There is an Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 Fans Thread on the Other sections, so why not one dedicated to Nintendo 64 discussions? This functions similarly to the PS3 and Xbox 360 Fans threads, only that it's about the Nintendo 64. Please note this is just general discussions, if you want to go more in depth of an N64 game, peripheal, etc, you can make an thread or post in a thread dedicated to that particular thing.
The Nintendo 64 has and will always remain my favorite video game system. It brought me into the gaming world, prove what 3D gaming was truly capable of, and some of the best games of all-time. Right now, I don't own one (It broked in November, 2007), but I will be buying another one once I can get the money, which should be sometimes around July, 2010.
It is a great console. Had tons of great games on it like Star Fox 64 and Beetle Adventure Racing. As far as 3D platformers go, I think the Playstation has better ones. I'm probably the only person on this site that thinks Spyro The Dragon is better than Super Mario 64.
Yeah but the thing is that Super Mario 64 came first and unlike Tomb Raider, it REALLY made you feel you were playing in a 3D world. The gameplay mechanics were so good that the guy behind Half-Life (among many other devs) were directly inspired by the goodness that was SM64.
Super Mario 64 was amazing. It's one of my favorite video games before Super Mario Galaxy. This game got me into video games as we know it and it holds up well.
@cheetahman91: All opinions are respected. There are actually a lot of consoles I want, but my main focus is the Nintendo 64.
But you guys won't believe my wishlist for the system. It's pretty big:
DK64 is a good game but be warned, the amount of things you have to collect in that game will blow your mind. It should be crowned the king of Collet-O-Thons.
The N64 = my #1 gaming console of all time. Almost all of my favourite gaming memories originate from that system, with my most cherished being when I earned all of the medals in Star Fox 64. I felt so proud of myself back then.
the only games i want from the fail that is the 64 ogre battle 64, resident evil 2, megaman 64, and castlevania 64 thats all i can think of that i know is a possibility we can get
DK64 is a good game but be warned, the amount of things you have to collect in that game will blow your mind. It should be crowned the king of Collet-O-Thons.
I couldn't beat it 101% until rather recently. Provbably my favorite N64 game.
Just let it happen.
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DK64 is a good game but be warned, the amount of things you have to collect in that game will blow your mind. It should be crowned the king of Collet-O-Thons.
Collect-O-Thons don't really bother me. I like a lot of things in an platformeres anyway. And besided, I used to have it and had a lot of fun with it.
DK64 is a good game but be warned, the amount of things you have to collect in that game will blow your mind. It should be crowned the king of Collet-O-Thons.
Amen. I mean, how many Golden Bananas do I have to collect?
The good thing is that I have the Player's Guide from like 1999.
DK64 is a good game but be warned, the amount of things you have to collect in that game will blow your mind. It should be crowned the king of Collet-O-Thons.
Amen. I mean, how many Golden Bananas do I have to collect?
The good thing is that I have the Player's Guide from like 1999.
201 golden bananas, 20 banana fairies, 8 battle crowns, and more. And I even beat it without a guide. then again, it did take me 6 years to beat...
Just let it happen.
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When I first tried it, I didn't like the controller. I was wondering why the D-pad didn't do anything . The awkward controls were a major turnoff for me. I wish I'd been shown then that I was supposed to use the analog stick. Then, I might've gotten an N64 with all the best games.
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The N64 = The most dissapointing Nintendo Console of all time ;p
To each their own. But it was totaly lack luster. Sure it had some amazing titles and just one of them was worth buying the system alone, but i got most of my fix from the PSOne. Resident Evil 1,2,3? Check. Mega Man 8,X4,X5,X6? Check, Castlevania SOTN? Check. The list goes on and on from Tomba, Rayman, Parappa the Rapper, Silent Hill, FFVII, FFVIII, Poy Poy, Klonoa, Jumping Flash!, Street Fighter ect. The N64 didn't have enough variety where as the PSOne did. Where were the Horror, Fighting, RPG's and most importantly Sprite based games and SideScrollers? The N64 may have produced full 3D worlds and graphics...but they lacked the detail, creativity, and charm of previous SNES games. As Amazing as Mario 64 was it didn't have the detail and imagination of Super Mario World.
But I can't deny those giant heavy hitters that were groundbreaking and amazing. Super Mario 64 blew my mind. Along with Zelda OOT and MM ect. Also, the PSOne never could create that full 3D scope, Worlds and control that the N64 did. And Sony's Analog sticks sucked and were too loose compared to the N64's higher precision and tighter analog stick.
Also, most N64 games don't hold up well nowadays due to their below 30fps framerates...Blurry bland textures and simplistic graphics seemed to be the norm as well and everything started to almost look the same. But although the N64 was totaly lack luster, it definitly has its gems...And the awesome introduction of the analog stick, rumble pack and 4 controller inputs and the first ever 3D Mario game.
Overall, you HAD to have an N64 and PSone during that time. Still though, I prefer the Gamecube over the N64....it improved over it in every way and had alittle more variety...although it was lacking a bit regarding 3rd party support, it didn't quite have the variety of the PS2, and the whole milking of 'Mario themed' sports titles was annoying. Not to mention the GameCube got a bad rap because of it's purple lunch box color and design. Yet it still was my choice for gaming last gen, with alittle PS2 here and there.
Anyways....Super Mario Sunshine and Wind Waker never even came close to having the same impact that Mario 64 and Zelda OOT had that's for sure. Overall though.....NES(especially), Wii and SNES are the greatest Nintendo Consoles handsdown
Good list, SSBF, quite a few of those games are on my wish-list as well. Still, your list only has one wrestling game on it, and it isn't WCW/NWO Revenge, so, I disapprove...
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The N64 = The most dissapointing Nintendo Console of all time ;p
To each their own. But it was totaly lack luster. Sure it had some amazing titles and just one of them was worth buying the system alone, but i got most of my fix from the PSOne. Resident Evil 1,2,3? Check. Mega Man 8,X4,X5,X6? Check, Castlevania SOTN? Check. The list goes on and on from Tomba, Rayman, Parappa the Rapper, Silent Hill, FFVII, FFVIII, Poy Poy, Klonoa, Jumping Flash!, Street Fighter ect. The N64 didn't have enough variety where as the PSOne did. Where were the Horror, Fighting, RPG's and most importantly Sprite based games and SideScrollers? The N64 may have produced full 3D worlds and graphics...but they lacked the detail, creativity, and charm of previous SNES games. As Amazing as Mario 64 was it didn't have the detail and imagination of Super Mario World.
Fighter-SSB, Fighter's Destiny Horror-Resident Evil Series RPG-Paper Mario, Ogre Battle 64, Zelda games [sort of] Side Scroller-Yoshi's story, Kirby 64 Exactly how many N64 games did you get when it was popular? But, I see your point. I can't think of many more for those genres. There were almost NO RPGs for the N64, excluding JRPGs.
Good list, SSBF, quite a few of those games are on my wish-list as well. Still, your list only has one wrestling game on it, and it isn't WCW/NWO Revenge, so, I disapprove...
This. Greatest wrestling game. I know some prefer WWF No Mercy, but i think Revenge was the better overall game (of course, i was also a die-hard WCW fan in the day, so...). I may have to hook the system up and play some this week. I wonder what created/edited wrestlers i still have on the roster ...
@SSBF: Oh, but you MUST add one game to the list -- BLAST CORPS! Pure awesome.
I loved my 64 back in the day; the only time i ever even considered a PS1 was when FF7 came out. Nothing else on the system really did anything for me (though i did think RE2 was cool in the 5 minutes i saw of it back then -- it would be years later before i got sucked into all the RE games), though Twisted Metal made for fun multiplayer.
To each their own. But it was totaly lack luster. Sure it had some amazing titles and just one of them was worth buying the system alone...
Only one of them was worth it? Which one: Goldeneye007, Super Mario 64, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask or how about Super Smash Brothers?
The N64 may have produced full 3D worlds and graphics...but they lacked the detail, creativity, and charm of previous SNES games. As Amazing as Mario 64 was it didn't have the detail and imagination of Super Mario World.
What the heck are you smokin'? Super Mario 64 had a ton of detail and imagination. You're talking like as if SM64 was a game with blurry empty environments such as the ones in Superman 64. No sir, SM64 was in fact the example of a detailed game you kept going back to whenever you had a discussion about how post-1996 N64 games were mostly half-baked productions and yet SM64 looked better than those games. The ones came out two or three years after the system's launch.
In SM64 you didn't have one texture used on everything (BUT it's funny that in SMW they re-used the same backgrounds for much of the game, eh?) . In SM64 you have textures that weren't there just for decoration. But if they looked like they had a particular texture, Mario could actually interact with it differently than with other textures (like some allowed Mario to walk on them defying gravity). That's what was not only lacking in many N64 games BUT also on PSX games of that time. Then you got the gameplay which put to shame the one seen in hyped games such as Tomb Raider. I mean seriously, does anybody remember the drag it was to make Lara Croft JUMP in the first game? Or just to move her around?. Compare that craptacular gameplay to SM64. No contest.
Also, most N64 games don't hold up well nowadays due to their below 30fps framerates...
Games at present (usually multiplatform games) barely run at 60fps and you mostly see them running between that and 30fps. On HANDHELDS, you see MANY games running at the same frame rate as a N64 game. And yet that isn't a problem. Nor is it for those that buy N64 games on Virtual Console (it isn't for me). BTW, still images at 30fps looks better than running at 60fps. So not everthing running at 60fps is better
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