The Nintendo 64 10-Year Anniversary Thread (56K...er, no) [Archive]

dbiersdorf

06-24-2006, 12:29 AM

Info from GAF. But plenty of screenshots from me. :)

Nintendo 64

Code name: Project Reality
AKA: Nintendo Ultra 64

Release Details

Nintendo 64 system (NUS-001 {JPN})
Grey Controller (NUS-005)
AC Adapter (NUS-002 {JPN})
Release date: June 23rd, 1996
Launch titles: Super Mario 64, Pilotwings 64 (9800 yen ea., excl. tax), Saikyou Haniu Shogi

THE GAMES:

http://www.themushroomkingdom.net/images/ss/ss_sm64_08.jpg
Super Mario 64

http://cincinnati.com/freetime/games/reviews/img/banjo5.jpg
Banjo-Kazooie

http://feeds1.wazap.de/products/images/6840/14100/banjo_tooie,1.jpg
Banjo-Tooie

http://www.gamerankings.com/screens4/197771/1.jpg
Zelda: Ocarina of Time

http://www.gameratio.com/screenshots/85-1.jpg
Zelda: Majora's Mask

http://www.nintendoland.com/graphics/screens/pokemon_stadium_3.jpghttp://www.pokemon-france.com/jeux/gen2/stadium2/test/grands_screens/stad2-menu_r2.jpg
Pokemon Stadium and Stadium 2

http://img2.kult-mag.com/photos/00/00/00/69/ME0000006992_2.jpg
Pokemon Snap

http://www.nintendoland.com/graphics/screens/conkers_b_f_day01.jpg
Conker's Bad Fur Day

http://www.gametronik.com/site/rubriques/n64/Jeux/GoldenEye%20007/GoldenEye%20007%20.png
GoldenEye 007

http://www.gameratio.com/screenshots/31-1.jpg
Perfect Dark Zero

http://www.nintendoland.com/reviews/n64/mario_kart_64_3.jpg
Mario Kart 64

http://www.gametronik.com/site/rubriques/n64/Jeux/Diddy%20Kong%20Racing/Diddy%20Kong%20Racing%20.png
Diddy Kong Racing

http://www.emulazone.com/Reviews/N64/BomberMan64/ScreenShot1.jpg
Bomberman 64

http://www.gaming-age.com/reviews/n64/excitebike64/4.jpg
Excitebike 64

http://www.gameblitz.com/images/n64q2.jpg
Quake II

http://www.emunova.net/img/tests/610.jpg
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

http://www.gamecritics.com/review/papermario/screen01.jpg
Paper Mario

http://www.pokegames.free.fr/images/jeuvideo/puzzleleague/puzzle06b.jpg
Pokemon Puzzle League

http://n64media.ign.com/media/images/previews/sf1!.jpg
Star Fox 64

http://yannick.fleurit.free.fr/Critiques/Autres%20screenshots/Wave%20Race%20Serie/Wave%20Race%2064.png
Wave Race 64

http://www.videogamecritic.net/images/n64/mario_golf.jpg
Mario Golf 64

http://www.gamecritics.com/review/mariotennis/screen01.jpg
Mario Tennis 64

http://www.juegomania.org/Super+Smash+Bros./fotos/n64/0/412_t/Foto+Super+Smash+Bros..jpg
Super Smash Bros.

http://www.fourhman.com/reviews/images/rocket3.jpg
Rocket Robot on Wheels

http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/images/screenshots/3/198423/rayman2_screen009.jpg
Rayman 2: The Great Escape

http://www.gametronik.com/site/rubriques/n64/Jeux/Resident%20Evil%202/Resident%20Evil%202%20(E)%20(M2)%20%5B!%5D.png
Resident Evil 2

http://www.gametronik.com/site/rubriques/n64/Jeux/Snowboard%20Kids%202/Snowboard%20Kids%202%20.pnghttp://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/games/coverg/30/628530.jpg
Snowboard Kids and Snowboard Kids 2

http://www.gamerevolution.com/oldsite/games/n64/racing/rush25.jpg
Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA

http://www.gametronik.com/site/rubriques/n64/Jeux/Mischief%20Makers/Mischief%20Makers%20.png
Mischief Makers

http://www.gametronik.com/site/rubriques/n64/Jeux/Killer%20Instinct%20Gold/Killer%20Instinct%20Gold%20.png
Killer Instinct Gold

http://www.nintendoland.com/graphics/screens/mario_party_1_2.jpghttp://www.themushroomkingdom.net/images/ss/ss_mparty2_75.jpghttp://www.gametronik.com/site/rubriques/n64/Jeux/Mario%20Party%203/Mario%20Party%203%20.png
Mario Party, Mario Party 2 and Mario Party 3

http://polygonweb.online.fr/Images/images/dk64.jpg
Donkey Kong 64

http://www.gametronik.com/site/rubriques/n64/Jeux/Yoshi's%20Story/Yoshi's%20Story.jpg
Yoshi's Story

http://www.mundorare.com/juegos/blast/screenshots/bc006.jpg
Blast Corps

http://www.mundorare.com/juegos/gemini/screenshots/jfg005.jpg
Jet Force Gemini

http://www.findmeagame.com/images/9/634929.jpg
Space Station Sillicon Valley

http://www.flyingomelette.com/reviews/n64/screens/shadowtemple2.jpg
Shadow Man

http://images.starpulse.com/AMGPhotos/gscreens/screen250/drs100/s143/s143194lldz.jpg
Ogre Battle 64

http://www.gametronik.com/site/rubriques/n64/Jeux/Harvest%20Moon%2064/Harvest%20Moon%2064%20.png
Harvest Moon 64

http://www.gamecritics.com/review/beetleadvrac/screen01.jpg
Beetle Adventure Racing

http://www.nintendoland.com/reviews/n64/f_zero_x_7.jpg
F-Zero X

http://www.juegomania.org/Star+Wars:+Rogue+Squadron/fotos/n64/0/401/Foto+Star+Wars:+Rogue+Squadron.jpg
Star Wars: Rouge Squadron

http://www.webto.com.br/ibazar2/Game_Tony_Hawks(2).jpg
Tony Hawk Pro Skater

http://nindb.classicgaming.gamespy.com/nus/images/ss/npw_3.jpg
Pilotwings 64

http://www.videogamecritic.net/images/n64/1080_degree_snowboarding.jpg
1080 Snowboarding

http://www.gamerevolution.com/oldsite/games/n64/action/wwf_wrestlemania_20003.jpg
WWF Wrestlemania 2000

http://www.gamecritics.com/feature/preview/wwfnomercy/screen06.jpg
WWF No Mercy

http://www.allrpg.com/games/mysticninja64/images/12.jpg
Mystical Ninja

http://www.defunctgames.com/pic/reviewpics/reviewmarioartistpolygonstudio-3.jpg
Mario Artist

http://nindb.classicgaming.gamespy.com/nus/images/ss/ncx_1.jpg
Custom Robo

http://www.famitsu.com/game/special/e3/2001/2001/05/17/69_267_animal2.gif
Animal Forest

http://www.insertcredit.com/reviews/sinpunish/img/sinpunish01.jpg
Sin and Punishment

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Truely was the greatest system of all time.

Jumpman Jr.

06-24-2006, 12:39 AM

Wow. 10 years already? I can vividly remember running into my bedroom with my N64 screaming "We Have Nintendo 64!!!!!!"
The N64, to this day, is still the console I play the most. Ranking in hours upon hours of Super Smash Bros. (as my friend and I are the self-proclaimed 'best players in the world) and Super Mario 64.
Its difficult for me to say, but I do not think that I would be so into video games if it weren't for the N64.
Happy 10 years!

cyberfluxor

06-24-2006, 12:47 AM

Awesome timing! I just got 5 more N64 games added to my collection. :)

swlovinist

06-24-2006, 01:37 AM

I definately have a soft spot for the system, with many must have games. I guess that is why I had to "catch them all". Awsome pics and I guess I will have to bust out some Goldeneye tonight!

Vectorman0

06-24-2006, 01:38 AM

All of you N64 haters, marvel at all of the quality titles up there.

Ed Oscuro

06-24-2006, 02:19 AM

Well, aside from Resident Evil 2. Yuck, is that what it actually looks like? I might have to give that one a pass then...but extra data files...nooo....
...

Happy 10th, N64! You were always my favorite system.

heyricochet

06-24-2006, 02:26 AM

For being completely anal, perfect dark zero is the 360 sequel, snowboard kids 1 and 2 pics show up as 2 and 1. Otherwise, great pictoral representation of the great games of the nintendo 64.

CreamSoda

06-24-2006, 03:12 AM

"Truely was the greatest system of all time."

I'll drink to that, bro! 8-)

Nintendo 64. Fucking. Rocks.

I've always loved this system, and I always will. I have so much nostalgia and amazing memories, it's unbelievable. The mighty N64 was pretty much my MAIN system from '97 to '01(when I stupidly tossed it aside for other consoles).

Sure the graphics were blurry, and the controller was wierd. But flaws aside, I love this thing to death!

Cheers to the greatest system ever built(in my opinion), THIS DRINK IS FOR YOU: N64!!!!!! ROCK ON, :D

keiblerfan69

06-24-2006, 03:23 AM

I love my N64. It was my first console and will always have a place in my heart. I really want to try Animal Forest. See what it had before it got to the GC.

Iron Draggon

06-24-2006, 04:53 AM

WOW, that was 10 years ago already huh? I remember when it first came out. You could hardly find it anywhere at first, it was sold out and all shipments in transit were sold out before they even arrived at the store. It took me a while to get one, but I finally got one, along with Wave Race 64 and Mario 64. I wasn't real impressed with Mario, but Wave Race was the shit. Then as things moved along, the games got even better. But sadly I had to bail out on it around the middle of its lifespan, as it just became way too much for me to keep up with while trying to keep up with all my other systems. One had to go, so I reluctantly chose to give the most expensive one to keep up with the boot, and that was the N64 at the time. So I sold it and all my games. I got another one later, and got some of the newer games like Donkey Kong 64 and Road Rash 64, but then I ended up selling that one and all the games later as well.

I wish that I could've afforded to keep up with it as well as I did with all my other systems. I remember that when I first started collecting for it, my friend who worked at the game store said that it was gonna be a real collector's item as the years went by, because most people wouldn't be able to afford to collect for it when it was brand new, and all the games would hold most of their value. Boy was he right!

So, I'm not one of the N64 haters just because I don't own one anymore, I just still can't afford to collect for it. But I would if I could. It had alot of very unique games that were alot of fun to play, even if some of them were impossibly difficult, and the graphics still look better than the Jaguar!

But, I kept my Jaguar and my Jaguar CD instead. It may have had alot fewer games, and even fewer that were really worth owning and playing, but the games are still holding their value very well also. So at least I didn't completely abandon the 64BIT generation, just the best part of it.

I still miss all the N64 games that I had, and wish that I had gotten to play some of the ones that came out toward the end of the system's shelf life. They still had alot of really cool looking games for it, but most of them were still way too expensive! Great system Nintendo, but OMG the expense! Did all the games really have to cost that much?

milhouseOFpain

06-24-2006, 04:59 AM

10 years ago these games looked awful...they still do today

i can understand the appeal of a couple of these games but on the whole the system just doesnt do it for me.

sabre2922

06-24-2006, 05:28 AM

Happy Bday N64 8-)

The Nintendo64 was a good system with some GREAT games.

Mario 64
Goldeneye
the Legend of Zelda:Ocarina of Time
Conkers bad fur day
Paper Mario

ahh thats good stuff man good stuff indeed.

What would gaming be like today without the revolutionary Super Mario 64?

Thank the gods for Miyamoto and the console that delivered what became (and still is) THE benchmark for what makes a great 3-D game.

All of that ALMOST makes up for all the FOG and the horrid controller , but hey it was worth the ride and the N64 name is obviously a fondly remembered console by both the old-school and the youngling gamers that started out with the N64 or PSone.

I have to add one more thing: The N64 gave me my favorite version of DOOM yea yea I know, but damnit I LUVED DOOM 64 and Im not ashamed to admit it :D OK not REALLY but ummm yeah lol

poloplayr

06-24-2006, 06:05 AM

The dissapointment with the release of the N64 was what got me turned off from gaming for years until the Dreamcast hit the scene...The chunky/blocky/goddawfuly unaesthatic 3D graphics and the vile controller hurt not only my eyes but my Nintendo-worshipping heart.

It took years for me to get over the horror which was the N64...now, Nintendo and myself are friends/lovers again.

Sometimes you need to lose something to truly appreciate it when it comes back. For this, I thank the bastard console that is the N64. I salute you!

Emuaust

06-24-2006, 06:35 AM

While there are a few ok titles,
If I wanted my 3D to look like a N64 id paste a big
Blurry Mess on My TV Screen,

(is what a famous person once said.)

I mean come on honestly the console had some good games
but in reality I had a distaste for it then and to this day
would be BY FAR my least played console, even more then my 3DO
and Jaguar, which I only have 2 games for :)

The only game to me that seemed a killer title was Goldeneye
I hated the N64 version of SMB64 but liked the DS version,
as was stated higher above some times they need to screw up/take a step
backwards to learn a new more exciting direction.

tom

06-24-2006, 08:04 AM

>>>>What would gaming be like today without the revolutionary Super Mario 64? <<<<

Had been done on PCs/MACs years before already, so gaming nowadays would just be the same.

Cers

06-24-2006, 08:13 AM

I have to add one more thing: The N64 gave me my favorite version of DOOM yea yea I know, but damnit I LUVED DOOM 64 and Im not ashamed to admit it :D OK not REALLY but ummm yeah lol

YES, you are my friend :rocker: , DOOM64 was (and is) so great.........
And Wipeout64 too, the fastest Wipeout that exist.

I got my N64 a week after the jp. release for 999,-DM + Mario64 for 199,-DM and a month later Waverace64 for 219,-DM but it was it worth every Pfennig (Penny lol).

1DM was nearly a half $ at the time, now we have � (but I think you know that ;) )

sabre2922

06-24-2006, 08:20 AM

>>>>What would gaming be like today without the revolutionary Super Mario 64? <<<<

Had been done on PCs/MACs years before already, so gaming nowadays would just be the same.

ummm

NO

In all respect man.

OK how about where would CONSOLE gaming be today?

You know what , fuck it PC/Mac had NOTHING that compared to Mario 64 "back in the day".

But I dont care to get into an old arguement with a PC elitist/fanboy, especially since im the LAST gamer on this board that should be defending the N64 ;)

Steven

06-24-2006, 08:30 AM

LOL how ironic I was just thinking about posting about N64/Mario 64/Wave Race 64 and I didn't even knew it was the 10 year anniversary!

-N64, although I'm not a fan of it nor do I currently own one, was really the first system to make me say WOOOOOOW! Sure, Altered Beast on GEN did that, but Mario 64 was really stunning because it was fully 3D. In 96 there was nothing like it that I had seen.

-Who remembers just messing around and swimming around the castle? lol hey I was 13 alright. I swam more than I played the actual game :P

-Wave Race 64 was awesome. I used to practice my flips and whatnot countless hours. And the water... my lord. I felt like I could drink it. It was really a stunning game. Not a big fan of its control, but the practice mode and 2 player fool-around shennanigans ruled.

MarkMan

06-24-2006, 08:36 AM

Ahhh N64... you were so young, why did you leave so early??? :(

Damn. It was good times. 1996, I was 14 years old. I remember getting my N64 and Super Mario 64. Good times.

Wave Race
The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time

Those were probably the 2 games I played the most.

I think I'll break my N64 our tomorrow and let my daughter enjoy it.

GrandAmChandler

06-24-2006, 09:02 AM

A++ Thread! 1000 Meseta to you!!

I am adding two more games that were overlooked.

WCW vs. NWO: World Tour
and WCW vs. NWO: Revenge

Still the two best wrestling games of all time.

Steven

06-24-2006, 09:14 AM

A++ Thread! 1000 Meseta to you!!

I am adding two more games that were overlooked.

WCW vs. NWO: World Tour
and WCW vs. NWO: Revenge

Still the two best wrestling games of all time.

agreed... so much fun they were. between this and golden eye man me and my friends lived it up in the late 90s hehe.

I remember we used to play World Tour, and one time, we were really blood-thirsty... as soon as the last guy was busted wide open, we just quit :P

and yes, all 3 bloodied wrestlers all ganged up on the last non-bloodied wrestler. We got him like 5 minutes later, and then felt like playing something else, LOL

Roi

06-24-2006, 10:06 AM

My first console the whas really mine!

tom

06-24-2006, 10:20 AM

sabre2922 says: >>>>You know what , fuck it PC/Mac had NOTHING that compared to Mario 64 "back in the day".<<<<

You probably haven't been into gaming long enough, I could name plenty....

Wasn't the N64 based on a PC, eg SGI Indy? says PC elitist/fanboy Thomas.

Anyway, Congrats 10 years of blurry screen (what a throw-back, even when compared to the PSX), always gave me a headache (I get along better with the Virtual Boy).

segarocks30

06-24-2006, 10:31 AM

Salute to you N64, and the hours i put into you when I was a kid with Super mario 64, Goldeneye, WCW Mayhem, Rouge Sqaudron, and Super Smash Bros.

NeoZeedeater

06-24-2006, 10:46 AM

Awesome system. I probably played my Playstation and Saturn more but the N64 excelled in areas that those consoles did not and vice versa so the system was just as must own for me.

There are no worthy equivalents of Super Mario 64, Ocarina, Waverace or Sin and Punishment on the other consoles.

While the Nintendo-developed stuff blew me away I must say I think Rare's games are overrated. Goldeneye was great at the time but if you were a PC gamer then it wasn't as big of a deal.

Pantechnicon

06-24-2006, 10:50 AM

I was somewhere between indifference and disdain for the N64 in its heyday, mainly because this was about the time I started picking up large amounts of pre-NES games and consoles from the thrifts at pre-Ebay prices (/wistful sigh). I had one friend who was a raving fanboy for it, going so far as taking over his large-screen TV and exiling his wife's Playstation to the bedroom 13" screen.

I picked up my 1st one in 2003 when Gamestop started clearing them out for dirt cheap. I got mine for $20 including a memory expansion. That was a lucky break since these expansions have recently come to be more valuable than the consoles themselves. I bought the console to play only one game: Star Wars Pod Racing, but was impressed enough with the system to want to explore a few more titles for it.

My N64 collection is small and concentrated mostly into select niches. I have all the Star Wars and Pokemon titles for this system, as I think these franchises are represented very well on the N64. Eventually I'll get the Zelda titles, but after years of playing Zelda in 2D, making the plunge into a 3D Zelda world is going to be strange.

I'm probably going to take some grief for the next two things I'm going to say but I don't care. First, I like the Turok series (have all those, too), despite everyone else's proclivity to tear it up. Secondly, it might have something to do with my weird ambidexterity, but I think the N64 controller is ideally suited to FPS games: Turok, Quake I and II and a few others all play very well on this console.

The last thing I'll say about this system is that I think it's significant that the N64 is the last cartridge-based console that will ever be produced. Yes, discs are cheaper to produce, hold more data, etc. but for old schoolers like me there's a certain gratification in the aesthetic of a gaming experience when one puts a cartridge in a slot and feels that little click or snap. I like that. And the N64 was the last chance to feel it with a contemporary system.

Happy Birthday, N64. You made me truly appreciate Nintendo in a big way.

studvicious

06-24-2006, 10:54 AM

mezrabad

06-24-2006, 11:06 AM

sabre2922 says: >>>>You know what , fuck it PC/Mac had NOTHING that compared to Mario 64 "back in the day".<<<<

You probably haven't been into gaming long enough, I could name plenty....

I can't come up with anything other than Twinsen's Little Big Adventure and that doesn't even count as a 3d platformer does it?

Look, I appreciate not appreciating the N64, but in 1996 the PC world was only taking baby steps into accelerated 3D with the Monster 3D, wasn't it? I can't think of a single PC game that did 3D platforming as well as Mario 64 in 1996 or before. Sure there were some unaccelerated first person shooters (Quake, Doom, Rise of the Triad etc.) and some awesome first person RPGs (System Shock, Ultima Underworlds, Arena) but none of them brought 3D platforming gameplay to the table.

I'm not saying this as an N64 fanboy, either, especially with regard to that era when I only owned PCs. To this day, I don't own a N64 (well, I bought one from ScottK so if it ever gets here, I'll own one.) but I've played Mario 64 and Goldeneye. Not so impressed with Goldeneye, but Mario 64 was something special for its time.

NeoZeedeater

06-24-2006, 11:56 AM

3d polygon platformers date back as far as 1990 with the computer game Alpha Waves/Continuum by Infogrames. As cool as it was at the time it's not in the same league as Super Mario 64.

There were a few 3d platformers before SM64 but none had a world developed to the same extent. It was definitely a milestone for the genre.

Kevincal

06-24-2006, 12:15 PM

I pre-ordered my N64 and got it day one. I remember how suprised I was at the smallness of the system. I was thinking it was going to be bigger. The carts also seemed heavy at first. It really is a fun system though.

jonathonwillie

06-24-2006, 01:22 PM

HAPPY B DAY

atari_wizard

06-24-2006, 01:27 PM

Happy 10th Nintendo 64! This system is a dream come true. It lived up to the hype and went beyond that. I remember that my mom & I were looking everywhere for a system on launch day and everyone was sold out. Wal-mart had me on a waiting list and about 2 weeks after the N64 arrival, they gave me a call and I was there in a flash! I had a job at the time and was trying to buy everything there was to offer that Nintendo was pushing out game wise. That lasted a bit and then games were coming in left and right. Anyhow, excellent system...my second favorite of all time.

Streetball 21

06-24-2006, 01:58 PM

Wow, ten years already! I remember I had to put my name on a wait list at Sears, since everywhere else was sold out. I finally got the system, and put in Super Mario 64, and honestly I was amazed. I still play this system to this day. Thanks N64, for Goldeneye, Mario Kart 64 and many many others.

sabre2922

06-24-2006, 03:52 PM

sabre2922 says: >>>>You know what , fuck it PC/Mac had NOTHING that compared to Mario 64 "back in the day".<<<<

You probably haven't been into gaming long enough, I could name plenty....

Wasn't the N64 based on a PC, eg SGI Indy? says PC elitist/fanboy Thomas.

Anyway, Congrats 10 years of blurry screen (what a throw-back, even when compared to the PSX), always gave me a headache (I get along better with the Virtual Boy).

OK kid

I HAVENT BEEN IN GAMING LONG ENOUGH

check my blog buddy

Ive been both playing and collecting games for over 25 years

Your about to get on my shit list real quick man.

slip81

06-24-2006, 04:29 PM

I love my 64, countless hours and skipped classes went into the honing of skills in Mario Kart 64 and Goldeneye for me and my friends :D

Iron Draggon

06-24-2006, 05:02 PM

Just noticed that Rocket: Robot on Wheels was mentioned, although sadly the link to the pic isn't working right now.

Man, that is the hardest platform game that I ever played in my life! I think that it is arguably the hardest platform game ever made. Forget completing it if you didn't buy the strategy guide, you will never find everything you need on your own. And even with the strategy guide, good luck in trying to perform all the insane jumps and maneuvers that you had to perform. This game is true platform hell, people!

But it was still fun as hell. Wisely, they gave you a place where you could build and ride your own rollercoasters after you completed the first level, and that gave you something fun but not frustrating to do to help cool you off after you failed to perform that insane jump for the billionth time. I still think that whoever designed this game was truly evil though. It was far more of a torture device than it was a game, even if it was alot of fun at times. It was just too damn hard, which made it mostly pure evil.

MrRoboto19XX

06-24-2006, 06:47 PM

Ah, the Nintendo 64. Simply amazing to me when I first saw it.

Like many of my 90's era videogame experiances, my first encounter with the N64 was in the sears "funtronics" department, playing mario kart 64 (what a great game!) I still remember the time limit they imposed on the kiosk, after about one race in mario kart it would say "Its a-me! Mario!, thank you for playing nintendo 64, who's next?" Needless to say, I grew tired of this annoyance.

For the next year and a half I saved my money, which was very tight at the time. I headed on up to the funcoland in Wilmington, Deleware (Home of tax free shopping!) and picked one up with Mario Kart, Star Fox, a rumble pack, and a cleaning kit that I apparantly "Needed". We traveled down to the kirkwood highway and their best buy after that to find that I didnt have enough for a controller, so I settled on a Performance shark pad or some crap knock off name of some sort.

But I digress. Seeing the name "The fun machine" on the side of the box was just insane, I knew this thing would be great.

Looking back, the 64 had some real crap to it, I mean some of the worst games Ive ever played were for this system. However, it speaks something of Nintendo the fact that I can truthfully say that the 64 had some of the best control schemes, and replay values in games ever.

I think the N64 controller is ideally suited to FPS games

Couldnt agree more, the controller was perfect for those classic fps's.

As much as it seemed to take a rapid backseat to the playstation and later dreamcast, it cant be denied that the nintendo 64 was revolutionary, and that the big N once more set the bar for so many publishers to look up to.

Oh, and the N64 was the last of my systems where my policy was "Play the game for a year until you beat it, then buy a new one". After that I went crazy.

Wow, long post, to think I actually stopped myself from saying more!

One last thing. As far as 3D platformers (With fully polygonal graphics) go, the first one was "I, Robot" published by Atari in 1983. If there are any others before that I cant think of any.

Happy birthday my friend, perhaps Ill have to get you out tonight.

"Get N or Get Out!"

tom

06-24-2006, 07:07 PM

Having said that, I do (really) love my little

PIKACHU!!!!

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c173/thomasholzer/N64.jpg

I just don't play it much.

ryborg

06-24-2006, 07:19 PM

I am adding two more games that were overlooked.

WCW vs. NWO: World Tour
and WCW vs. NWO: Revenge

Still the two best wrestling games of all time.

Agreed 100%. Newer titles *look* better, but none can match the pure fun of the WCW games.

Also, Pokemon Puzzle League is still my favorite puzzle-style game, which is saying something. I probably played this game just as much as Goldeneye in college.
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Xexyz

06-24-2006, 07:51 PM

Ah the N64, what hype that system brought to me when I first saw one. Mario 64 and Zelda: OoT was enough for me, although I did pick up more titles. However, In 2000, I realized that the system wasn't me. I had developed a STRONG disliking for the system that has carried on with me up until late 2005. Now my views have changed again. It's still one of my least favorite systems ever created, but it's found its way back into my gaming heart.

I can't deny Nintendo's quality first party offerings anymore, even though my disgust at the systems lack of 3rd party support is still quite high. But even so, there's enough hidden gems (Chameleon Twist 1 & 2 anyone?) to make this system worth owning.

Juganawt

06-24-2006, 07:59 PM

Little bit of trivia for ya... the Nintendo 64 has been the only console released since 1986 that hasn't got a version of Street Fighter on it.

It was ahead of it's time in many ways, and yet behind the times in many others.

It's been home to some of the greatest games ever released, and single handedly changed the way we look at platformers after the release of Mario 64 on launch day.

Happy Birthday N64.... let's hope your relative, the Wii, respects the UK more than you and the Gamecube ever did.

NEOFREAK9189

06-24-2006, 08:19 PM

Happy b Day Ultra 64
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Mr.FoodMonster

06-24-2006, 08:35 PM

I like my N64, I'm pretty sure I got it either the year of release or the second for x-mas from my parents. I got Starfox 64, as Starfox for SNES was a favorite around here.

Like I said, I enjoy my N64, but greatest system ever is over the line. I'd say there are roughly 20 GREAT games, tops. The graphics aged very poorly, and it is a very 'then' system. Every once and awhile I dig mine out for some Perfect Dark or Kirby, Starfox (such a great game) and maybe a random Rush game, but other then that, it stays packed up.

Doonzmore

06-24-2006, 08:55 PM

Here are some other honorable mentions:

Goemon's Great Adventure
Stunt Racer 64
No Mercy
NBA Hangtime

MrRoboto19XX

06-24-2006, 09:43 PM

Another intresting fact: the graphics chip used in the 64 is the one that sega rejected using for the saturn.

dbiersdorf

06-24-2006, 09:45 PM

Goemon and No Mercy are in there. :)

Ed Oscuro

06-24-2006, 09:51 PM

sabre2922 says: >>>>You know what , fuck it PC/Mac had NOTHING that compared to Mario 64 "back in the day".<<<<

You probably haven't been into gaming long enough, I could name plenty....

Wasn't the N64 based on a PC, eg SGI Indy? says PC elitist/fanboy Thomas.

Anyway, Congrats 10 years of blurry screen (what a throw-back, even when compared to the PSX), always gave me a headache (I get along better with the Virtual Boy).
I got a killer phrase right here outta the book:

analog control and smooth third person controls with an intelligent camera system

I'm sure some obscure PC game or other had some of this, but in 1996 nobody had put together a game with it all in as nice a package as Nintendo did.

mb7241

06-24-2006, 09:58 PM

Hard to believe it's been 10 years since the N64 came out... I still remember wanting both Super Mario RPG and the N64 for Christmas '96. I got 'em both (Super Mario RPG on Christmas, the N64 came in March '97 :D ). I couldn't believe the screenshots I remember seeing in Nintendo Power for Super Mario 64 and Starfox 64, as well as seeing the in-depth coverage on Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (IMO, alongside Goldeneye and Perfect Dark, one of the best N64 FPS's). It blew my young mind. I still have that same N64 system, still works perfectly, as well as almost every game I've come across (read: bought) for it. I can also remember not actually owning any games for the N64 until I finally got Quest and Starfox fairly late into '97 (still have both of those, btw)...I used to rent a couple games every weekend (usually Super Mario 64, Mario Kart 64, or WCW vs. NWO World Tour...I guess I probably spent over $100 in rentals at that time). So many great memories on what sadly was among the most underdeveloped systems of all time. Here's to 10 years, N64 :cheers: .

Lord_Magus

06-24-2006, 11:50 PM

Aaah, the memories...

I remember when the N64 came out. I had preordered it at our local video game store, and was anxiously awaiting its release. Note that where I lived back then (Kefalonia, small island in Greece) video-game stores were pretty much non-existant, and the only one available at the time was in the capital city which also happened to be a good 50+ minute drive from home.
Anyway, I got a call from the store guy (friend of mine) around 9pm one night, and he tells me he had just received his batch of N64s. He tells me to go pick it up the next day, but there was no way I was going to wait any longer to get my precious N64, so I convinced him to wait for me so I could go pick it up on the spot. Overwhelmed with joy, I get a pal who was sitting with me and we drive all the way to the capital...on a motorbike...in the middle of winter...while it was raining...
After what seemed to be an eternity, we finally arrive at the store - I was absolutely drenched, my limbs had gone numb from the cold and I couldn't stop shivering, but hey, I was about to get my N64!!! Before walking into the store, I remember pausing to stare in awe at the N64 display he had just minutes earlier set up, which was gloriously displaying Mario Kart 64 in all its splendour. That moment I knew all my trouble had been well worth it.
I quickly run inside and pay for my brand new N64 along with a copy of Mario Kart and an extra controller, and warmly thank the store person (who at this stage was clearly doubting my mental stability) for his trouble. I get my pal on the motorbike to hold on to the boxes, making sure they wouldn't get wet or (heaven forbid!) dropped while we're riding back home. After 50+ more painful and freezing minutes, we finally arrive home!
With unparalelled excitement I start unwrapping the console, eager to hook up the N64 and start what I thought would be a looooong Mario Kart session. I start opening the Mario Kart box with a huge smile on my face... But lo! my smile ceased when I was left staring at an empty box - the guy had taken the cart from my Mario Kart and had used it in the store display!!!! X_x
I sat there holding the N64 controller in my cold hands for a few minutes, and then with great disappointment I finally managed to get some sleep (and probably dreamed of hitting that storeperson with a red shell). I went the next (warm and sunny) day and finally picked up the game, and vowed to never again in my life buy a console at launch...

All that aside, the N64 ended up having some great titles, and I do believe it is one of the most underappreciated consoles ever. Mario 64 defined what we now identify as the 3D platformer, and Zelda: Ocarina of Time still hasn't been matched in terms of sheer 3D gaming perfection.

Also, I know you guys have probably already seen this, but this is definitely the thread it was destined to be posted in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFlcqWQVVuU

Happy birthday, N64 :cheers:

Red Warrior

06-25-2006, 02:29 AM

10 years.... geez.... I feel like it was yesterday. Time for a trip down memory lane. :)

I had read about the N64 in Nintendo Power for months leading up to the launch... eagerly awaiting it. I remember getting a tape mailed to me from Nintendo that previewed Super Mario 64. I watched that thing till it fell apart. Most 17-year-olds would be all about their upcoming senior year of high school... but not me. I could've cared less about school and graduation and all that stuff that was coming up. I just wanted to feel that weird controller in my hands.

Well, the night before the launch, I called Wal-Mart and asked if they'd be bringing them out at midnight. Sure enough, they were, so I made plans with my brother to drive up that night and get one. Luckily, this was still the old days before video games were so mainstream... so it wasn't anything like the 360 madness. Although it was still an interesting and tense night.

Walked into Wal-Mart at around 11:30 and there were barely any shoppers around... save for the electronics section. About 12 people were waiting there... not browsing or anything... just waiting. None of us said a word to each other... we all knew what we were there for... and were ready to fight for it if necessary. The poor girl working the electronics that night was SO nervous. She was told to expect fights to break out. LOL

Midnight rolls around, and some guy rolls a cart in from the back with a huge box on it. Of course, everyone gathers around him as he opens it and reveals only FIVE N64's! 5 doesn't equal 12.... at least not in Indiana. Talk about a tense situation.... you could cut it with a knife. So, the guy slowly starts handing them out. The second one he pulls out, I get bold and swoop in with my hand and intercept it before anyone (even a small child reaching for it) could grasp it. I then smother it with my arms and back outta the crowd. LOL I didn't care how stupid I looked or the fact that I was 17... I wanted to play Mario 64 dangit!!

Luckily, all the tension was for naught because 5 N64's was all that was needed to appease the crowd. Apparently, everyone brought friends to wait it out with them.... so that was good. The woman working that night was relieved everything went so smoothly. However, there was still a problem.... THEY HAD NO GAMES! Sure, we all got our N64's, and I managed to snag an extra red controller... but there were no games... I had no way to play my new treasure. DOH!

For the next several days, I'd come home from school and sit there with the controller in my hands pretending to play Mario 64. Pathetic I know... but at least I got a good feel for the controller. Shortly after, I managed to snag a copy of Mario 64 at Toys 'R' Us. It was after this that my grades began to plummet. Suddenly, NOTHING in the world mattered except that game. I was so totally blown away by it... and what's sad is that that's probably the last time I'll ever be THAT blown away by a video game. It was just revolutionary in every sense of the word.

A month later, I purchased Wave Race 64. Another mind-blower.... who would've ever thought polygonal water could look so real? This and Mario 64 was what I played until Christmas... when I received Cruis'n USA, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, Killer Instinct Gold, Pilotwings 64, and Mortal Kombat Trilogy (talk about a lucky kid). Friends visited all through Christmas break that year... and all we did was play N64. Man that was fun. I still remember playing Shadows of the Empire and laughing at the different positions we could get Dash Rendar in by using the movie cam. LOL Good times... good times...

By the summer, I had added 2 more controllers, Blast Corps, Mario Kart 64, NBA Hangtime, Hexen, and Star Fox 64 to my collection... not to mention a Playstation and Mega Man 8 as well! EVERY cent I got hold of went to game buying... so I was always broke. But oh well... I had plenty of games to keep me occupied!

Those were definitely awesome times... the fun we had playing multiplayer Hexen, NBA Hangtime, Mario Kart 64, Bomberman 64, and GoldenEye 007. Wow... amazing memories... ones I'll never forget.

Today, my N64 collection stands at 70 games... and I'll never sell them. Although I lost most of my interest in gaming towards the end of the N64's life cycle (the Dreamcast revived that interest), it will always hold a special place in my heart... and I'll still laugh whenever I play Yoshi's Story and hear the little Yoshi's singing. :)

CosmicMonkey

06-25-2006, 06:36 AM

I remember when I got my N64 on import. My two mates and I had all ordered import systems, we didn't want to wait for the PAL launch and were fed-up with Nintendo's treatment of the UK. Anyhow I was so happy when I came home to find my system sat there with Mario 64 and a step-down converter.

Now, I was impressed when I first fired up my SuperFami with SMW, but this was something else entirely! Mario 64 was utterly amazing. It wasn't long before I had Starfox64 either. I still love that game to this day, it really is something very special.

However, the system didn't have the bigget flood of games, and importing every game was expensive too. If it wasn't for the Legend that is Goldeneye, I wonder what would have happened. Being Nintendo fanboys, we were all clinging on to the system and waiting for Zelda. We spent countless hours on Goldeneye and Mario Kart playing 4player. Then finally, after an eternity of waiting, Zelda was finally unleashed upon the world.

Yes, it was the best thing ever and resulted in many sleepless nights. But then after all that, I had a bit of a break from gaming. All my mates had gone and got Playstations and I was finding college and work were filling my time more. It wasn't until the Dreamcast came along that I got back into gaming heavily, but that's another story.

I always wondered what would have happened had the system been CD based? And as for the 64DD shambles, I'm not sure what to say. It was the ultimate add-on, and all we talked about from the moment we heared about it shortly after the N64 launch. If we weren't playing the N64, we were getting stoned and talking about the DD. So many posibilities, and so much potential was wasted seeing this highly touted add-on finally having a rather small Japanese only release. With no interesting software other than F-Zero Expansion pack imho.

Now, after all this time I'm really looking forward to getting another N64, especially as I now know about the RGB mod! There's a certain something about N64 3D, and I like it. I really can't wait to get all 120 stars on Mario again and spend countless hours floating about as the Birdman on Pilotwings.

YoshiM

06-25-2006, 10:34 AM

Amazing how ten years flew by. I remember Launch Day, standing outside Toys R Us in Fond du lac with my future brother-in-law waiting for the store to open. All of their systems hadn't come in (or were not unpacked). Anxious, we went to Target and bought Super Mario 64 but couldn't get a system. We swung by Shopko and my friend asked the clerk in electronics if they had any "Nintendo 64's". She had no idea what he was talking about. I walked into the game aisle and lo and behold: it was totally filled with systems.

It is a really great system. Yeah the 3D graphics haven't aged well but there are some solid titles whose gameplay stands up to the passage of time. You *still* can't find a better wrestling game than the THQ/Aki WCW vs NWO World Tour, WCW/NWO Revenge, Wrestlemania 2000 or WWF No Mercy. The grapple system and pacing is so perfect that it still hasn't been surpassed.

I can remember spending hours playing titles like New Tetris (in multiplayer my sister-in-law was kicking our asses as she kept making the "happy boxes", as she calls them), Goldeneye (multiplay quote:"Dammit, who mined the mines...again?"), Excitebike 64 (where the words "Jim Rivers" has become synonymous with any bad crack up), Gauntlet Legends and the slew of 3D Platformers (favorite quote from someone watching: "If I were a Rare developer, where would I hide a yellow Jinjo?")

Happy Birth-year N64!

starsoldier1

06-25-2006, 11:27 AM

Cool, Happy Birthday N64! WWF No Mercy is still my favourite wrestling game, both Zeldas were awesome, and remember when Rareware didn't suck?

NeoZeedeater

06-25-2006, 11:56 AM

Little bit of trivia for ya... the Nintendo 64 has been the only console released since 1986 that hasn't got a version of Street Fighter on it.
Jaguar and PC-FX? ;)

Spartacus

06-25-2006, 04:45 PM

10yrs old? Wow, somehow it seems alot longer than that. I guess nothing ages faster than consoles!
I recall taking my wife into a TRUS to make a "family" decision about buying a launch N64. (I had already made up my mind of course, but you have to let the little lady think she's helping you make decision's if you plan on keeping more than half your assets for very long). So they must have had a demo unit on the floor or I was checking into the details of pre-ordering one or something and I'm kinda busy with that and then I turn around to find she's at a PlayStation kiosk! O_O When I walked up to her she blurted out "What about getting one of these, this is pretty cool!". Oh great, now I gotta give her the Nintendo Power spiel about disk based games having long loading times and we don't want that do we? I seems so funny now, but back then I was sure it WAS a big deal! Was I brainwashed by Nintendo? <Shrug> Let's just say I had been with Nintendo exclusively since the NES and we were always going to be with Nintendo as far as I could foresee. I was... loyal. I'll always wonder what would have happened IF we had taken the Playstation instead because Nintendo was about to alter my console gaming life in a very big way, though I didn't know it at the time.

My second memory was pre-paying for a launch N64 console at EB games (Why there and not TRUS, I can't remember) and when they called me up to come in on a particular day to pick it up, I showed up right after I got out of work and there wasn't any left! The bastards explained to me that they didn't receive enough stock to cover all the pre-orders and those that showed up first thing in the morning had gotten all they had. Told me they'd be getting some more in "anytime now". Jesus, was I pissed! It was supposed to be a family gift for Xmas and at least they did get me one before then, but that left a sour taste in my mouth about pre-ordering anything that I still carry to this day!

I always get a kick out of it when I hear someone else say they gave up console gaming after the N64. I thought I was the only one! It's not that I thought it was a piece of crap or anything. It's just that I remember feeling I've outgrown the kind of games it was delivering and Nintendo really started to rub me the wrong way about that. I felt they were making kiddy games and I was yearning for something far more edgy and adult. It wasn't long before I decided to dive into PC gaming in order to play something more mature and I wouldn't come back to consoles until the PS2. And that only occurred after I had learned a hard lesson about how expensive PC gaming could really be! But now that I've started picking up games again for the N64, I've come to realize that it had it's fair share of mature rated games considering how modestly sized it's library was. There were Bio Freaks, Carmagedon, Conker, Daikatana, Doom, Duke Nukem, ECW, Hexen, Mace, Mortal Kombat, Nightmare Creatures, Perfect Dark, Quake, RE-2, Shadow Man, South Park, Turok, and War Gods. Perhaps I had given up on it too soon or was simply picking the wrong games to play.

N64 game that was never made and I don't understand why: Metroid
N64 games I wish I had: Worms Armageddon and Hey You Pikachu (the only N64 game that used a microphone, I believe)
N64 hardware I wish I had: Mad Catz Rumble Rod (God, I love saying that!)
Thing that I appreciate most about the N64: I'm not particularly fond of the N64's controller, but I am grateful for the impact it's had on the design of everyone else's!
Things that amaze me about the N64 controller: How many used ones I've come across with it's stick flopped over on its side!
Things I admire about the N64 console: They didn't leave many great games for it in Japan!
Thing's that I will never get over about the N64: How many times people have offered me free consoles they were going to just throw out! Take a look at this picture...

Here (http://sitebuilder.verizon.net/imagelib/sitebuilder/misc/show_image.html?linkedwidth=actual&linkpath=http://mysite.verizon.net/res0wvu5/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/img_0856.jpg&target=_self)

Those three loose charcoal greys on the left were working throw away's and I've already passed on a couple of more since! I just seem to have a knack of being around people who just want to be rid of them! I just wish they wanted to get rid of more of the colored ones, especially a gold colored one! LOL

Happy 10th anniversary N64! I'm glad I've never gotten rid of you! :D

� Gideon �

06-26-2006, 05:10 AM

I still need you.

I still feed you.

Synergy

06-26-2006, 10:23 AM

I remember getting my Nintendo 64 about a year after it came out for my birthday, so I was a little bit of a late bloomer on that system. Come to think of it, I've never acquired a system at launch. X_x

Anyway, my brother got me the Toys 'R Us system with the Limited Edition Gold controller and Mario Kart 64. I played the circuits out of that thing, and finally got GoldenEye 3 weeks later on Christmas. I played those 2 games so much, I literally wore them out; they had a lot of trouble powering on.

Me and my friend had so much fun with that system. I remember the first time I brought it over we stayed up all night playing GoldenEye. Can you say grenade launchers in the Caves? So much fun!

A couple months after THAT, income tax time! :D I flew over to Best Buy and picked up Super Mario 64 and Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire. Fantastic games there. As time went on, I got other classics I loved like Wave Race 64, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, Top Gear Rally, Ocarina of Time, WCW vs nWo: World Tour, WCW/nWo: Revenge, etc.

:bday: Happy birthday N64!! :bday: You will always be a console I love and play.

Malon_Forever

06-24-2009, 06:13 PM

I thought this thread deserved a bump since it's the same day a couple years ago this was posted.

The N64 will always be in my memories with such great times envolving it. I remember going down the street to my friends house to play it for the first time, and having some crazy 4 player matches in Goldeneye. Rotating matches from remote mines, prox. mines, and random. Man those were the days...

tom

06-24-2009, 06:25 PM

A Black Falcon

06-24-2009, 10:35 PM

Huh, yeah, yesterday was the 13th anniversary of the N64's release in Japan... awesome. :)

It's been my favorite console pretty much since its release, and it still is. The N64 is just such a great, great system... lots of great games, the best controller ever, one of the best hardware designs ever, huge variety of multiplayer games, particularly for 3 or 4 players... just a fantastic system in every way.

If only its texture cache had been larger, Nintendo had given third parties more complete documentation much earlier, its analog sticks were more durable and the memory cards were larger and EEPROM based instead of battery, or Nintendo had mandated on-cart (preferably EEPROM or Flash RAM as opposed to battery) saving on all titles, it'd be pretty much perfect... but those flaws aren't nearly enough to hurt the system much. They're just minor points against its greatness. :)

Baloo

06-24-2009, 10:45 PM

I remember first getting a black Nintendo 64 at launch from one of my aunts, or my parents (Don't really remember) for my brother and I near or at launch time at Toys R Us I believe it was. We played the shit out of that thing with our games. Well, the thing kept overheating and would just turn off. We took it to the Nintendo Repair shop nearby, they couldn't find a problem with it. So we traded it in I think (and the 2 controllers we had with it :/), and got a Jungle Green Nintendo 64 with two green controllers. The Jungle Green one definitely has more memories for me. My friends and I would play Mario Kart 64, Mario Party, and I would always be trying to beat Banjo-Kazooie by myself when no one else was around to play with. Me and my brother would go at it for hours at Magical Tetris Challenge.

I remember the day we got Mario Party, at the newly opened Gamestop a few blocks away from me. It was the last copy they had left, and it gave me the best feeling of joy ever, to get the last copy of a game in a store when it was brand-new.

Being a kid who had all 3 new-generation systems at once (Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, and Playstation) all around launch time, Nintendo 64 surprisingly got the most playtime, while after a few years the Playstation got traded in. I even recently bought a PSX for $5, and it's even more boring than it was 5 years ago. I only kept one game for it, DDR Disney Mix. I still have the Dreamcast though, and now that I have more games for it and a taste for 2D fighters, I play it more often. But back then we only had 4 games for it (Power Stone, Sonic Adventure, Chef's Luv Shack, and Namco Museum), so that wasn't getting hooked up much. It was Nintendo 64 all the way!

I still have that green Nintendo 64 today, and just recently got Goldeneye for it at a flea market, so it just got hooked back up a month or so ago. Unfortunately, Mario Kart 64 hasn't aged so well, but most of the rest of the games have, and I still have fun with it with friends. Albeit I play Genesis and the rest of my consoles more balanced out now (I have NES, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, Genesis, Wii, Saturn, Playstation, SNES, Game Gear, Game Boy/Color/Advanced, and Nintendo DS), the Nintendo 64 still gets some playtime every now and then.

Gentlegamer

06-25-2009, 12:14 AM

I'm playing through Ocarina of Time for the first time right now.

retrocollectorguy

06-25-2009, 12:41 AM

N64 wuz da shit back in the day. Its only now that you look back and see the system as a failure.
Anyway, I got mine at launch day and got the gold TRU limited gold edition when Zelda was released because I wanted it soo bad then. I remember it cost like $400 or something. I probably owned about 30 N64 games total then which was quite alot. Bought them all new and had almost all the popular titles. Then sold them at a yard sale to buy a PS2 when that came out. Biggest mistake I ever made ):

swlovinist

06-25-2009, 02:24 AM

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I will be playing some Rouge Squadron tonight in honor of the system

Nintendo 64 was a system you either loved or hated. Like others have said, it was a system that was very advanced in some things, while very backwards on others. For the classics that were exclusive on the system, it rocked. Rare kicked some ass on the system and gave us awsome platformers and shooters. Factor 5 blew me away with their star wars games. Rogue Squadron is one of my favorties.

Now excuse me, as I need to practice up on my Y-wing bomb runs :)

TheDomesticInstitution

06-25-2009, 07:43 AM

The N64 was my introduction into the world of first person shooters. At the same time, it's also the point that my interest waned on any new Mario-themed titles. While Mario 64 was great, for some reason I became disinterested in any future titles involving Nintendo's #1 intellectual property. That said, some of my favorite games of all time came from the N64:

Goldeneye
Perfect Dark
Ocarina of Time
Rouge Squadron
Resident Evil 2
Vigilante 8

ironpunch

06-25-2009, 09:36 AM

I only got my first N64 yesterday! Now I got to get some good games!

NESGamer24

06-25-2009, 09:45 AM

T2KFreeker

06-29-2009, 03:52 AM

Yeah, I actually used to hate the Nintendo 64 also. Funny thing is that I have one again and have actually found myself enjoying the system. It really is strange how the games seem so much better now than they did back then. I do, however, still hate Goldeneye. Sorry all, it's QUAKE all the way for me! Happy "10", N64.

Sonicwolf

06-29-2009, 04:02 AM

I got the Nintendo 64 on December 25th, 1998 and it was total surprise. I remember having a total and complete mental collapse on the spot ala N64 kid. I had no idea how amazing the years ahead would be with the 64. At the time we just had the SNES we got in '94 so it was a pretty amazing upgrade to us in graphics and such. It was superceded by my parents with the 'cube in 2001 but I continued to play it regularly. It stands as my most favorite game console of all time with the most gametime ever for me.

grolt

06-30-2009, 02:53 AM

Looking back, the cartridge format was the biggest blow for the system, forcing it to be really primitive in terms of audio and full motion video, and the system itself didn't have the internal flexibility that the Saturn and PSX BIOSes at the time did. This caused for a lack of third-party support, but like with SEGA and the Master System, it forced the first-party to really amp up development to keep the system afloat. As a result, I think it was Nintendo's strongest system, with all the Rare games, the Marios, the Zeldas, and then other originals like Pokemon Snap and Super Smash Bros., it really had a lot of top tier games. You wouldn't think it would be a sports powerhouse, either, but 1080, Wave Race 64 and F Zero X all dominated in their day, too. I think the four player really helped let the system carve a niche away from the similar Saturn and PSX.

I've owned all Nintendo's systems during their original runs, but none is more fondly remembered than the N64. Ten years later, and the system still gets my vote for sexiest design - that thing will never age!

The 1 2 P

06-30-2009, 03:01 AM

I didn't get an N64 until a few years back, despite collecting games for it well before that. I still find the controller widely awkward and uncomfortable. It's the reason why I still haven't finished Goldeneye and Perfect Dark yet. But it still has a nice handful of good exclusive games so there will always be a place in my collection for the N64.

Nesmaster

06-30-2009, 11:32 AM

Malon_Forever

06-30-2009, 12:10 PM

Funny this topic came up... I had given up on game collecting in early 2007 and sold a lot of my stuff, but had kept everything I owned for the N64. Fastforward to early last week, when I got "bit" by that familiar bug, only for N64 games and items now. Now here we are, I've dropped 100s in the last week on 64 merchandise, and I can't wait for it all to arrive! Most notably the N64 Millennium 2000 controller from the NP contest, but I've got a gold 64 system on the way as well, with 5 gold controllers, one being the NP100 gold controller. Tons of games coming as well, and tons more ending on ebay in the next week. Stupid collecting bug... X_X

Very nice choice indeed :D .

How much is that Millennium controller going for now? I've always liked collecting N64 items, but haven't got a ton of different controllers. I have 6 grey controllers (two have been lent to my brother), and 2 third party controllers (Hori, Superpad). I think I'll have to go on a spending spree on different colored controllers sometime!

Nesmaster

06-30-2009, 12:22 PM

Very nice choice indeed :D .

How much is that Millennium controller going for now? I've always liked collecting N64 items, but haven't got a ton of different controllers. I have 6 grey controllers (two have been lent to my brother), and 2 third party controllers (Hori, Superpad). I think I'll have to go on a spending spree on different colored controllers sometime!

I just picked it up for $200, it's hard to gauge what they are worth because they RARELY show up for sale. Let's just say it is more than worth the $200 to me personally. It's the only contest I ever entered from the NP mag and I was a subscriber for years. It's been on the back of my mind since the contest ended that I would one day own the controller, and now I've finally got my personal grail arriving shortly! :D

Next item I plan to track down: Boxed or loose Pikachu N64, followed by some games I've always wanted and never owned like Dr. Mario 64, Goemon's Adventure, Snowboard Kids (2 is on the way) and Stunt Racer 64 to name a few. After that, Perhaps the Funtastic line of consoles. I've got the jungle green one only, so I need quite a few more colors. After that, I'd like one of each controller. At least I've got the tougher ones out of the way, I just mainly need the Funtastic ones except jungle green and ice blue (extreme green and atomic purple really aren't "part" of the Funtastic series, but I have those), the pokemon blue/yellow controller and every other color but red. Would you believe I don't even have a grey controller? lol LOL

Of course, then I could start chasing the ones that weren't released in NA, but baby steps for now. :p