Inspired by my Top 30 and Bottom 40 Wii games thread:
According to Gamestats.com, Metacritic.com, and Gamerankings.com, here are the overall top 50 Nintendo 64 games:
1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - 9.8
2. Goldeneye 007 - 9.6
3. Super Mario 64 - 9.5
4. Perfect Dark - 9.4
5. Banjo-Kazooie - 9.3
6. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - 9.3
7. Banjo-Tooie - 9.2
8. Paper Mario - 9.2
9. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater - 9.2 (also highly rated: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3)
10. Wave Race 64 - 9.1
11. Conker's Bad Fur Day - 9.1
12. Rayman 2: The Great Escape - 9.1
13. International Superstar Soccer '98 - 9.1 (also highly rated: International Superstar Soccer 64 and International Superstar Soccer 2000)
14. All-Star Baseball 2000 - 9.1 (also highly rated: All-Star Baseball '99 and All-Star Baseball 2001)
15. Madden NFL 2000 - 9.1 (also highly rated: Madden Football 64, Madden NFL '99, and Madden NFL 2001)
16. Beetle Adventure Racing - 9.1
17. NFL Blitz - 9.1 (also highly rated: NFL Blitz 2000)
18. Donkey Kong 64 - 9.1
19. Star Fox 64 - 9.0
20. Mario Golf - 9.0
21. Mario Tennis - 9.0
22. Blast Corps - 9.0
23. 1080 Snowboarding - 8.9
24. Turok 2: Seeds of Evil - 8.9
25. WWF No Mercy - 8.8 (also highly rated: WCW/NWO Revenge and WWF Wrestlemania 2000)
26. Resident Evil 2 - 8.8
27. Excitebike 64 - 8.8
28. F-Zero X - 8.7
29. Tetrisphere - 8.7
30. Diddy Kong Racing - 8.7
31. NHL '99 - 8.6
32. FIFA '99 - 8.6 (also highly rated: FIFA Road to World Cup '98)
33. Sin and Punishment: Successor to the Earth - 8.6 (Japan and Wii Virtual Console only)
34. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron - 8.6
35. Mario Kart 64 - 8.5
36. Worms Armageddon - 8.5
37. Space Station Silicon Valley - 8.5
38. Rocket: Robot on Wheels - 8.5
39. The New Tetris - 8.5
40. San Francisco Rush 2049 - 8.5
41. Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber - 8.5
42. F-1 World Grand Prix II - 8.5 (Europe only) (also highly rated: F-1 World Grand Prix)
43. Wipeout 64 - 8.5
44. Extreme-G - 8.5
45. Vigilante 8 - 8.4
46. Turok: Dinosaur Hunter - 8.4
47. Ridge Racer 64 - 8.3
48. Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo - 8.3
49. Pilotwings 64 - 8.3
50. Pokemon Puzzle League - 8.2
(51. NBA Courtside 2: Featuring Kobe Bryant - 8.2)
What do you think? Is there a good variety of genres? Is there a good balance between hard core, casual, mature, and fun games?
For sports series, I listed the highest rated version followed by other highly rated versions in parentheses. That's fair, right? Otherwise, the list would've been full of Madden NFL games, All-Star Baseball games, etc.
By the way, this list is different from Joe's Top 25 Nintendo 64 (N64) Games thread from 2002 in that it's based on published review scores only.
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According to Gamestats.com, Metacritic.com, and Gamerankings.com, here are the overall worst 25 Nintendo 64 games:
1. Carmageddon 64 - 2.3
2. Superman - 2.5
3. Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker - 2.5
4. The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction - 3.0
5. Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue - 3.0
6. Mike Piazza's Strike Zone - 3.3
7. Deadly Arts (a.k.a. GASP) - 3.4
8. Olympic Hockey '98 - 3.5
9. Dual Heroes - 3.6
10. Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals - 3.6
11. Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero - 3.8
12. Daikatana - 4.0
13. ClayFighter 63 1/3 - 4.2
14. South Park Rally - 4.2
15. Nagano Winter Olympics '98 - 4.3
16. Blues Brothers 2000 - 4.3
17. Polaris SnoCross - 4.4
18. Rugrats: Scavenger Hunt - 4.5
19. Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 2 - 4.6
20. WCW Backstage Assault - 4.7
21. NBA In the Zone '98 - 4.8
22. World League Soccer 2000 - 4.8
23. WCW Nitro - 4.9
24. Rally Challenge 2000 - 4.9
25. War Gods - 4.9