Still have an N64

CiDeRmAn

Seeing as there is a thread movement here, I thought I'd drag the discussion up a gen, to the N64.
How many of you have one and what games have you got, which were your favourites, even if you don't have one anymore, for shame!

I've a bit of a list, but the best are;
Mario64
DiddyKongRacing
Blastcorps
Starfox64
Jet Force Gemini
Banjo Kazooie/Tooie
Goldeneye
1080 Snowboarding
Waverace64
Star Wars Pod Racer
Rogue Squadron
Zelda OOT/MM

I have a fairly complete collection of everything I ever wanted on the console, they are just a couple of my faves.

Timans

Never had a N64, I'd still love one though but ebay's p&p really is a bastard for these types of items.

Played Goldeneye with a friend over in England and it was brilliant.

Another friend of mine had one and I played it a few times, love the controller.

o1s1n

My least liked Nintendo console. I don't know if it is the controller or what, but something really bugs me about it. Most of the games I picked up in a large Cash Converters lot. (Which explains the amount of racing titles!)

Extreme G
Starwars Rogue Squadron
Yoshi's Story
Goldeneye
International Superstar Soccer 64
F1 Pole Pision 64
Fifa 99
F1 Grand Prix
Lylat Wars
Turok
Turok 2
Zelda Ocarina of Time
Wave Race 64
Killer Instinct
Super Mario 64
V-Rally 64
Pokemon Stadium
Top Gear Overdrive
Mario Kart 64
Star Wars Racer
Top Gear Ralley
Lamborghini

o1s1n

Timans wrote:

Another friend of mine had one and I played it a few times, love the controller.

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It's a horribly put together mess. They put the analog stick in the wrong place. It should be where the D pad is. Because of this and the center "handle" bit comes lower, you end up holding the thing at a weird angle. The analog stick is too small and has rubbish grip to it. Ah, so many things wrong with it. Give me the Playstation 1 controller any day over it.

Bubs101

The best console of all time. So many great games. unsung classics like Mario Tennis and WWF no mercy to the greatest game in the world, Goldeneye (or is that Zelda??) and the controller was pure sex apart from when you played Turok

o1s1n

Bubs101 wrote:

The best console of all time.

You need to play more consoles

seo-ireland

I still have my N64 with:
- Ocarina of Time
- Goldeneye
- Jet Force Gemini
- F-Zero
- Mario 64
- Majora's Mask

However crummy the joypad was (I agree BTW) the N64 could only have had one game released and it would still have held a special place in my heart. That one game of course is Ocarina of Time.

Retr0gamer

o1s1n wrote:

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It's a horribly put together mess. They put the analog stick in the wrong place. It should be where the D pad is. Because of this and the center "handle" bit comes lower, you end up holding the thing at a weird angle. The analog stick is too small and has rubbish grip to it. Ah, so many things wrong with it. Give me the Playstation 1 controller any day over it.

The Ps1 controller was a mess, even the dual shock that is still around is terrible. I thought the N64 controller was fantastic. The only problem I have is that the analogue stick is rather flimsy and easy to break.

o1s1n

Retr0gamer wrote:

The Ps1 controller was a mess, even the dual shock that is still around is terrible. I thought the N64 controller was fantastic. The only problem I have is that the analogue stick is rather flimsy and easy to break.

So you have no problem with the misaligned way you have to hold the n64 pad when using the analog stick? That drives me insane. Not to mention the fact it's too high and your finger can slip off very easily. (Well, mine does for some reason)
I would think the analog stick being flimsy would take it down several notches from being considered fantastic.

It's just too big and clunky. Even the rumble paks were huge and needed batteries. No need for something of that size. It was a shame as it really ruined some classic games for me.

I've recently been playing some n64 games with a Playstation dual analog stick clone controller. I didn't think Lylat Wars could be any more fun. I was wrong.

GhostInTheRuins

I love my n64. still have a press full of games, about 20-25 I think. Some of my favs were:

Mario kart
Goldeneye
Perfect dark (oh yeah)
Wwf attitude (best wrestling game ever)
Mario 64
Blast corps
Banjo
yoshis story

The controller was perfect except for one thing - trying to get those pesky memory packs out of them! They were tough.

great console though.

Bubs101

Just remembered the Best thing about the 64. The Z button and it's use in Zelda. Genius

The Bollox

Bubs101 wrote:

Just remembered the Best thing about the 64. The Z button and it's use in Zelda. Genius

**** that! it's best use was in Goldeneye as your fire button, the fact it worked the same as a gun trigger was a great idea!

oh and Perfect Dark paled in comaprisson to Goldeneye, it just didn't have something Goldeneye did, I dont know what it was tho...

petes

The N64 controller was fantastic. End of.

Gizzle

D.T. Jesus wrote:

I love my n64. still have a press full of games, about 20-25 I think. Some of my favs were:

Mario kart
Goldeneye
Perfect dark (oh yeah)
Wwf attitude (best wrestling game ever)
Mario 64
Blast corps
Banjo
yoshis story

The controller was perfect except for one thing - trying to get those pesky memory packs out of them! They were tough.

great console though.

Bwaaah??

WWF Attitude the best wrestling game ever?! Surely you mean No Mercy...?
I have to add Majoras Mask to the "Best of" list,that was a criminally under appreciated title. Oni Link ftw.

Roar

i still have mine connected to my tv in my bedroom..

off the top of my head the games i have are mario 64, mario kart, diddy kong racing, star wars episode 1 pod racer, and pilot wings..

n64 pilotwings just wasnt as good as snes...

recently got an emulator, but the games dont transfer over well to a ps2 pad..

um7y1h83ge06nx

Great console, but regarding the joypad, it's tough to beat either the Dreamcast controller or the Xbox 360 controller which drew a lot of inspiration from the DC pad.

One thing I really hated about the N64 controller, was when you were having a good gaming session and your hands would get a little sweaty, my thumb would keep slipping off the stick. Plus the C buttons were too close together.

Never had the N64, my cousin had, though I may have played around with Project 64.

GhostInTheRuins

Gizzle wrote:

Bwaaah??

WWF Attitude the best wrestling game ever?! Surely you mean No Mercy...?
I have to add Majoras Mask to the "Best of" list,that was a criminally under appreciated title. Oni Link ftw.

Ooops, I certainly did mean No Mercy, thanks for pointing that out. And you're totally right about Majora's mask, that was a truly excellent game, I never had it for the N64 though, I had it for the gamecube.

seo-ireland

Wow I had totally forgotten about Oni Link. Majora's Mask was very good, if a bit odd.

<*spoiler alert*>
The final level on the Moon itself was trippy, with the whole blur effect thing going on. Loved that.
</*spoiler alert*>

Gizzle

If they have Oni Link, or even just an Oni Link costume in the new Smash Bros., I'll have to give Nintendo one of my Souls as thanks. Probably the first Soul Calibur...

CiDeRmAn

Pilot Wings 64, the game that, before GTAIII, made wandering around going sweet feck all, enjoying scenery and your mastery of the vehicles, wasted so many hours on that game, beautiful.
Its the one I don't want an update of, for fear of them screwing it up.
Loved that hangglider dive down the ravine in the arctic enviroment, sweet!

Shigsy

CiDeRmAn wrote:

Pilot Wings 64, the game that, before GTAIII, made wandering around going sweet feck all, enjoying scenery and your mastery of the vehicles...

The true predecessor to GTA3 was Body Harvest on the N64. It was even made by DMA, the crowd that originally made the very 1st GTA game ever, and in my opinion, the best GTA game on any platform to date (Grand Theft Auto on the PC). Strangly most peolpe have never heard of Body Harvest which is a pity because its a fantastic game.

Still have mine too. Some of the most under rated games on any platform were released on the N64, and some of the best games too. I had about 30 games but can't remember them all....here's some of the ones i had:

Lylat Wars
Space Station Silicon Valley (1 of the most original games ever)
Body Harvest
Jet Force Gemini
Top Gear Rally 2
GT Racing 64
Goldeneye
Perfect Dark
Diddy Kong Racing
Turok 2
Zelda: Ocarina of Time
ISS 98
Vigilante 8

Retr0gamer

DMA are still making the GTA games, they just changed their name to Rockstar North. They are also responsible for space station silicon valley.

CiDeRmAn

Have Bodyharvest, never liked it, I know gameplay is everything and the story is great but the game just looks terrible, as for the first GTA being the best, I had it on PC and PS1 and sorry, it was great and the best thing ever until GTAIII came out, then that was that, and no game has ever seemed the same since, in fact the likes of Saints Row and perhaps even GTASA has been trying to recapture that gangster vibe since, but to no avail, it looks like GTAIV could be a return to form for the series, a contemporary setting, big city, mafia, nice.
As for N64 games, I always had a soft spot for Glover and Beetle Adventure Racing, the former is like a cross between Marble Madness and Mario64 and the latter feels like a Need For Speed title that was converted into a license at the last minute, but is still a hoot none the less, certainly beats the Top Gear series hands down.
Must pop on DK64 again, see if I can follow what i'm supposed to be doing this time!

Shigsy

CiDeRmAn wrote:

...it was great and the best thing ever until GTAIII came out, then that was that, and no game has ever seemed the same since, in fact the likes of Saints Row and perhaps even GTASA has been trying to recapture that gangster vibe since, but to no avail...

Mafia on the PC was alot better than GTA3. They started development the same time as GTA (in fact i think it was slightly before) but the game got delayed by a year, hence the reason it came out after GTA3. The story had depth and the characters were believable. The missions made sense (no 'kill 50 people in 30 seconds' crap, ala GTA), car physics were a much higher standard, graphics were miles nicer, and the overall level of detail was higher e.g. tires could be shot out, windows smashed, car panels dented (where you hit, not overall generic damage), the cars needed fuel to run (you could fill up at petrol stations). The city was also alot more realistic, you got pulled over by police for speeding or for running red lights, and they didnt aimlessly ram your car to pieces or shoot you dead for it like in GTA, they reacted relistically to the crime eg. walking calmly up to your car after you pulled in and handing you a speeding ticket through the window. And you could drive out of the city into the country side... it was superior to GTA in every way. Its still up there with 1 of my fav games of all times, on any platform and for anyone who never played it, its only 10 euro or something stupid in any games shop, still well worth buying.