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Date: February 14th, 2026 9:52 PM Author: cowgod (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835041&forum_id=2]#49671546) |
Date: February 14th, 2026 9:59 PM Author: tancredi marchiolo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835041&forum_id=2]#49671555) |
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Date: February 15th, 2026 9:52 AM Author: monikermogger Have you curated Quest 64? Can you speak broadly to why the N64 didn't have any actual RPGs? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835041&forum_id=2]#49672021) |
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Date: February 15th, 2026 10:56 AM Author: cowgod PS1, tbh, didn't have any JRPGs until FF7, which came out like 2 years into its life. Then the dam broke and it got like 300 JRPGs. The prerendered backgrounds were one thing that PS1 could do that N64 couldn't (because it would make the file size too big imo), which allowed for a large Volume of content without much Engineering, allowing Games to be made efficiently.
The RPGs on PS1, even if you cut the FMVs, couldn't fit on a N64 cartridge. So it basically would need to be something built from the ground-up. Quest 64 was basically the only example of this, because N64 had so little 3rd party support to begin with. it leveraged the N64's strengths with its large Fields which, btw, wouldn't work on PS1. N64 excelled at having Large Worlds in a single "screen." But ultimately it was hard af to make N64 games and there were no shortcuts e.g. prerendered backgrounds available.
Hybrid Heaven, which I beat on a Rental in the 90s, is an excellent 3rd party Japanese Title and is kind of an RPG btw.
Imo, N64 or PS1 should've gotten shitty attempts at open world RPGs like Saturn had with Virtual Hydlide. It would've been nice to see what Rare could do here. They put a lot of effort into making "The Same Game" when you think about it (Banjo Tooie, Kazooie, DK64; Goldeneye/PD; DKR/Mario Kart 64). Kameo:Elements of Power could've been an N64 RPG imo. |
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Date: February 15th, 2026 11:13 AM Author: goy orbison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_Beyond
This game came out in 1995 you are spreading lies in a jewish way |
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Date: February 15th, 2026 11:18 AM Author: cowgod I plead ignorance. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835041&forum_id=2]#49672139) |
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Date: February 15th, 2026 11:39 AM Author: goy orbison Nintendo could have easily had all these 2d rpgs but they wanted to be a 3d console, they wouldnt give them the Nintendo stamp of approval. but japs weren't ready to make 3d games and arguably still haven't mastered them
Normies were out on 2d games back then
Even when they made 2d n64 games like that yoshi story one it had those shitty cgi sprite graphics that have aged like shit. |
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Date: February 15th, 2026 12:00 PM Author: cowgod FF7 field screens aren’t one 320×240 bitmap. They’re built from multiple 256×256 pages. One 256×256 page at 16-bit color is 128 KB. That’s math, not opinion. Be conservative and say four pages per background. That’s 512 KB per field scene. FF7 has roughly 700 field backgrounds. 700 × 512 KB = 350 MB. Cartridges maxed out at 64 MB. So you already need a ton of Compression just to fit in the backgrounds
FF7 music is actually pretty low quality and it's MIDI iirc so it's not as much of an issue as people think. But the fact that they needed to resort to MIDI is telling af. Even on PS1 with CDs, they still didn't think they had enough space for actual CD quality music. |
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Date: February 15th, 2026 12:23 PM Author: goy orbison Do not post chatgpt bullshit at me or I will get really fucking antisemitic. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835041&forum_id=2]#49672260) |
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Date: February 15th, 2026 12:33 PM Author: cowgod N64 could barely fit RE2. That Title is like 2 hours of content. It’s an Engineering question. as for 2D games, N64 could run sprites and 2D games btw, sure, but it would all be in Software fwiw. I can’t explain why it didn’t get a single 2D fighter or anything though. Like literally just one…..Other than that the Engineering would be way harder than we expect since N64 was literally a scaled down Silicon Graphics Workstation built for fuckin’ 3D. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835041&forum_id=2]#49672276) |
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Date: February 15th, 2026 12:36 PM Author: goy orbison They didn't have to use pre rendered background bullshit in 2d rpgs. Lol. It looked like ass anyway. It was only to fool morons into thinking games were "next gen" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835041&forum_id=2]#49672278) |
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Date: February 15th, 2026 12:48 PM Author: cowgod Rendering tons of Acreage in 3D takes more time between Engineering and collision detection and modeling and shit. Square's prerendered backgrounds also dovetailed in and out of FMV scenes seamlessly.
making an Actual Game, either in the 90s or today, is an epic undertaking. most games that get commercially released are just ATTEMPTS at making a game. or just rehashes of the Same Game. like castlevania 64 is just an attempt at making a game. that's basically as much Game as you could get on N64 without intricate knowledge of the hardware, RCP microcode, and an assurance that people would actually buy it which only Nintendo and Rare had. |
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Date: February 15th, 2026 11:16 AM Author: Frat Leader best Console System of All Time and it's not really even close imho (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835041&forum_id=2]#49672131) |
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Date: February 15th, 2026 11:31 AM Author: cowgod imo there are several categories in which Consoles should be assessed:
1. gameplay 2. Engineering 3. hype 4. Units Shipped
N64 arguably excelled at 1. 2 & 3, it succeeded in some ways but failed in others. So it doesn't surprise me that it Lost the Gen imho.
Dreamcast excelled at 3 for like 6 months, and was ahead of the curve on 2, but didn't make a case on 1 (although it excelled at NFL2K and Soul Calibur and others, it wasn't a selling point). So it Failed. It Lost.
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Date: February 15th, 2026 12:38 PM Author: .,..,..,.,,..,..,,,,,,,,..,...,.,.,., did you guys ever play built in n64 in a hotel tv?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HBANGPlaAAAtzlS?format=png&name=small |
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Date: February 15th, 2026 12:49 PM Author: Frat Leader Hell yeah (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835041&forum_id=2]#49672300) |
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Date: February 15th, 2026 12:59 PM Author: tancredi marchiolo yes and they charge my parents like $100 just because i opened the thing i instantly closed it after opening it an they could see there was literally 1 second of play time and they were trying to charge us like that
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Date: February 15th, 2026 12:48 PM Author: CapTTTainFalcon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXFFyQ24Oyc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835041&forum_id=2]#49672299) |
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Date: February 15th, 2026 1:27 PM Author: cowgod If this were a Saturn exclusive we'd call it a triumph. Tellingly, the sprites are.... idk, pixel based, they almost look like flat 3D-based objects. I wonder if n64 could do a straight up 2D game at all. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835041&forum_id=2]#49672353) |
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Date: February 15th, 2026 1:29 PM Author: CapTTTainFalcon @The_Lost_Subrosian 3 years ago Still waiting for this to be added to the N64 games on the Switch. 28
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Date: February 15th, 2026 1:31 PM Author: Yummy Phase Pol Pot These threads are why I legitimately why I check XO almost every day. Where else can this scholarship be found?
If I were stranded on a desert island and could only have one console to play for the rest of my life, N64 might win TBH. |