Because dropping the gloves with your buddies is fun now and then, especially when it’s arguing about video games over the internet like complete goofballs, I decided to find an official list of Nintendo 64 games that rock (also I have a lot of spare time). It doesn’t take rocket appliances to see that the N64 was a great console, so find one I did, and from the person with the best knowledge in the world about this kind of thing to boot (me). So without further ado, let’s get down to business. I even ordered the list alphabetically by developer and release order (again, lots of spare time). Multiplatform (between N64/PSX) games aren’t considered.
- Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (Acclaim ’97)
- Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (Acclaim ’98)
- Snowboard kids (Atlus ’97)
- Duke Nukem: Zero Hour (Eurocom ’99)
- Super Smash Bros (HAL ’99)
- Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (HAL ’00)
- Mario Party (Hudson ’99)
- Paper Mario (Intelligent Systems ’01)
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (LucasArts ’98)
- Star Wars: Episode 1 Racer (LucasArts ’99)
- Cruis’n USA (Midway ’96)
- Cruis’n World (Midway ’98)
- Harvest Moon 64 (Natsume ’99)
- Super Mario 64 (Nintendo ’96)
- Mario Kart 64 (Nintendo ’97)
- Star Fox 64 (Nintendo ’97)
- 1080 Snowboarding (Nintendo ’98)
- F-Zero X (Nintendo ’98)
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo ’98)
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (Nintendo ’00)
- Beetle Adventure Racing (Paradigm ’99)
- Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber (Quest ’00)
- Blast Corps (Rare ’98)
- Goldeneye 007 (Rare ’98)
- Banjo-Kazooie (Rare ’98)
- Jet Force Gemini (Rare ’99)
- Donkey Kong 64 (Rare ’99)
- Perfect Dark (Rare ’00)
- Banjo-Tooie (Rare ’00)
- Conker’s Bad Fur Day (Rare ’01)
- Space Station Silicon Valley (Rockstar ’98)
- Mischief Makers (Treasure ’97)
- Winback: Covert Operations (W-Force ’99)
In the interest of fairness, here’s a list of Playstation games that were good enough for me to have spent more than an hour total playing (without regret). Though these are organized in no way. As with the above list, mulitplatform games don’t count.
- MegaMan Legends 2
- Final Fantasy 9
- Parasite Eve
- Parasite Eve 2
- Crono Cross
- Final Fantasy Tactics
- Resident Evil 3
I think that should be evidence enough for anyone. And if not, then how can you explain why three of the top rated games ever (Numbers one, five, and six) are from the N64? Only one is from the Playstation, and it’s lame-tastic Tekken. In conclusion, saying the N64 was only good for a couple shooters and wrestling games is like saying the Eagles are only good for “Hotel California”, a statement which shows an astronomic amount of ignorance.