So you had an N64 and played it when it came out? Even if so, you were 7, slightly too young to really grasp the massive technical leap it represented for the entire industry at the time.

You questioned why so many consider it the best game of all time. The debate isn’t about which games have the most modern quality-of-life features today, or what I’d take to a desert island. When talking about the “greatest of all time”, cultural impact, timing, and legacy can’t be ignored.

Newton discovered the laws of gravity. We don’t diminish his monumental achievements just because physics evolved and his formulas are now taught at a high school level.

Also, my favourite Pokémon game wasn’t the first one I played as each one was an iterative improvement rather than a groundbreaking novel experience which wasn’t matched for years.

I could possibly agree with your statement “overrated in a modern context” (I’d personally put every single Final Fantasy on that list), but that’s not what the “best of all time” lists are measuring.