the N64 be considered classic? Is a Fifth Generation 64-bit console worthy of the title classic? I can't decide, can anyone shed some light on how old does a system have to be to be considered classic?

[Sothy]

yes.


Unless yer a salty old Gaming dog like PDF, Sniderman or Altairboy.... then its just a consarnit new fangled 3d system.


GET OFF MY LAWN!

[NEOFREAK9189]

no like in 5 years from now 2010 or 2011

[Pantechnicon]

For purposes of posting about it in the Classic Gaming Forum vs the Modern Gaming forum, the answer is yes.

For purposes of establishing a genuine sense of antiquity, no. It's not classic. It's merely obsolete. You need, imho, a 20-year minimum for that. N64 is only halfway there.

Incidentally, despite my absence from young Sothy's list, I too am one of those salty old gaming dogs who never stopped, and never will stop, playing his Atari 2600. And I will keep reminding people about that until the day I die.

[SirDrexl]

I would say no. I would agree that 20 years would be the minimum.

[ProgrammingAce]

it doesn't have to be OLD to be CLASSIC.

I'm sure you've seen this quote around, i'd agree with this statement. It doesn't have to be old to be a classic.

[smokehouse]

I despise the N64…..

I think that following the SNES it just left me with an empty feeling. I know that has nothing to do with it’s being “classic” but I will never consider it a classic….just a pile of shit gaming console.

-End Rant-

[Ascending Wordsmith]

Yeah, whenever a console shows up in mass quantities in cardboard boxes at flea markets, it's pretty much classic. I say 'pretty much' since there's also a heap of Playstations collecting at the flea markets as well.

[swlovinist]

I consider it now a classic, and in my opinion I think that the system was really good for what it tried to do(3D games). Overall it will be rememberd as the system that took Nintendo from the top, but stands on its own with quality Nintnedo games. One thing about cart format is that you can be assured that they will be working if you find them at a flea, unlike many disc based software x_x. Any console that is "two generations out" would be a classic to me.

[Pico956]

IMO it's not classic. It's just what generations behind the Wii?

Give it about another 15 years and it will be.

[smork]

It's not old ebough to be a "classic" system, since games still came out this decade (I'd say that's an absolute base measurement for a system's age -- i'm not talking VCS homebrews, I mean commercial games). Is it ever going to be a classic in the "one of the greats" sense? Don't think so. I love both the SNES and GC far more than I ever will the N64. It's at the bottom of all the major released systems since 1990, IMO.

So, I'd say it's not a classic in either sense.

[aaronpetrosky]

Couldn't of said it better smoke house. N64= most overrated system ever.

[ROBOTNIK666]

'Tis obsolete, not classic. A system should be 20 years old to be considered classic, which means the newest entries in the Classic Gaming Hall of Fame are NES and Master System.

[le geek]

My 2 cents...

I dunno in terms of over simplifying different eras of gaming it seems like you have

1) Pre-Crash era (Odyssey-Colecovision)

2) Revival 2D era (NES-SNES)

3) 3D era (3DO-X360)

Has gaming changed much since the Playstation? So I dunno if the N64 is classic. It's not really old enough and as a system it doesn't have a large number of great games to make it fondly remembered by the masses.

It DOES however have some classic games. Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda: the Ocarina of Time (among others). Plus the games are on carts.


But really, I'm still get used to NES being old skool :P

Cheers,
Ben

[7th lutz]

No. I look it at the year the final commercial release was and when the maker of a game console stops making and shipping the game console? I give a 10 year period.
Here are the systems I have to say no to:

If it is on n64's first games then they could be considered since they were released in 1996.

N64-last game 2001
gbc-last game in 2002.
Neo Geo pocket color-got release at eb games in 2004.
Dreamcast-final U.S release early 2002 I think
original gb-last game released in 98 or 99.
ps1-last game release was in 2004
Saturn-last game in states 98.
Snes-Games were rereleased in 98.
Genesis-frogger was in 98
Game Gear-last new game was in 97
Game.com-last 98 Tiger r-zone-last game in 97
Jaguar-this is ify. Last systems were ship in 95, but telegames releasing games made this difficult to say.
Neo geo-last game came out in 2004.
Neon-don't think this will be classic ever.
Wonderswan-last game was in 2002 in Japan
vb-if this is a classic then tiger R-zone, and game.com is!

[Anthony1]

I despise the N64…..

I think that following the SNES it just left me with an empty feeling. I know that has nothing to do with it’s being “classic” but I will never consider it a classic….just a pile of shit gaming console.

-End Rant-

Wow, that's pretty harsh, but I must agree that the N64 just doesn't leave me with those warm feelings inside, like some of the other systems. For example, I would much rather play my Jaguar or 3DO or God forbid even the Sega 32X before I fire up the Blurry 64. Other than a few early releases, I'm just not a huge fan of the Blurry 64. It's not just the polygon/early 3D factor either, because I love the PS1 quite a bit, I'm not sure what it is. I just don't have that nostalgic feeling towards it. I was absolutely in love with the N64 for about a year. I bought it the day it came out, and for about a year I was very gung ho with the Nintendo 64, but then I left for 3Dfx PC gaming.


I try to go back and play Mario and WaveRace and the first Turok and Mario Kart, and I do enjoy some of those early releases somewhat, but of all the various systems of the 90's the N64 just doesn't do it for me.


Back on topic, I would say no, it's not classic yet. I'm not sure if I agree with the 20 year rule, because I think everything pre PS1 is certifiably classic. That means, Saturn, 3DO, Jaguar, Sega 32X, etc, etc. Only reason I don't consider PS1 to be classic, is because they were releasing new games for it well into this new decade, and they were still selling brand new systems at stores not too long ago. Otherwise I would say the PS1 is classic too.

I guess if I had to put a timeframe on it, I would say 15 years after the system was originally released in the U.S. Of course, according to that logic, the Saturn wouldn't officially be classic until , May 2010,

[MoreEbolaForYou]

i've said this before, and this isn't just an attempt to troll, but i'd have to say n64 has to be one of the worst 4 systems ever.

don't bring up goldeneye either because, holy crap, do i hate that game. i don't see what the big deal is, there were games that good, and better on the pc 10 years before that came out.

[Daria]

I bought my N64 solely to play Paper Mario, then I bought Harvest Moon 64. Between those two titles I don't really care if I never find another N64 game I'm happy with, although I'm sure that they're out there.

But then it helps that neither of those games are really in 3d, early 3d gaming hasn't really aged all that well and I find it hard pressed to play any non 2d or 2d hybrid on any system older than Dreamcast.

[Anthony1]

i've said this before, and this isn't just an attempt to troll, but i'd have to say n64 has to be one of the worst 4 systems ever.

don't bring up goldeneye either because, holy crap, do i hate that game. i don't see what the big deal is, there were games that good, and better on the pc 10 years before that came out.

As lackluster as the N64 might be, I'm not sure it's as bad as one of the 4 worst systems ever. That's pretty damn harsh. Especially when there are systems like the 32x and Virtual Boy and Jaguar taking up 3 of the 4 slots. he he

[smork]

That's pretty damn harsh. Especially when there are systems like the 32x and Virtual Boy and Jaguar taking up 3 of the 4 slots. he he

....I actually kinda like the Virtual Boy....