N64 Games That Aged BEAUTIFULLY
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ต.ค. 2024
- Even though the sales for the console never quite matched what Nintendo have reached with the Switch, it’s hard to argue with the claim that the N64 is Ninty’s most iconic console. It’s also responsible for your mum calling every console you own a “Nintendo”, but that’s another story. While a lot of the library of games is considerably dated by this point, there’s a select few on the N64 that have seemed to defy the ravages of time, and also early 3D game development.
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tried to focus less on bigger games so that it wouldn't end up just looking like a "best N64 games" list, hope you uhhh twangle in its madness!
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As much as I love the n64, I think a lot of the big name games didn't age well. OOT, Goldeneye/perfect dark, and plenty of others are, imo, not worth it in 2024. Stuff like paper mario? Heck yeah. Now to actually watch teh video
My mom is guilty of calling every video game system a "Nintendo" and often blamed me being sick due to playing too many video games (a cold), but never to the extreme of video games giving me Parkinson's disease 😅... Bless these sweet sweet ladies 🥹😂
The everything is “Nintendo” thing is awful but my dad was guilty of saying “Pokemans” every. Single. Time. Drove me up a wall as a kid 😂
@@jamesredline1352 lmao I don't know how we went from Pokemon to Pokemans or why not Pokemen if they thought it was plural 😂😂😂
My first system was an NES, which an older sibling purchased. My parents called it a Nintendo. Then they continued w/ Super Nintendo and N64, which came out when I was about 13.
When the GameCube came out, I purchased it an played it, but by that time, it was no longer a family affair. I'm not even sure my parents even know that I purchased one, or a PS2, or my Xbox.
They just lost awareness by that point.
I loved the GameCube, but I think that N64 was almost like art. Pilotwings 64 was one of the first two games, and it's basically just a soothing art piece. Those weird experiences were never replicated by other systems
That’s mostly due to the NES, not the N64
It's the best branding a company could hope for - like Kleenex & Xerox.
Even today folks think those names instead of "tissue" and "copier." Bonus points to everyone who smelled toner when they read Xerox and looked around for a Kleenex 😁
Rogue Squadron also had one of the best easter eggs ever. They completely hid the Naboo Starfighter as a cheat code fighter, and dropped the code to unlock it as part of the movie promo.
I remember that, long after completely finishing the game they revealed codes for hidden ships and that gave the game some new life. Reminds me also of the Goldeneye input cheat codes that were kept secret for several years, for such intensely played games, both of those were great surprises.
@@iyziejane The pre-dataming days were amazing and that's not just nostalgia talking.
Ogre Battle was a tasty choice for this list! And thank you for showing Unicorn Overlord. I somehow completely missed the memo on that game so I had to check it out and buy it thanks to this video. You have great taste, my dude!
I think Mischief Makers would be a good candidate for this category as well. I love the aesthetic and sound design of that game.
One of the keys to enjoying an N64 game is to use a controller which has a control stick that's in good condition, and many games work best with the original type of controller control stick, which is actually significantly more precise than modern control sticks, believe it or not. Part of the issue is that more modern style control sticks will often just feel too sensitive as well, where you don't have enough control to make fine adjustments in some games.
You can buy replacement parts for your original OEM controllers. It can take a bit of work to get them installed, and you might need to sand away some mold lines, but once you get it working well it can be a huge improvement.
The difference between playing Ocarina's shooting gallery games on OG hardware vs emulation illustrates this very well. It's so much better on the N64 controller.
I find the reason for this personally fascinating! The N64 stick technically output values in a range of -128 to 128 same as modern sticks, but the hexagonal gate limited the actual range to about 81 in either direction, which developers were aware of and programmed around. Thus the expected max range comes at about 60%. Most modern emulators will automatically correct for this, or allow you to adjust the correction ratio. The NSO N64 controller actually outputs in the correct range, which is why it feels so good in its intended use case.
One can never talk to much F-Zero.
This is what Nintendo Ninjas want you to think.
I have put Ogre Battle 64 as my favorite game for DECADES. ❤
At least you show 'Blast Corps' in the intro ;p. One of best and most unique N64 games :). cool vid ty!
i love ogre battle 64. those sprites still look great too
My fave game of all time. Still have my original copy❤
I really liked how you listed some of 64 games I grew up when I was a kid! :D
Ogre Battle is amazing, the best RPG in the N64 library.
Fantastic list, although you forgot one insanely good game, with great replay value: “Harvest Moon 64”
My brother and I were so addicted to that game that we had a bet on who could rack up more time in our saved games, he won though, as he played it so much that his world in the game reset itself! I didn’t even know that was possible to be honest
N64 remains a classic.
Two of the best games not on this list which still hold up are 1080 Snowboarding and Wave Race. I’d love updates on the Switch 2!
In 1080 Snowboarding, did you unlock the penguin board? And I think there was also a gold and silver character 🤔
@@leozar69 Certainly did! I unlocked everything back in the day. Absolute classic!
The NES is responsible for parents calling every system a Nintendo, it was definitely happening before the N64.
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Excactly.
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Very useful video, I hope they make more lists like these, there must be more N64 games that still played well today.
Yes, finally Ogre Battle 64 is receiving some love!
What the actual? The og wormbox aka. NES is the reason that older generations refer every console as Nintendo.
Clickbait witch is from Ogre Battle 64, you're welcome
Winback was dope
I know this is off topic but unlike the SNES PS1 and PS2 the N64 wasn’t a RPG juggernaut but I do still enjoy Ogre Battle 64 Paper Mario Aidyn Chronicles and Hybrid Heaven they have all aged gracefully as well
Just started Aidyn Chronicles weeks ago. Can't believe how big the open world map is for the time.
F-Zero X is honestly one of the BEST N64 games I've played. Been replaying the 64 alot recently and yes, F-Zero X IMO has probably aged the best out of any game I've played on there, Performance is stellar, Graphics are solid, Soundtrack is banging, And the gravity defying race tracks are still amazing to this day. Awesome game, One of if not the best racing game on 64.
The Goemon titles on the N64 are the biggest underrated gems on the console and are some of the best aged games on the N64 as well. They have some of the best soundtracks in gaming as well.
yes yes yes! agreed. was hoping Goemon's Great Adventure would be on the list but alas, it seemed kind of obscure! the soundtrack is UNREAL. The stages/cities were really great. The castles had some bops, the underworld level was amazing, and there was also the PU-LASS-U-MAAAAAA guy and the dancers. One of the best platformers of all time, imo.
My man Bomberman and his games are N64 classics as well, they deserve the love
WCW/NWO Revenge was the best!! 40 man battle Royal, No mercy was good too
I hate to say it but most of these games suffer from not being played on a CRT. Most of my classic systems look fine on a newer flat screen TV, but the 64 really suffers when played on a modern TV. I just got a Sony CRT and it's an amazing improvement. It just sucks that CRTs are so heavy, but they are easy to find and in most cases free.
Just 23 seconds in and I gotta stop you. "Nintendo" being a generic word for a video game console *well* predates the N64, The NES started this phenomenon. We could probably have an actual discussion about whether this or the SNES was the most iconic console, though.
In response to OoT, I'll just say, Ship of Harkinian and 2Ship2Harkinian.
And, needless to say, the N64 has a huge place in my heart due to the many hours spent playing many of the games on it, including a few listed here.
ive been trying to find a copy of the cat quest 1 and 2 bundle but havent had much luck. Glad to hear theyre making a cat quest 3!
mario party 6 is still the goat for me, the ability to take over the board with orbs was super fun to me, and the day/night system with the maps made it super fun and interesting. sometimes it would change the price of the stars or switch bowser with dk, being able to steal stars with boo at night on some maps, it was wild. the chaos bots dont mess around either
My mom would call every console a Nintendo since the NES. Only the Atari would be named "Atari".
Yeah, the claim that it was the N64 and *not* the NES, Game Boy, or SNES that practically made "Nintendo" synonymous with "home video games" is farfetched at best. XD
My older Gen-X sister once told me something like "when you play your Atari" (My Nintendo Switch). Her husband regularly plays X-Box, lol.
I do remember absolutely loving Pilotwings. I always wanted the ability to just walk around or pilot ground/water vehicles--something that would of course eventually become a reality for games--but it was a simple joy to play... outside of a few of the difficult missions that killed me.
EDIT: I think Perfect Dark deserves a mention, as well... but I am very biased.
Great list! Keep em up!
Jet Force Gemini, Body Harvest (settings the stage for 3d GTA), and Perfect Dark
not to undercut your "other story" but the only game console that made anyone call every videogame console a "nintendo" was the original nintendo/famicom
Compared to the PS1, most N64 games have aged greatly. The lack of CDs prevented the size of games could get and could't have cut scenes, but one thing the N64 had is that it was a 3D graphic machine. Perfect at the time it came out to show what could be done with 3D games. Now thew main issue with todays gaming is the lack of compatibility with HD televisions.
One of the biggest things holding it back were such a small texture cache. Made the textures look muddy or distorted.
@bucky5869 True but the textures looked ok on a crt television and displayed correctly unlike on the playstation with it’s insane texture warping.
I actually think cutscenes are bad game design, personally (see Half-Life 2 for how to do it right)
Disagree, both consoles look like ass when upscaled and hold up well with CRT filters. N64 games are too low poly and its textures too low res for its raw output to hold up.
@@donkeypong1847 just ok should not be passing. especially at the time
N64 is not the most iconic Nintendo console. You were probably just a kid when the N64 came out.
I mean, Mario Party 1 has aged like milk, given that its minigames break not only control sticks but palms as well
@@fritzthecat8158Wrong, there are several Mini games which rely on fast circling the analogue stick, e.g. the „fishing“ mini game and at least 2-3 more games.
I'm a simple man. You put Captain Falcon on the thumbnail, I click.
[Edit] You took Captain Falcon off the thumbnail, yet I cannot now unclick. That was a shrewd and crafty thing to get me. Y'got me.
In my humble opinion - Wave Race 64 and Banjo Kazooie also deserved to be on this list :)
They could have just cranked out a simple 2D zelda game just like a link to the past but they went above and beyond to make sure it took advantage of the 64's hardware
Goemon's Great Adventure needs some love!
I second that 💯
Star Wars Rogue Squadron with the expansion pack is amazing !
Without the expansion pack i'm not sure... loved that N64 game making it worth the price of the expansion !
You forgot Conker Bad Fur Day, Kirby 64, Donkey Kong 64, Banjo Tooie, Perfect Dark
I second that 👍👍
Fox McCloud only shows up when Smash Brothers is around *immediately shows two Starfox games*
Fzero X was and still is one of the fastest and most responsive (maybe too responsive sometimes) racers out there. Emulation is even better as it cuts the lag and does not drop frames. Highly reccommend another visit on modern tech!
There is very little to say about N64 3D graphics. Less jagged edges compared to the Playstation and Saturn but with most games the textures and colours just look blurred and washed out, lack of storage capacity on the carts.
Still the top games on the N64 look dimensions superior compared to the best games on psx and Saturn. As much as I love MGS or Panzer Dragoon Saga, their graphical fidelity pales in comparison to games like Turok 2, Perfect Dark, Conker, Star Fox etc.
No outro? Also I would have replaced the wrestling game with “Shake Shake.”
I 100%'d Unicorn Overlord because I loved the gameplay so much. You can imagine my jaw dropping when I saw Ogre Battle 64 in action. I need to play that right now!
Good video. I agree with your list, at least with the ones I played.
I'd say Superman 64 didn't age poorly because it never was a good game. I had it and it was just terrible at the time too. The controls were terrible, the gameplay was bad, and it looked bad too. It just wasn't fun.
Another game I do still go back and play and I think aged well is Mischief Makers. It focused on being a good 2D platformer with some 3D and effects that took advantage of the N64 hardware. The controls are pretty good too. It's a pretty odd game and maybe not for anyone, but I think it feels just as good to play today as it does then because of its focus on a good 2D game that is enhanced with some 3D, rather than 3D were held back by the limitations of the hardware like a lot of N64 games that didn't age as well.
"It's also probably responsible for your mom calling every console you own for the rest of time a Nintendo."
No, that started with the original NES, not the N64.
Also, Superman 64 did not age poorly. It sucked backed then just as much as it sucks now.
whats that game where theres like all these waves and you have to race on all the waves?
every now and then a flashback races through my mind wish i could remember the name
Before I even get 2 mins in, Ogrebattle 64 better be on here
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rogue squadron was peak graphics in the 64, crazy how that game came out on that console
"I want to twangle in your madness" is now my go to pickup line.
Pilotwings 64 looks as beautiful as the day it came out. Just gorgeous.
Star Wars Episode 1 Racer was epic
Cat Quest 3 pls
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F-Zero X was a lot of fun…
Actually, IS a lot of fun.
In defense of superman 64, is not that it didn't age well, the game arrived dead for how bad it was.
I think you missed the point of Shallow Hal
95+% of people missed the point of the movie even back when it came out.
A story can have an admirable moral yet be told in an inept way that completely contradicts the supposed point.
Gimme that Cat Quest 3!
one of the X cup tracks had a turn that literally no other car could make. easy win!
With the exception of no mercy since i don´t like wrestling, i have all of the games mentioned in this video on my top 50 games of the console. Great choices!
That's more than 1/10th of the console's library
@@LutraLovegood What matters in a console is not the quantity of games but the quality.
Nice, Ogre Battle 64 segway…😅
Yeah, agree with all of them for the most part.
One game that I think ranks up there that most people probably wouldn't consider is Doom64. The original Doom engine used sprites, and you could certainly tell. IDK if Doom64 was sprites but it certainly doesn't LOOK that way, they look like 3D models, and the texture is *much* better. I think it aged beautifully, IMO it looks more GC level than it does N64, I think it aged well, even if it wasn't popular.
Dude, yes, D64 whips! the music and atmosphere is probably some of the most unique on the N64
Just gonna come to bat for Shadows of the Empire because it's one of my top favorite Star Wars games of all time
correction: nintendo didnt make new pokemon snap. BANDAI did. the digimon people mae one of the best looking pokemon games ever...
Superman was trash the day it came
Nice mix of expensive and affordable games!
It is a cardinal sin to skip or dismiss the Wiiu partially or entirely ; I did not own one as a late twenties/early thirties biological male but I did get a chance to try it out a few years ago. It was a big improvement over the Wii and the Switch has yet to replicate it in my opinion; my excuse for not owning one was the fact that my buddies owned a Sony PS3 so I had to own one as well (to compete in online EA Sports FIFA servers). The Wiiu deserved more love and support than it initially got and received years later; again, my issues were that the selection of sports titles were a bit more robust on the other console devices and the Saint's Row 2 and GTA 4/Episodes from LC were sadly not ported to Nintendo WiiU's hybrid home or office console device (for some odd reason).
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Good video and some good choices.
Mario Party 1 was an analog stick killer, though. If you're playing on original hardware and don't want to deal with part wear, I'd stay away from it.
Anyways, Cat Quest 3! 😅
Mario Party 1 definitely aged terribly unless you have a special controller or the glove for it. 2 and 3 aged quite better.
Ogre Battle 64 is such a gem
Stopped what I was doing to subscribe when you said "YOouuuuu RAt!" with enough derogatory to make me laugh out loud.
The only part that i disagree, is about Mario Party. MP3 has aged very well, and i still play it with friends to this day, but mario party 1 and 2 didn't aged well because of the controller destroying minigames, specialy nowadays that n64 aren't easy to find.
I'm just gonna add: Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon - Glover - Banjo Kazooie/Tooie - Re-Volt
Fun video! Cat Quest 3!
I mean, it was no Sega Saturn, but it had some good games.
that thumbnail is holding something else up
I haven't beaten Cat Quest II yet, but I've enjoyed it so far. So Cat Quest III, pls!
Wave Race holds up even better than F-Zero..
Is Pilot Wings actual N64 footage? I don’t remember the models looking that crisp.
im late to the game here but you said cat quest free? Is it three or free?
Cat Quest 3 please. Great video also 🎉
I hope I’m not too late for the Cat Quest 3! Please 🙏
Ogre Battle 64 is hands down one of the best N64 games ever made!
CAT QUEST 3 PLS
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Vigilante 8?
@@enriquegomez8114 thank you
@@Jassi-MATRIX Enjoy it.
The NES is the most iconic console ever made. The list is fine, but Super Mario 64 will always be one of the best games of that generation if you just want some fun.
Those wrestlers look like The Flesh from Kablam.
I dont care what anyone says. If you cant appreciate early 3D graphics (N64/PSX/Saturn) then you've got the imagination of a potato, posess zero whimsy and are just a basic ahhh person.
so I stopped watching when the N64 was the most iconic Nintendo console happened. Big lol
Same lol. Why is no one else mentioning that, he can’t just get away with it.
It is! If you exclude the Switch, the Wii, their handhelds, and both the famicom and super famicom...
He's not totally wrong. The design of the controller, the timing, and the overall reception (because it WAS nintendo) made it a really widely known and enjoyed system.
Rouge Squadron was out almost 2 years later. No where near 1 year.
I love the FREE-D games! :)
What about Goldeneye and Perfect Dark 64? Super Mario 64? Biohazard 2? There are great N64 games not mentioned here.
Cat quest 3!!!!! Also blast corps is goated
This list was definitely needed, because the N64 is a console that benefits heavily from nostalgia goggles and those who don't have fond memories of the console will point out its graphical shortcomings. But that generation was uncharted territory for the industry and those graphics were revolutionary at the time.
You can say that about any older console. The N64 was class.
@@tornoofo17 of course, but 16 bit systems with 2D sprites get a pass because that retro aesthetic is pleasing and 2D pixel art has made a resurgence in recent years. Majority of people do not find PS1/N64 3D graphics all that appealing today
It wasn’t revolutionary graphics for the time… it was well made games that made the n64
@@InfiltrateIndustries I have to strongly disagree. When I was in 3rd grade Super Mario 64 and Pilotwings 64 were the best looking games at the time and really pushed the limits of what we thought was possible for video game graphics. Being able to explore a fully 3D environment without much lag was amazing
@@InfiltrateIndustriesdefinitely was revolutionary. SM64 was mindblowing in 96/97.