No Mario Kart or F-Zero? and 3 Mario Party games WTF
I fixed that, I'm sorry XD Oringanaly I was only going to give 10 options to chose from, but decided you needed more because the N64 has a wide varity...
Also, I have to give a shout out to my favrite, banjo kazzoie series.
There is no game compareible to it, as the guy (err... or girl) said above me, It was rares mario. It had the humor, the levels seemed endless like hyrule field, and the charectors were priceless. Being able to change animals, fly, and learn new moves was a huge plus as well, it wouldn't kill mario to go out and learn a few new moves besides.... err... spinning...
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My picks in no particular order:
1.
Super Mario 64 - The sole reason I wanted a video game console more than any console EVER. Back then the internet was non-existent to me so any news i got was Nintendo Power mags I'd read at TRU (i was a kid, and my mom didnt want to pay for a subscription lol) and for a time I ignored any info on the "ULTRA 64" other than the oddly shaped controler, because I was having so many damn SNES games i wasn't even thinking about getting another system at the time.
The kicker was when i went back to TRU and they had the demo kiosks set up and i was able to try that bad boy out. My god... I never felt floored by a video game before that moment, or after to be honest. The jump from 2D to 3D for Nintendo was this epic moment in time that I'll never forget and to see Mario run and jump and tip toe etc was an amazing sight to behold. Everything felt so new but at the same time felt so familiar, and felt like a Mario game tried and true.
2.
Majoras Mask - I'll be honest, OoT was going to be here at first but its pretty cliche (i know i know, as if Mario 64 wasn't) but whatever, I really wanna give some love to the second black sheep in Zelda's history. Another moment of honesty here, on my first play thru of the game I gave up at the start of the Stone Tower Temple. There was something at the very beginning that i overlooked, and another part where i knew what to do and i just wasn't working so i got frustrated and never went back to the game until much later, when playing thru it on the Zelda Collectors Edition disk for the GC. It wasn't until that second time thru the game, after playing thru every zelda game prior to it (on said disk), that I came to appreciate it more than OoT. Not that that game doesn't hold a special place in my heart, anyone that calls themself a true gamer will remember the day that Zelda was brought into 3D and call it a special moment, but it was the differences in Majoras Mask that made it special. The darker story and characters, the different gameplay mechanics, and the difficulty it had over its predecessor.. only after i matured into a slightly older, slightly wiser gamer did i realize how magnificent this game really was.
3. [/b]Goldeneye 007[/b] - The one game so insanely good, you forget its even a license game! My first experience with the game was at a friends house, and it was a strictly multiplayer affair with him and another friend. It was frantic, I'd never played a game like that before (being a console only gamer back then). I never even saw the film GoldenEye until after playing the game so it wasn't until after seeing it that I thought the game was even MORE amazing because I watched all the environments and characters from the game come to life before me, as opposed to the opposite effect of seeing those same characters and settings shrink down to blocky clones of themselves (lol). Goldeneye was a great solo player game for me, loved the objectives and the higher difficulties kept me coming back for me, but of course the main draw was the multiplayer. This is the one game (other than Smash Bros) that kept me and my friends hooked to the tv for hours. We had our first gaming parties to this game, now thats something special.
4.
Star Fox 64 - A game that took everything from its SNES little brother, stuck a needle in its arm and pumped it up full of steroids. When this game hit, i knew it was a must have. When i first played it at a cousins house on their big screen tv with the legendary Rumble Pak, I knew i had to have it asap. Everything about it is perfect. The graphics still look great to this day (same can't be said for most n64 games sadly), the music accompanies the epic gameplay and the Rumble Pak really immersed you into the game like nothing else at the time. It's sad that we take rumble for granted now, sometimes barley noticing its there. Man this game rocks, I can't say anything bad about it to be honest, its one of those games i'll still go back and play today, and do thanks to the virtual console!
5.
Harvest Moon 64 - And heres one out of left feild! Didn't see that coming after picking other legendary n64 games huh? I hope I'm not the only one to show this gem some love. Like Star Fox, its another game that amped up its SNES counterpart yet still added enough new things to the formula to keep it fresh and entertaining. I loved the original farming sim, which i didnt own but borrowed often, so getting this sequel was a no brainer for me. My favorite part of the game was that it never ended. You got the same evaluation after X 'years' of game time but you could go on and on after that, keeping your awesome little house, your award winning cows, etc. It's one of those simple games thats so fun to play, and it didn't matter how repetitive it was. The style of it was fun and drew you into its little world, and the way the NPC's developed relationships with you and eachother over time was something that added a depth that was missing from the original version. Everything about the game made you wanna come back for more, every day. To date no other Harvest Moon title has done it better than this, and you can quote me on that.
Edit: MaleficentOgre FTW (Harvest Moon love!)
Honerable Mentions:
Mario Kart 64 (still the best feeling MK to play with an control stick
Bomberman 64 (tons of multiplayer fun, customizable bomberman costumes FTW and how can you not love
THIS!Perfect Dark (better than goldeneye yes, but never got as many multiplayer hours with as many people as GE)
Smash Bros (its freaking smash bros! but its overshadowed by its newer brethren)
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