Was the Nintendo 64 Good or Bad? - Retro Bird

Was the Nintendo 64 Good or Bad?

Nintendo 64 / N64 Console / System Review Retrospective

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[DominiqueDeMann]

The Nintendo 64 is an absolute Tank. I vividly remember coming home from school one day to find that my 4 year old baby brother had taken my N64 and put it in his bubble bath to play with his toys... I was in complete utter shock! but guess what! After drying it out that thing still worked perfectly fine. It will last forever

[thomasjefferson]

I’ll always remember the first time seeing N64. We were visiting family in Saint Louis, Missouri. After eating breakfast my Grandma surprised my three older brothers and me with N64. I was only six or seven at the time but I can remember vividly all of us sitting Indian style in front of the tv that was in front of a fireplace with grey brickwork. Of course the game was Mario 64. Thanks Grandma Pat ❤️❤️

[joshbarnes]

Your channel is quickly becoming one of my favorites for retro gaming! I think your videos are relatable, you get right to the point with the topic on hand, and above all they're pretty funny! Keep it up!

[PazuRPG]

San Francisco Rush for the N64 was one of my favorite arcade racers. :)

[backup_account_]

The N64 is the console that I dreamed of having as a child and I couldn't, so for me, those graphics with that particular aesthetic, with large polygons, smooth edges and textures, fog and that characteristic "blur" will always be the best graphs that exist. I know this is totally subjective, but I didn't play any later consoles, so it's still etched in my memory seeing the TVs in the game stores playing the N64 games and not being able to believe my eyes. It was only last year during the pandemic lockdown, 25 years after the console launched, that I was able to play N64 games for the first time on my laptop with an emulator and USB controller. While I have yet to play on an original console (and on a CRT TV), at least I had the pleasure of completing classic games like Ocarina of Time, Banjo-Kazooie, Super Mario 64, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Goldeneye 007, and many more. I must say it was everything I ever dreamed of. So for me the N64 is the best console of all time, even without ever playing with the original hardware. Nostalgia 100%.

[vchill]

I was a senior in High School when N64 came out, and thats feels like a lifetime ago..moreless playing Atari 2600 in 1983 for me

[marcmoore]

I like the N64 a lot, but I do feel it was the start of the "Own a Nintendo console alongside the one with all the 3rd party games" trend.

[Thestcenturyfox]

N64 was my favourite system. I typically didn't own a lot of games as a kid, and was poor so we skipped the SNES gen. So having s dozen games that were all amazing in a system was mind blowing. Starfox 64, Zelda: Orcarina of Time, Banjo Kazooie, Banjo Tooie, Paper Mario, Mario 64, Golden Eye, Perfect Dark, Rogue Squadron and Battle for Naboo were amazing games to own and play. Not to say the PS didn't have its good games, but each one of these appealed to me more as a person than any of the top rated PS games. It was a no brainer I had to own a N64 and my collection keeps growing.

[fgfhjfhjfbhfghf]

I don't trust people who dislike a machine that blessed us with Star Fox 64

[blackwalls]

I love the N64. I was in high school when it came out and Mario Kart and Goldeneye were always played at parties and sleepovers. 1080, the Star Wars games and Beetle Adventure racing were also some faves.

[FeralInferno]

I was so impressed with the N64 back in 1996. I thought the controller was amazing. The Z Button was genius for 3D games. I loved Nintendo's mantra of quality over quantity. I disagree with the general modern opinion of the graphics looking bad. I think they still hold their charm and look waaaay better than what Sony and Sega offered in that generation (and Atari, do they count? lol). The water graphics in Wave Race 64 still impress me to this day. My only gripe with the N64 was that while they had better quality games, they lacked four main components that made the SNES so great: Capcom, Enix, Konami, and Square.

[BitGlitch]

I loved playing the N64 back in the day and I still love it today!

[dylanware]

The 64 is easily my favorite console of all time. I’ll always love going back to play it

[shaun]

I remember it like it was yesterday. During that time at least in my city, every cool person had an N64. My friends and I played daily and if we went to people's parties, it didn't matter who it was, there was always a room where Goldeneye or Mario Kart was being played. This was all the time for years! I also remember going to the "SURGE" convention party that was geared toward kids and they had free surge to drink and bounce houses, fat suit sumo wrestling, trampolines with a velcro wall, gladiator staff fighting on platforms, and what was everyone drawn to the most?... Everyone was lining up to compete in Goldeneye playing on a big screen projector in a room that could hardly hold us all in!

[Guythatknowsitall]

In regards to it not being graphicly impressive, sure by today's standards but at the time graphics it was the most powerful system. To be fair though its possible for the far grittier graphic of the ps1 probably helps with forcing the brain filling the gaps kinda how scan lines make games look better.

[CassiDS]

There's, like, three 2D games that I'd say are worth holding both side grips - Pokémon Puzzle League, Kirby 64, and Mischief Makers

[lonreed]

I went from SNES to PlayStation after reading all the reviews at the time. I was very happy for about a year until my PlayStation stopped working. So I was very surprised when my dad took me to the store to pick up a N64 and 3 games (Super Mario 64, Mario Kart 64, and Killer Instinct Gold). I stayed happy that summer while my PS1 was being repaired. In the meantime, I borrowed all sorts of games from my family and grew to appreciate the system for what it was.

[milpl]

I know this is 4 years late (and great video as always!), but to tag on to one of your comments: it’s not even that graphics don’t matter as retro video game fans, it’s that we tend to appreciate the way those old graphics look/feel. Just as I like the pixel art of the SNES/Genesis/Game Boy era, I also like the low-poly 3D graphics of the N64/PS1 era 🤷‍♂️

[chrisflaherty]

Never had it as a kid, but love it now. Having analog control for every game makes a huge impact. Sure some of the games are really ugly and the the blurriness is a real issue and my system needs to have the games plugged in multiple times before they’ll play but it’s still great.

[manfriedn]

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