"Nintendo 64! Gaming machine that birthed the modern Nintendo, maker of consoles with libraries both peculiar and specific! Like the Wii U, Wii, and Gamecube that followed, the Nintendo 64 played host to a handful of revolutionary games, some real garbage, and some stuff that was frankly just bizarre.
This week, the Nintendo 64 turns 18 years old, an auspicious year. That's when people start to branch out, to experiment beyond the social mores of youth and high school. Learning new things, meeting unusual people, and creating your adult self from the ground up. You know, when you take a comp lit class, get an industrial piercing, and start wearing garish, insane clothing.
To salute the N64's passage into this period, we celebrate games that reflect that weird, weird, weird stage of life. Occasionally brilliant, sometimes embarrassing, these are 18 games for the 18-year-old N64."
NE: "Today, we're looking at how the next Animal Crossing game on Switch 2 could significantly improve its multiplayer with new features."
A new Animal Crossing or a Kid Icarus: Uprising remaster would be perfect on the Switch 2.
It’s true that graphically some of them are a bit rough around the edges, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t games on the N64 that still hold up.
Star Fox 64, Ocarina of Time, Mario 64… man, this was seriously a time where you were feeling gaming gong to the next level. I still think the PS1 library stomped the sh*t out of the N64’s, but I’d be lying if I said there weren’t more than a few bangers on that console.
I think the n64 is one of the worst consoles for holding up over time, the 3d polygons of the games were very early iterations and pretty much all look like crap today, such as Mario 64.
Yea, I mean for sure, a lot of things don’t hold up, but it’s got plenty of games that were on PS1 (sans FMV except for whatever black magic was done for RE2), that despite looking outdated, the art direction, charm, and passion behind it sells it for me.
Like visually Mario 64 is pretty rudimentary, but man… when you play that game, at least for me, the nostalgia hits f*cking hard. Ocarina of Time was one of the games that changed my perspective from games just being something you do out of boredom to things of art. Gokdeneye was something me and my friends would just gather around and play for hours after school. So, the N64 will always have a special place in my heart.
Not a fan of slides or one on each page so barely read them.
No mystical ninja though which is an over sight, that's a really fun but weird game.
I am glad mischief makers is there.
Saw it was a click through site and left - hate giving these sites hits. Can someone list them
Clicker site, I did it so you don't have to:
1: Hey You, Pikachu!
2: Mischief Makers
3: Animal Crossing
4: Blast Core
5: Pokemon Snap! (one of my old favorites!)
6: Castlevania 64
7: Doshin the Giant
8: N64 DD Creation Software (Disk drive accessory for N64)
9: Glover
10: Neon Genesis Evangelion
11: Jet Force Gemini (ahead of it's time, I might add)
12: Sin & Punishment
13: Bangai-O
14: Hybrid Heaven
15: Perfect Dark (Amazing for it's time)
16: Resident Evil 2 (Only N64 game to have full-motion video)
17: Space Station Silicon Valley
18: StarCraft 64 (Yes. The RTS by Blizzard!)
Doshin the Giant? what is that lol