Nintendo 64 Thread

[Anonymous No.8083764]

Didn't saw a thread to solely talk about the N64 (only for talking about certain games) so here's one.
Been in the mood to play a N64 Platformer and I was thinking Rocket Robot on Wheels or Space Station Silicon Valley (I have a patched rom that doesn't crash if you use the expansion pak and also fixes a glitch about being unable to get a certain collectable), which one would you recommend? Feel free to discuss anything involving this console too.

[Anonymous No.8083772]

>>8083764
also my pronouns are he/they, not sure if that matters...

[Anonymous No.8083780]

play rocket, it's brilliant and changes wildly level to level
SSSV is pretty bland once you get past the allure of having so many forms to control. none of them are particularly fun

[Anonymous No.8083978]

I'm waiting for that Banjo-Kazooie Nostalgia 64 romhack to release, it looks very nice.

[Anonymous No.8083983]

Stared at my N64 roms in RetroArch for like 30 minutes.

This system really was a dud. I'm tired of playing the "classics" on the 64. Played the same 20 games to death. There really is very little to play on the system after the handful of go to games.

[Anonymous No.8084028]

>>8083983
Opposite for me, I have already played the most popular games (outside of a few ones) so finding games I couldn't play back then or are often overlooked is a great experience.
There's also a few JP only games I want to try one day like Shiren 2, Sin and Punishment, Project Wonder J2, The Custom Robo games and Bangai-O.

[Anonymous No.8084031]

>>8084028
sin and punishment is one of the best rail shooters ever made and transcends the genre to just become a great action game

[Anonymous No.8084047]

>>8083764
>I have a patched
Stopped reading right there.

[Anonymous No.8084065]

>>8084031
Its boring and easy though. Though it does look cool

[Anonymous No.8084070]

What's a good shader filter for N64 on RetroArch?

Something lightweight performance wise.

[Anonymous No.8084085]

>>8084065
it's relatively easy but on hard mode it shouldn't be boring

[Anonymous No.8084280]

>>8083983
Just play the same games then
N64 has literally the best games of all Time. Literally genre defining. To the point where playing other games such as on Saturn or Playstation that are clearly inspired by an n64 game but don't have the refinement is totally intolerable
I really have no idea how people tolerated 3d games without an analog stick.

[Anonymous No.8084296]

The best N64 game is Mystical Ninja.
Slow start tho.

[Anonymous No.8084326]

>>8083772
>also my pronouns are he/they
It only matters that you feel the need to specify that on an anonymous image board. Virtue signaling will get you know where here. I think you'd fit better on reddit or some other liberal echo chamber.

[Anonymous No.8084329]

>>8084326
Got a live one on the line.

[Anonymous No.8084330]

>>8083772
>also my pronouns are he/they
It only matters that you feel the need to specify that on an anonymous image board. Virtue signaling will get you no where here. I think you'd fit better on reddit or some other liberal echo chamber.

[Anonymous No.8084481]

Wave Race 64 for the summertime, 1080° Snowboarding for the winter.

[Anonymous No.8084718]

Rocket is pretty innovative, the puzzles are actually pretty well done.

[Anonymous No.8085224]

>>8084070
just a basic crt filter, i think you'll get a decent image if you lower the res to 640x480 or even lower.

[Anonymous No.8085231]

is turok 3 worth my time?

[Anonymous No.8085260]

>>8085231
Yes, it's the last good Turok game.

[Anonymous No.8085489]

Why did the Nintendo 64 have so many first person shooters, but no light gun games? Why did the Gamecube have basically no first person shooters? Why didn't the N64 get good fighting game ports? It seems more than capable at all these things especially compared to Playstation but instead it just got shooters,3d platformers, and weird slightly experimental 3d adventure games

[Anonymous No.8085629]

wheres my thief 64 and metroid prime 64

[Anonymous No.8085634]

>>8085231
No, it's the last good Turok game. Which implies it's a Turok game.

[Anonymous No.8085668]

Which is your favorite N64 game bros? I have a lot of fond memories of Jet Force Gemini. Game was so big it felt like an adventure, and I remember the levels and music being very cool.

[Anonymous No.8086003]

>>8084481
based

[Anonymous No.8086093]

>>8083764
Blew my mind as a kid. It was THE coolest thing at our school. I miss everything about it and the time period it took place in

[Anonymous No.8086646]

>>8085668
Conker's Bad Fur Day, it gets shitted on a lot these days but I still love that game to death.

[Anonymous No.8086652]

What's the cheapest way to dump N64 games? I'm fine with using some parallel port monstrosity.
I tried dumping my N64 collection with a Retrode2 but unfortunately it turns out to not be compatible with all ROM chips used in N64 games (16mb LHR) and there doesn't seem to be official support anymore either

[Anonymous No.8087215]

>>8085489
probably because the n64 wasn't really that big with the japanese audience who preferred those kind of games, hence the lack of arcade-style games outside, the N64 got quite a few good arcade racers and sports games at least, I wish it had SFEX2plus, Rival Schools or Tekken 3.

[Anonymous No.8087358]

>>8083978
Same, one of the levels is apparently the painting hanging in banjos house.

[Anonymous No.8087990]

>feel like playing n64
>pal n64 so all i have are childhood 50hz carts
>plus want to have it run rgb or component on my old crt somehow
>pal so not even svideo works apparently
>wii and xbox emulation spotty at best

Only solutions i can see are
>ultrahdmi modkit + ultradrive
>emulate on pc
>suck it up and play at 50hz with composite

[Anonymous No.8087996]

>>8087990
1st option imo, N64 emulation is much better than before but I still prefer playing on OG console.

[Anonymous No.8088000]

>>8083764
>64 thread
>31 replies
Damn, did all the games get mentioned already?

[Anonymous No.8088115]

>>8087996
Who are the most reliable installers?
I also read somewhere that ultrahdmi allows component. Hows that work if its just a mini hdmi port?

[Anonymous No.8089056]

[Anonymous No.8089096]

>>8083764
i bought a console a little while ago but only just started fucking around with it. had one as a kid but i'm interested in playing some games that i didn't play back then or maybe didn't appreciate. i'd like to track down a copy of Banjo Kazooie. i'm probably picking up a couple games from a local retro game store later today or tomorrow, hopefully they have a decently priced copy of BK as well

[Anonymous No.8089104]

>>8087215
>probably because the n64 wasn't really that big with the japanese audience
the saturn barely outsold the n64 and it got tons of games like that so that theory doesn't really hold up

[Anonymous No.8089112]

>>8087990
wtf bro, I have a pal n64 and can play ntsc games on my everdrive with no issue

[Anonymous No.8089118]

>>8084330
Retard alert.

[Anonymous No.8089413]

>>8083764
I swear this is the comfiest console ever, regardless of age or nostalgia.

[Anonymous No.8089418]

>>8084481
What about autumn and spring?

[Anonymous No.8089520]

>>8089112
Read it again anon, that's not what my post was suggesting.
Everdrive on a pal n64 is a valid option, but I'd be stuck with composite only

[Anonymous No.8089547]

>>8085489
>Why did the Nintendo 64 have so many first person shooters, but no light gun games
Because light gun games are lame as fuck and are quite literally for toddlers and niggers. Put the plastic gun down, you're 30.

[Anonymous No.8090020]

>>8085489
Any fighting games would be arcade ports and arcade ports require a CD to hold all the frames of sprite animations.

Doom 64 couldn't even have weapon reload animations for its weapons. Not enough space. And it had to cut like 4 enemies. Now imagine them trying to put Street Fighter Alpha 3 on a cart with it's like 40 characters and thousands of frames of sprites.

[Anonymous No.8090025]

>>8090020
yeah, imagine

[Anonymous No.8090027]

>>8090020
There's tons of fighting games in the 64. More than most post would guess.

[Anonymous No.8090029]

>>8090025
All it took was 6 years after the game originally came out.

[Anonymous No.8090087]

>>8090020
it should've got Street Fighter EX at least

[Anonymous No.8090119]

>>8085489
It does have a light gun game!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjxPf35Z19Q
Unfortunately there's no light guns for the N64. Some were advertised as being in developed but none ever released.

[Anonymous No.8090634]

>>8090027
yeah and they're all ugly 3d fighters not even half as good as tekken

[Anonymous No.8090637]

>>8090634
killer instinct was innovative and played fine all things considered

[Anonymous No.8090649]

>>8090025
This was only an 8MB cartridge too, small for a GBA game.

[Anonymous No.8090653]

>>8090634
People wanted 3D games you retard. Its a 3D system.

[Anonymous No.8090661]

>n64 is made from clear plastic
>n64 carts are made from clear plastic
>hardware built in anti-aliasing is removed
>n64 has 8mb of ram to start with
>make a sequel to super metroid
>court third parties as much as you can

I just saved the N64 without having to give it a disc drive. Nintendo should've hired me

[Anonymous No.8090668]

>>8090653
That doesn't mean they all have to look ugly. You dummy.
N64 devs were absolutely horrible at choosing mascots and making character designs. some of the least appealing shit ever. who could ever imagine
>yeah thats what a kid wants to be in a video game

I didnt want 3d games. I wanted really cool 2d games. the n64 literally has one of the best controllers for 2d games.

[Anonymous No.8090946]

[Anonymous No.8090959]

>>8084031
Compared to Star Fox 64? Never played Sin & Punishment.

[Anonymous No.8091978]

[Anonymous No.8093203]

https://youtu.be/exitUhNu52U

[Anonymous No.8093282]

>>8090020
>arcade ports require a CD to hold all the frames of sprite animations.
Those arcade games come on ROM boards.
Street Fighter Alpha 2's arcade ROM is about 28MB, entirely uncompressed.

N64 games could get quite a bit bigger than that. Look at something like Kirby 64, which uses a 32MB ROM, let alone Resident Evil 2 and its 64MB ROM.

>>8084481
nice

>>8090634
one of the major issues is that many of the better 3D fighting games had close ties to the PS1 hardware (Street Fighter EX, Tekken, Soul Edge, Bloody Roar all run on PS1 based arcade boards) or were made by a direct competitor (all of Sega's games)

[Anonymous No.8093598]

>>8083983

Well there are more than 20 decent games on it, so there're obviously still more that you haven't tried yet

[Anonymous No.8095530]

[Anonymous No.8096941]

>>8093282
kinda wish nintendo didn't pissed off namco

[Anonymous No.8098678]

[Anonymous No.8098696]

we were so close to getting street fighter EX

[Anonymous No.8100892]

>>8095530
>glenn plant just uploaded a quest 64 vid
neato

[Anonymous No.8101696]

>>8098696
sauce?

[Anonymous No.8101719]

mario, zelda, the list goes on

[Anonymous No.8101746]

>>8101719
i've been picking up games for it recently and i'm really enjoying the library. just out of the ones i've found for cheap i got:
banjo kazooie
wave race 64
cruis'n usa
ridge racer 64
1080° snowboarding
quake
and knife edge
and there's a bunch more i want to get at my local store

[Anonymous No.8101883]

Cruisin USA!

Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous No.8101897]

>>8101883
weak soundtrack but good game

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[Anonymous No.8103936]

>>8101897
lol no
also garbage N64 port

[Anonymous No.8104003]

>>8103936
framerate sucks in a few spots, but i have fun with it. has lots of character