Top Ten Nintendo 64 Games that made the 90's something to remember.

[Paul Bacon]

casually forgets DK64

and Majora's mask
(love the giants btw)

 

[Donkeyd]

Ah yes the days of friends and weed playing Mario kart all night

 

[j.f.🔎]

I had a SEGA Saturn at the time so I dunno any games that haven't been mentioned, Mario64 was really good though, I had that for the DS.

 

[TheOneWhoWatches]

This was my favorite game. I love fatalities.

d-pad intense an Soul Caliber

 

[TheOneWhoWatches]

4. Perfect Dark

Released: May 22, 2000


If you liked GoldenEye, then chances were you would like Perfect Dark. Although, this game was far more Sci-Fi than 007, it used the same engine and had almost the exact same feel as its RareWare predecessor.


The main game followed our protagonist Joana Dark in her mission to stop an extraterrestrial conspiracy created by a rival corporation dataDyne. You could shoot an unlimited amount of random dataDyne employees and not even feel bad they wouldn’t return home to their families, why? Because every gun had two modes of destruction.

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The weapons in this game were crazy! Like the Laptop Gun, you could fire it rapidly or turn it into a stationary sentry weapon, throw it, have it stick to a wall and give you cover fire as you also shot “Ted” the part time dataDyne employee probably making twice minimum wage to guard a hallway. Alien weapons could also be acquired with single shot or explosive rounds. There was even a gun that could see through the walls with an infrared-style scope, you could then shoot other players through any barrier through the entire map! Talk about making your friends rage quit! You could even make one of the popular assault rifles into a proximity bomb, so when someone goes to grab it, boom!


All of this being accessible in the multiplayer mode where you could fight in the traditional death match mode or enjoy co-op gameplay against differently gauged AI gave you and your friends plenty to do all weekend instead of doing chores or sleeping.

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This game was also the most advanced 64 games you could get, with high resolution, Widescreen support and Dolby’s surround sound, but you had to have the Expansion Pack or you would be doomed to only being able to access only “some” of the multiplayer features.

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3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Released: November 21, 1998


The Legend of Zelda games have always been awesome and popular. How do you even live up to The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past? Well this game did a great job, that’s for sure.

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Exploring forests, destroying clay pots and making sure the entire village is void of any overgrown vegetation was the name of the game.



Our hero Link is armed with a sword and shield that help him fight a large array of monsters and bosses alike. Link also had many other tools to help him save Hyrule form the evil Ganondorf, like his trusty boomerang, bow and arrow, deku nuts, bombs, slingshot and random sticks! Most importantly he had his Ocarina, which could be used to help the player progress throughout the game, even altering time!

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Difficult puzzles and fights made this game challenging, sometimes you had to go by word-of-mouth strategies to help you get past some of the more tricky areas. Some people still shutter at the mere mention of “The Water Temple.”

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2. GoldenEye 007

Released: August 25, 1997


This game! If you had any kind of resentment towards a friend or sibling, you could take out all your frustrations on them RC-P90 style!

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There was a very solid single player game here that has me often going back to replay so I can relive a time where my back and knees weren’t giving out. Assume the role of British Secret Intelligence Service agent James Bond as you fight against a criminal syndicate trying to use a satellite weapon against London.



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Using high tech gadgets and reading mission briefings to get the job done was quite the experience, but we needed guns, and lots of em! This game had a pretty large arsenal of unique weapons that had a pretty large spectrum of fire rates, accuracy and sound effects. There were also remote mines, grenades and a watch laser that could be used as weapons.

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Take all of these weapons of warfare and put them in a multiplayer death match that could support up to four players split screen and you have a top selling N64 game. This was back in the day when you started the level unarmed and had to run to the nearest guns or ammo scattered throughout the level along with everyone else. This made for some pretty suspenseful moments, like when your little brother grabs the rocket launcher while you stand there dumbfounded two feet away. I mean, you both got blown up in the end, but what happened to your pride?

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1. Super Mario 64

Released: September 29, 1996


This was the first game I saw that showcased what the N64 had to offer, it was on demo at our local movie/video game rental store. IT BLEW MY FREAKIN MIND! I had been playing the SNES and the Sega Genesis for years at this point and had been used to the 2D top view or sidescrollers for pretty much my whole life. I understand Sony’s PS1 had been out two years prior and offered 3D gamming, but it just didn’t appeal to us kids as much as the N64 did. To see my favorite video game character in 3D with all of his fancy jumps, punches and kicks, it was beyond amazing.

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You followed our favorite plumber as he fights through the many possessed paintings hanging in Princess Peach’s castle as you try to gain enough starts to open locked doors in the castle locked by none other than King Bowser. Bowser has kidnapped the princess and left all of the mushroom people who inhabit the castle scattered and confused.


The game had so many levels and so much to do! From drowning in water, sinking in quicksand, being thrown off cliffs and even being burned alive inside a volcano, Super Mario 64 had it all! Luckily you can refill your life gauge with coins! Sometimes you would get lucky and find a red or blue coin that would help tremendously in staying alive in these crazy levels.

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The atmosphere, the challenges and collecting all of the 120 available stars for those of us who had to do it all made this game one to always remember.


Which title did I leave out? Which Nintendo 64 game was your favorite? I would love to hear what games you enjoyed, thanks for reading!

Throwing the penguin off the cliff makes you think

 

[TheOneWhoWatches]

The best or nothing…

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very decent collection

 

[TheOneWhoWatches]

Good times indeed

Indeed good times

 

[TheOneWhoWatches]

The best or nothing…

I've got DOOM from DOOM(93) to Eternal all on my PS4. All but Eternal are Emulated and DOOM64 shows it the most. Makes it hard to wanna play it. Great on the 64 itself tho.

didn’t play much till xbox one

 

[TheOneWhoWatches]

I was the same had a nes then super nintendo then n64 the super nintendo was my fave

jelly-boy i wonder what funcoland sales ad

 

[TheOneWhoWatches]

casually forgets DK64

and Majora's mask
(love the giants btw)

didn’t play 😕

 

[TheOneWhoWatches]

I had a SEGA Saturn at the time so I dunno any games that haven't been mentioned, Mario64 was really good though, I had that for the DS.

playing sonic , streets of rage , mortal kombat was best

 

[j.f.🔎]

playing sonic , streets of rage , mortal kombat was best

Streets of Rage was the Genesis/MegaDrive, it's still one of the best scrolling beat em ups imo, I had a go on it earlier this year on an arcade emulator.

 

[Denim Chicken]

Blast Corps
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire and Rogue Squadron

Just three off the top of my head, haven't played 64 in a very long time

 

[Fäthër Cörpsë]

for those that cannot find Mario 64, Banjo Kazooie is a comparable title. It’s pretty fun.

 

[sansui205]

Good times indeed

 

[miketeevee13]

Yes sir!! Ok here I go

Legend of Zelda Ocarina of time
Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask
Banjo Kazooie
Banjo Tooie
Perfect Dark
Goldeneye
Turok 2 Shadows of oblivion
Mario 64
Mario Kart 64
Star Fox 64
Diddy Kong racing (fuck those hard bosses)
Smash Bros
Conkers Bad Fur Day.
Hybrid Heaven
Glover
Star Wars Rogue Squadron
Body Harvest (totally kicks ass)
Shadow man
Paper Mario

I’d verse my brother in Smash Bros and kick his ass. He’d always start crying and throw the controller then I would kick his ass in real life.
Good times