Your top five favorite Nintendo 64 games?

[pseudonym]

Not in any particular order:

Conker's Bad Fur Day
Star Fox 64
Mario Kart 64
Legend of Zelda: OoT
Jet Force Gemini

Some games were difficult to exclude like Majora's Mask, Perfect Dark, Mario 64. I've never been a particular fan of Super Smash Bros, I think the sequels were more polished and better overall than this game.

[Ballermann2D]

I always preferred Majora's Mask, but everyone thought it was weird. I dunno, probably is. I felt like the gameplay was more polished than Ocarina, and no doubt I respect it equally, plus the time element made it so much more intuitive, and challenging. And, at times, gave a real sense of urgency.

i passed up on it back then as i am one of these strange guys who didn't like OoT that much (my favorite Zelda has been ALttP until TP arrived). Maybe i should give it a go, but i've always been afraid of being put off by it's 3 days timer.

[Kevincal]

1. Super Mario 64

2. WaveRace 64

3. GoldenEye 007

4. Mario Kart 64

5. Diddy Kong Racing

[leatherrebel5150]

i passed up on it back then as i am one of these strange guys who didn't like OoT that much (my favorite Zelda has been ALttP until TP arrived). Maybe i should give it a go, but i've always been afraid of being put off by it's 3 days timer.

The 3 day timer isn't really all that bad since you can slow down/speed up time with the ocarina. There is always enough time to finish a dungeon and quests in the area around it and it takes about an hour to hour and a half to finish up an area (in real time) when using a guide and by then I'm usually ready to take a break. So after an areas done play the ocarina to go back to the first day (which saves the game) and come back later. I think the 3 day cycle is pretty conveiniant.

[Leo_A]

Yep, the timer really isn't an issue.

It's basically a story element to the game (To give the player a sense of impending doom) and allowed them to create a heavily scripted series of unique days.

From a practical point of view, it doesn't really affect the experience playing it. You're not rushed to finish anything and you have ample time to complete a task before finishing and playing the Ocarina to save and return to day 1.

[Aussie2B]

It's great to see so many people mentioning Goemon's Great Adventure. Usually it feels like the N64 game that time forgot. I don't know how such an absolutely stellar can be so unknown and under-appreciated (well, it probably doesn't help that a lot of people spread the BS that the N64 doesn't have any worthwhile third-party titles). I also find it saddening that Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon tends to get much more attention than Goemon's Great Adventure. It's a fun game, but I don't think it's remotely as good nor polished. I guess a lot of people would just rather have Zelda Lite than an amazingly good side-scrolling 3D platformer.

The third Goemon N64 release, which never left Japan, is a really fun game too, although it's nothing like the other two. It's a Sugoroku-based card board game. Like Culdcept, basically.

[maxwatts]

1. Harvest Moon 64
2. Star Fox 64
3. Ocarina of Time
4. Majora's Mask
5. Harvest Moon 64

HM64 hits some sort of weird pleasure center in my brain that nothing else has really ever quite touched. I love that game.

[rob black]

1. WCW vs NWO World Tour
2. Super Mario 64
3. Golden eye 007
4. Starfox 64
5. Blast Corps

[Fatalstar64]

While the N64 did not have a vast amount of amazing games when you found one you were in for a good time.

1. Paper Mario
2. Starfox 64
3. Kirby 64
4. Wave Race 64
5. Banjo Kazooie

[Kevincal]

I will never understand why so many people don't like the N64. They must have not played it in summer and fall 1996 when it was blowing the minds of tons of people. The jump in graphics quality from the PlayStation to the N64 was pretty staggering and the analog joystick was a huge innovation, as was the rumble pak. Obviously, we are still using those today in modern controllers. I actually much prefer the N64 games released in 1996 and 1997. It seems to me, at first, Nintendo stuck with their "quality over quantity" approach and released not very many games but the quality of the games was outstanding. Then by sometime in 1998 it seemed like a bunch of crap starting coming out on the system, like Nintendo just said "Screw it" when they saw how badly the PlayStation was winning the console war. Maybe Nintendo figured Sony's approach of "the more games the better, no matter the quality" would work. Anyhow, these are some of my fav N64 games:

SM64
Pilotwings
Wave Race 64
KI Gold
GE 007
MK Trilogy
SW SOTE
MK 64
DK Racing
StarFox 64
Doom 64

[Gamevet]

1 - Waverace 64: Such an amazing showcase game for the N64. The sequel on the Gamecube was better looking, but there was something about the water physics in this game that nailed it.

2 - Pilot Wings 64: I wasn't a big fan of the original game, but it was still entertaining in short doses. This version was all-around better, especially since you could save your progress without a stupid code.

3 - Super Mario 64: Some call it the greatest game of all-time, but I prefer to think of it as the 3rd greatest Super Mario game.

4 - Star Wars: Rogue Squadron: Toss Shadows of the Empire aside, this was the Star Wars game we'd waited for on the N64. I enjoyed it so much, that the moment I saw the screen shots for the Gamecube version, I bought that console as well.

5 - Ogre Battle 64: It's Ogre Battle, what more needs to be said.

[outsider]

Perfect Dark
Mario 64
Mario Golf
Wave Race
Doom 64

[courtesi1]

I HATE the N64 - or I should say - I love it but the graphic chips/techniques they used makes me feel nauseous on practically every 3D game. That said, here are my top 5:

1. Rayman 2
2. International Superstar Soccer '98
3. Sin and Punishment
4. Pilot Wings 64
5. Bakuretsu Muteki Bangai-O

[retro junkie]

It is very difficult for me to narrow down to five games for this system. There are so many games that I like on the N64. The tendency is to name all the games that are favorites. Which are many for me.

1. Star Fox 64- still my favorite of the series, can't do without it.
2. Ridge Racer 64- Love this game, my favorite racer on the system.
3. Wipeout 64- Love the series and this is my favorite, and its on a cart.
4. Cruis'n Exotica- fun arcade crazy racer and best of the series on the N64.
5. Hydra thunder- Love this arcade experience on the N64.
6. Goemon's Great Adventure- This is a crazy fun side scrolling adventure.
7. Bust-A-Move- Great Puzzle favorite.
8. Extreme-G- racing cycle fun!
9. Beetle Adventure Racing- A lot of things going on here and it is done right.
10. Dark Rift- love this fighting game, I considered it under rated.
11. Star Wars Episode 1 Racer- Love this game.

I am going to try and hold back at this point. I could go on and name 10 or 15 more. Games like Paper Mario, OOT, and more. I love arcade gaming so my upper part of any listing will be dominated by those type of games.

sorry that I went over five.

[WelcomeToTheNextLevel]

1. Super Mario 64 - this freaking started it all for me.

2. Mario Kart 64 - one of the best cart racers ever, easy to pick up and play and awesome with a bunch of people.

3. Battle Tanx - come on. You can blow anything up in this game. Like Atari 2600 Combat in 3D.

4. Blast Corps - I see a trend of destruction forming.

5. Wave Race 64 - simple, mindless arcade style racing.

[alec006]

Really your gonna make me pick 5,hmmm I say 10 :P

01: Goldeneye 007/Perfect Dark (...TIE...)
02: Super Mario 64/ Donkey Kong 64 (Tie)
03: Pokemon Snap/Pokemon Stadium/2 (Tie)
04: Mischief Makers
05: Super Smash Brothers/Paper Mario (Tie
06: Mario Kart/ Diddy Kong Racing (Tie)
07: WWF No Mercy
08: Mario Kart/ Diddy Kong Racing (Tie)
09: The Rush Series (SF Rush, Rush 2, SF Rush 2049)
10: Extreme G

There's actually do many more games I love for the system like Star Wars: Rogue Squadron or Legand Of Zelda Ocarina of Time but that last would take forever to type and I already have too many ties as it is :P

[Atarileaf]

(1) Robotron 64
(2) Beetle Adventure Racing
(3) Ridge Racer 64
(4) Namco Museum 64
(5) Rampage World Tour

[gameofyou]

Have to do at least 10...

1) Bangai-o
2) Sin and Punishment
3) Mischief Makers
4) Rogue Squadron
5) Star Wars Episode 1 Racer
6) Wave Race 64
7) Zelda OOT
8) Goemon's Great Adventure
9) Perfect Dark
10) Ogre Battle 64

[Edmond Dantes]

I'm gonna be honest, I can only think of three:

Wave Race, Doom 64 and Ocarina of Time.

I can't remember anything else on that system that was actually worth owning, and nine times out of ten when I even want to play it, its for one of those three games.

[leatherrebel5150]

1. Majora's Mask
2. Ocarina of Time
3. Battletanx
4. Hot Wheels Turbo Racing
5. Diddy Kong Racing