Best n64 Games

jimi_t

Getting an n64 for dossing around with during the summer - always thought it was the most playable of that generation. I'll have the following games for it

Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Zelda: Majora's Mask
Goldeneye
Perfect Dark
Mario Kart 64
Mario 64
Mario Tennis 64
Diddy Kong Racing
Yoshi's Story
Turok 2
Quake
Gex 64

Is there anything I'm criminally missing out on? Rare JAP/US Imports, amazingly underrated multiplayer games? (also, anyone want to trade Gex 64 for just about ANY other game or have any games not listed they'd like to sell?)

Retr0gamer

Quite a few you are missing:

Jet Force Gemini
Diddy Kong racing
Mario Golf
Mystical Ninja
Excite Bike
Wave Race 64
Banjo Kazooie and Tootie
Lylat Wars
F-zero X
Blast Corps
Body Harvest
Rayman 2
Space Station Silicon Valley
Star Wars Episode 1 Racer
Shadowman
1080 snowboarding
Paper Mario
Wipeout 64
Ridge Racer 64
Glover
Harvest Moon

Not many imports. Best bets are:
Sin and Punishment
Goemons great adventure
Ogre Battle 64
Custom Robo

Remember that if you want to play imports you need an NTSC console. They can be modified to take Jap or American games. The PAL console is practically a different machine so there isn't a mod to allow NTSC games to be played and any pass through cartridges, etc. don't work terribly well.

Edit: Banjai-oh if you haven't got it on the DC.

qz

Super Smash Bros.!

TX123

Its hard to believe that there will never be another game ever like zelda:Ocarina of time. The graphics were not the best but it really is at the bottom of my list for good gameplay. Nothing comes near it in my opinion. I always get a nostalgic feeling when i think of it and there are very few modern games that can produce a feeling like that.

GrumPy

TX123 wrote:

Its hard to believe that there will never be another game ever like zelda:Ocarina of time. The graphics were not the best but it really is at the bottom of my list for good gameplay. Nothing comes near it in my opinion. I always get a nostalgic feeling when i think of it and there are very few modern games that can produce a feeling like that.

I never played it for more than 30mins I'm sure someday I will get a chance to fire up the cube' and give it a whirl, but it just looks so nasty.

Stalfos

Thought the graphics while not breath-taking came close to it. A true epic imo. Certainly stood the test of time imo unlike so many other classics. Mario 64, Final Fantasy vii to name a few.

Also another few games i liked that weren't mentioned.

Donkey Kong 64
Pokemon Stadium
Bomberman 64
Mario Party 1 (even though most of the rest suck)

Tank Top Fever!

Pilotwings is also worth a look, but Retro fairly named all the essentials right there

evad_lhorg

conkers bad fur day!

Mr. K

Jet Force Gemini was wicked. You could waste anything and it was always really bloody. Very hard though, classic Rare. Unlike PDZ.
Pokémon Stadium was so frustrating, I remember trying to get a Surfing Pikachu and actually screaming at the telly. The only other time I've done that was when I fought Solidus on Extreme in MGS2.

jimi_t

Hmm... Definitely Lylat wars is on my list - I'll stay away from my RPGs for the moment, I far prefer the SNES topdown or the PS cinematic approach - I never knew Wipeout was on the 64 :eek: how does it compare to 2097 (my single most replayed game of all time) in terms of sickening speed?

If I was to get five of what I was missing, how does this sound :

Mario Golf
Lylat Wars
Wipeout 64
F-Zero X
Jet Force Gemini

Call Me Jimmy

if you're gonna be playing mutliplayer then diddy kong racing is a must tbh. It is so brilliant and when 2 or more people get really good at it it gets sooo tactical! best multiplayer racing of all time.

Jim

evad_lhorg

fzero x is pretty bad tbh. it really doesnt seem like youre going fast in it at all. kinda boring too.

rainbow kirby

Ocarina of Time is one of the true greats. I have fond memories of Super Mario 64 too. Loved 1080, Blast Corps, Conker and Snowboard Kids too.

Setun

Retr0gamer wrote:

Quite a few you are missing:
Space Station Silicon Valley

Possibly one of the most underrated N64 games ever? I loved it, innovative and so uterly playable. Body Harvest as well is a deffo, the atmosphere was fantastic and really apocalyptic, but perhaps a bit dated graphics-wise (if this doesn't bother you snap it right up!)

The Bollox

Goldeneye FTW!!!!

also:
Mario 64
Orcarina of Time
Majoras Mask
Mario Party

jimi_t

jimi_t wrote:

Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Zelda: Majora's Mask
Goldeneye
Perfect Dark
Mario Kart 64
Mario 64
Mario Tennis 64
Diddy Kong Racing
Yoshi's Story
Turok 2
Quake
Gex 64

Just to restate - these are the games I already have

So top 5 I don't have would then be

Lylat Wars
Mario Golf
Space Station Silicon
Wipeout 64
Jet Force Gemini

honru

The N64 was my console of choice all those years ago; unfortunetly most of its best games haven't aged very well. Here are a few of my favourites that (probably) hold up today:

Excitebike 64
F-Zero X (since been bettered by F-Zero GX on the Gamecube, though this has Death Race )
Legend of Zelda: OOT (still a gem)
Legend of Zelda: MM
Lylat Wars/Starfox 64
Mischief Makers
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Mystical Ninja 2 (great 2 player, is on PAL too)
Paper Mario
Pilotwings 64
Snowboard Kids (superior to Mario Kart 64 in the day imo. Probably crap now though)
Super Mario 64 (still a joy to play now like the Marios before it)
Yoshi's Story (solely for the fruit quest)

Oh, and Superman 64. Just for humours sake.

Retr0gamer

Thought Conkers was overrated tripe.

You should really get Space Station Silicon Valley.

shatners basoon

I'd say most those games you've got'll last you a nice length of time, especially the zeldas with MM being one of my favourites of all time, OoT wasnt' bad either Don't think i've ever played a game with a better control system.
Mystical Ninja is hilarious and i second Silicon Valley too, really innovative game, haven't seen anything like it since.
I'd choose mario tennis over mario golf personally solely for the multiplayer. Diddy Kong Racing also has amazing depth (despite its kiddy image)

I thought Conker's was quite fun really, worth it if you can get it on the cheap but yes it was overrated and some of the humour is pretty poor, (if you find poo hilarious its right up your alley!)

Ah.... the N64 was great

Zulu

Snowboard Kids.
What a ledgend of a game. It's still great.

1huge1

im replaying zelda oot on the gamecube and so far im in the shadow temple hard enough
also been playing f zero x
whats everyones times on death race? i got all 30 destroyed in 1:51 seriously

Cake Fiend

I also quite enjoyed Rogue Squadron.
Anything else has already been mentioned.

CiDeRmAn

Loved Mario64, a timeless beautiful game, amazing, shows just how bloated and overwhelming Donkey Kong 64 really is.
I love Beetle Adventure Racing and Diddy Kong Racing, can't wait for the DS version of the latter!
I quite like a game called Glover, a very weird platformer, Mario/Marblemadness, quite quite odd.
Pilotwings is the one I would most like to see translated to the DS, it could be the chill out game of the century.

klingklang

Pilotwings is superb - Stunt Race FX was fun too.

Stalfos

CiDeRmAn wrote:

I quite like a game called Glover, a very weird platformer, Mario/Marblemadness, quite quite odd.

Oh God Glover :eek: the game took years off my life, It was so annoyin. The puzzles were fun at times but to much like marblemaddness for my liken.
Also another game that i remembered just now was Buck Bumble (or something similar). You were a bee that had moves based on a helicopter and flew around shooting other bees,flies,wasps etc. Was pretty good.

Cake Fiend

klingklang wrote:

Stunt Race FX was fun too.

That was on the SNES!

(And yes, it was fun!)

klingklang

Sico wrote:

That was on the SNES!

(And yes, it was fun!)

oops! so it was!

Setun

Stalfos wrote:

Oh God Glover :eek: the game took years off my life, It was so annoyin. The puzzles were fun at times but to much like marblemaddness for my liken.
Also another game that i remembered just now was Buck Bumble (or something similar). You were a bee that had moves based on a helicopter and flew around shooting other bees,flies,wasps etc. Was pretty good.

Yeah I remember Glover, and Buck Bumble! Does anyone remember the title music to it? Awful!

Ah jeez, so many memories! In Pilotwings I used to just fly about for hours in the plane thing. And the mini-games were great too - especially the cannon one

im...LOST

Glover was fun!
Although I only played a demo of it........on the PC.
But it seemed like a good game.

Retr0gamer

Well thanks a lot guys. I should be finishing Dragon Quest VIII and now the N64 is getting a thorough going over.

Really have to get my hands on Lylat Wars and Pilotwings.

Setun

Actually a great underrated multiplayer game imo was Duke Nukem 64. I used to have great matches with my mates way back in the day - get a 3 player game going against the dukebot on the hardest difficulty setting on Castle Dukenstein, Piracy or the Stadium. Great stuff.

Lemlin

Was Banjo Kazooie mentioned? Another top quality Rare platformer.

I remember picking up an N64 with Goldeneye for 100 pound, some of the best money I ever spent. Still playing Goldeneye to this day.

Setun

Jeez, Banjo Kazooie. The last place with the big tree in the winter mode was possibly my most frustrating gaming experience. Ever. Was nearly at the top and I slipped on ice right down to ther bottom again :mad:

TheAlmightyArse

Forsaken is well worth a look. It would be a pretty unremarkable first-person shooter, if it wasn't for the fact that you fly around the stages with lovely controls that allow complete, fast 3D movement. Great fun, though the multiplayer is really head-wrecking for quite a while before it gets really intense.

Also, Zelda: Majora's Mask is a must play. Snowboard Kids and Silicon Valley are, too.

ninja 101

banjo games are essential,don't forget top gear rally tho,quake is a good laugh,actually once I get back to Ireland I think I'll dust off the old nintendo.