WAR DEPARTMENT--May 30,1999

Goldchen@hotmail.com--I think that Nintendo 64 and PSX are basically equal, but I prefer N64. No one is going to change the other persons opinion. If someone has PSX then they will hate N64. And vice versa. The only people that will give you a good honest answers are the people with both systems. Here are my reasons for liking N64 better:

1. Nintendo has more experience in the gaming industry.
2. Nintendo has a four player capability built in and they also make good multiplayer games for it as well as good one player games.
3. Nintendo has a detachable rumble pack so if you don't want the extra weight you can take it off.
4. Nintendo has the best game on your top ten games, and it has been N64 for about the whole time.
5. PSX is on the top ten most wanted because no one has played the game yet. And they have the top ten most hated.
6. Nintendo has more original games that aren't repeated. Some games could go on as a series but not the same game over and over with only different characters.
7. The nintendo controllers has an order to them so that new players can remember the buttons easier. I could never figure out which was circle, or triangle, or square, or x.
8. Playstation has a lot of publicity pictures like the ones they put in magazines of Lara Croft.(Nude)
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10. Led Zepplin rules. (2 Points)(+2 N64)

Taylorso@worldnet.att.net--I'd like to respond to a entry (Ed: DANMONEY) in last time's War Department.

<1. Only 120 games out for the system. Also, only about 15 of them are really good games.>

ONLY 120! Do you know how many that really is? That's plenty! Plus, probably 100 of those are good, quality games. Well, I guess everyone's entitled to their own stupid opinion.

<2. Not enough variety in their games. All either shooters or racers (mainly).>

N64 has very few shooters actually. Also, most of the racers are original (F-Zero, Pod Racer, Micro Machines), not repetative like PSX racers.(Ridge racer and Gran Turismo)

<3. No FMVs. No movies, what a RIP!>

WHO CARES! I want to play a game, not watch a movie! All video's do is make the game longer and more boring so that the company can say the game is over 30 hours long to beat when only ten of those hours are actual playing.

<4. Game prices are way too high. Lowest is 50 bucks for a new game.  Playstations are only a max of 45 bucks.>

Ok, I'll give you that. But I've seen PSX games for as much as $70.

<5. The boxes crush to easily. Then when you try to sell it you get less money because the box is crushed.>

Oh yeah. You gotta worry about the boxes. The boxes are hell.

<6. Longest game for the system is only 20 hours long. (Zelda 64)>

20 hours! Do you know how long I actually spent on that game! Metal Gear solid was only 5 to 7 hours to beat.

<7. Greatest hits games are a whopping 40 bucks compared to the 20 bucks of Playstation's Greatest hits games.>

I'll give you that one.

<8. The only good multi-player games for the Nintendo 64 are Goldeneye and Mario Kart. Thats all.>

WHAT!?!? Are you insane! Star Fox, WCW/nWo Revenge, Vigilante 8, Bomberman, NHL '99, NFL Blitz. And what does the (2-player) Playstation have?

<9. The 64-bit processor still looks like a 32-bit processor in many cases with Nintendo's games.>

What do you think PSX has?

<10. NO GRAN TURISMO for Nintendo! That really sucks because that is the best racing game of all time.>

Great Nintendo 64 racers: RUSH, RUSH 2, Beetle Adventure Racing, F-Zero, Pod Racer, Mario Kart, DKR, Mirco Machines 64.... (3 Points)(+2 N64)

Grtmilenko69@hotmail.com--The people that make me most angry in the world are N64 owners, because they all rely on a couple of games (Goldeneye, Zelda), which aren't even as good as Playstation's best games, which are also much more numerous (Resident Evil 1 and 2, MGS, Gran Turismo, all of the Command and Conquer games, Grand Theft Auto, Tekken games, Legend of Legaia, every sports game is better on PSX, and most of all, the best games in the world, Nearly every Squaresoft game, like Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy Tactics, Bushido Blade 1 and 2, Ehrgeiz, and Parasite Eve). I realize that Command and Conquer and Resident Evil 2 will be coming to N64, but without videos/CG sequences and the length and in-depth qualities that they have on Playstation. A lot of N64 supporters also say things all the time like "Playstation has a lot of games, but most suck", or something on that order, but most N64 games suck, too, and when you have hundreds more games, with about the same suck percentage, you ARE going to have more good games. There are many aspects of Nintendo that are bad, such as their obsession with cartridges, tons and tons of delays and promises designed to keep people interested until their one attempt at a good game is finished so they don't have people realizing that they can't make games for crap. One other thing that N64 supporters are so hooked on is that the have controllers that shake and come in different colors, as if it makes the games any better, and even if it does, you can get the same junk on Playstation, too. And what's with the memory cards on a cartridge system? That's supposed to be one of the main reasons for having cartridges, to be able to save on the game itself. It's kind of funny looking in movie rental stores since there are barely any games for N64, they get 4 copies of every game to make it look like there are actually quite a few games for N64. So if you're 4-8 years old, you can go invest your money on N64 and get 4 neon colored controllers that you'll probably never use and some rumble packs and some games meant for 3 year-olds and have some fun! Just one more point, once Playstation 2 is released, Nintendo is going to go down, even if their next system is just as good, you will be forced to wait for a lot more time after PS2 is out before you'll get it, and you'll be stuck with the old 64 bit, cartridge using, money sucking, time wasting, piece of junk. PS2 will also whoop Dreamcast and anything else Sega can hack up in the toilet after they wake up in the morning. (3 Points)(+2 PSX)

jonas42@hotmail.com--The Sega Dreamcast will be released with a great amount of games, many of which will be great: Sonic Adventure, Blitz 2000, Blue Stinger, Code Veronica, Hydro Thunder, and many more. It will cost just under $200, the best price of a next generation system so far. It will be very small and portable. It will run CD's, the decidedly better format. It will have an analog stick. It will have D2. Is there anything this system can't do? The Dreamcast will slowly gain support and end up blowing PSX 2 out of the water. I have seen the future of gaming and it's name is Sega. (2 Points)(+2 DC)

BstyBoys4L@aol.com--I have read many of your postings that say N64 sucks and Zelda has gotten to much hype but it was a complete let down. This mail is to say YOUR WRONG.

Zelda is a great game. It has all the good aspects of the original Zelda (excluding sound) and even some more great things added to Zelda 64. This game has every thing good in RPG's and it has a great fighting system. The targeting system is good to start off with and when your use to that you can get good at regular battle. The story line is a little corney but all of the games in the Zelda serise are. The weapons are great and the equipment is great.

This is not directed at all of the anti-Zelda supporters, nesicarily, but one in preticular is grtmilenko69@hotmail.com. He is so unwilling to try things. He played Zelda, at my house, for 2 minutes then he turned it off be cause he was getting dizzy he said. The reason he was suppostily getting dizzy was because he kept on tapping Z and switching the camera angle. And just days before I said I didn't like diablo and he said thats because you didn't play it long enough, is that just a little hipicritical.

Now for my defense of N64 in general. 64 has great games. Let me list some of them, Goldeneye, Star Fox, Wetrix, NFL Blitz, Flying dragons, Mario Kart, Smash Brothers, WCW vs.NWO 1 and 2, and Most of all Zelda.

So to wrap things up I just Like to say grtmilenko69 you are Wrong (1 Point)(+1 N64)

klowny_69_@hotmail.com--Well, just to say once more that PSX blows N64 out of the water. There are many reasons why that is, and in this little contribution, I will tell you all of them.

1) PSX Has JUST as good graphics as N64 because they capitialize on the chance to have 32-bit graphics, while N64 doesnt make all the games to the fullest.

2) PlayStation's sound it alot better (to me any way)

3) PlayStation has a hell of alot more RPGs (come on nintendo, make some good ones)

4) PlayStation has well over 600 titles while the N64 is down lower than 200, sheish, dont you want selection?

5) The controller of PSX is better, instead of having 3 'prongs' it has to, and humans (what we are), only have to hands, thus, it is easier to hold the playstation controller.

6) The PlayStation lets you play Audio Cds on it, does the N64 have that feature, NO! That is a very good feature on PSX! {Editor's Note: You know, this isn't mentioned much but it is true.  One of the ways I justified my PSX purchase to my parents {right after I got my first job} was that I didn't have a CD player yet.)

7) CDs are more compact, they can be stored more easily and they are more convienent

8) The CDs of PlayStation hold ALOT more info (6 times more info) then the N64 carts.

9) Some people say that the CDs are worse, because they can break, well, who the HELL would be STUPID enough to break a CD? I have never broken an Audio CD taht costs $12.00 let alone, a GAME CD that can cost $50

10) The price of the PlayStation games is more convinent. The N64 Best Sellers are still $40.00 while the PlayStation best sellers are around $20.00

That about wraps up what I have to say about PlayStation being better than N64!

Now for the next generation Systems:  I think that DreamCast will sell the best, UNTILL Project Dolphin comes out. Project Dolphin will kill the DreamCast and the PS2. Believe me. Nintendo has almost endless possibilities with CDs. Their games in Carts arent good because they dont have that much space inside so they are limited. But I think that it will out sell the DreamCast and the PS2 in the long run. The only way the selling will be slow is because the price, well, who wouldnt have a high price when you have a DVD drive WITH a gaming system. That is outrageous. I am not sure if it has a Modem or what speed, but I imagine it will. So, all in all, I would reccomend to not buy a DreamCast untill you have ProjectDolphin. This system is truly a good one taht you wont want to miss. (4 Points)(+2 PSX)(+1 PD)

tchen@eclipse.net--I think Nintendo 64 is better than any other game system including the computor. Compared to Playstation N64 is a whole lot better. I know a couple of people who have both systems and they say N64 is definitely much better. They like the RPG's but they beat them easily and then get tired of them. Playstation has repeated so many of their games that it gets boring. N64 has the four player jack installed into it and so many games that are good have multiplayer modes. The reason that Playstation looks so popular is because it has been out longer and has more games that they make quickly and mess up on. There are probubly over 600 PSX games out there. And from those 600 there are only about 50 known names and 20 decent games. N64 has about 75 games out there and at least half of them are great.Playstation's games all have to use memory cards and the price adds up. If you don't have a PSX memory card you would have to play one game for a full day straight to beat it and then you couln't get back there unless you played another 24 hours. N64 cartriges don't get damaged as easily as CD's. PSX games get boring quicker especially since there are so many cheep code for every game. The controllers for PSX are expensive and the shapes on the buttons have no order to it like the direction arrows on N64 controllers.If you had a PSX 4 player jack there are only a few games that you can play 4 players and they aren't very good. If you accidently leave a PSx system on all day it burns the laser and messes up the system, tat won't happen on an N64, I know. The N64 leaves room for upgrading. The n64 games arearen't repetitive and thing can happen differently especially multiplayer. There are also handicapps for multiplayer. 64 compared to 32 bit. (2 Points)(+1 N64)

Insmdos3@ix.netcom.com--I think N64 is the better because it has better graphics, they have award winning games. Tell me what wuz the game of the year 1997.  Goldeneye007. Last Year it was Banjo-Kazoie best N64 game wuz Zelda64.  Playstation's was Metal Gear Solid which wasn't that good. I thought it was fun but not as fun as Banjo-Kazoie. This year game of the year will be and I garutee you it will be an N64 game. If you disagree my E-mail is Insmdos@hotmail.com or talk to me online as Insmdos1 on the AIM service the AOL gives (1 Point)(+1 N64)

megaspider@yahoo.com--I have a lot friends who own a PSX. I also have a lot friends who own N64s. I own a 64. Think about it. Four controller ports compared to two. Durable cartridges compared to flimsy, fragile, "handle with care" CD's. Even my PSX friends can't beat the arguments my N64 friends and I come up with. Of course, PSX does have more games, but are they any good? The N64 has games like Goldeneye, Turok 1,2, and soon 3. When I go to buy a video game, I look at the games for some of the systems that I don't have. I don't even bother to look at the PSX games anymore. I have never seen nor played a game that has had my attention for than one hour. Dreamcast seems to have some good games. Though I have never played them, the screen shots I have seen look promising. I have nothing bad to say about Dreamcast,nor will I have any until it starts to play a serious threat on the best system of all time(for now). What I mean by "for now", is that Nintendo will be releasing a new system soon and I expect it to beat the N64; but neither Sony nor Sega can top Nintendo. (2 Points)(+2 N64)