If you want to compare them, it might be fair to call this an N64 to the CommodoreOne's... Playstation? Dreamcast?
The hardware is tuned in a different way, the SRAM being a *very* noticable difference! Can't wait to see what people cook up for either platform.
For educational use, the two could even be complementary - spend one semester implementing on one platform, and the next learning to port to the other. In an era where basic tinkering can turn out to be a DMCA violation, platforms like these will probably take on some utility...