Developers often preferred the Playstation for their titles due to the N64's inability to provide media rich content which games such as the Final Fantasy series demanded. Nintendo chose to sell the machine on the merits of its fast-loading cartridge system and the insignificant fact that it featured a 64-bit architecture - unfortunately for Nintendo, people were more impressed by high-capacity CD media, in-game movie sequences and pre-recorded soundtracks than fast loading and the size of the machine's pipeline. Although it was a much higher powered machine than Sony's Playstation or Sega's Saturn, the N64 always lagged behind in sales. Let me know what you recommend others play from this console.The N64 was released in mid-1996 as Nintendo's front-runner in the original next-gen console wars. Japanese-only, but there is a fan-translation that you can easily find.Ĭonker's Bad Fur Day: *M-rated Rare developed action platformer about a trash-talking squirrel. Give it a try!Ī very unique live simulation game that will scratch the RPG/story-heavy itch that the N64 severely lacks in.

Linux via Proton, so the N64 rom is probably the easiest to get running, which is why I mentioned it here.īit of a hidden gem racing game, in which you race around in Volkswagen New Beetles. There are issues with running this fast-paced pod racing game on other platforms incl. Really fun rail ‘shooter’, in which you have to take picture of Pokémon on a tropical island.

Often considered better than Mario Kart 64, which has more advanced sequels on other platforms so I excluded that from this list. Easier to get running than the PC port of SM64 (see below), so I mention it here as well.

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