Introducing The 64Mate, A New All-In-One N64 Storage Add-On "Launching Soon" On Kickstarter

Cool, that's pretty neat! I still need to buy a n64 and games etc. This would be a good add-on.

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I think i'm happy enough with my N64 being able to fit inside my entertainment centre thanks very much. Aesthetically, i just find it laughable.

I don't think that would even hold all my N64 games.

@Folkloner yeah this is such a strange item. It’s not easy on the eye makes the n64 even more awkward to fit with modern set ups and does nothing. If it had come out day one... I’d still have questioned its look and point. Some people just love any bits of plastic to go with their consoles

@PLATINUM7 You could buy 10 of these storage units and stack them all under the n64. Then when you look at your n64, so tall up there, you can pretend it's king of all consoles.

@Stocksy funny thing is, if it was less 64mate, and more 64chimney, i'd be all in. If i can't stand inside there with my games, then no buy!

Oh, I thought it meant it stored your N64 games on a hard drive so you can play them whenever, not just a storage of the cartridges

Literally holds five games I have about fifty

I was expecting it to let you play N64 games in HD or even play Gameboy games on it or something. Really disappointing when I discovered what it actually does.

So a glorified storage box then.

No thanks i got better worthless tat to spend my money on
This ranks barely higher then funko pops.

( 80 quid funko pop advent calendar !!)

@wazlon

Yeah I also expected it to do something other, then be ugly.

LOL
It looked like a facsimile machine at my first looking. 😂

So uhh, what wil this glorified piece of Poundland tat cost ?
( I've been watching way too much Ashens .)

It's a neat idea, but the nearby shelf drawer I have works just fine.

Looks cheap , tacky and ugly also it doesn't even hold that many games,

Who buys a piece of cheap plastic which is akward looking and completely useless?

@MaxlRoseGNR

Tell me have you ever heard of Funko pops ?

I still hope Nintendo does a N64 mini or add N64 games to the Switch Online

It’s a good idea. Just not so practical in a 2019 gaming entertainment setup

Doesnt seem very popular in this comment section but i like it. Will probably pick one up in the future.

Whats the point ?

@Bunkerneath yes that’s what I thought, when they said storage I thought it was a hard drive to store games on etc. That would have been a good device, though probably illegal...

This just seems a pointless product as it is...

@datamonkey

See now that would have been cool.
This is just a waste of everybodies time and money.

Never had the 64DD but I did connect the N64 to the VDoc. Acted as sort of a emulator, with a selection of games prewritten to CD roms. All you had to do was insert any N64 cartridge and the VDoc would read both the cartridge and the CD and boom, 300 games just like that.

I have my original cart N64 drawers. These are...cute.

Really cool idea - the only problem is it‘s coming more than 20 years too late. Seriously who buys this stuff?

By the way, even if you were to house an upscaler like the OSSC in it I can imagine it being quite awkward to connect stuff to it in there.

It is "just a box" but not just for storing games. Did the article have an update or did everyone just not read the tweet or the 3rd paragraph? This is for people modding their N64 or attaching dongles to make it work with modern TVs and want it to look nice rather than a rat's nest next to the console. Probably won't be that expensive and seems nice enough. Not for me, definitely for a niche group, but I can see why it would be desirable.

@aaronsullivan

It's stil just a box
Whether its for storing games or hiding the upscalers, ( if you have any ) its still a box.

So it looks ugly, makes the console practically unusable on most tv stands and stores about 6 games that look better displayed on a shelf. I'll pass

@datamonkey yeah I got more stuff with Rare replay lol woot perfect dark/zero and banjo and kazooie. Even Killer Instinct Gold lol.

@MaxlRoseGNR yea I thought this was going to be a Hard Drive or something add on so you wouldn't need the carts anymore, much like the Dreamcast has now

@aaronsullivan I think it's pretty reasonable for people to feel let down and disappointed when the article (and the official PR) starts off talking about the 64DD port, upscalers, storing games, etc... Only for Shamalayan to jump out and say "surprise, it's just a hollow box!"

For a brief moment, I thought they found a way to produce cheap 64DD devices to attach to the bottom of the N64. This storage unit is something I expected from Mad Katz during the 90's.

If it was a replacement for memory cards where you store your saved games on a hard drive, I'd be there day one. But its just a storage box for less than 10 games. I have 130+ N64 games, which means I'd have to stack at least 13 of these to store all my games.
No thanks.

Dropped my nintendo....it fell to the ground in 64bits

Ok bad joke 😀

@MrHaggi everybody knows Nintendo consoles don’t break. True story. Many years ago a burglar made off with my Wii in hand only to throw it down onto the road after being pursued by a vigilant and heroic neighbour. Guess what - it still works to this day.

If this costs more than $10, I'm not the least bit interested.

It looks ugly and completely pointless

@N64-ROX The article is borderline clickbait. Some of the editors seem to be getting desperate. I probably would have clicked on the articles even if the title was explained that it was for physical storage, I just wouldn't have been as annoyed afterward.

Enjoy selling 5

I think I'll stick with my current storage container, can fit way more games.

I thought by "storage", I thought it meant someone had finally made a modern memory card replacement so we can use a SD card to store all N64 saves.
Like how there are floppy drive emulators for old PCs, one for the Controller Pak. If it was the NES, they'd have made that like 10 years ago.

@Gwynbleidd Yeah it's not the prettiest and I'm not sure who made it, but it stores all my N64 games! Combine it with the N64 labels you can get online and its the easiest way to find the games IMO.

How foolish, the only interesting thing is it actually contects to the system. The flamethrower n64 is more practical.

@AnnoyingFrenzy
That's actually pretty cool. It reminds me of atari for some reason. Maybe a storage case I had for my 2600.

I thought it was Chipset upgrade for performance only to find it just more useless storage box. I looks good and all but was expect a graphics and performance boost but find a fail instead.

I totally thought they meant I can backup my saves 😫 when they said “storage”.

@Deanster101 That's what I was thinking. Somehow I had much more ambitious ideas of what this device would be. That it would interface through the expansion slot and allow for game backups, N64 DD emulation, homebrew, upscaling via HDMI with external processing. Sadly this is none of that. Would love to one day see an N64 emulation box that can output 1080p, let you run ROM edits with improved texture maps, audio, etc.

We hope 64Mate will be more than just a storage box - it’s a customisable project box! 😀 You could mount games, an OSSC, RetroTINK2x or ‘the next big thing’ inside - maybe your own PCB design for something really cool. The base is pre-perforated with mount points; the front, top and rear panels are user customisable - we’ll provide 3D printable templates for those parts on top of whatever we offer. It should have a lot of potential for the gaming and maker community.

When it said 'storage solution for N64' I was thinking that it would be like newer version of the CD64, but it's just a drawer. I have plenty of drawers already that work just fine.

I now understand that's it's more of a caddy, which you could build your own attachments into. That's actually pretty cool if you have the technical know how.

Looks very slick. I am pretty impressed. I don't think I will need one of these though!

@Nico07

I think we all expected more and expected more along the lines of your description.

Cool if you just want to store carts. If you want to store and display, BitLounger all the way Looks much sexier on a media console, at least

When it said "storage", I thought great .. an HDD for roms!!! This is just an empty shell? Kickstarter you say??? Good luck with that!

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That's all I got for this one.

I didn't know there was such a demand for this...

@syrupdash that is what i thought too, a 64dd restoration project but it's just a empty piece of plastic to store a couple of games, who would really want this?

@Ghost-Piece Hey thanks for the information! I actually enjoy the retro look of it as well.

@Nico07 Yeah, I thought of all that, too. Nevermind, I guess.

This is pointless. However it has got me thinking. I have about 10 N64 memory cards and I can never remember which game is stored where. Nowadays memory is cheap, so imagine such an addon that acted as storage space as an alternative to using the N64 memory cards. now that’s an idea ...

Utterly pointless.

I guess when the N64 came out "storing" games meant something different. Nowadays the the article's title is a bit misleading.

Mass produced? I think they mean produce about one hundred. I can't see this selling thousands. Neat idea but about 20 years too late.

Next gen console

@matdub

Yeah the article title seems to imply, hey hard drive storage for your N64 !
And instead it's an empty bloody box.
I mean it has a purpose but we all expected something ..more.

Feel like this is very late to the party

@KitsuneNight Yes, this is why I started my post saying it is just a box. I was addressing the number of comments about how it was no good at storing games as if that was the intended primary purpose.

@N64-ROX Yeah, the article is taking the reader for a ride. No disagreement there.