Oct 11 2009
Nostalgia
I’m part of a younger generation where my first system growing up was N64, so this picture has special significance for me. I believe I had all these games at some point, except South Park and ReVolt. Oh the memories…
- Ocarina of Time: Got stuck in the Water Temple
- MK Trilogy: Played this game for 12 hours straight the first time I sat down with it. Didn’t end up killing anyone.
- Pokemon Stadium: Was massively disappointed when a “punch” moved caused the icon of a fist to appear over the opposing Pokemon. Lame.
- Goldeneye: Words cannot express how much I loved this game. One of the all-time greats.
- Clay Fighter: A good concept, but ultimately lost out to Mortal Kombat.
- Starfox: The first game I got for 64, not Mario oddly enough. Still amazing.
- Super Mario: My friend had to help me beat the final Bowser. Seems a lot easier now.
- Super Smash Bros: I still play a solid few hours of Smash Bros. with my friends per week.
- Rogue Squadron: Vastly underrated and often forgotten, I should pop this in again.
- Diddy Kong Racing: Decent, but not as good as Mario Kart
- Shadows of the Empire: My mom took this away from me because when you shot the people they stayed dead on the ground and didn’t disappear.
- Mario Kart: Sadly, my 12 year old idiot self thought it would be a good idea to sell this for a quick $20. Bad idea.
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i didn’t own all of them, but i distinctively remember playing MK: Trilogy for the first time, as well as multiplayer bonanza on both GoldenEye and Super Smash Bros.
I owned Starfox (“do a barrell roll”), Pokemon Stadium and Mario Kart (“Let’s Go” *in Luigi voice*)
I loved allllll those games. Shadows of the Empire is amazing. I’d kinda like a remake or update on graphics or something like that.
I liked Rogue Squadron on PC better than on N64.
Sigh…life just seemed better with the N64.
There was a South Park game for 64? You learn new things everyday….As for getting lost in the water temple in Zelda, it seems impossible the first time, but the second time you realize how easy it is.
I had all of thoose except south park and revolt. 64 has the shit there are plenty more games thats should be remeberd like
donkey kong 64, the intro music was like a drug
Banjo-Kazooie, the voice acting should get a nobel prize
turok that was so freaking great best game that i ever played
duke nukem the multiplayer was so funny you could shrink your foe and stomp on him epic!
I’m addicted to this day to Paper Mario & Destruction Derby for the N64.
You have to persevere to pass the Water Temple! Several of my friends stopped at the same place, but the game just isn’t complete if you give up!
Very nice collection, I believe I owned them all at one stage or another. The only one I would add would be Perfect Dark which was the younger sibling of Goldeneye. Or maybe first cousin….
I must be the only one who didn’t think Water Temple was that hard. Maybe I’m just forgetting why it was hard.
But anyway, Banjo Kazooie and its sequel, one of the best games ever made, Banjo Tooie, are amazing.
geez… how old are you? i’m only 24 and my first system was the atari and then the NES…..
im with chelsea here – this article made me feel really really old and i’m only 24 as well.
atari ski, bowling, and tanks were my favorite firsts. i was 5 years old when the nes came into my house (my dad had a rad interest in video games, still does) and i’ll never forget the original mario brothers and duck hunt.
i dunno, its just weird to think that your first video games were on an n64 when that was the 3rd generation evolution of nintendo consoles.
like i said, this article makes me feel old, but me writing this probably makes people born before me feel even older – those who were 13 or 14 when ataris started hitting living room tv’s
my first system was a PS1 but i used to play all these games at my nieghbors
lol my friend got ocarina of time for christmas