lotta PS2 and NES fanboys would probably take issue with that.

People also point to the huge discrepancy in the number of titles released between the 64 and PS...but in gaming, quality over quantity imo

Let's list the games on N64 that got an 80 or higher on metacritic based on metascore:

Ocarina of Time
Perfect Dark
Goldeneye
Majora's Mask
Super Mario 64
Paper Mario
Banjo-Kazooie
Wave Race 64
Conker's BFD
Mario Tennis
Mario Golf
ISS '98
Rayman 2
Donkey Kong 64
Blast Corps
Banjo-Tooie
Beetle Adventure Racing
Resident Evil 2
WWF No Mercy
Madden '01
Excitebike 64
Diddy Kong Racing
Star Fox 64
San Francisco Rush 2049
Turok 2
F-Zero X
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
NFL Blitz 2000
Tony Hawk 2
WipeOut 64
Star Wars: Battle for Naboo
Space Station Silicon Valley
Mario Kart 64
Ridge Racer 64
Extreme-G
Orge Battle 64
Pokemon Puzzle League
007: TWINE
Jet Force Gemini
Starcraft 64
Pilotwings 64

Didn't make cut:
Super Smash Bros
Harvest Moon 64
WCW vs. NWO Revenge
1080 Snowboarding
Yoshi's Story

Not sure how accurate metacritic is for older systems though.

Of course not, did anyone actually claim that?

snes is the goat ainec.

I've always considered N64 the GOAT multiplayer system. Goldeneye, Kart, Mario Tennis, Mario Party, Smash Bros, Perfect Dark, the wrestling games. It's amazing how so many years later if you're with a group of people you whip out 64 and four controllers and people have an absolute blast.

Gamecube could have been close I guess, but their versions of MK, Mario Tennis etc just never really clicked with me and at that point GC owners were the minority whereas pretty much everyone was familiar with 64.

64 had some great single player games as well but it's always shined as a party system imo.

I don't know how old you are or when you started playing video games, but did you completely miss the nes and snes generation??

gamecube isn't even remotely close to goat.

the leap from Nes to Snes was meh!
The leap from Snes to N64 was whaaaa????


I think gamecube was WOAT? Literally no good games for that console.

i beg to differ ^

Mario Kart: Double Dash
RE4
Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Sould Calibur 2
Super Mario Sunshine
Pikmin (i have mixed feelings about this game but still)
Super Smash Bros Melee
Super Monkey Ball
Paper Mario
RE1 remake
Metroid Prime (actually never played it myself but supposed to be good)

Here is a few I have on my to play list:

Pikmin 2
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Super Mario Sunshine
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II
Zelda Twighlight Princess
TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
Viewtiful Joe
Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes
Gun
Metroid Prime
Eternal Darkness
Resident Evil 4
Soulcalibur 2
Paper Mario: The Thousand Years Door
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
F-Zero GX
Mega Man Anniversary

haven't played twilight princess, heard some very mixed opinions about it

also heard eternal darkness was supposed to be like ridic scary so need to try that too

Super Mario Sunshine = Awful game. Possibly the worst Mario ever. Certainly not as good as Mario Bros 2.

RE4 = excellent game. I'm impressed that this game was first released on the Gamecube.

Super Smash Bros - meh... I suppose some people like it, but I played it and I didn't enjoy it that much.

Paper Mario - meant to be good, but never played it.

Super Monkey Ball - Really? This is a tilt a ball around a maze game, it's not a proper game imo.

Windwaker - Interesting game in some aspects, it felt like playing a Pixar movie, but it was ridiculously ****ing easy. Enemies were laughably predictable, literally every vase contained a heart.

Double Dash - Worst Mario Kart of all time

Metroid Prime - meh.

Eternal Darkness - Interesting concept, but I certainly didn't enjoy this game. A bit gimmicky for my liking.

Beyond Good and Evil - Excellent Game at the time I played it. I felt that it was a lot like Zelda OOT!

Twilight Princess - Not fun. WAYYYYYY TOOO EASY.

Metal Gear Solid Twin Snakes = Please, Please, Please, play the original MGS before playing this one. This is a really gaudy, horrible remake of one of the best games of all time. Graphically enhanced, but they completely changed the score, the cutscenes, the voice acting, the ambiance, everything.

No mercy is by far the greatest wrestling game of all time

no offense

but it sounds like you wouldn't know a good game if it shat on your head lol

YES!

I don't think Gamecube is the WOAT, but it's certainly no where near the top. It did have some good ones, like (IMO obv):

SSB: Melee
LoZ: Wind Waker
Pikmin
Super Mario Sunshine (I actually like this game a lot)
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

But there really isn't a whole lot there, but I think what is there is pretty high quality. It's just that pretty much every other system delivers better/equal quality, but way more of it.

But since this is an N64 thread, Banjo-Tooie is my 3rd favorite game of all time, behind only FFXII (and only barely) and SC2. I have bought and sold an N64 three times now (on my 4th atm), and the only two games I own currently are Banjo-Kazooie/Tooie. Both of the previous two times I rebought the system, it was to play Banjo-Tooie. I also like most of the standard mentions ITT, though *gasp* I've never played either of the Zelda titles.

+1 to these ones, I've been meaning to play these for a long time.

I love strategy-type games and have always really wanted to try pikmin (need to play pikmin 1 too)


and yes, GC is nowhere near the GOAT. I have a soft spot in my heart and memories for the system, but the 64 was much better.