The Nintendo 64 Is 20 Years Old Today In Europe And Australia

The start of my Nintendo love! Having been both a Commodore and Mega Drive player before, getting the N64 was awesome. Love that 20 years on I now take the day off work to rejoice in launch day.

GameCube may be my favorite Nintendo console since that's where I started playing games of my own but I will never forget the days of watching my dad play stuff like Mario 64, Donkey Kong 64 or Ocarina of Time while eating vanilla-flavored pudding (the best kind of pudding obviously ) or playing Mario Kart and Mario Party with my parents and uncle and they had to let me win every time. Yeah, I may have been too young to actively appreciate the N64 in its time (especially since I was under the believe that 3D gaming had been around a lot longer for many years) but I have a lot of nostalgia for many N64 games. I can't wait to play them on the go with the Switch!

Loved Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Perfect Dark, Super Mario 64 and Resident Evil 2.

4 Things remind me of the N64 -
Golden Eye - Multiplayer Temple level, One Shot kills, Pistols only
Ocarina of Time - talking to the dead gravedigger
Mario Kart 64 - Block Park, firing off three green shells
Mario 64 - Chasing that damn rabbit around the basement.

Will playing mario 64 tonight on a CRT,N64 is still my favourite console.

The last console that was truly the centre of my world. Played so many hours of multiplayer Mario Kart, GoldenEye and ISS 64 with my brothers and friends. I loved so many games on the machine but Ocarina remains probably the most special experience of my game playing life.

I've owned many more machines since then but other aspects of life took over and the magic has never quite come back.

I'm old when I'm 80 and not a minute before. 😄

"That's right, you're old"
So mean. So true.

Happy Birthday N64 !
My... I have no idea about N64 existence when I was Teen back on year 1998. PS1 was my Teenhood, followed by PS2. But on year 2009, it was my first time I played Wii. Well... a little bit history of me.

Greatest console ever and a massive obsession of mine ever since. And yes, I'm old!!

Still got it.
Still play it.
Still love it!

Started with about 30 CIB games, now have over 150 and counting!
Obsessed?
Maybe a little.

Aw man, absolutely love this machine. Still have one with mint box. Just pure joy.

@Bunkerneath "Golden Eye - One Shot kills, Pistols only "

Aka: Pro Mode!

Happy Birthday, N64—the only console I've ever went to a midnight launch for. Now, this was a Nintendo console than when you got it out the box, plugged it in, and booted up Super Mario 64, you simply could not fail to be utterly blown away at what you were experiencing, from the totally mind-boggling and truly next-gen graphics to the revolutionary controls and world-class, paradigm-shifting gameplay.

@KiWiiU_Freek I'm replacing my pal collection with NTSC all be it slowly

@KiWiiU_Freek That's a very impressive collection! Unfortunately I was only eight/nine years old when I first received my N64, and I didn't care about seemingly trivial things such as game boxes and instruction manuals. How annoyed am I at myself now! I've been trying to re-buy boxed games, but it's turning into an expensive hobby, especially given how flimsy cardboard boxes were.

If you couldn't tell, I'm very envious of your perfectly kept collection!

@KiWiiU_Freek
Your a lucky man to have snowboard kids 2. Over here in Australia I haven't even seen that cart. Did I have a 64 back in the day? I was paying it yesterday actually.

I loved the N64. Best memories are Mario 64, 4 player Goldeneye, getting Lylat Wars for Xmas and OOT the Xmas after. Memories that will stay with me. I hope I can give my kids similar memories.

I've got a decent little PAL collection of N64 gems, I'm going to get an NTSC machine and an Ever Drive 64. I can't play 50hz PAL games anymore. It didn't bother me back in the day, but now it just looks wrong having the borders and seeing how slow they run. I should have a Super Famicom coming this week to compliment my SD2SNES. Never expierenced these games in full screen 60Hz before! It's like Christmas in the 90's all over again

I love N64

The first Nintendo system I was old enough (ie, had a job) to purchase on my own, and didn't have to beg, grovel and wait for one as a birthday or Christmas gift. I was so happy and proud to bring that beauty home and unbox it.

To me it was the last console that all of my mates would join together to play... Goldeneye, Mario Kart, the amazing wrestling games or any game that had 4 players. It was always the best of times.

Although my collection isnt as impressive as @KiWiiU_Freek I do still have all my N64 games!

I still have my N64. I got it for my 13th birthday. I was blown away by Lylat Wars and Goldeneye. I love Mario Kart 64. "Keep road rage off the streets".

Before I read this I was sitting in the sunshine in the back garden when it dawned on me I got my N64 twenty years ago today. It's crazy. I queued all night like a mad yoke

The games industry has changed a lot since then. The video really captured the buzz of the era when N64 was releasing. Basically Nintendo were coming from all the success with the SNES with a new console to take over the games industry. They actually believed it and so did I. Didn't happen.

I remember one particular statement from some Nintendo executive where he thanked Sony and Sega for keeping people interested in video games, but now we're back.

They totally underestimated Sony. Great times. I was never as hyped for a console as I was for the N64. Still an incredible console. It was like winning the lottery when I got it.

One of my favorite systems. I remember waiting anxiously to get it and Mario 64 on christmas. Playing goldeneye and OoT for the first time, or wave race and 1080. Still one of my regularly played systems.

Still working on that complete collection. XD

I remember going to my local Electronics Boutique after visiting my grandmother on launch day and sees the boxarts and demo displays and unit for the first time.

Still got one and it still gets loads of use from myself and my children (currently I'm replaying Paper Mario). It's the only (non portable) console I've ever bought new. Everything else has been 2nd hand or hand me down! I have one of those see through n64s -grape I think.

Still got it. Still have super Mario 64 boxed with manual but I play the virtual console version.

This was the best system Ninty ever made.. Zelda and mario64 were revolutionary. Goldeneye and perfect dark were awesome 4player local multilayer games,oh and 4player MK.. Also smash Bros was born. What a great system I still get a Gamegasm thinking about all those fantastic memories

Hooray for being old! ^_^ The N64 was my childhood, I was only 1 when it came to Europe and it was the first time I got to experience a video game... and I've been a Nintendo fan ever since. Mario 64's hub world was my favourite place to explore!

Happy birthday too the N64 2nd best system of time.

I was 14 when it came out, and I skipped over it for the PlayStation because of Final Fantasy VII. Couldn't have both in my house, and had to make that choice, but some of my friends had a 64. I have so many great memories of Mario Kart, Golden Eye, and Ocarina. At that age it was usually enjoying split-screen with buddies. Good times and it's great so many others share the same experiences.

I finally bought my own 64 when I was, oh, 25, and got to enjoy Mario 64 to the fullest. Since then I've built up a small collection and still enjoy firing it up on my beast of a CRT TV every now and then. No friends to play with any more unfortunately.

What shocked me a while back was the realization that we're rapidly approaching the point where the modern video game industry has existed longer after the original smash bros than before it.

@timson72 awesome

I'd say about 80% of my fondest gaming memories are on this console. I love the N64....I have about 5 right now and spent most of last week stripping and refurbishing N64 pads😂😂
Snowboard kids, Goldeneye, ocarina of time, wave race, diddy Kong racing, banjo kazooie......There's just so many classic games that I love!!!

@KiWiiU_Freek I picked up a boxed episode 1 N64 in great condition recently to add to the collection. Should be getting an orange one soon too 😍

@ULTRA-64
Nice one.
The orange one's look awesome.

@OneArmedGiant
Thanks, taken a lot of dedication to get it where it is today.
SBK2 is as rare as hens teeth, I have a few of those hard to get games.
I still love playing N64 with my kids, they love it, glad you do too.
@Mogster
Thanks, I can relate to the not caring about the packaging, I did the same with my SNES collection, silly boy.

I bin reading N64 Anthology Book

1 more year and we'll get drunk!