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Re:Nearly all Nintendo 64 games can now be recompiled into n... by tristor on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @03:53PM (#40371578)
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.
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Re:Nearly all Nintendo 64 games can now be recompiled into n... by TheGRS on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @05:48PM (#40372821)
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
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Re:Nearly all Nintendo 64 games can now be recompiled into n... by tacker2000 on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @06:39PM (#40373249)
Haha Nagano! I played countless hours of ski jumping with my friends back then
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Re:Nearly all Nintendo 64 games can now be recompiled into n... by sixothree on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @09:08PM (#40374202)
And for consoles like PS2 or OG Xbox or newer, so so many games have newer versions on other platforms
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Re:Nearly all Nintendo 64 games can now be recompiled into n... by acchow on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @09:31PM (#40374337)
20% seems far too generous
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Re:Nearly all Nintendo 64 games can now be recompiled into n... by phatskat on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @05:36PM (#40434303)
> 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.

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