I grew up in the 90s and absolute adored my N64. OoT was my jam. Still my favourite Zelda game, though some others have come close.

Saying any N64 game except maybe Super Mario 64 has aged “great” is… a take, certainly. There’s some very strongly rose-tinted nostalgia glasses on a lot of people, I think. And I’m not even just talking about the graphics. The polygons of the N64 era will always have a certain charm, for me. But my gods, but controls and the QoL features in general were not quite there yet in that era.

Goldeneye is another game that I think people mostly remember so fondly because of how they felt when they played it back then. Try playing it again today, after experiencing modern FPS QoL improvements, and uh… it’s not great.

Revolutionary, cutting-edge games for their time, but they have not aged well imho.