N64 game reccomendations?

[Anonymous No.4006657]

So I just recently got myself an Everdrive 64, since 64 emulation is kinda shite.(A cart that allows you to load roms onto an actual N64). I'm definitely gonna be playing a lot of it, even cleaned out my controller and console in preparation, but I'm wondering what games I should play. I know all the big ones people recommend, the Rare games, Pokemon Snap, Mario Party, OoT, etc. But I'm wondering, does anyone here have any lesser known games they'd like to recommend? Ones that aren't on every "Best N64 games ever" list ever made?

[Anonymous No.4006662]

I don't see enough people recommend Perfect Dark, so that

[Anonymous No.4006664]

Yoshi's Story
Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire
Paper Mario
Snowboard Kids (If you have friends)
That's about it though. Really, just stick to the Rareware games for right now. That'll last you a while

[Anonymous No.4006668]

Rakuga Kids (Japan/PAL only 2D fighter by Konami. there's a patch on romhacking.net to make the PAL version playable on NTSC N64s)
Densha de GO!! 64 (Recently got an English patch)
F-Zero X Expansion Kit (V3 ED64s can play 64DD stuff)

[Anonymous No.4006680]

>>4006668
>Rakuga Kids (Japan/PAL only 2D fighter by Konami. there's a patch on romhacking.net to make the PAL version playable on NTSC N64s)
Does it also fix the framerate?

[Anonymous No.4006683]

>>4006657
OP here, I also am curious if anyone here can suggest good, reasonably priced repro controllers. Buying used OEM N64 controllers are a bit of a gamble, especially with the shoddy joysticks.

[Anonymous No.4006684]

>>4006657

Rocket Robot On Wheels
Beetle Adventure Racing
Battletanx
Army Men Sarges Heroes
San Francisco Rush
San Francisco Rush 2049
Rush 2 Extreme Racing USA
Space Station Silicon Valley
All 4 Star Wars games
Both Goemon games
Both Gex games
The World Is Not Enough
1080 Snowboarding
Hot Wheels Turbo Racing

[Anonymous No.4006689]

[Anonymous No.4006690]

>>4006657

Bomberman 64/Hero/Second Attack
Cruis'n USA/World
Harvest Moon 64
Hexen
Jet Force Gemini
Killer Instinct Gold
Mischief Makers
Ogre Battle 64
Polaris SnoCross
Rush 2
Shadow Gate 64
Super Bowling
Transformers Beast Wars Transmetals
Tonic Trouble
Vigilante 8/Second Offense
War Gods
Worms Armageddon

And because I really don't value your time: Quest 64

[Anonymous No.4006692]

>lesser known games
Here's some with really short descriptions.
Hybrid Heaven, a strange RPG/Fighting game hybrid. One of the few RPGs on the console.
Last Legion UX, a mecha-fighting game similar to Virtual On. Japan only but recently got a translation.
Rocket Robot on Wheels, a standard collectathon platformer. It stands out however by having an impressive physics engine, with puzzles revolving around it.
Rakuga Kids, a 2D fighter with a nice chalk drawing art style. PAL and JPN only.
Bangai-O, shoot 'em up where one can flood the screen with missiles and cause pure mayhem. Japan only.
Glover, platformer where each stage requires you to carry a ball to the end.

[Anonymous No.4006694]

>>4006683
Just buy replacement joysticks. It's a detachable module you literally only need a screwdriver to remove and replace. Even most chink ones are fine.

[Anonymous No.4006696]

>>4006694
I knew you could replace the sticks, but after hearing how the GC styled one had a shit dead zone and was directionaly shit, was worried about third party ones. Any specific brand you can recommend that doesn't have the shitty 8 direction movement?

[Anonymous No.4006697]

There's some pretty good puzzle games for it, like Tetrisphere, Wetrix, Puzzle League, Dr. Mario and The New Tetris.

[Anonymous No.4006701]

>>4006694
I've heard though that those joysticks don't register walking, like if you hold it a tiny bit to the left, it registers it as being ALL the way to the left.

[Anonymous No.4006712]

>>4006696

You could get one of those Japanese Hori minipads, but they're expensive.

[Anonymous No.4006716]

>>4006712
Yeah. I'd get one if they weren't a hundred bucks, and I hadn't already spent 110 on the ED64. They do seem really nice though.

[Anonymous No.4006727]

Mystical Ninja 64
Goemons Great adventure if you have friends

[Anonymous No.4006728]

>>4006657
http://vsrecommendedgames.wikia.com/wiki/Nintendo_64

Shadow Gate 64
Hyrbid Heaven
Fighter's Destiny
Shadow Man
Rayman 2
Mischeif Makers

[Anonymous No.4006741]

>>4006657

>64 emulation is kinda shite

Why does everyone here keep saying that? I love my N64 emulator. Are you all just repeating a meme? If an emulator can let you play a variety of games you used to play on the real system, the visuals look like they did on the real system, the buttons do the same thing they did on the real system, and it doesn't randomly shut off in the middle of playing it, what else do you want out of it? Is this another one of those 'autistically obsess about visual details nobody notices unless you're trying really hard to look for them' episode?

[Anonymous No.4006749]

>>4006741
Can't wait for this argument

[Anonymous No.4006752]

>>4006741
I mean, I've gotten various visual glitches from emulation myself. While none were game-breaking, there were times where effects would mess up noticeably. For example, in Banjo Kazooie, the pause menu is supposed to be transparent black. But when emulated, it can appear as static. There's also some games that simply don't agree with emulators, like Yoshi's Story.

[Anonymous No.4006756]

>>4006752

>pause menu isn't the same color

That sounds really easy to not care about desu.

>Yoshi's Story

What happens with it?

[Anonymous No.4006757]

>>4006741

[Anonymous No.4006761]

>>4006757

I don't know what's supposed to be wrong with that picture.

[Anonymous No.4006765]

>>4006761
You don't notice how fucky the lettering is?

[Anonymous No.4006794]

>>4006741
My emulator can't really play Shadows of the Empire. The second level flickers so hard you'd think it was trying to give me a seizure.

[Anonymous No.4006809]

>>4006741
>If an emulator can let you play a variety of games you used to play on the real system, the visuals look like they did on the real system, the buttons do the same thing they did on the real system, and it doesn't randomly shut off in the middle of playing it, what else do you want out of it?

It's funny because everything you mentioned is exactly what's wrong with PJ64 and other N64 emus for now. Maybe, just maybe, things will change for the better but it's too soon whether improvements will certainly be made.

>>4006657
So ... you already got recommendations but that wasn't enough and you demand for more instead of just putting in a little effort to lurk on the internet to watch some more gameplay footage of games or reading reviews about them? Hell there's even a channel on youtube that's dedicated to reviewing as good as every N64 game released and even does some reviews on japanese imports. If you weren't so lazy you would have encountered it, watched a video or 10 of it and you'd have more recommendations without wasting your time here. Also, you say you got an everdrive. Then what's stopping you from getting a torrent with every N64 game ever and try out some of them over the course of months? I mean, it's not gonna cost you money and it's not like you're in a hurry to get every N64 game you should play.

[Anonymous No.4006818]

>>4006809

[Anonymous No.4006884]

well, let's try this here:
recently my everdrive 64 started giving me faster framerates than it should. I didn't change anything concerning the setup or the roms I'm using, it's PAL roms on a PAL n64. The change is subtle enough for me to be not sure if it's a permanent issue, I confirmed my suspicion by comparing my original snowboard kids cartridge with the rom I usually play. has anyone else run into this problem?

[Anonymous No.4006912]

>>4006809

>It's funny because everything you mentioned is exactly what's wrong with PJ64 and other N64 emus for now.

Except that's not true. I play an N64 emulator (tendo64 for android) every day and it works completely fine on Super Smash Bros, Mario Kart 64, and Ocarina of Time.

[Anonymous No.4006916]

>>4006912
>Super Smash Bros, Mario Kart 64, and Ocarina of Time
All first party titles, that's about the ONLY kind of games that work well

[Anonymous No.4006927]

>>4006916

So it just doesn't work on fake games?

[Anonymous No.4006936]

>>4006927
>fake games

[Anonymous No.4006939]

>>4006741
I played most of my N64 backlog (roughly half a dozen games) using Project64. Never noticed any issues

[Anonymous No.4006943]

>>4006927
Good luck playing some Factor 5 games

[Anonymous No.4006945]

>>4006939
Can't play any Star Wars game, can't play Gauntlet, can't play Pokemon Snap

[Anonymous No.4006947]

>>4006943

>Looks up Factor 5
>Star Wars games
I don't play games that are based on movies.
>Pokemon Stadium
That would've been interesting if I still had my old gameboy with my pokemon to load to it, but I don't think there's much point in playing it otherwise.
>Resident Evil 2
I don't really like horror games. I remember seeing the first Resident Evil at a friend's house when it came out and I was admittedly impressed with that zombie cut scene in the beginning, but the gameplay seemed kind of boring, like just walking around trying to solve find keys and solve lame puzzles while shooting at rabid dogs and shit. I'd much rather play something more fantastical in setting and less cerebral / more physically active in puzzle content like Zelda games.

[Anonymous No.4006948]

>>4006936

Why are third parties even allowed to make games when Nintendo does all the best games themselves already?

[Anonymous No.4006961]

>>4006947
Nobody cares what you like and don't like.

[Anonymous No.4006967]

>>4006947
Snap, not Stadium, Stadium works albeit with glitches

[Anonymous No.4006970]

>>4006967

>Snap

That's even worse, who would want to play a game about taking photographs of pokemon? That's like playing a Sonic game where you just follow him around and gauge his speed with police radar instead of playing as him.

[Anonymous No.4006975]

>>4006970
>who would want to play a game about taking photographs of pokemon?
I don't know, you will never know either since you can't fucking play it.

[Anonymous No.4006979]

>>4006975

>you can't play bad games

That sounds like a public service, not a problem.

[Anonymous No.4006984]

>>4006970
The "taking photos of pokemon" is just the surface, at its core it's a rail shooter.
Have you beaten the top score for each level? I thought so.

[Anonymous No.4006985]

>>4006979
You can't play Body Harvest past a certain point (the game is incompletable).

[Anonymous No.4007038]

>>4006912
Try playing more than those three and come back when you're done.

[Anonymous No.4007070]

N64 emulation is still shit you mongoloids

[Anonymous No.4007152]

>>4007038

I honestly don't know why you'd want to play anything other than those three. They give you everything you could ever want. Fighting, karting, and the one good N64 Zelda.

[Anonymous No.4007386]

When will people notice that this is b8.

[Anonymous No.4007387]

>>4007152
Are you admitting the N64 is only good for Mario and Zelda games? Because I totally agree with that

[Anonymous No.4007406]

>>4007387
And pokemon.

[Anonymous No.4007413]

>>4006761

It's fucked, man I used to play Pj64 too, but thats the truth...

[Anonymous No.4008350]

>>4006662
i second this. honestly my fav N64 game. i think its way better than golden eye.

[Anonymous No.4008498]

Milos Bowling is underrated, great party game to play with friends.

[Anonymous No.4008503]

>>4006657

play Road Rash 64 to completion

[Anonymous No.4008506]

Any wrestling game made by AKI.
WCW vs nWo World Tour is practically a demo for Virtual Pro Wrestling 64. Go for VPW64 instead, unless you want to really play as Glacier and Wrath.

[Anonymous No.4008521]

Listen to me. These are the games you must play:

Banjo-Kazooie,
Star Wars Episode I: Racer,
Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage,
Mario Party 2,
and last but not least Rayman 2.

They're the games I was into around the time my late father forced me to rape my mom. He'd frequently beat the shit out of us. I'll never seek to inquire what the matter with him was, as a person. I proudly retain a fixation for 90's vidya though, and the games I listed are good enough to be on the periphery of the better portion of how I think.

[Anonymous No.4008602]

>>4008521

It's not as if he had mental problems or anything. He was normally really supportive and he was a very responsible with money. To me it's preoccupying that he may have lived his life much as I have, I mean I basically threw away my 20s. I'm okay with that, though. To bring another life into the world would be a disservice to everyone and, honestly, some family lines don't extinguish until long after they ought to. Nobody cares about this I'm sure, sorry that I'm seemingly dumping this here I don't know who else I would write to. Anyways, play those games I listed OP. They're quite great.

I'll refrain from posting shit like this in the future.

[Anonymous No.4008627]

>>4008521
>>4008602
I'm sorry, what?

[Anonymous No.4008687]

>>4006696
The ones I've used are just generic knock offs. A shit ton of people resell them for profit. I wont lie and say they are the same as oem but I use them to fix up controllers that I resell sometimes and I don't really get complaints back about them. I have personally only kept and used the first 4 I fixed up.

Pic related is what I use. They only have one major flaw which is that the cables come zip-tied together and that will get in the way when you try to close the controller. And it's annoying to cut off.

[Anonymous No.4008692]

>>4008687
I'm an idiot.

[Anonymous No.4008848]

>>4006657
is using one of these better than emulating?

[Anonymous No.4008862]

>>4008848
Yeah, big time. Instead of attempting to replicate the N64's hardware with semi-successful results, an ED64 is using the real hardware, so it has 99.9% compatability. And the few games that don't work right on it, and it's like, enough to count on one hand, have patched versions you can get to fix them. The things are like 110 dollars, but when you consider how expensive N64 games can get, it easily is worth it.

[Anonymous No.4009018]

http://krikzz.com/store/home/28-everdrive-64-v3.html
Is it worth the extra $60~?

[Anonymous No.4009026]

>>4009018
>http://krikzz.com/store/home/28-everdrive-64-v3.html
Basically, the only really notable difference is that the v2 requires you to reset a game before turning off the system in order to save games. It's such a small step though I don't know if 60 bucks really warrants it.

[Anonymous No.4009092]

>>4006657
Try out Destruction Derby 64. The concept is simple (you crash cars) but the game is very fun especially with friends.

Also check out Rampage and its sequel

[Anonymous No.4009107]

>>4009026
V3 also gives you RTC capability in case you want to play the N64 version of Animal Crossing that much.

[Anonymous No.4009108]

>>4008627
Don't mind him, he's just trolling.

[Rican asshole No.4009926]

>>4006657
Donkey Kong 64
Road Rash 64
Doom 64
Star Wars Podracing
Bomberman 64
>>4006741
>Are you all just repeating a meme?
Try playing Star wars rouge squadron on P64 2.3 and then tell me it does not look like shit (without any mods or hacks downloaded from a third party). Or play NHL 99 on project 64 (it starts spazzing out).
>and it doesn't randomly shut off in the middle of playing it,
Clean the damn thing and the only issue i have is my n64 (aside from the old one with the bullshit cable moving nonsense i need to get it to work) is that it can crash if i beat a game.
>what else do you want out of it?
To properly run games like an N64

[Anonymous No.4009945]

>>4006741
>the buttons do the same thing they did on the real system
There is no 3D stick that's quite the same as the N64's. This is noticeable when playing games like Starfox, S&P or any games that requires precise aiming. Also doing little things like all the different speed animations in Mystical Ninja.
The C-buttons are also not the same in other controllers, even if they're 6 face buttons, small C buttons on the N64 controller are convenient for some games that use it as a secondary d-pad.
You can probably fix this by getting an USB N64 controller, if those don't have input lag issues, but there's still the problem that N64 emulators still aren't perfect for most games other than SM64 and OOT, which is what the emus were built around.
>randomly shut off in the middle of playing
?

[Anonymous No.4010024]

>>4009026
Ah, I see.

>>4009107
Is AC all it's used for?


Thanks, both.

[Anonymous No.4011568]

>>4006970

[Anonymous No.4011570]

>>4008506
>hating on my boys Glacier and Wrath
Also, play VPW2, in that one, you can kill niggas with Vader.

[Anonymous No.4012184]

Guess what /vr/gins: Amazon has knock-off Everdrives again.

All the one's I've bought have been great, despite the trolls in here.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007O3MWVG/ref=s9u_qpp_gw_i4?ie=UTF8&fpl=fresh&pd_rd_i=B007O3MWVG&pd_rd_r=E2334DMCJJ05PRZBEBX1&pd_rd_w=FmTrP&pd_rd_wg=3d3jv&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=&pf_rd_r=8TJNC19WV9X326ZR2A6R&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=2a4fafb6-9fdc-425a-aee8-c82daa7b18ed&pf_rd_i=desktop

Lots of em, it seems. N64, Genesis, SNES...

[Anonymous No.4012360]

>>4012184
You're not saving much over buy a real one, and they're based on old outdated models with worse support and fewer features. Why not just buy a used one at that point?

[Anonymous No.4012550]

>>4006662
>>4008350
I always felt playing it on the n64 I could never be accurate because of the framerate.

Try the 360 ver if you can.

[Anonymous No.4012552]

i can't believe none of you retards have said BLAST CORPS yet or FLYING DRAGON

[Anonymous No.4012665]

>>4006657
Bomberman 64 if you have friends

[Anonymous No.4012703]

>>4008350
whenever I say that people jump all over me, to me it was goldeneye 2.0

[Anonymous No.4012707]

>>4008506
Not a wrestling fan but I played the shit out of world tour, wrestlemania 2000 and no mercy. good stuff

[Anonymous No.4012708]

>>4006657
I fucking loved Extreme G (the first one)

[Anonymous No.4012721]

>>4012552
THIS plus Turok 2 or Sin and Punishment

I am still thinking that N64 is one of the best consoles ever, 3D maybe could look primitive but i replayed lot of games and try others like Mischief Makers and simply awesome.

[Anonymous No.4012741]

>>4006668

>Densha de GO!! 64 (Recently got an English patch)

Holy shit you're awesome, I've been wanting to play this shit for ages now. To add to your post, V2 ED64s can play 64DD stuff too but don't have the clock feature, something like F-Zero works fine but something like Animal Forest won't work right.

[Anonymous No.4012746]

>>4012703
That's how the dude at the rental store described it to me and I was sold

[Anonymous No.4012797]

>2017
>still using PJ64

My niggas, Mupen64Plus and ParaLLEl is where ir's at nowadays. No wonder you think N64 emulation sucks, you're still using the hackiest emulator out there.

[Anonymous No.4012827]

>>4012741

>tfw every rom I try is a checksum mismatch

Even the one from the no-intro set is playing up, any ideas? Can't find a pre-patched rom anywhere yet.

[Anonymous No.4014073]

>>4007070

Nah, it's passable with the latest glide, the stable framerate is worth it imo.

[Anonymous No.4014265]

>>4012827
I ended up byteswapping a ROM to get it to work.