Nintendo 64 Thread

[Anonymous No.9966986]

Time to discuss the fun machine.
There was a thread some time ago about Bluetooth adapters for the N64 so you can use any BT Controller (Switch Pro, PS4, Xbone etc...), mine just arrived today and I can say that it works great and I don't feel any input lag at all.
Anyways, I'll be playing Space Station Silicon Valley again, how about you?

[Anonymous No.9967129]

>>9966986
been looking to pick up a N64 and then an Everdrive after that, and play some BATTLETANX

[Anonymous No.9967140]

>>9966986
N64 was easily Nintendo's worst console. Outside of multiplayer games there is no reason to own this. It's a lot like the 32x, cartridge based with no games. A shame really.

[Anonymous No.9967152]

>>9967140
nah there's plenty of great games, comparing it to the 32x is disingenuous

[Anonymous No.9967259]

recently I played some Mario tennis, I can't remember if you can use cheat codes to unlock everything or not, hut I hope that the answer is yes because fuck me, I don't have my old save and this game has too much shit to unlock. I don't want to run the full tournaments for every character again.

Only other goal is to someday beat goldeneye on 00 agent. I'm stuck on the train right now just for taking too many stray hits as I clear in. The akimbo fuckers and the train exit at the end can eat my ass.

[Anonymous No.9967290]

Been playing Snowboard Kids 2 recently, it's frustrating as fuck, but damn it's good.

[Anonymous No.9967291]

>>9966986
I like Goemon's Great Adventure a bit more than Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon. Both are very good though.

[Anonymous No.9967292]

>>9966986
Perfect Dark, Jet Force Gemini, Diddy Kong Racing, Conker’s Bad Fur Day, and Dinosaur Planet are all of the games you need for N64. All of Nintendo’s first-party offerings are pure dookie in comparison.

[Anonymous No.9967729]

Mario Kart Amped Up got a new update
https://twitter.com/Litronom/status/1665387220209901571?s=20

[Anonymous No.9967735]

64 was fine in its day but the people who still blabber about it today are the weirdest, ugliest, manbaby circus freaks. It's always the humpty dumpty looking mother fucker with a big fat pregnancy gut, being held up by some tiny little noodle legs, with his 5XL waifu t-shirt, blue hair, and a funco pop collection, that never stops blabbering about mediocre shit like mario kart 64 and Goldeneye. The ps1 and saturn guys meanwhile are always normal looking mechanical engineers and the like, who are enthusiastic about all how there's always another weird experimental ps1 game hiding under a rock somewhere.

[Anonymous No.9967783]

>>9967140
It's no 32X but it's definitely Nintendo's most poorly aged system with a pretty dreadful library once you get past the Nintendo and Rare stuff. Alright, the AKI wrestling games, Ogre Battle 64 and the Goemon games all fucking rule. I'd probably take it over the WiiU.

[Anonymous No.9967791]

>>9967735
The N64 produces weird nostalgic reactions out of people, even more so than other Nintendo systems, and I can't really figure out why. First 3D games? The multiplayer? The fact that there was only a handful of good games a year so you were stuck playing those over and over?

[Anonymous No.9967803]

>>9966986
I think the N64 is fine and when it had a hit, it was a pretty big hit. But the amount of N64 games I still like nowadays is probably in the single digits.
>>9967259
>I can't remember if you can use cheat codes to unlock everything or not
There isn't have fun beating the Star Cup in singles mode 16 times.
>>9967140
>N64 was easily Nintendo's worst console.
what about the Wii U?

[Anonymous No.9967809]

>>9966986
All these years and I've still never played Diddy Kong Racing

[Anonymous No.9967810]

>>9967791
Maybe it's actually better than you perceive it to be.

[Anonymous No.9967831]

>>9967809
it's alright, but I like Mario Kart 64 more.

[Anonymous No.9967840]

>>9967791
Nostalgia is the right word. If you grew up with an N64 or knew people who had one it was basically the party machine of its time period. Mario Party, Smash Bros, Mario Kart were all widely enjoyed by kids everywhere, and that's not even counting Rare's titles like the Banjo games and DK64. Nowadays I prefer PS1, but as a kid it was a great console to own.

[Anonymous No.9967851]

>>9967735
>saturn guys meanwhile are always normal looking
lol bro come on

[Anonymous No.9967862]

>>9967292
Why did you post a list of all of the N64 games that frequently drop to 10FPS?

[Anonymous No.9967903]

Just a heads up if anyone buys a retroscaler blueretro adapter, Don't update it via darthcloud's fw, it can fuck up the device.
And depending on the controller you use, you can change between controller and rumble pak with one button (I have a switch pro and it uses the home menu).

[Anonymous No.9968000]

>>9967140
Sold more than the Sega Genesis and 32x combined

[Anonymous No.9968010]

>>9967791
It's cope about about the 64 marking Nintendos status as being a secondary console from this point forward. It's few good games are over valued by its seething defenders. That being said it's still worth picking up for Mario 64 alone, not that there's much else still worth playing today.

[Anonymous No.9968020]

Have chinks ripped off the everdrive v3 yet? I don't want to press reset every time I'm done with a game

[Anonymous No.9968023]

>>9967729
What was added?

[Anonymous No.9968030]

>>9968023
Unlockables by doing all the time trial modes on every course.

[Anonymous No.9968040]

>>9967735
Le hidden gems guys are obese and khv

[Anonymous No.9968072]

im trying to setup the nes emulator for the n64 (neon64) on my super64 flashcart, downloaded the emu, renamed it but i get the "emulator not found" error, anyone got an idea why this happens?

[Anonymous No.9968076]

>>9967140
>N64 was easily Nintendo's worst console
how massively good are the other ones?

[Anonymous No.9968080]

>>9967809
play mickey speedway usa first, it's diddy kong racing but soulless

[Anonymous No.9968254]

Extreme G (first one, the second one sucks), Jet Force Gemini, Perfect Dark, Yoshi Story 64, Milo's Astro Lanes (hidden gem), Earthworm Jim 64, Sarge's Heroes, Battle Tanx Global Assault.

Fucking love the N64, it gets so much undeserved hate these days because people try to plug them in on their HDTVs and they look like ass.

[Anonymous No.9968507]

Mine has been sitting in a box for the last decade. An older friend of mine wanted to do a MK64 tournament so I thought it would be a nice surprise to restore it and bring it along. I've replaced all the sticks, ordered a HDMI adapter and chased down a repro copy of mario kart 64 because mine was stolen years ago.

It's nice to have the original working but I feel like we could possibly have a better experience off my emulation laptop (I have enough controllers for 4 players on that too) because of all the romhacks like widescreen, hd graphics and hooting time, etc

[Anonymous No.9968515]

>>9967862
Lol. Ackshually, Perfect Dark frequently drops to one frame every three seconds.

[Anonymous No.9968516]

>>9968507
>>9968010
Is there any good reason for not just using the PC version that has a smooth framerate and higher resolution because otherwise the thought of you putting in the cartridge is pure cringe

[Anonymous No.9968538]

>>9968516
Very strong reaction, but ok. I asked him what he'd prefer and he said n64.
If I brought my laptop I'd have to mess around with it more. Adapters, usb hub, speakers (it's vga so no audio via hdmi). I'd arther spend time with my friends instead of the extra time it would take to move it over and set it up. The n64 takes two minutes. I'll probably give it to him afterwards anyway.

[Anonymous No.9968550]

Best settings/emulator for conkers bad fur day? I asked the faggots in the shitty P64 discord but all I got was a tranny shitposting.

[Anonymous No.9968557]

>>9967783
>thinks game libraries "age"
>thinks the Wii, Wii U or Switch are better than N64
retard alert

[Anonymous No.9968573]

>>9968538
It sounds like you're anxious for your friend's approval with all the planning ahead. It's nice to give a gift but I recommend trying to have fun with your friend in the moment (a simple laptop setup would give the best experience and be easy) and concentrate less on designing your hangout ahead of time (if your friend even exists, that would probably make them feel weird).

[Anonymous No.9968582]

>>9968557
>thinks game libraries "age"
Of course they do. Imagine playing an FPS in 2023 where you can't move and aim at the same time. Countless people have revisited Goldeneye because of their heckin' childhood only to realize the game is a piece of shit that was only fun at the time because there was nothing else.

[Anonymous No.9968602]

>>9968557
The Switch is easily Nintendo's best system since the SNES, especially if you take into account the retro library of games available for the system. Let's not kid ourselves.

[Anonymous No.9968626]

>>9968573
eh, I don't really care about approval, I just had the spare time and like little tinkering/restoring projects. It didn't cost much to get the replacement sticks, repro kart or hdmi adapter whereas he'll be hosting a bunch of us at his property for a few days. Seemed like the least I can do for a bit of fun for a good friend I've had for 20 years. I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't even get pulled out- we'll have a good time regardless.

[Anonymous No.9968628]

>>9967735
Chemical engineer/CS dual major here and I play saturn/ps1 regularly

[Anonymous No.9968672]

>>9968515
https://youtu.be/SghTvPMXgPk

[Anonymous No.9968712]

>>9967735
Kek, the amount of butthurt N64 causes is hilarious

[Anonymous No.9968864]

>>9967735
I always thought that generation of consoles all three had their areas and genres of expertise. More than any other generation it depends on what genre of game you like which system is best.

Nintendo 64 has the big 3d worlds with platformer and adventure games.

Saturn had the shmups and fighting games.

PSX had RPGs and was second best at all the above.

But N64 and Saturn had great rail shooters and PSX not so much. Saturn had the 2nd best RPGs.

For racing Saturn had arcade, PSX had simulation and N64 had kart/futuristic.

N64 had the best FPS games (I’m sure people will disagree but its true). Then honestly Powerslave makes a case for Saturn being 2nd place in that category.

All three systems had worse 2d platformers than previous generations but PSX was by far the best.

[Anonymous No.9968921]

>>9967259
I’m stuck on the final extra mission and can confirm it’s impossible. Will continue to try

[Anonymous No.9969015]

>>9968864
Even the console wars had more soul back then, look at what they took from us

[Anonymous No.9969203]

>>9969015
There are no modern console wars. Everything is so homogenized there's no point in picking a favorite. The only people trying to make it a """"war"""" is PCfags who can't shut up and enjoy video games.

[Anonymous No.9969210]

>>9969203
You mean the """"war"""" is mostly console kids who cope with their shitty buying choices due to the fact they -must- support their favorite console producer? Who the fuck buys a console anymore for video games? If you want to play video games, you invest in a PC. Don't be fucking retarded.

[Anonymous No.9969319]

>>9969210
Thank you for proving my point lmfao

[Anonymous No.9969345]

>>9967140
>>9967735
>>9967791
>>9968010
>>9968040
>>9968582
We really should've made it illegal to have children after the year 2000, these retarded posts would've never been posted

[Anonymous No.9969361]

>>9969210
This, if you ever see anyone making fun of the n64 or insulting it, just turn the other cheek.

[Anonymous No.9969367]

>>9968626
>hey friend, when we play Mario do you want to play a version with modern framerate and resolution and we can use savestates or rewind any time, or would you prefer I bring over my old dusty original console and you have to use old crusty cum covered controllers?

[Anonymous No.9969417]

>>9969367
>Do you want Soulless or Soul?

Tough

[Anonymous No.9969837]

[Anonymous No.9969845]

>>9968550
Use Mupen64Plus/AE for everything. Idk about settings, I guess as high as your machine will allow

[Anonymous No.9969938]

>>9967152
32x doom is better than n64 doom. Mortal Kombat on 32x is also better than n64 mortal kombat games. Had 32x been given a longer life span it's library would be much better than n64s

[Anonymous No.9969991]

>>9968550
Use any version of mupen64plus you like and make sure you're using angrylion or parallel as graphic plugins, if your pc sucks use gliden64 4.0

[Anonymous No.9970246]

>>9968550
Mupen with parallel
I actually play Conker the most through Rare Replay on my xbox, same with Blast Corps

[Anonymous No.9970274]

>think about collecting n64 cartridges
>realize after about 4 or 5 of the games I want I may as well have just bought an everdrive

[Anonymous No.9970631]

>>9967140
Wii u had tekken and black ops. Mario maker was fun as well.

[Anonymous No.9970650]

>>9967140
>Outside of multiplayer games there is no reason to own this
Literally nothing that gen rivaled OoT and Majora's Mask in terms of adventure
Literally nothing that gen rivaled Banjo Kazooie, Tooie and DK64 in terms of openness and scale
The fact that you brush aside multiplayer as if Mario Kart, Smash 64, Diddy Kong Racing, Mario Party and Goldeneye weren't THE games literally everyone with taste wanted to play on a sleepover shows me you likely weren't even alive during it's height.
Paper Mario was a god-tier JRPG
F-Zero ran at 60FPS
Goemon was a case similar to Zelda
Mario 64 was a generation-defining game
StarFox was fucking great and there's more on top of that.
Yes, the PSX had it's fair share of great games and some of my favorite games of all time too but to brush off the N64 like it was nothing and even compare it to the 32x is absolute peak retardation.

[Anonymous No.9970697]

Right now I completed World 2 of Space Station Silicon Valley and, when its good the game is really, really good but when its bad its really damn tedious (that water and sewer level can go suck a cock).
Some of the trophies are also really damn cryptic on how to get them, like I had no idea you were supposed to eat all the poo in the sewer level (though they were just to recover health), kill all the rabbits you were supposed to protect or the one with the piano (the penguins do not give good hints.

[Anonymous No.9970751]

>>9970697
It's a weird game indeed with its own highs and lows.
Still enjoyed my time with it, except for the final level which felt really out of place.

[Anonymous No.9971631]

[Anonymous No.9972250]

[Anonymous No.9972268]

>>9972250
Shouldn't that be "latest and most brutal"?
Given Doom 3 was released after surely they didn't think Doom 64 would be their last game.

[Anonymous No.9972643]

>>9969367
At first I was worried I was the autistic one for restoring a nintendo 64 but you just took the cake. I'm taking it to a friends place that I doubt will give a fuck regardless.
Also who the hell uses rewind or save states for a multiplayer racing game

[Anonymous No.9972796]

>>9968672

[Anonymous No.9972798]

>>9970650
>brush aside multiplayer
I didn't.

[Anonymous No.9973259]

[Anonymous No.9974265]

>>9970751
i got to the swamp level, jesus the swinging mechanics are ass.

[Anonymous No.9974346]

>>9972643
>At first I was worried I was the autistic
Your worrying is valid as you're planning on talking to your imaginary friend about how much "soul" your bing bing wahoo machine has. At least it will give your friend something to laugh at

[Anonymous No.9974357]

>>9967735
What retardedness where do you get this from?

[Anonymous No.9975025]

I don't always drink obscure beverages from 30 years ago while playing the most comfy system on an oudated tv but when I do its just to annoy you. Stay salty my friends.

[Anonymous No.9975057]

post n64 setups

[Anonymous No.9975946]

>>9967735

[Anonymous No.9975958]

>>9967735
>It's always the humpty dumpty looking mother fucker

[Anonymous No.9976723]

https://youtu.be/nDgXXXI7Gs8

[Anonymous No.9977158]

>>9974346
It's polite to bring a gift when you're invited to someone's place, you would know this if you were properly socialised.

[Anonymous No.9977693]

>>9967735
You've posted this pasta before. It's as gay and as wrong as before.

[Anonymous No.9977772]

>>9966986
i just got an n64, i only have doom an duke nukem which i bought a few years ago when i found them at a really low price. what are the absolute essentials i should get now?

[Anonymous No.9977775]

>>9977158
Holy autismo do you only see friends once a year or something? Lonely retard.

[Anonymous No.9977778]

>>9977772
most games by nintendo, rare and treasure.

[Anonymous No.9977893]

>>9977775
anglos truly aren't human. imagine not bringing a bottle of something when visiting someone

[Anonymous No.9977949]

>>9975057
Why did people make a big deal about goldeneye on console when there was already duke and turok

[Anonymous No.9978007]

>>9977772
https://vsrecommendedgames.miraheze.org/wiki/Nintendo_64

[Anonymous No.9979167]

That was a really lackluster ending even if they tell you why lol, anyways great game even if it can be really frustrating at some points.

[Anonymous No.9979184]

>>9977775
>doesn't show appreciation for invite
>invited less as a result
It's more common than you think.

[Anonymous No.9979238]

>>9977949
It plays more like metal gear then a doom style game.

[Anonymous No.9979246]

>>9975958
Average n64 freak.

That being said I’ve been playing the densha de go n64 translation and it’s fucking KINO, I wish more of these games were translated

[Anonymous No.9979256]

>>9967140
n64 still has the strongest 1st/2nd party out of any nintendo system. the switch is close though

but yeah, the main appeal is the multiplayer

[Anonymous No.9979880]

>>9968864
>and fighting games.

saturn didnt even have tekken

[Anonymous No.9981034]

>>9977949
made by rare, console exclusive and played differently from other popular fps of that era

[Anonymous No.9981732]

How's Star Soldier Vanishing Earth?

[Anonymous No.9982168]

these really ought to be appreciated by non-wrestling fans, totally ahead of the times in terms of features and gameplay.
and they benefit greatly from flash memory.

[Anonymous No.9982261]

>>9977949
PC FPS were simplistic technology first things. They'd figure out how to make their pseudo-3D engine run at decent speed, stick a gun on the camera, pepper the levels with enemies that do nothing but chase you down and attack on cooldown and then they'd run out of ideas. Goldeneye had every level with its own set pieces, missions and enemies with many states in the state machine so they acted more organically. And the multiplayer was couch co-op chaos as opposed to the hyper focussed competitive structure to Quake.
Both kinds of games have their place, but I always felt that Goldeneye/PD were solid entertainment that didn't overstay their welcome where Doom, Duke, Quake, and especially Wolf & Triad were tedious. Once you have the full weapon loadout you've literally seen everything the game has to offer. Now it's just window dressing for 20 more levels of key finding, switch pulling action.
Marathon tried to inject more game design into the FPS and it sort of succeeded but the base FPS part was not as refined so it's tough to recommend.

[Anonymous No.9982331]

>>9982168
The only good games on n64. Revenge is the best in the series.

[Anonymous No.9983607]

[Anonymous No.9984967]

>>9966986
>There was a thread some time ago about Bluetooth adapters for the N64 so you can use any BT Controller (Switch Pro, PS4, Xbone etc...),
WHY WOULD YOU DO TIS WHEN IT WAS NOT AS NINTENDO DIRECTED? ARE YOU STUPID? DO YOU THINK YOU KNOW MORE THAN THE CREATOR? PEOPLE LIKE YOU SHOULD BE PUNISHED.

[Anonymous No.9984984]

>>9967791
The games had an unmistakable look, feel, and sound to them that nothing on Playstation or PC had. It was a party system that you played with friends, so good memories. And it has some all time classics that are still worth playing today.

[Anonymous No.9985080]

Robotron 64 is such a blast to play.

[Anonymous No.9986773]

>>9967290
Just recently beat it for the first time, good luck in the final race, holy hell Damien is a little fucker

[Anonymous No.9987054]

[Anonymous No.9987413]

>>9967140
That's why hipsters love it because it sucks the worst

[Anonymous No.9987421]

>>9987413
Are hipsters even a thing anymore? I don't think the N64 has an audience outside of hardcore fans of the dozen good games on it who grew up with one.

[Anonymous No.9987546]

>>9972268
iirc Doom was supposed to be wrapped up after 2 and they wanted to focus on Quake. I dunno much about Doom's development history though.

[Anonymous No.9987631]

>>9984984
It looked and ran like shit for the majority of games. Even when it did 2d it looked bland.

[Anonymous No.9987656]

>>9987631
>Even when it did 2d it looked bland.

It has no hardware support for any sort of 2d effects and no one was paying the insane development costs to make a 2d game for it. Not sure why you'd say "even 2d". When looking at the actual games with no reference one would think that the SNES was a more powerful 2d system.
Meanwhile the 3d games usually ran like shit because they were doing rather ambitious things with it. Very large areas with relatively high polygon counts. Probably not the best choice in hindsight, Playstation games that consist of like two 3d characters on screen against a 2d background look better and run better, but people appreciated it at the time.

[Anonymous No.9987664]

>>9967140
are you on crack? 64 has some of the best games ever made.

Starfox 64, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Pokemon Snap, Pokemon Stadium, Ocarina of Time, Jet Force Gemini, Mario Party, Kirby 64 Crystal Shards, Star Wars Pod Racing, Smash Bros

many, if not all being the best in their series.

[Anonymous No.9987696]

Do you like Super Smash Bros.?

[Anonymous No.9987713]

>>9987656
>look better
I honestly don't like how ps1 games look outside of a few games like the Crash trilogy or Ape Escape, I always disliked the wobbly, pixelated textures and the aliased polygons.
Whenever I play PS1 games I always use the enhancements that fix those issues.

[Anonymous No.9988795]

>>9987656
Even Nintendo used 2D, but yeah ot used textures on a flat polygon to create sprites:
The N64 could be a 2D power house if needed , On Mario Kart 64 each racer features thousands of different textures , this game could never run in optical media technology, it would be impossible to stream from the disc so much assets in real time!
https://youtu.be/lsGb4YOFnBY

[Anonymous No.9988797]

>>9987713
Yeah I know it’s sacrilege here but using PGXP for PS1 is great

[Anonymous No.9990176]

>>9987713
I personally feel as if that's the best part of the ps1. I even went out and found a launch US 1995 console because those have the earlier gpu's and vram which make the graphics even more dated.

[Anonymous No.9990180]

>>9988795
>The N64 could be a 2D power house if needed

I highly doubt this. Take Mortal Kombat Trilogy. While yes, home ports of these games were often fairly low effort, this very demanding 2d game looks pretty bad on N64, with small sprites, ugly post processing, and missing content.
And Mortal Kombat Trilogy is far from the peak of 2d gaming. I can't imagine say, the Dungeons and Dragons games, which run on the Saturn albeit with nasty load times, working on N64. Maybe it could, but there's nothing on the platform that gives any indication of this.
As I did mention in the other post though, no one really tried to push 2d on the N64 so we don't really know.

[Anonymous No.9990181]

>>9990180
I could be wrong, but I believe that was midway choosing to use the smallest cartridge available to save money.

[Anonymous No.9990243]

>>9990180
MK Trilogy is a bad example because it used a small cartridge and was one of Midway's early n64 games along cruis'n usa which weren't stellar ports honestly.
Wonder Project J2 and Rakuga Kids show that the system is capable of doing good 2D (I'll even say Yoshi's Story is also a good looking game even if someone doesn't like its aesthetics) but most 2D games of that time were made by japanese developers who weren't interested on the N64.

[Anonymous No.9990247]

>>9987664
>n64 only has multiplayer games
Is what I initially said and you've proven that by posting a list of multiplayer games.

[Anonymous No.9991694]

[Anonymous No.9991703]

I really like the console itself but there's like three fucking games worth playing on it. And multiple of those have ports that play way better.

[Anonymous No.9991909]

>>9991703
F-Zero X: N64 exclusive, never been ported.
Zelda OoT: Has one port that runs 10 fps faster, but looks like shit in comparison. Also said port is on a fucking handheld.
Ogre Battle 64: N64 exclusive, never been ported.
Star Fox 64: N64 exclusive as far as I know.
I don't exactly play N64 often and don't generally keep it hooked up, but I'm glad I have one and if I want to play one of those games, I get out the 64.

[Anonymous No.9991929]

>>9991909
star fox 64 has a 3ds remake, it looks impressive for the hardware and plays great but I prefer the original, mostly because of the music and voice acting.

[Anonymous No.9992056]

Why was the Shitendo 64 so bollocks?

[Anonymous No.9992197]

one think i hate is when games use an entire controller pak to save data
looking at you snowboard kids

[Anonymous No.9992213]

>>9991929
3DS Star Fox is unplayable with what they did to the voices.

[Anonymous No.9992874]

>>9991694
Pokemon and its consequences have been nothing but a disaster for the human race. Miyamoto was right. He often is. Not always, but often.

[Anonymous No.9992968]

Last Legion DX and Custom robo are highly recommended!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BTAQMLhaCgo&pp=ygUYbGFzdCBsZWdpb24gZHggTjY0IGludHJv

[Anonymous No.9992973]

>>9992213
There's a mod for 64 3D that uses the uncompressed voices from that nintendo gigaleak.
https://youtu.be/28am2wwxzfc

[Anonymous No.9993407]

>>9966986
These are the games I owned on N64 when it was my main console from 1997-2001 (ages 9 to 13). I've only owned more games for PS3.

Was shocked years later to discover people consider it a failure, because at my elementary school N64 was the big thing everyone was cool for having. I was also subscribed to Nintendo Power and it was my only source of gaming information besides schoolyard chatter, so I got the impression it was the best thing ever

[Anonymous No.9993929]

>>9993407
I geniunely didn't know the N64 was hated or had "no games" until I got access to the internet, same with some of its games that I like (DK64, Yoshi Story, Castlevania 64, etc..) that apparently are the devil itself.

[Anonymous No.9993965]

>>9991694
>it keeps the N64 from selling (raughs)
well gee whiz ya fuckin moron maybe if you actually had like a full fledged high production value mainline pokemon game on your flagship consoles right off the bat instead of waiting 4 fucking generations to do it and only giving us Pokemon Stadium and whatever the fuck Colosseum and XD were supposed to be maybe people would have actually bought the Gamecube and the N64and the PiiU.

[Anonymous No.9993993]

>>9993407
It's an edgy internet revisionist opinion made by "muh NES and SNES were the only REEAAAALLLL retro Nintendo consoles" reddit soiboys. Every kid I knew in the mid to late 90s either had an N64 or wanted one badly, even if they had another 5th gen console. I got my N64 a couple months after they first came out in 1996, and I don't think I had one friend who didn't want their own after coming over to my house to play it. It's a phenomenal console and certainly my favorite Nintendo console.

[Anonymous No.9994094]

>>9987696
yeah
Smash Remix is really good.

[Anonymous No.9994453]

>>9993929
That's because you're coming into a lot of contact with eurofags online. In the states the N64 was huge, everyone loved it.

[Anonymous No.9994614]

is it true that french N64 consoles are compatible with RGB without mods?

[Anonymous No.9994753]

>>9994614
It's more like composite video out of scart but I can be wrong.

[Anonymous No.9994756]

>>9966986
no

[Anonymous No.9995065]

>>9967140
>N64 was easily Nintendo's worst console.
You forgot the Wii U?

[Anonymous No.9995109]

>>9995065
Despite having massive sales numbers nobody looks back on the Wii era fondly. Take away Mario Galaxy and the Wii has nothing but endless trash and shovelware. Everyone talks shit about the N64's library but it's far better than the Wii's abysmal offerings.

[Anonymous No.9995263]

>>9967290
been playing it too, the space course annoyed me a lot.

[Anonymous No.9995391]

>>9995109
>Wii has nothing but endless trash and shovelware. Everyone talks shit about the N64's library but it's far better than the Wii's abysmal offerings.

really the same for both desu they were primarily sold at kids/normies/moms. They are what they are

[Anonymous No.9995520]

>>9995109
Hacked Wii was good though, especially if you didn't have a Gamecube.

[Anonymous No.9995561]

Why was the N64 so much more successful in North America compared to Japan/EU?

[Anonymous No.9995602]

>>9995561
Bigger and better marketing, europe was never a nintendo place and the ps1 completely dominated there (plus from what I've see a lot of PAL 64 titles used to come often way late there, had limited production or didn't got a release).
Library focused on what was popular in USA at the time (3D platformers, wrestling, fps, multiplayer games, etc..)
Lack of genres that Japan likes (arcade games and jrpgs), and 3d platformers & FPS were barely relevant there.

[Anonymous No.9996982]

Expert Mode is kicking my ass, the AI is ridiculous.

[Anonymous No.9997004]

Bros is vasoline and fog actually kino?

[Anonymous No.9997023]

>>9966986
I recently got my hands on a copy of Blast Corps. I despised this game as a kid and exchanged it for Toy Story 2 as soon as I got the chance. 20 years later, I'm having a lot of fun with it. The missions are fun and challenging, except the Ballista ones (Ramdozer is the best)

[Anonymous No.9998567]

I just beat snowboard kids 2 on expert and holy fuck that mode is insanely frustrating.
At least I got the Hi-tech board which makes the game piss easy.

[Anonymous No.9998601]

Why they decided to go with cartridges instead of optical discs?

[Anonymous No.10000316]

>>9998601
Piracy and paying the fees to use the CD technology. Same reason with DVDs for the Gamecube.

[Anonymous No.10000383]

>>10000316
Paying licensing fees to your competitor is cucked. They made the right choice.

[Anonymous No.10000743]

>>10000383
It's also why the Xbox couldn't play DVDs unless you bought a separate remote that didn't come with the console. It was a way to avoid paying snoy and others

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[Anonymous No.10001703]

>>9985080
One of the best.
I've been really into Castlevania lately and I've been playing with the randomizer for it. That's been a lot of fun, but the more time I spend with it the more I realize just how challenging a game it is.

[Anonymous No.10001704]

>>9997004
Unquestionably yes. N64 image quality gets nothing but shit (for good reason) but the Vaseline and fog had legitimately good technical reasons for existing. It may not look nice, but it's soulful.

[Anonymous No.10001713]

>>9998601
they assumed people wouldn't put up with loading times

[Anonymous No.10001789]

Me and my GF want to get an N64 (she had one as a kid and I always liked the way a lot of the games look) but I hear there's no way of connecting it to modern TVs without it looking a bit shit; it's not like some consoles where modern converter cables make it look 10 times better, unless you do risky mods on the system it's gonna look crusty. Is it worth getting a CRT to play it on (assuming I can make space lmao) or should I just accept that the image quality is gonna be kinda rough?

[Anonymous No.10001808]

>>10001789
Yes. CRT is required for n64. Just get a little kitchen vcr tv if you don't want to make an investment.

[Anonymous No.10001812]

>>10001808
Aight, thanks. Will bear that in mind.

[Anonymous No.10002648]

has anyone tried the romhacks for quest 64? apparently they make the game much more enjoyable.

[Anonymous No.10003276]

>>10001696
man im glad that they added the Q64 soundtrack to the latest release of Quake

[Anonymous No.10003394]

>>10002648
Didn't even know there were Quest 64 rom hacks.