/vr/ - Retro Games

What GOOD games were there for n64? It has a handful of truly amazing games but then a sea of mediocre ones. I WANT to like n64 more.

>zelda x2
>mario (64, kart, tennis)
>the worms armeggeddon port was actually good too
>smash bros original (melee is better tho obviously)
>a few japan-only translated games i found
>pokemon puzzle and stadium are above average but not quite top tier
>??

Goldeneye I 100% think aged terribly, controls like crap. I've looked at tons of n64 games and most are mediocre at best. Meanwhile for example SNES has literally hundreds of fun delicious pixel games.

Please change my mind and post top tier n64 games. Thank you.

Any games or consoles that live in your memory for the HYPE moreso than for the game/console itself? I was so fucking hyped for the N64. The build up, seeing the game boxes, the wonder of 3D Mario, those fleeting minutes playing Mario at demo kiosks, the weird futuristic look of the controllers... it was almost just too much for eight year old me. The thing was fucking magical. Loved the shit out of Mario, Wave Race, Pilot Wings, Shadows of the Empire, anything that took me to those magical worlds presented in a way that only the N64 could manage.

But now, I can't bring myself to play more than 5 minutes of Wave Race or Pilotwings. Mario 64 is still fun, no doubt, but it's just a fun 3D platformer that doesn't hold up as well as some of the prior entries in the series. OoT and MM are still fun, but I'd just as soon play Windwaker which I wasn't quite as hyped for. I know it is hard for anything to live up to hype, but I was hyped for Super Mario RPG and that is still as magical as ever.

This isn't a "shit on the N64" thread, just a place to discuss games where the prerelease information, anticipation, and overall vibe made a much greater impression on you than the game itself.

Did any other retro game consoles have a distinctive smell like the Nintendo64 did?

I can still smell that metallic toast aroma.

>>7113463
>Because it had more JRPGs.
It was more once they had beat Super Mario 64 there was nothing else to play so they all returned them for other systems that had games.