J4MES OX4D 10,276 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I got this from my parents for Christmas 1997 back when I was a teenager and it will forever remain as one of my most favourite consoles ever. The games were bloody pricey with cartridges ranging from £39.99 (game was likely old or crap) all that way up to £64.99. Whatever games you had; you certainly got your money's worth out of them though as some could be played for hours at time for months on end. I probably played Goldeneye for over 500 hours over 3 years yet today I could probably complete the missions in well under an hour. Crazy to think multiplayer back then was 4 players with their own controllers bundled onto a sofa on a 12 inch TV squinting at a corner of the screen. Great days though! I did amass a decent collection of games though; off the top of my head I had the likes of Extreme G, FIFA 98, ISS 64, Super Mario 64, Zelda: Ocarina of time/Majora's Mask, Laylat Wars, Mission Impossible, Turok, Doom, F1 World Grand Prix, Banjo Kazooie, Yoshi's Story and Perfect Dark plus others I'm sure I've forgotten. Still have all of these today dotted around in my parents loft! I don't think Nintendo have ever matched those hights since despite some very popular consoles/handhelds but it's great to see them still have a major foothold in the industry unlike Sega who went from a major competitor back in the 1990's to a now mainstream game publisher. Check out this YouTube channel by Glenn Plant if you haven't seen it already - he covers a lot of N64 classics https://www.youtube.com/user/glennplant Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/4204-nintendo-64/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil bottle 10,057 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 I loved my Nintendo 64 and had to get that extra bit to allow me to play Perfect Dark. Goldeneye was - for a long time - the best game I ever played. Very dated now I know. Right at the end of its life developers were making games that pushed it further than anyone thought possible. Play Excitebike and you'll know what I mean. Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/4204-nintendo-64/#findComment-87221 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The3rdWalker 1,281 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 I will defend this statement. No one will ever, EVER beat me at Mario Tennis. i7 7700k, 16GB RAM, GEFORCE 1080, 240GB SSHD, 2TB SSD Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/4204-nintendo-64/#findComment-87227 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil bottle 10,057 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 42 minutes ago, PlasticGaming said: I will defend this statement. No one will ever, EVER beat me at Mario Tennis. I'd love to play you at Mario Tennis... just for that statement alone Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/4204-nintendo-64/#findComment-87230 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaGarratt 11,223 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 One of the consoles I never got at the time and I only own it because a friend gave me his. Shame because I missed all the hype for Goldeneye.However, a nintendo fanboy of this had quite a bit of time on their hands and changed the Switch docking station for his N64. Epic work!Via the FG App Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/4204-nintendo-64/#findComment-87253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil bottle 10,057 Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Awesome Lee Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/4204-nintendo-64/#findComment-87279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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