You know, the next time we do an N64 poll we really ought to nominate Perfect Dark. Yeah, it's not on the VC and never will be, but I expect many gamers still own their N64s (or a means to play those games through...alternative...methods) and that game. I mention this because due to my current PS3 exile, I actually decided to do something I haven't done since I bought my GameCube way back when: actually hook up my N64 and play a game on it. I'd actually forgotten I even still owned Perfect Dark; Goldeneye; Jet Force Gemini; and Conker's Bad Fur day, and they're probably all going to get some playing time over the next 2 weeks. I'm playing Perfect Dark right now, and not only does it still blow crap like the Conduit out of the water, but looking at the game Rare was remarkably forward-thinking. The game has an option for 16:9 TVs with a High-Def textures option (which probably shoots the framerate further into hell, but whatever), with the ability to use 2 N64 controllers at once for a dual-analog system! Wow.
I just think it would be an interesting discussion looking at Perfect Dark (or Goldeneye, for that matter) and how the FPS genre has advanced since then.