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Main characteristics
Console Type: Home Console
Platform: Nintendo 64
Gaming Type: Multiplayer Gaming
Processor
Processor Speed: 93.75 MHz
Memory
Installed RAM: 4.5 MB
RAM technology: RDRAM
Display
Max. Resolution: 640 x 480
Graphics
Graphic Processor Speed: 62.5 MHz
Polygons Per Second: 300000
Max. Number Of Colors: 17M Colors
Technical Features
Controller Pad Ports: 4
Expansion Slots: Game Cartridge Slot
Input / Output Ports: 4 x Game Controller Port
Other
Height: 7.3 cm
Width: 26 cm
Depth: 19 cm
Weight: 1.1 kg
Release Date: September, 1996

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“The Nintendo 64 had good amount of games but most of...”

★★☆☆☆

written by on 31/07/2009

The Nintendo 64 had good amount of games but most of the games you got tired of within a day or two and the games are so much more expensive than the other consoles. The controllers are confusing as hell, the control stick gets loose after a while but i did like the durability of the system and the games. The best games like super mario 64 was not for me, mario is too slow mabye its just me because ive always hated mario really but that is basically the only games for it all you see is mario mario mario nothing else.

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“N64 better than PS3, Xbox and Wii”

★★★★★

written by on 14/05/2009

N64 better than PS3, Xbox and Wii

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“The N64 is definitely one of my favorite consoles, it...”

★★★★★

written by homeylova223 on 13/08/2008

The N64 is definitely one of my favorite consoles, it had great games including Jet Force, Gemini, Goldeneye, Ocarina of Time, Majora Mask, Banjo Kazoie and many others. Everyonce in a while I still play just to escape the boredom of some of todays games. If you are looking for a great console of a bygone era with many triple titles pick this one up.

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“I remember when I first got my 64. It was one of the...”

★★★★★

written by on 14/07/2008

I remember when I first got my 64. It was one of the greatest days of my life. I would spend hours playing with it every day. It is a fun addicting system, and it was one of the greatest. One of my biggest regrets was selling it. Throughout the years i have wanted it back, so I traded my friend my ps2 for his 64. It was worth it

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“One of the Greatest days of my life was when I got a...”

★★★★★

written by Druwazhere on 14/07/2008

One of the Greatest days of my life was when I got a Nintendo 64. I would spend hours playing with it. It was my favorite system as a child and still is. My biggest regret was selling it, I still hit myself in the head about that. Not long ago I traded my ps2 for my friends Nintendo 64. It was worth it!

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“For me the N64 was and still is the greatest console...”

★★★★★

written by 121mike212 on 23/05/2008

For me the N64 was and still is the greatest console ever released in my opinion. The first day it entered the shops it was far superior to any other console around at the time as far as I am concerned, and it stayed at the top right up and till they discontinued it. I grew up with the n64 so its been a big part of my life and most of my friends lives to. No other console has ever given to me what the n64 did. Over the years of its production Nintendo and other companies released vast amounts of game titles for it, all I can say is thank god for the internet and auction sites for helping me to keep collecting n64 bits and pieces.

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“I've had my Nintendo 64 since 1996, and it hasn't...”

★★★★☆

written by OMEGAGODLY on 12/12/2005

I've had my Nintendo 64 since 1996, and it hasn't broken since. I love James Bond 007, and it still works. I can upgrade to an expansion pack, other Japanese upgrades, great games, lasts a really long time. I love it.

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“Nintendo 64 is a good system because it's quiet. Lasts...”

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written by bloodywar on 17/10/2005

Nintendo 64 is a good system because it's quiet. Lasts long because it uses cartages instead of disks. You can easily play mass multiplayer games without useing a multi-tap like the Playstations. But the only problem is where I live that games are going back up to $25 to $50 each, and the best games like Worms Armageddon is selling for $100 in mint condition and $75 used. And the Sega Genesis is going that way to which plain sucks the big one. And less places are carring the games, I remember when I could rent Sega Genisis and N64 games that was the good ol'days.

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“The N64 was one of the most eagerly anticipated...”

★★★★☆

written by TOMLEECEE on 10/12/2004

The N64 was one of the most eagerly anticipated consoles in gaming history. Rumours of a super powerful new console from Nintendo started The Nintendo 64 began Doing the rounds in early 1995, just as the world was gearing up for the Eastern launches of the new 32-bit consoles. Nintendo kept their cards very close to their chest amid all the excitement surrounding Sony and Sega's new projects, and many were sceptical that maybe Nintendo hadn't announced anything because they had nothing to announce - i.e. they had been left behind. Those fears were laid to rest when Ultra 64, formerly Project Reality, was officially unveiled in late 1995. The gaming media went into hype over-drive, making all sorts of ludicrous claims about the power of the system. Apparently able to produce visuals of the same quality as the Dinosaurs in Jurassic Park (that we now know is a lie!), the console was indeed part developed by Silicon Graphics.

Excitement grew and the PSX and Saturn were launched, but by reading the letters pages of the Nintendo Magazines, it was evident that those loyal Nintendo fans that hadn't jumped ship and bought a new machine, were hanging on in the hope that Nintendo delivered.

Ultra 64 became Nintendo 64 and the system was launched in Japan in 1996, along with some of the finest games ever made. Super Mario 64 blew the gaming press away - many journalists and gamers claiming it was the best game ever created. Other titles like Pilotwings brought to the stage visuals unrivalled on the 32-bit consoles. The joypad was a totally new and revolutionary design, and featured analogue control as standard (a rumour suggests that upon the launch of the N64, Sony 'let go' many of the team that designed the Playstation control pad). The launch was a total success, as was the US launch several moths later.

The US launch saw a handful of new games trickle out of the wood work, most notably Turok: Dinosaur Hunter and Blast Corps; most forgettable Cruisn' USA.

The N64 was launched in the UK on March 1st, 1997 and sold out across the country just after 9am. Many city centres saw sleeping bag lined streets that night, as eager games fans camped outside stores. I even heard from a friend that was in one of those lines in Manchester City Centre that a fight broke out in the Market Street Virgin Megastore after two punters tried to buy the last machine in stock.

After the initial shortages of stock (that may have been part of a publicity stunt) were rectified, there followed several months where only a handful of games were released for the N64 and gamers grew tired of having to play the same games over. Several lacklustre titles appeared (like MRC, Fifa 64 and Doom64) but it wasn't until the big guns appeared that the N64 looked like it was going to be a massive hit.

Konami released what many believe to be the finest football game created -ISS64, and Rare released the title that is synonymous with the N64 - 007 Goldeneye. Featuring awesome visuals, locales straight from the film, weeks and weeks of replay value and the coveted 4-player split screen mode, Goldeneye was the one game that launched the N64 into the living rooms of a million households.

After that, the top-notch titles kept coming - Lylat Wars, Banjo Kazooie, the untouchable Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Turok 2, Diddy Kong Racing, World Driver Championship, Resident Evil 2 et al.

The N64 was something of a success for Nintendo, although nowhere near as big as the Playstaion was for Sony. Several problems did present themselves to Nintendo. Firstly, the machine wasn't as powerful as first thought and many promising titles were cut down or cancelled altogether. The choice by Nintendo to use cartridges rather than CDs was unpopular with developers for a number of reasons - primarily, Nintendo require a percentage of the profit from a game in return for a license to produce cartridges; secondly, cartridges have a much smaller memory capacity than CDs meaning video sequences are virtually impossible without expensive compression techniques. These problems became even more evident when certain big name developers jumped ship due to the restrictions of the format (Square being one of the biggest as Final Fantasy 7 was originally planned for the N64).

However, Nintendo battled on and in ultimately didn't fare too badly with the N64. Toward the end of its life before the Gamecube was rumoured, the N64 played host to several more very good games, namely Perfect Dark (the psuedo sequel to Goldeneye; and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask). Few people actually played these games due to the N64's decline unpopularity and Nintendo's non-existent advertising.

The N64 enjoyed a rather successful part in the console wars of the late 1990s, beating the Saturn into 3rd place and playing host to some excellent titles along the way.

Add ons:

The 4mb expansion pak slotted into the memory expansion hatch at the front of the console and expanded the overall video memory to 8mb. This enabled several games to be run in a slightly jerky hi-resolution mode. Some games won't even work without one.

The 64DD was announced several months after the launch of the N64 and was designed to sit underneath the console, a bit like the Mega-cd with the Mega Drive. It had a disk drive and games were in the form of magnetic disks. It also featured a modem. The 64DD was launched in Japan with a handful of expansion disks and a bizarre Giant simulator called 'Doshin the Giant.' Never released in the west.

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“Nintendo 64 - This is the best console ever bar SNES....”

★★★★★

written by Takahiro on 18/10/2004

Nintendo 64 - This is the best console ever bar SNES. Buy it now if you didn't before.

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“Well Nintendo put down every other system at the time...”

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written by nodoubtfun on 11/01/2004

Well Nintendo put down every other system at the time cause they used discs and they said load times took too long. Well my N64 games still take a while to load and Look now who finally joins the disc world?? THE GAMECUBE. N64 was a joke when it came out, they put down Playstation and Dreamcast, 3DO, SEGA CD, SATURN,Turbo Grafx Duo, Neo Geo cause they all used CD's for the games. Well they all had better games (at the time) Then Nintendo, and their games didn't cost from $59 to $79 new.(Except for NEO GEO who's games might of been amazing, but Cost WAY TOO MUCH.) Nintendo took forever to get the N64 out. It was set back like 4 years by the time it came out, lol. And it didn't last very long, But now its $15 at the pawn shop and I even bought one at a flea market for $10(which I sold for $20) and now the games at the pawn shop in my town sells the games for $5. So it's a Good system to buy now, but not as good as the Dreamcast I got last week for $15.

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Samusaran551's Response to nodoubtfun's Review

Written on: 27/03/2005

You are an idiot. N64 is one of the best systems of all time. If they were the same price, I would gladly buy a N64 today (if I didn't all ready have one) over a PS2 or an Xbox. The N64 had a huge number of high quality games. Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Zelda: Majora's Mask, Pokemon Stadium 1 & 2, Golden Eye, Perfect Dark, Kirby 64, Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Jet Force Gemini, Super Mario 64, Yoshi's Story, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, Donkey Kong 64, Mario Kart 64, Super Smash Bros., Star Fox 64, Diddy Kong Racing, F-Zero X, and many more. So, take your stupid review and shove it.

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Tomleecee's Response to nodoubtfun's Review

Written on: 26/01/2006

I never said the N64 rules over the Xbox or PS2, just that it has a whole host of awesome games that shouldn't be overlooked by any real games fan.

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Psp Fan's Response to nodoubtfun's Review

Written on: 26/01/2006

I totally agree with you, you can't compare an N64 with a PS2. That's like comparing a Model T Ford with a 2005 Mustang. I don't see why you think the N64 rules over the PS2 and xBox because these 2 systems rock!

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Tomleecee's Response to nodoubtfun's Review

Written on: 25/01/2006

Are serious? You're comparing your PS2 to the N64?!?! They just don't compare when it comes to pure hardware power - granted, but the games are lame?
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<br>I suggest you get your head examined. Show me a SINGLE PS2 game that shows the inventiveness, design quality or originality of the N64 old guard: eg GoldenEye, Zelda, Mario64, Diddy Kong Racing, Banjo, Pefect Dark, Wave Race, Lylat Wars, et al. All of these games were genre defining when they came out and blew the competition clean out of the water. Save for the GTA games and Pro Evo Soccer, please give me an example of an exclusive PS2 game that can lay claim to this?

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Psp Fan's Response to nodoubtfun's Review

Written on: 24/01/2006

The Nintendo 64 does have nice games and I think it's a pretty good system. Some of the games still run for about 15 bucks. I've had my Nintendo 64 for almost a year I think but the games I have are lame. The PS2 does rule over the Nintendo 64 and so do the other systems out now, but when the Nintendo 64 first came out its was a very popular item.

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Tomleecee's Response to nodoubtfun's Review

Written on: 13/11/2005

Yeah, surely a console should be judged on the quality of its games, not the price of the launch titles? True, games like Turok retailed at £70 in the UK at launch, but the prices soon came into line with the other consoles. The N64 is one of the greatest home systems of all time.

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“I've had the nintendo 64 since its earlier days..It's...”

★★★★☆

written by Jay. on 06/12/2002

I've had the nintendo 64 since its earlier days..It's a good console, it's quiet, and I'm able to bring it in the car with me when we go on trips. I like how it uses cartridges, but I cant find good ones around anymore. The best place to look for these games would probably be on the internet. I had most of the games, they all ran pretty smoothly. Its also easy to hook up.

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“The Nintendo N64 is a really cool console. It had...”

★★★★★

written by Andy. on 10/07/2002

The Nintendo N64 is a really cool console. It had great graphics for its time and still some games like mario tennis, Spiderman and both Zeldas. You can buy the whole console for 35 bucks but the price adds up because the games are just as expensive as PS2 games. It has really fun games like Spiderman, Super smash bros, Zelda, Starfox and many more i couldn't list or it would take up the whole screen. Also, there are still more games coming out (like spiderman). Overall this is a great system.

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Rowan's Response to 30100_Andy.'s Review

Written on: 06/01/2004

Truly a wonderful console!
<br>Shame it's dead!
<br>Conker's Bad Fur Day was certainly a nice surprise! The graphics are up to the standard of a poor PS2 game! Brilliantly funny and, I believe, a timeless classic!

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“Very good console and some excellent games (eg Super...”

★★★★☆

written by Peter. on 27/02/2001

Very good console and some excellent games (eg Super Mario 64). Cartridges are so much better than disks but sadly cost far more to manufacture. Its amazing that the price difference between Sony Playstation CD's and N64 cartridges isnt more. Sony must be really creaming it in.

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21641_Rowan.'s Response to 1055_Peter.'s Review

Written on: 29/04/2002

Good on you! N64 is great and still is great with games like CBFD and JFG both by RARE.

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Rowan's Response to 1055_Peter.'s Review

Written on: 07/01/2004

It's true in fact!
<br>At the time PS1 disks could be sold at £20 and still make the same amount of profit as £50 N64 cartridges! It just goes to show how much Sony cares about the consumers, not very little!

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