N64 games

Whispered

Hey for the last 8 years or so, my sister and I have been arguing over which on of us lost the N64. My mother finally found it last week "safely put away" . So I was wondering if anybody could tell me where to go to get games for such an old console. I was looking at EBAY, but I think there is difference between the European and American console; or will cartridges work in both?

I'm sure that this stage there are no shops selling these, so any online places you can suggest for me?

tallaghtmick

Whispered wrote: »

Hey for the last 8 years or so, my sister and I have been arguing over which on of us lost the N64. My mother finally found it last week "safely put away" . So I was wondering if anybody could tell me where to go to get games for such an old console. I was looking at EBAY, but I think there is difference between the European and American console; or will cartridges work in both?

I'm sure that this stage there are no shops selling these, so any online places you can suggest for me?

ebay is best,i heard theres a shop in town that sells old games too and you can always try gumtree or adverts you might get lucky.

qz

There is indeed a place beside Captain America's on Grafton St. that sells older games, although their N64 collection is quite small, no idea about prices. Worth a look anyway if you're around there.

Banjo Fella

Whispered wrote: »

I think there is difference between the European and American console; or will cartridges work in both?

N64 games are region-locked, so only PAL copies of games will work with your console. Have a look for European or Australian copies of the games you want and you should be fine.

Jagle

cousin moved to dublin for college years ago, gave him a lend of my old 64 as i had a ps2 at the time, now he claims its back in my aunties attic, god what i would do to have ti back, the N64 releases on the wii are terrible, damn you microsoft

think ill have to go over and try find it soon, banjo series was great, and donkey kong, and i could go on but ill leave it there

landsleaving

qz wrote: »

There is indeed a place beside Captain America's on Grafton St. that sells older games, although their N64 collection is quite small, no idea about prices. Worth a look anyway if you're around there.

Much better is the RAGE on Fade st. They have a really good N64 selection and I think they have some American games too.

tallaghtmick

id rather download the games as roms and use a emulator

Irish Halo

landsleaving wrote: »

Much better is the RAGE on Fade st. They have a really good N64 selection and I think they have some American games too.

Agreed was in there over Xmas, a good selection of N64 stuff, was very tempted but was broke.

Whispered

Thanks a million, I'll be in town on tuesday, I'll have a look then.

Just have Zelda with it at the moment. Memories!!

When the console was new, the only games we had were Zelda, Mario Kart and Mario 64. So I'll be looking for those two again. Jagle, you were going to name some more - please do, so I'll have an idea what to look out for.

Jagle

well OTT and the one i prefer MM is a much cooler zelda game, the 2 banjos, donkey kong 64, golden eye, man remember renting a N64 for my bday with my mates about 10 of us all playing golden eye for about 4 hours brlliant, em lemmie think of waht else i had ill get bcak to you, but MM and banjo kazooie and the sequal banjo tooie wast it

tallaghtmick

roque squadron was my fave
the wcw/wwe games where fun for 4 people
perfect dark
i heard blast corps was a good game but never found out myself.

I-Shot-Jr

tallaghtmick wrote: »

roque squadron was my fave
the wcw/wwe games where fun for 4 people
perfect dark
i heard blast corps was a good game but never found out myself.

Blast corps was ok at best. I got bored of it quite quickly.

Selfy

Lylat Wars, D.K. Racing, Rayman 2 and J.F. Gemini are some more great games, definitely worth looking out for.

Retr0gamer

I-Shot-Jr wrote: »

Blast corps was ok at best. I got bored of it quite quickly.

Rubbish, it was for me the best thing Rare ever did and the best game they made on the N64. Simple but huge amounts of fun and replayability.

I-Shot-Jr

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Rubbish, it was for me the best thing Rare ever did and the best game they made on the N64. Simple but huge amounts of fun and replayability.

We'll agree to disagree then, I thought it was a pile of ****e.

gouche

Second Blast Corps. And Jet Force Gemini - played it with an emulator not long ago and it hasn't aged too badly.

Mixed opinions on this one but i used to love Body Harvest. Sandbox from DMA before GTA3.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnocQS1maqg

stesaurus

Have to give a mention to Goemon. Excellent platform adventure similiar to Zelda.
You can't go wrong with either of the Banjo's. Excellent alomost perfect platformers.
Space Station Silicon Valley was pretty good too. Puzzler/Platformer with a lot of humour.
Perfect Dark was easily the best shooter of it's time.

smokingman

Beetle Adventure Racing was, apart from Mario Kart, the best racer.
Still have nearly forty old N64 games in my playroom, haven't played it in a while though.

Gulliver

Conker's Bad Fur Day - especially on multiplayer. I still get fits of laughing at the way the refugees made "Frenchie" noises when you ran.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhVUtjNV80U

tallaghtmick

gouche wrote: »

Second Blast Corps. And Jet Force Gemini - played it with an emulator not long ago and it hasn't aged too badly.

Mixed opinions on this one but i used to love Body Harvest. Sandbox from DMA before GTA3.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnocQS1maqg

that game was excellent i spent hours on it

Ragdoll742

landsleaving wrote: »

Much better is the RAGE on Fade st. They have a really good N64 selection and I think they have some American games too.

They sold the console and controllers aswell last time I was there

€50 in there would get you a console and a game. Great value.