The N64 was actually the first console I ever owned (though I played a lot of a friend's SNES), and it has two of of my favorite games ever (Ocarina of Time and Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon) on the system. And then there's other great games like Mischief Makers, Body Harvest, Jet Force Gemini, Perfect Dark, Goldeneye 007, Majora's Mask and Super Mario 64. The N64 is one of the best examples of quality over quantity.
Donkey Kong 64 , Perfect Dark, Majora's Mask and starcraft 64 are some games that either required the use to play the game e.g DK64 or used the Expansion Pack for extra levels etc e.g PD. I cant remeber If Banjo Tooie or Conker utilized it either. EDIT - Wiki is your friend http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninten...t_of_games_that_support_the_N64_Expansion_Pak
Thanks for the head up, I always forget to check the site before I ask. :/ So looking at the list not too many games used the Expansion Pack. How sad.. =hugh
I'm hugely partial to N64 but I was also realistic in my expectations of it. The N64 was the beginning of the end of Nintendo and third party developers. It was the first piece of hardware (VB notwithstanding) they created where their outlook was "We are designing this thing to maximize Shigeru's software and if that makes it too specialized for anything else...fuck it". The controller, the insistence on carts for zero-load-time in SM64, etc. Every bit of the console was designed for SM64 and OOT, and everything else on the system was pretty much an afterthought. I LOVE this, I think it makes the N64 the purest expression of Nintendo design philosophy and I think it's why Ninty 1st party games peaked on that hardware (or at least I feel like they did). As the kind of person who buys every piece of hardware that gets released just out of habit, I allow for certain machines to be specialists, and the N64 is the ultimate specialist. A lack of fighting games or JRPG's or shmups or whatever doesn't concern me, because accomodating all that stuff would have, IMO, diluted the 1st party Nintendo experience, and I can get all that shit on PS1/Saturn/whatever. The GCN is sort of the same idea, i.e. goofball controller, as are the Wii/WiiU to a lesser extent. Nintendo still isn't in the business of building something you're going to buy primarily to play CoD on, you're going to buy it to play mario/zelda/pikmin and everything else can eat a dick. I like that.
@Wangan nicely put, the N64 was awesome for titles it was built for. @Lovewiibrew hyperbolic bullshit. N64 that gen had some great titles, but it was the start of Ninty rot, only Nintendo Power/Official mag readers would rewrite history as some Ninty fuelled love fest narrative and believe otherwise. FLAME ON. YOU MUST PLAY SEGA SATURN.
Read the thread and agree - strange question. I picked up a copy of Sin & Punishment in a Japanese Box with Japanese instructions, but in a U.S. style cart that works as-is in my U.S. N64? Is this common...anyone ever heard of this?
blast corps was awesome. i would recomend it to anyone. back in the day i had a usa n64 and doctor v64 (still got them) from and after playing the initial early titles i wanted more. games seemed to creep out slowly then blast corps came out. at first i found it unappealing and didn't play it much. while waiting for other titles to come out i decided ok lets have a proper go at this strange game. tbh when i got into it i was addicted. all the different vehicles which handled differently and the race against the clock feeling while trying to demolish everything creating a path for the truck to prevent the explosion. i rmember having to clear some bulidings then rush to the next vehicle and rush to clear more stuff. totally awesome and the game gets more frantic later on. i unlocked everything. the game seemed to be a real value for money which is often rare in the gaming world. made me guilty that i was playing the rom on my copier.
looks like my sister has lost the n64 i gave her, i wouldnt mind too much except it had my expansion pack in it doh! may need to buy both again
On Sin & Punishment - no, not modified. The game is in a U.S. cart shell. With Japanese Box & Instructions. Works fine as-is in U.S. system. It was advertised by the seller that way (from Japan) and it works as promised. Can take pics if I get the chance. I always thought it was unique...I've never seen it again...anyone else...thoughts?
I have heard of this Mod to the Carts i considered it a option if i could not mod the system itself basically someone has brought a cheap USA cart and swapped perhaps the back half of the Japanese cart and swapped it with the USA back of the cheap cart and it works =P theres youtube videos of people doing this but i removed the dust flaps off the JPN 64 only takes a couple mins and it plays USA no problems
That job is trivial on most NTSC games. Just inconvenient for more than a few, may as well unscrew the system's blocker to leave games as they are. Oversized carts include Mario no Photopie and the 64DD modem.
The console kinda sucked. I got a snes in 94 (maybe 93) and absolutely loved it. Prior to that, I played on mega drive and Atari ST 520. It had precious little games. Goldeneye, great, ISS 64 and 98 - amazing. Blast corps, good. But games like Forsaken? Christ on a bike. Banjo Kazooie was also terrible. The PSX had square capcom and konami pumping out great games, the n64... fell a little flat. Also, the price for catridges was outlandish. Goeman, fun game for a while, but ultimately a 75% game!
I really like that console probably because it's in my childhood memory. When it's the first video game you ever played, it's more the nostalgia side that's making you liking it that way I still find it sad 'cause that console had a really good potential, if you compare super mario 64 that came out in 1996, there should be no reason why games that came out 1-2 years after are worst... nowadays when you can view all the games library of that console with only one click over the internet, it's more evident that the n64 was lacking good titles, and it seems it's renowned name is mostly ( if not all ) base on the few hit games such as mario, zelda, and so on. I think that Rare was really the center of all the appreciation of the n64.... Rare has brought us the few but awesome games on it.... what would we had enjoy without that company developping games here ?
Back when the Nintendo 64 was still a current gen platform I didn't have one, instead I had an original model Playstation with the controllers that didn't have analog sticks or rumble. Being closer to the target audience of the Nintendo 64 when it comes to my tastes I was genuinely jealous of my friends who got to play games like Super Mario 64, Star Wars: Episode 1 Racer (I was actually genuinely pissed when that didn't get a PS1 version) and Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. When the Pokémon craze rolled around my jealousy really kicked into overdrive and I almost went and sold my Playstation and games. Thankfully my dad made me come to my senses and wait for the PS2, which I got on launch day (thou that was in part so he could have a DVD player, something my dad had previously been stopped from getting by my mother). Then when the Gamecube came out, I was actually able to get one and after that my PS2 just sat next to the TV collecting dust because I basically lost interest in it. Unfortunately (for Nintendo atleast) I didn't get a Wii after that, instead I had a 4 year "stint" as a PC gamer after I got my first PC that was actually usable for games. Quite a few years down the line I'm now back to gaming on consoles and my main use computer is a mac, but I still don't have a Wii or any plans to get one. As for the Nintendo 64, I've considered getting one, but instead found myself getting a Dreamcast to fill the "need" for retro gaming that couldn't be filled by emulators.
i got mad love for the N64. i just wish their analog sticks didn't wear out so fast. Mario Party was the death of many a poor controller.
............ wait for it................................................................................................................ Hori Minipad 64.
