It's hard to overstate how insanely excited I was for the Nintendo 64 when it came out. I played Super Mario 64 in a Blockbuster Video store, and was totally blown away by moving a character through a completely 3D smooth environment including all sorts of acrobatics that Mario could do. View quoted note →

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jetlife 1 year ago
Lots of lost palm skin while fishing
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Cody 1 year ago
I had a similar experience, my friends got an N64 for Christmas and I literally think when I first played it it was one of the most bewildering experiences of my life😂. Probably like old time people seeing a picture of themselves for the first time
My favorite was the original Super Smash, which I continued up through the Wii. One of the few video game series I was seriously good at. Goldeneye for the 64 was great. Starfox. Mario. Zelda. Mario Kart. I wouldn't mind a re-do of that decade actually.
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ByGawdd 1 year ago
Everyone is obviously nostalgic of their formative years. That being said the late 90s were peak human existence.... a touch of the old world and a touch of the new world.
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Jeff Swann 1 year ago
Yeah, our dad waited in line to get one before christmas for me & Guy. They had bought us the Nintendo & Super Nintendo & had almost decided that there wasn't enough of a difference to justify getting another one, but we all saw the playable display in Target & I remember that they were even amazed by it & kinda realized it was something special.
She a bad bitch. Soo awesome to hold the charge and let your foe forget you had it ready to fire. I struggled with the chain throw, and throwing was my bread and butter.
I remember saving up for an N64 with my buddy, Dave, and purchasing one together. We had joint custody of it but we hung out all the time so it was chill. Super Mario 64, Mario Kart, 007 Golden Eye, and Donkey Kong were all we needed.
Crazy how large the game world was, and how good (relatively speaking) the graphics were given an n64 cartridge is only 64 megabytes
I bought a switch and played through the whole thing again as an adult. Great nostalgia.
i still play it with friends! i found the game on fb marketplace for 10$, already had n64 and many controllers!
Oh man, I had almost forgotten about that somehow, I completely agree!
I skipped school to play it in a JC Penny at the mall. So dope.
Great pick, Lyn! One of the classics that holds up very well. Golden Eye hasn’t aged well and, to me, is incredibly overrated. I bet if most people went back to play a non-emulated version of it, they’d turn it off immediately. Perfect Dark, however, is essentially the better version of GoldenEye with (really tough) bots for multiplayer, a far more interesting alien conspiracy driven cyberpunk setting, and an expanded arsenal including more gadgets than Golden Eye and alt fire options for every single weapon. My friends and I would play against the bots for hours! Yet Perfect Dark is always overshadowed by Golden Eye. My guess is nostalgia makes people less objective but also because Golden Eye is a well liked Bond movie so people remember it more. Super Smash is great and self contained whereas - despite my love for Perfect Dark - it and Golden Eye were stepping stones toward Halo solidifying console shooters into the mainstream.
Goldeneye, Mario kart, Bajo kazooie, starfox. I was hooked. Everyday after school I'd play at least an hour of n64 with my family and friends. So much fun.
Full circle when you start playing smash bros with your kids on switch.
For me it was just a regular Nintendo that got me sleepless waiting for the day so I could play Super Mario and Kung-Fu. Great times!
so many great N64 memories , solo and playing multiplayer . we'd all read the latest Nintendo gaming magazines on the school bus and console war debate which was better
Still will watch Mario 64 Speedruns just because the game is amazingly perfect and nostalgic
Hoo boy is this a doozy. I remember playing some of the new consoles at the time in the late 00's, to maybe mid 10's. I'm primarily a 10's kid, so I knew of all the new video game tech back then. That was my thing back in the day. Nowadays, I am not so much a console guy, and not getting into videogames as much. TTRPG's are a thing for now, and I think it's for the better.