personal hot take the n64 was garbo even if it had some good games
just... that controller was horrid. I found it utterly unusable no matter what I did.
and cartridges were probably a cost saving measure in terms of development and construction and also part of ninty's ethos which I'm sure they still had at the time of using "obsolete" or "out-dated" components but in such a way as to compete with the more bleeding edge tech by just being reliable and good, but... eeeehhhhhhh.....
the cart's weren't any cheaper for the consumer,... and again that damn controller holy fuck. I hated the N64 controller so much. There were loads of games on it I wanted to play like so damn many but... that controller was just... nope. couldn't do it. could not get my head or hands around that damn batarang.
@Nine a third party PlayStation style controller for the N64 would've been incredible.
@InTheLandOfTheRisingSun @Nine personally I've never had a problem with the N64 gamepad (the sticks wear out awfully fast though), but there was this Hori one that's very popular because of its traditional form factor
also Retrofighters released an Xbox-style controller
though they both don't allow my preferred control scheme for shooters which is d-pad and analog stick
