Inspired by my
Best and Worst 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
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
14. All-Star Baseball 2000 - 9.1
15. Madden NFL 2000 - 9.1
16. Beetle Adventure Racing - 9.1
17. NFL Blitz - 9.1
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
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
33. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron - 8.6
34. Mario Kart 64 - 8.5
35. Worms Armageddon - 8.5
36. Space Station Silicon Valley - 8.5
37. Rocket: Robot on Wheels - 8.5
38. The New Tetris - 8.5
39. San Francisco Rush 2049 - 8.5
40. Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber - 8.5
41. F-1 World Grand Prix II - 8.5
42. Wipeout 64 - 8.5
43. Extreme-G - 8.5
44. Vigilante 8 - 8.4
45. Turok: Dinosaur Hunter - 8.4
46. Ridge Racer 64 - 8.3
47. Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo - 8.3
48. Pilotwings 64 - 8.3
49. NBA Courtside 2: Featuring Kobe Bryant - 8.2
50. Pokemon Puzzle League - 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 games, I only included the one with the highest rating. For example, several Madden NFL games received high scores, but I only included the highest one. Several All-Star Baseball games received high scores, but I only included the highest one...etc. That's fair, right?
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