N64 Must Buys (please) [Archive]

ThePigMarcher

24-09-2005, 11:26 AM

OK , after reading through these retro threads , and having given up on the N64 quite early on (foolish me) , I have decided I need an N64 back in my life.

Securing one on ebay will be easy but my request to other members is this:-

I would be grateful if you could list some of the must have titles for this console. I know that the two Zeldas , Goldeneye and Mario 64 are must haves , and there are many others , but I request this as there are bound to be a lost of games I stupidly missed out on or forgotten about.

Cheers people

KingOfHyrule

24-09-2005, 11:29 AM

I'd say Super Smash Bros., but to me, the experience on GameCube will make the N64 version look and play very outdated. The sad thing is, I can't really recommend any other great games that I've played apart from the ones you said yourself!

Monopolyman

24-09-2005, 11:34 AM

Two words. Blast Corps.

Check out Perfect Dark and Diddy Kong Racing aswell.

Tyson

24-09-2005, 11:40 AM

Perfect Dark, Goldeneye, Diddy Kong racing are definately yes yes's.

Stefkov

24-09-2005, 11:47 AM

i would say harvest moon, cos i love that game but it didnt come out in europe, so i dont know how it plays. i looked all over in america for it, couldnt find it.
goldeneye, get force gemini, and lylat wars were some of my games i liked, shame i got rid of my n64 for my gc

Sprout

24-09-2005, 12:25 PM

If you enjoyed Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, you should try to find its predecessor, Paper Mario.

Also get Mario Tennis. Enjoyment will be yours :).

Johelian

24-09-2005, 12:31 PM

I absolutely loved Pokemon Snap - its shockingly addictive, even for non-Pokemon fans. A relatively untapped genre if you ask me.
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zatoichi

24-09-2005, 12:34 PM

Oooohhhh, well, Mario Kart 64, Lylat Wars, Perfect Dark, Banjo-Kazooie, Mario Golf (even if you don't like golf, it's damn fun), F-Zero X and 1080 Snowboarding are great buys. Beetle Adventure Racing is also great if you're looking for a more serious racer.

The Peeps

24-09-2005, 12:53 PM

Tyson

24-09-2005, 01:48 PM

I absolutely loved Pokemon Snap - its shockingly addictive, even for non-Pokemon fans. A relatively untapped genre if you ask me.
Yes! Finally! Someone agrees. Nice relaxing game too.

Retro_Link

24-09-2005, 01:51 PM

Must Buys; (other than Zelda and Mario)

Goldeneye,
Perfect Dark,
F-Zero X,
Mario Tennis,
Diddy Kong Racing (better than Mario Kart 64 IMO),
Banjo Kazooie,
Beetle Adventure Racing (many people missed out on this i think, but it is an Amazing racer!!),
Yoshi Story (for as close to 2D mario as your gonna get on the N64),

Platty

24-09-2005, 02:17 PM

well for me it would be:
zelda oot
goldeneye
mario kart 64
star wars rogue squadron
mario 64
lylat wars
perfect dark
diddy kong racing (the multiplayer is awesome, love the plane one when you gotta collect the dino eggs) ooh i wanna play this now

Hero-of-Time

24-09-2005, 03:39 PM

In all fairness you just gotta pick up all the 1st and 2nd party games and you will hav ejust about all the gems on the N64 as the 3rd party support was very poor and lacking.

Charlie

24-09-2005, 03:46 PM

Donkey Kong was really good on the N64

Make sure you get an expansion pack!

er-no

24-09-2005, 04:43 PM

Diddy Kong Racing
Mario 64
Goldeneye
Perfect Dark
F Zero X
1080
Snowboard Kids
Mario Kart 64
No Mercy
Blast Corps
Jet Force Gemini
Silicon Valley 64
Zelda OoT
ISS64

Get them. :)

EchoDesiato

24-09-2005, 05:07 PM

I'd recommend Rayman 2: The Great Escape. It's really fun and engaging. The graphics are superb and there are plenty of memorable tunes in it too. It's been ported too DS, but very poorly. So if you you had to choose, pick the n64 version. All the games above this post are great too.

Sarka

24-09-2005, 05:26 PM

Yes! Finally! Someone agrees. Nice relaxing game too.

Who doesn't like Pokemon Snap? I've never met anyone who doesn't like it... EVER!

Domstercool

24-09-2005, 05:30 PM

If you can get over it's uglyness, Body Harvest is actually a very good and deep game. It just has some minor problems.

Mr_toad

25-09-2005, 09:28 AM

And of course you can't ignore the diamonds of the old N64: Mario Party, Mario Party 2 and Mario Party 3! According to me number two is the best of this trio. Nothing beats Mario in a western outfit!

Minlack

25-09-2005, 09:43 AM

Jet Force Gemini is a classic, even if Shigsy didn't like it much :D

masaki86

25-09-2005, 10:19 AM

Minlack

25-09-2005, 11:07 AM

imo, JFG is very poor/ I wouldn't touch it with a 10ft pole.

Anywho; I too am in N64 mode, and here are what I have got;

Zelda:OOT
Zelda:MM
Mario 64
Mission Impossible
Turok 2
1080 Snowboarding
Iss 98

Getting;

Sin and Punishment
Harvest Moon
Mario Kart 64
Perfect Dark
Goldeneye
Conker
PAper Mario
Mischief Makers
Blast Corps
F-Zero X
WWF No Mercy(or WCW/NWO Revenge)
Virtua Pro Wrestling 2

I completely utterly disagree. Sure the controls are a bit fiddly at first, anyone who chooses to use the crappy GTA style running about semi auto targeting craps, is a fool. Staying in the manual aiming mode, and using the C buttons to move, is by far the best way to control it. the boss battles are epic, especially the final fight. And to top it off, Floyd kicks Dr Carols floaty robot behind! 'Spose some people are just missing out :p

Colin

25-09-2005, 11:12 AM

Jet Force Gemini was one of my most favourite games when I had my N64. I also recommend that you pick it up. The soundtrack to that game kicks arse aswell, and still stands tall to this very day.

And yes, Pokemon Snap was a brilliant piece of gaming on a cartridge. My little sister got it for Christmas one year, and she loved it so much........although I rivalled her for the amount of play time on it. :heh:

Just make sure you go and pick up all the usual suspects in which people have posted above. Especially games like Majoras Mask, Blast Corps, Lylat Wars, Space Station Silicon Valley (made by the original GTA team I believe), and F-Zero...........you won't be dissapointed by any of these games.

McMad

25-09-2005, 11:13 AM

Get Conker's Bad Fur day, it will make you wet yourself. :D

harribo

25-09-2005, 12:44 PM

Lylat wars
Perfect Dark
Conker
Jet Force Gemini
Donkey Kong
Rogue Squadren
1080 Snowboarding
F-1 World Grand Prix
Star Wars Episode I: Racer
The Turoks
Mario Kart 64
Diddy Kong Racing
F-Zero X
Yoshi's Story
ISS 64
and of course the all conquering Mission Impossible

Triple_C

25-09-2005, 01:34 PM

Perfect Dark
Pokemon Stadium (In it's day it was cool[yeah I was ten{a foolish ten years of age}])
Tom and Jerry in the fists of Fury

Fryguy64

25-09-2005, 09:57 PM

I'm just 2 games away from a full PAL N64 first-party-published collection (sadly the expensive Paper Mario suffered at the hands of Royal Mail and is now floating around in the wilderness).
The best of them (that haven't been repeated a dozen times above) are:

Pilotwings 64 - Took me a while to get into it, but it's a relaxing game to play at times... which is always nice.
Tetrisphere - Only if you like puzzling. Once you understand what's going on this is a very addictive game.
Star Wars Episode I Racer - Yes, it's based on Episode I... but it's also an extremely fast, tricky and awesome N64 racer. Almost gives F-Zero X a run for its money.
Ridge Racer 64 - A very good racing game. Better than the DS version at any rate.
Mario Tennis - Forget Mario Party... this is the multiplayer game of choice once SSB is done and dusted.
Pokemon Puzzle Challenge - Hey, it's Tetris Attack. Even if you don't like Pokemon all that much, there's no excuse not to like Tetris Attack!

And then all the usual Rare games... always a treat, even today. Banjo-Tooie, especially, is a behemoth that should keep even platforming masters busy for a LONG time.

*Dalco*

25-09-2005, 10:41 PM

Paper Mario
Lylat Wars (get rumble Pak)
Piolet Wings
Wave Race
Mario Tennis
Mario Kart
Bangoe Kanzooie
Cokers Bad Fur Day
F-Zero X
Blast Corps
Jet Force Gemini
ISS 64
Donkey Kong 64
Diddy Kong Racing

ThePigMarcher

26-09-2005, 12:15 AM

Cheers for the replies people . There is a lot of games that you mentioned that I never got round to playing , or had just plain forgotten about - so it will be an interesting gaming journey.

Incidently , managed to score an N64 on ebay , with a memory pac , expansion pac , Turok 2 , Goldeneye , Zelda OOT and Duke Nukem for only 20 notes. Only iffy game is Duke Nukem but around a decent deal I reckon. Plenty of gameplay in that lot , and got a good excuse to go through OOT again.

Am now spending too much time on ebay looking for some bargain prices on some of the games you lot listed , so thanks again.

Calibur

27-09-2005, 03:15 AM

Body Harvest and Winback

revolution.pwns.ps3

27-09-2005, 12:27 PM

perfect dark is the best 2nd best game (OOT first) on the n64 IMO.

gorrit

27-09-2005, 01:27 PM

Jet Force Gemini was one of my most favourite games when I had my N64. I also recommend that you pick it up. The soundtrack to that game kicks arse aswell, and still stands tall to this very day.

Another game worth mentioning(that hasn't already been, there are loads of kickass games in this thread) is Extreme-G (the first one), it's IMO one of the best futuristic racers out there, with probably only F-Zero GX(perhaps X) beating it.

taiq

30-09-2005, 08:57 AM

You must play Banjo-Tooie. The first one is great, but Tooie is absolutely amazing!

Space Station Silicon Valley is a great overlooked gem. It's a sort of platformer/puzzle game where you control a microchip that can possess all sorts of animals. If you like platformers, grab Rayman 2 (it's much better than any of the other games) and Donkey Kong 64 (provided you don't mind collecting heaps of stuff). Winback is anothe really nice title that got absolutely no recognition.

And the obvious - Super Mario 64, Perfect Dark, Goldeneye, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask.

Grebe

30-09-2005, 09:13 AM

Star Wars Pod Racer- no one can deny

Owen

30-09-2005, 09:50 AM

My ideas:

Conkers
Paper Mario
Excitebike 64
Super Smash Brothers
Mario Tennis
Goldeneye
Super Mario 64
International Track and Field: Summer Games
Perfect Dark
007 The World Is Not Enough
Lylat Wars
Zelda Ocarina Of Time (YOU MUST get this, of course everyone knows that)
Zelda Majoras Mask (I would of loved this game, but i never fully understood the clock and saving etc.. and for me i didn't like the way you had to rush, it probably was really simple to understand but i just couldn't 'get' it)

Theres more, i just can't think of them. :grin:

Tyson

30-09-2005, 11:51 AM

Although most will disagree, I liked Kirby Crystal shards. The only problem for me was the price of £60 at the time.

F-Zero X too.

guaglio

30-09-2005, 02:05 PM

Only problem? The main problem is actually finding the game.

Look into Hybrid heaven a quite overlooked game but is great fun to play through. and heres another point for body harvest overlooked but excellent and very difficult.

Lox13

30-09-2005, 05:15 PM

Super smash bros,
Star wars Rogue squadron
Lylat wars/Star fox 64
Banjo Kazooie
Banjo tooie
Hydro thunder
Perfect dark (exceptionally good)
Mario Tennis
Mario Party 3

Ted Nindo

30-09-2005, 05:36 PM

You got an N64?
Then you MUST own:

-Super mario 64
-Goldeneye!!
-Banjo Kazooie/Tooie
-Perfect Dark
-Castlevania Legacy of darkness
-Donkey Kong 64
-Zelda Ocarina of time

and...last but not least Conkers BFD if you can find if for under 50 £...

ThePigMarcher

02-10-2005, 04:40 PM

After a busy weekend on ebay , I have managed to acquire the following games -
Banjo Kazooie
Blast Corps
Turok
F Zero
1080
Perfect Dark
Extreme G
Road Rash (yeah i know , but always loved it....)
Mario 64

All were boxed with manuals (except Mario) and including p&p came in at a total just under 50 notes , not bad I reckon.

Problem now , is there anyone on these boards who is willing to take the missus and kids of my hands so I can find the time to play them.

Tyson

02-10-2005, 05:03 PM

Who doesn't like Pokemon Snap? I've never met anyone who doesn't like it... EVER!
Everyone I know not online said it was "boring". I've also never seen it in any favorite lists etc.

Shorty

02-10-2005, 07:43 PM

Forget all previous lists.

Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Zelda: Majora's Mask
Banjo Kazooie
Perfect Dark

That is all.

Triple_C

02-10-2005, 08:01 PM

Your forgetting Mario Kart.

Pancake

02-10-2005, 08:19 PM

Doom 64 (if you don't mind being nervous the whole time you're playing).

ThePigMarcher

08-10-2005, 01:50 PM

Since my last post I have managed to get hold of :-

Zelda - Majoras Mask
Diddy Kong Racing
Waverace
Lylat Wars
Mario Kart
Yoshis Story
Donkey Kong
Paper Mario
Command and Conquer

I am still awaiting delivery for the last two , but the ever growing list of games explains my absence from the boards lately. Next on the list are :-

Conkers (expensive)
Excitebike
Harvest Moon (rare and very expensive)
Mario Golf
Mario Tennis

After that I reckon I should be done.

Incidently , I know I was guilty of giving up on the console early and I am probably preaching to the converted , but why the hell is the N64 so under-rated by many. The last week or so has been a mindblowing week and due to the quantity of games I have got , I have only just scratched the surface of many of them , but bloody hell , these are truly awesome games , so surely the N64 deserved so much more love than it got.

Magicpaint

08-10-2005, 02:52 PM

You can't do without Jet Foce Gemini, you just can't :p

mario114

15-10-2005, 04:55 PM

Paper mario if you can find it, toruk isn't to bad and is easy to find real cheap, you could just wait intill the rev. and download the games instead.

Hero-of-Time

15-10-2005, 07:17 PM

The reason the N64 was so under-rated was beacuse of the Playstation. This was when the Playstation hype was in full swing and that and its games got most of the attention. Also the price of the n64 and its games didnt help the matter. Personally i loved ( and still do ) the N64 and its games to bits. Sure they didnt have the vast range of the Playstation but they had the quality games. A bit like the Sega Saturn really.

Link

18-10-2005, 02:37 AM

Paper Mario and Jet Force Gemini!

AshMat

18-10-2005, 09:02 PM

I loved pokemon snap. Paper MArio i want but is a bugger to get cheaop 1 word-banjokazooie

Sooj

18-10-2005, 10:01 PM

I say save your money for the Revolution and then download all the N64 games you want. Obviously they will come to a price but I think that they will be quite cheap. :)

Aussie

13-11-2005, 12:48 PM

Yes the Nintendo 64 did have some very good games :P

the_mars_volta

27-11-2005, 12:29 AM

This thread is making me SO nostalgic!!! There's one absolute GEM which everyone has missed out, though: DONKEY KONG 64! What a game! God I miss Rare when they were good!
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the_mars_volta

27-11-2005, 12:35 AM

omg...I almost forgot TUROK RAGE WARS (totally stunning multiplayer) and Turok 2! Both must buys! Mystical Ninja was a lot of fun. Erm...god I feel old now...Pok?mon Stadium 2 (amazing!) if you can find it!
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Hero-of-Time

27-11-2005, 08:35 AM

omg...I almost forgot TUROK RAGE WARS (totally stunning multiplayer) and Turok 2! Both must buys! Mystical Ninja was a lot of fun. Erm...god I feel old now...Pokémon Stadium 2 (amazing!) if you can find it!
I agree with Turok Rage Wars. I remember I bought it cheap at woolworths for like a tenner and me and my mates played it non-stop all day. Yes Pokemon Stadium 2 is awesome *hugs mint boxed copy*

Maverick

27-11-2005, 06:19 PM

Body Harvest (made by the people that made the original GTA)
F-Zero X
Lylat Wars
Resident Evil 2 (Unmissable game if you have never played it before)
WWF No Mercy (best wrestling game EVER made)

Ollie

30-11-2005, 02:59 PM

So could we get a complete list of the games you have got?

I just sold all my N64 stuff on ebay and now I wished I hadn't!!! Luckily I kept my console so maybe I'll rebuild my collection after christmas with my bonus.

I was reluctant to get rid of my machine as I have the official expansion pack and 2 controllers both with excellent analogue sticks, so now I'm glad I didn't!

NintyNat

20-12-2005, 08:43 AM

F-zero X
Mystical Ninja 2
Diddy Kong Racing
Pilot Wings
Perfect Dark
Mario Tennis
Mario Kart
Banjo Kazooie
Buck Bumble
Castlevania-legacy of darkness
Spacestation silicon valley
Lylat Wars
Rogue Squadron
Yoshi's Island

Thats all I can think of right now.

soag

27-12-2005, 11:54 PM

This thread is making me SO nostalgic!!! There's one absolute GEM which everyone has missed out, though: DONKEY KONG 64! What a game! God I miss Rare when they were good!

I think noone said it because its such a bad game :p.

Plain_Ole_Al

01-01-2006, 12:15 AM

Indeed, Kong was poop and the only good thing I got out of its purchase was an expansion pack.

Conversely, I think Mario Kart 64 got a lot of unnecessary grief and has a much better battle mode than its Gamecube counterpart but keeps the four player actions.

Surprised noone mentioned Pikmin, excellent action puzzler :D