Soda_BoB

Which one should i get? Preowned machines have gone cheap and im thinking of buying one....they've both stopped releasing games..

b1m2x3

definatly n64 over dreamcast.... 007 multiplayer is the shit.

juanvaldes

I'd totally go Dreamcast. It had many awesome games, plus you can burn CD's of games and load up all sorts of earlier gen games via emulation.

trav

get both or just download a N64 emulator for your pc and buy a dreamcast and burn games for free.

Porkchop

Should be able to pick both up very cheap now with a load of games.

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a1t3r3g0

My vote is for DC, it offers endless hours of great game play for next to nothing.

Ganguro

get the dreamcast.. unless you have a list of known games you'd like for the n64.. don't even bother. The cartridge format will still make those games a little bit more expensive than the DC discs. The only good thing about cartridges is they dont get scratched and unplayable, no seek time, and they are harder to break.

Though the DC homedev scene is growing.. and there are a lot of games out there you can buy/ download that are very good.
Plus burning dc games will teach you something.

TerresqueÜ

I'm totally with Jaun on this one, me and my friend Bean love DC! We get together every weekend and play Power Stone II until we go blind! I don't know why DC went belly up so quickly, it's got alot of great games and much better graphics and capacity then crappy old N64.

NoCure

DC and N64 are both great systems, but I'm gonna give Sega the nod on this one. There sports games where much, much better than N64's. But N64 had the Mario license, and DC has Sonic.

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K-Billy

N64 had GoldenEye and a whole series sweet wrestling games

mykockle

DC, for Soul Calibur alone. Plus other awesome games like Jet Grind Radio

mykockle

the only reason I ever go back to the N64 is maybe a little Mario 64 or Conker

Zesty

Dreamcast

jeneaux

i've owned both, and i'd have to say go for the Dreamcast!

KillerYoda

N64, since it had Ocarina of time and Majora's Mask.

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a1t3r3g0

Yeah, but what else? Goldeneye? Don't get me wrong, I loved the N64 back in the day, but Dreamcast just has so many more games, most of which are quality titles, and the graphics do beat the shiznit out of the N64. N64 had some big hits, but there's not much variety for it.

Plus, with DC, you can just keep all your games in a cd wallet, which I think is a lot easier to store than a bunch of cartridges.

xanthar

N64 didn't have enough really good games.. definitely go with the DC

WildZero

Dreamcast, because you can burn the games with a regular CD burner and don't need to chip it or anything to play.

There's also a pretty good DIY scene for the Dreamcast, people install linux on it, play NES and SNES roms on it, use them to watch VCDs, etc.

Read more: http://www.dcemulation.com/

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Soda_BoB

Thanks for all the info guys...looks like its the DC for me..

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good man

NastyNorman

Yea I'd say Dreamcast. I bought mine the day Sega dropped the price when they were trying to liquidate the fuckers. Then I trotted over to my Chinese friends house and borrowed all his burned games. I got about 70 now and I printed off the front covers for them and got them all in slim cases - its a real nice looking collection. I also bought a green replacement case plus a cooling fan, controller cord extension, rumble pak, memory pak - all that fanboy stuff.

Moral of the story - Dreamcast is a good buy, you can do all kinds of mods to it, its fun!

twister002

Dreamcast

Get

Soul Calibur
Dead or Alive 2
Marvel vs. Capcom 1 & 2
Grandia 2
Skies of Arcadia
MDK2 (I thought it was pretty fun)

It's well worth the $40 or whatever it is going for just for those games. IMO

Mario

64, had a ton of great 4 plater games, and Perfect Dark is way better than Bond. DC was cool, but I don't like the controller.

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The two Zelda games and Golden Eye were the only real games for the N64 that were worth buying the system for. Don't get me wrong, there are other good games, but those are the only ones that really would influence me to buy that system over another. In this case, I have to go with the general consensus, get the DC, many more quality titles.

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308 holez

I've got a dreamcast just sitting there, Phantasy Star ver 2. Wanna buy it?

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Dreamcast has so many niche games.. so many underrated odd things and great fighting games, definitely worth it if you have some friends with similar interests.

clockworkgreen

DC just because it's fun to burn iso's

hilbert25

The dreamcast, just for the 2d fighting games like Street Fighter Alpha, Mark of the Wolves, and Marvel vs. Capcom.

Boris37

i have had both and i play my 64 all the time and the only game i still play on DC is soul caliber, everything else was just wasnt as fun especially with no multiplayer activity

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CyCo PL

Dreamcast.

There are tons of great games out for dreamcast that are really cheap now, compared to other games.

AND, the Dreamcast can emulate NES games almost perfectly now, and the SNES emulator is starting to show promise.

http://www.dcemulation.com/

Bend

Dreamcast forever

uhhhhhhhhhhh

so true, my friend made me a cd with just about every nes/snes game on it for my dreamcast, TMNT 3 rocks=)

Spungfoo

Get the Dreamcast. I can't tell you how much time I've wasted away playing Soul Calibur :S

yangwar

N64 vote here. It's all about the drunken Mario Tennis baby!

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