When the games came out, I remember the old 4 screen multiplayer Mario Kart 64 days. Then soon after Goldeneye 007, which blew my mind.

  • thingsiplay@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    24 days ago

    If we speak about next gen, Super Mario 64 was a real next generation. It was a magical moment. Today kids don’t have this kind of magic anymore.

  • samus12345@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    9·
    24 days ago

    My first memory of the N64 was seeing it in a Blockbuster not long after it came out. The kid playing was doing the first slide in Mario 64 over and over. Later I saw it at a Toys R Us and the person was in Dire Dire Docks. I remember the tint was off and the water looked green. Both of those locations are long gone now, of course. 👴

  • twinnie@feddit.ukEnglish
    7·
    24 days ago

    I bought one the day it came out in the UK. Back in those days they didn’t get released in all countries at the same time, there was nearly a year between Japan and the UK. I used to go through the backs of magazines staring at the adverts trying to find someone who would sell an import for a remotely reasonable price but they were inflated by like 2.5x.

  • taiyang@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    24 days ago

    I still remember seeing it as a young child at the E3, which is a wild memory now because (1) they stopped allowing children and (2) they no longer exist.

    The demo included Bom-omb Battlefield and it was the first time I had seen 3D. Sure PlayStation and Saturn (and I think Jaguar?) were there too, but Mario 64 was definitely the most impressive.

  • Meatwagon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    23 days ago

    Perfect Dark multiplayerwas sort if the precursor to a lot of online shooters. It was also the only one with bots which made it highly advanced for it’s time and allowed a lot of replayability.

    Banjo-Kazooie was my favorite game of all time, though.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    24 days ago

    We got to rent time on one of these that very summer in an arcade-like coffee shop (or something, I was young, I don’t remember) in NYC. Everything was in Japanese, but Mario was running around in an open world and it blew our minds.

  • Zephyr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    24 days ago

    Just started playing jet force Gemini the other day. I wasn’t crazy as a kid, the targeting system is indeed awful.

    • ouRKaoS@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      23 days ago

      A new pilotwings would make me think hard about getting a Switch 2.

      A new Custom Robo would 100% do it.

  • Localhorst86@feddit.orgEnglish
    3·
    23 days ago

    I’ve still got one kicking around for a yearly get together with friends, where we play nothing but Mario Kart 64 the entire day.
    Specifically battle mode on skyscraper.

    Modded with am HDMI out and original controllers with GameCube joysticks.

  • kevinsky@feddit.nlEnglish
    2·
    23 days ago

    I still have one kicking around in case I feel like playing some Goldeneye.

    I mean I could also play that in the cloud on the switch these days but nothing takes me back to times past than that crappy controller with the floppy broken thumbstick.

    Also, a little video I stumbled upon yesterday for the people that have fond memories with Goldeneye: https://youtu.be/GaxI3Hef3U0?is=1pCCi_8UZOXCLdp3

  • MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    23 days ago

    I didn’t grow up with the console but I absolutely adore it. It birthed some of my favorite games of all time. There’s something that feels so cozy about it. I know it’s been said to death but I feel like I can talk to another N64 fan and it’s almost guaranteed we played the same games