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Nintendo 64
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The Nintendo 64 was the 8th game system released by Nintendo, and their last home console to use cartridges. It was released in Japan and the United States in 1996, and Europe and Australia in 1997.
While, during its lifespan, it was out-sold by the Playstation (mostly due to its cartridge-based media, compared to the Playstation's CD-based media), in time it has been proven to be the most well remembered of the generation, with many of its games on "Best of All Time" lists, and many also re-made on newer systems like the Nintendo DS and Wii.
Notable Games
- Super Mario 64
- Mario Kart 64
- Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
- Star Fox 64
- Donkey Kong 64
- Diddy Kong Racing
- Conker's Bad Fur Day
- Blast Corps
- Pokemon Stadium
- Goldeneye 007
- Perfect Dark
- Superman 64
- Mario Party 1, 2, and 3
- Mario Golf
- Mario Tennis
- Yoshi's Story
- Hey You, Pikachu!
- Pokemon Snap
Trivia
- In Japan, a disk drive add-on (like the Famicom) existed, called the 64DD. Unfortunately, it did so poorly in Japan, that an international release never happened.
- Some games required the usage of an expansion pack, which added extra RAM to the Nintendo 64. These games used the extra RAM for various purposes, usually graphical.
- Was the last Nintendo console in Korea to be sold through Hyundai under the "Comboy" brand. Later systems would be sold in Korea directly by Nintendo.
- Was the first Nintendo console to support 4 players from the box. The NES and SNES, granted, had 4 player games, but these required special devices like the Four Score.
- Receives much more credit today than it did back in the day.
- Was once the subject of a popular internet video, called the Nintendo 64 Kid, which involved a kid flipping his shit over getting a Nintendo 64 for Christmas.
