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From: "Nick Ferguson" <nickf@saqnet.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: A summer thread...
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 19:22:20 +0100
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> Nick - I bought the N64 especially for Zelda, I believe the other games
are
> crap (heh, Donkey Kong 64 - wow, that's something to look forward to...).
I
> don't think that something like Diddy Kong Racing is something to piss my
> pants with excitement about.  The rest of the games seem to be either
> rediculosly expensive or not really very good.  Most people do seem to
think
> that the N64 is declining, the PSX is going from strength to strength due
to
> the Performance Analyser.  N64 games have hardly advanced at all..  Don't
> take the piss out of my choice of games - huh, you like GoldenEye.  See,
> it's personal choice.  I'm sorry, but you are just being really stupid -
> you're turning into a Rikki Prince!!!

Right, OK. What we're dealing with here is a system advocate. There's no
point in appealing to someone who writes that every N64 game other than
Zelda is crap, is there? BTW, writing "Huh, you like Goldeneye" doesn't
exactly fill me with shame. I'm all for personal choice, but what we have
here is ignorant system-bashing. Just because you didn't warm to the N64
doesn't make your critical opinion correct. Quite the opposite - your
opinions are those of a freak. :)

Why am I being "stupid", anyway? I have both a PS and N64, and thus get to
play some of the best games in the world on both systems. "Oooh, cute games
are crap!" "N64 games are crap" "The N64 is declining" - whatever you want
to think, mate. Maybe if you weren't so blinkered in your taste, you'd learn
to appreciate that good games come in all shapes and sizes.

Oh, and don't talk about sales figures or any of that crap. When it comes to
sheer quality, Nintendo rule. When people cite Sony's mass market success,
it's like saying "Godzilla" is a better film than "The Thin Red Line"
because it made more money.

*miaow!*

"Catty" Nick F