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To be fair, N64 is not the PS2 or Gameboy--there are only 388 games that were released for it. Going through all of the games that were released and shepherding

To be fair, N64 is not the PS2 or Gameboy--there are only 388 games that were released for it. Going through all of the games that were released and shepherding them through this process is feasible.

kwanbix 2y ago
And there are probably fewere games that are worth doing. Maybe 100? 200?
- tristor 2y ago
  I really liked the N64, but if we're being charitable it's probably like 30-40 games. For any given console, even those that achieve legendary status, the game quality follows a Pareto distribution, 80% is crap, 20% is worth playing after the console has left the public mind.
  - TheGRS 2y ago
    What no one wants to revisit Nagano Winter Olympics or Tetrisphere? Its probably closer to 50 if you want to include some of the lesser-known but interesting titles IMO. One of the most interesting games was Body Harvest since its clearly a prototype for a lot of what became GTA3
    - tacker2000 2y ago
      Haha Nagano! I played countless hours of ski jumping with my friends back then
  - sixothree 2y ago
    And for consoles like PS2 or OG Xbox or newer, so so many games have newer versions on other platforms
  - acchow 2y ago
    20% seems far too generous
  - phatskat 2y ago
    > For any given console, even those that achieve legendary status, the game quality follows a Pareto distribution, 80% is crap, 20% is worth playing after the console has left the public mind. Is this just your best guess? Because you sound confident and then cite the Pareto distribution, but just like a certain Internet personality, there’s no data to support a claim you’re making but it does _sound_ factual.
- BaculumMeumEst 2y ago
  Every game on the system will have some people who are super nostalgic for it. When many of us were kids, we only had a few games, and we played the hell out of them.
kilburn 2y ago
In fact, Thabeast is beating every N64 game, and he means ALL of them. [1] He has already completed all games, but the videos are waaay behind (he's releasing one video/game a week). [1] https://www.youtube.com/@Thabeast721/videos https://www.youtube.com/@Thabeast721/videos
- coolmitch 2y ago
  if you're interested in this kind of thing, The Mexican Runner beat every NES game (over 700 of them [1]) including such gems as Miracle Piano Teaching System, which took 91 hours to beat and required him to become quite proficient at actual piano playing [2] [1] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KDNGI76HoMNyYLL6RqWu4PqUbw-lI920tf7QTclnLLE/edit#gid=0 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KDNGI76HoMNyYLL6RqWu... [2] https://youtu.be/PB_LMW72crY?t=3997 https://youtu.be/PB_LMW72crY?t=3997
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  - doublepg23 2y ago
    Wow that was incredible, I love internet stories like that.

To be fair, N64 is not the PS2 or Gameboy--there are only 388 games that were released for it. Going through all of the games that were released and shepherding them through this process is feasible.

kwanbix 2y ago

And there are probably fewere games that are worth doing. Maybe 100? 200?

tristor 2y ago
I really liked the N64, but if we're being charitable it's probably like 30-40 games. For any given console, even those that achieve legendary status, the game quality follows a Pareto distribution, 80% is crap, 20% is worth playing after the console has left the public mind.
- TheGRS 2y ago
  What no one wants to revisit Nagano Winter Olympics or Tetrisphere? Its probably closer to 50 if you want to include some of the lesser-known but interesting titles IMO. One of the most interesting games was Body Harvest since its clearly a prototype for a lot of what became GTA3
  - tacker2000 2y ago
    Haha Nagano! I played countless hours of ski jumping with my friends back then
- sixothree 2y ago
  And for consoles like PS2 or OG Xbox or newer, so so many games have newer versions on other platforms
- acchow 2y ago
  20% seems far too generous
- phatskat 2y ago
  > For any given console, even those that achieve legendary status, the game quality follows a Pareto distribution, 80% is crap, 20% is worth playing after the console has left the public mind. Is this just your best guess? Because you sound confident and then cite the Pareto distribution, but just like a certain Internet personality, there’s no data to support a claim you’re making but it does _sound_ factual.
BaculumMeumEst 2y ago
Every game on the system will have some people who are super nostalgic for it. When many of us were kids, we only had a few games, and we played the hell out of them.

kilburn 2y ago

In fact, Thabeast is beating every N64 game, and he means ALL of them. [1] He has already completed all games, but the videos are waaay behind (he's releasing one video/game a week). [1] https://www.youtube.com/@Thabeast721/videos https://www.youtube.com/@Thabeast721/videos

coolmitch 2y ago
if you're interested in this kind of thing, The Mexican Runner beat every NES game (over 700 of them [1]) including such gems as Miracle Piano Teaching System, which took 91 hours to beat and required him to become quite proficient at actual piano playing [2] [1] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KDNGI76HoMNyYLL6RqWu4PqUbw-lI920tf7QTclnLLE/edit#gid=0 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KDNGI76HoMNyYLL6RqWu... [2] https://youtu.be/PB_LMW72crY?t=3997 https://youtu.be/PB_LMW72crY?t=3997
- deleted 2y ago
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- doublepg23 2y ago
  Wow that was incredible, I love internet stories like that.