Nintendo 64 15th anniversary -- What are your N64 memories?

[ChadFL]

Well the N64 library of games wasn't huge but there were a good many exclusive gems. I have fond memories of all of these.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Still viewed as the greatest game of all-time by many, myself included.

Super Mario 64 - Took Mario into the 3D era in impressive fashion.

GoldenEye 007 - In many ways helped usher in the FPS genre.

Perfect Dark - Another landmark FPS IMO.

Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie - Extremely fun 3D platformers.

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - One of the best games of the Zelda franchise that unfortunately gets overshadowed by it's big brother OOT.

Star Fox 64 - My favorite game of the Star Fox series.

Conker's Bad Fur Day - Surprisingly vulgar game, but in a very good way.

Paper Mario - Standard fun Mario RPG.

Diddy Kong Racing - Really did enjoy this one. Wish this series would make a comeback.

Donkey Kong 64 - Didn't enjoy it anywhere near as much as the trilogy of SNES Donkey Kong games, but still a lot of fun.

Mario Kart 64 - Great addition to the Mario Kart series.

F-Zero X - Really the last F-Zero game I loved. F-Zero GX for GC was good, but the extreme difficulty was a bit much.

Turok and Turok 2 - Fantastic games that the move recent Turok games hasn't come close to touching.

WWF No Mercy - In the mid 90's-early 00's I was a HUGE WWF fan. This game really revolutionized what wrestling games could be.

Space Station Silicon Valley - Strange but fun game.

Mario Party series - The N64 started the Mario Party series, which I've always enjoyed.

Super Smash Bros. - A nice beginning to the series, though nowhere near as good as the later Smash Bros games.

Really the one and only huge problem I had with the N64 was the complete lack of RPG. Due mainly to issues with the cartridge based N64 there were practically no good RPG's. The only ones I can even think of is Paper Mario and Ogre Battle 64

[VictoryAtNight]

My only memory of the N64 was the game Starfox64. I believe that it was the first game to introduce vibration to the game controller. Starfox64 included a rumble pak (add-on) that used 2 AAA batteries to power the vibration feature. That was so cool at the time! I bought the game for that specific reason and it was so fun to play with. Very innovative for its time. I think Playstation came out with a vibration controller several months later. Sadly, I have never finished even one of my N64 games and I have about 30 of them. Most of my games are still unopened, believe it or not.

[Stones]

Playing Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and WWF No Mercy with friends.

Playing Super Mario 64 for the first time, classic game.

[Moviefan2k4]

Originally Posted by VictoryAtNight

My only memory of the N64 was the game Starfox64.

I liked that game quite a bit, but finally gave up on it, because I'd get all the way to the end with the hardest route, and wind up dead in seconds because of Star Wolf.

Sadly, I have never finished even one of my N64 games and I have about 30 of them. Most of my games are still unopened, believe it or not.

Wow; there's collectors around the world, who'd probably pay a lot for those (I'm not one of them).

Originally Posted by ChadFL

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Still viewed as the greatest game of all-time by many, myself included.

Agreed, but its addicting beyond measure. I rented that game when I was 18, and kept it for a few months, racking up a notable fine from my local Hollywood Video. I got a gold copy last year, and have beat it numerous times since. The hardest part is the Water Temple, though.

Super Mario 64 - Took Mario into the 3D era in impressive fashion.

Definitely, although the Shifting Sand and Clock Tower levels make me want to smash my head into a wall. Plus, spinning Bowser around gets aggravating, very quickly. I'd love to meet Charles Martinet someday, though.

GoldenEye 007 - In many ways helped usher in the FPS genre.

Played it a few times, but I don't remember being a big fan of it.

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - One of the best games of the Zelda franchise that unfortunately gets overshadowed by it's big brother OOT.

Of all the games I've played in the series, this one is, by far, the most annoying and stressful (even more so than Zelda II). Reliving the same three days, over and over again?!...whoever thought that up needs medication.

[snakeoo]

Superman being the shittest game ever lol

[madlost1]

Just won a jungle green console off of ebay. Words cant even begin to describe how happy I am. I'll post the story behind it later as I'm tired as hell right now.

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[svenge]

Playing 4-player Super Smash Bros. matches with my dorm friends, mostly.

[madlost1]

Originally Posted by madlost1

Just won a jungle green console off of ebay. Words cant even begin to describe how happy I am. I'll post the story behind it later as I'm tired as hell right now.

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Ha and I won a copy of Donkey Kong 64 earlier. As for the story when I first got a N64 in 99 I loved that thing to death. When I first got on to eBay I seen the Jungle Green console and wanted it terribly. My dad (mind you I was only 12 at this time) said I could bid up to $30 on the Jungle Green console. He went out that night and I of course being young drove the bid up to $78. Luckily I was outbid at the last second. Fast forward 11 years and I finally have my Jungle Green console.

[CoMaToast]

Man i missed playing this system! I got mine out of storage a few weeks ago and ended up going thru goldeneye , and It brought back some good memories

And last week I had a Ebay spree, and bought

-mario 64
-waverace 64
-perfect dark
-san francisco rush
-rush 2 ( for the stunt course )
- Mario Kart 64
- Diddy Kong Racing
- wcw/nwo
- NFL Blitz
- Ocarina of Time...


They look like poo on the flatscreen, but its tolerable after a few hrs of play

[Hatter]

Originally Posted by CoMaToast

Man i missed playing this system! I got mine out of storage a few weeks ago and ended up going thru goldeneye , and It brought back some good memories

And last week I had a Ebay spree, and bought

-mario 64
-waverace 64
-perfect dark
-san francisco rush
-rush 2 ( for the stunt course )
- Mario Kart 64
- Diddy Kong Racing
- wcw/nwo
- NFL Blitz
- Ocarina of Time...


They look like poo on the flatscreen, but its tolerable after a few hrs of play

Don't forget to buy a SDTV with that Much easier on the eyes.

Originally Posted by HoonieHoon

High School. Goldeneye 4 player multiplayer. Remote mines only

Perfect Dark, multiplayer with all three remote mines and sims = tons of explosions and secondary explosions.

[ChadFL]

Now that I think about it were there ANY JRPG's on the N64? It's one of my favorite consoles of all-time but it was pretty much devoid of Final Fantasy style RPS's, mainly due to hardware limitations that caused the RPG makers to turn to the PS One over N64. The only ones on the N64 I recall were Ogre Battle 64, Pokemon Stadium and Paper Mario.

[RomanBlade86]

To be honest, I didn't have a whole lot of personal memories with the system since I never owned one in its prime but I do remember playing Super Mario Kart 64 at someone's house and having a lot of fun with it. I would also occasionally see it set up at stores and I would give it a go but I was more into the Playstation. I thought disc-based games were so much cooler than carts because they were different than the stuff I had and played before.

[Henge86]

Floating mines in goldeneye

[Canada]

Just played Goldeneye, Mario Kart and Super Smash Brothers over at a friends about two weeks ago, it was as fun as ever. It was even more fun because we were all over at my friends and not just playing online.

[josuv22]

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[rdm5777]

Turok........cerebral bore!!!!!!

[randomhero24]

Blind buying Excitebike 64 and absolutley loving it. I think i played that game at least 4 hours a day for months.
It was lucky too even get a release in Australia, a lot of Nintendo Sports games did not.

[BillyTeddy]

Watching a friend play Ocarina of Time back in the late 90's or early 2000's and being terrified of seeing Redeads for the first time.
Playing Super Mario 64 and Star Fox 64 for the first time, I'll never forget it.

[deltatauhobbit]

I remember thinking I had no interest in getting a Nintendo 64. That was until I picked up the controller and started playing Mario 64. Blockbuster had a game system hooked up in their store with Mario in it free to play for as long as you wanted. Being able to run around in 3D like that, it was mesmerizing.

Of course, Goldeneye remains one of the best 64 memories. After 8th grade graduation, one of my friends threw a huge party and had about 30 people over. Goldeneye was hooked up so we'd take turns playing 4 player multi-player from pretty much dusk 'til dawn in between hanging out in the pool and drinking Mountain Dew to stay awake.

[Jodi]

GoldenEye 64. I never had so much fun blowing up so much s**t!!! Remember how you could blow up computers, bookshelves, desks, tables, chairs, glass -- GE64 had completely destructible environments, so you could do much more than just waste bad guys.

Speaking of bad guys, I did like the sniper rifle -- ever so often, if you shot a dude in the head with your sniper rifle, you'll notice the guy holding his neck (apparently unable to breathe) before he'd croak. That's what a bullet to the brain stem will do.