@@bepohal Garbage game. Mario 64, both Banjo games, Bad Fur Day, Space Station Silicon Valley, and Rocket Robot on wheels are all better platformers. DK 64 is like Gex 64. It even has a bug they couldn't fix. Edit: I forgot Rayman 2. Also superior
@@stevenrosscarpenter no matter what you say, the vast majority knows it's a fantastic game. you don't like the game, that's fine. but it doesn't change the facts
The first time I saw Mario 64 was in my early 20's, my friend rented the console from Blockbuster and had everybody over to his apartment for a smokefest. I walked in on the part where Mario is swimming around in that room with no gravity... blown away by the 3D graphics. We all had Nintendo 64's within a week.
Pretty much same story here. My buddy rented the Japanese version before the NA version was out, and a bunch of us stayed up all night, simply amazed by it.
No one asked so here's my top N64 games 1. Conker's Bad Fur Day 2. Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3. Super Mario 64 4. Banjo Kazooie 5. Yoshi's Story 6. Chameleon Twist 7. Mario kart 8. 007 Golden Eye 9. Earthworm Jim 3D 10. Tonic Trouble 11. Rayman 2 12. Robot On Wheels 13. Super Smash Bros. 14. Donkey Kong 64 15. Zelda: Majora's Mask 16. Perfect Dark 17. Diddy Kong Racing 18. Paper Mario 19. Doom 64 20. Pokemon Snap
Ahh, the N64... Small library, but a damn good one. Collecting games for it was so much fun! I still get excited seeing games I already own at retro stores or thrift shops.
@@Nutty151 I remember it being an early game, but didn't know it was one of the launch titles. I have very fond memories of that game. Snapping pictures of the water monster. Shooting a missile at Mario Mt Rushmore to turn it into Wario. And having to beat that mechman with missiles from the gyrocopter. The canon and target segments along with the jumble hopper were sweet too.
@@tylerwilliams6022 True. I didn't even know there had been a SNES version until many years later! Unfortunately, this series along with F-Zero has been laying dormant for many years now.
@@Nutty151 Same here, never played the SNES version though. I imagine it wouldn't compare favorably to the N64 version. About the only way I can play any kind of downgraded game is if I have Nostalgia tied to it. And even that is getting to be a harder sell when venturing into the games of yesteryear.
Mario Kart N64 is clearly the best racing game on the 64. The Way the narrator has to repeatedly say how Diddy racing is better proves it's not, bc if it was, that wouldn't have to be repeated. Otherwise, decent list.
This isn’t really the top 20 n64 games. The limiting series rule is so stupid. A top 20 list without Majora’s Mask or Mario Kart is stupid. Especially if the reasoning is “well we already have a Zelda game”.
I love this game. I remember the first time playing it in the 90s. I was completely shocked when required to complete the game a third time and go for platinum. The platinum times were so much harder than the gold times. I thought it was going to be impossible. It took a while but what an experience and moment of pride when it was finally completed.
@lees3692 there was 3 games that stood out to me. I have a horrible memory. I don't know if I made it that far, but I damn sure am considering getting creative and playing this game again. (Pilotwings and Starfox)
My personal top 13 13: Star Fox 64 12: Shadows of The Empire 11: Star Wars Pod Racer 10: Banjo Kazooie 9: Toy Story 2 8: Earthworm Jim 7: Super Smash Bros 6: The World is Not Enough 5: Mission Impossible 4: Goldeneye 3: Majoras Mask 2: Donkey Kong 64 1: Ocarina of Time
Great review. I have 13 of those classics, and still enjoying them in 2023. 1080 Snowboarding has a great implementation of the Rumble Pak which really lets you feel the ice and racing surface.
kids today will never understand how mind-blowing it was to play through the SNES era and then be hit with 3D models for the first time with the N64. it was like being transported to the future
The SNES and N64 were my entire childhood. My personal favorites were Star Fox 64, Pokémon Snap, Diddy Kong Racing, and Ducks Dodgers Starring Daffy Duck.
Super Mario 64 is the rightful #1. It defined how 3D adventure/platforming games would look and play from that point onward, plus it was an incredible technical demonstration of what the N64 hardware could achieve in 3D graphics. It has had a lasting impact on the gaming industry. I remember how it blew everybody’s minds when Super Mario 64 came out back then.
Definitely. Mario64 was the first video game i ever witnessed. I was like five, when my family was in another city for an invitation of familyfriends, who also had children. They had a N64 and played Super Mario. Me and my sister were instantly blown away and pestered our parents for our own N64 for the next christmas until they caved and said yes. I spent countless hours playing Super Mario. Good memories
Conker's Bad Fur Day was one of best games I ever played I was extremely disappointed when it came out on Xbox and I thought it was going to be like it's original with just better graphics and some added gameplay but it was nothing like the original. The PVP in the original was extremely fun.
I know you said you wanted to limit games from the same franchise but how can you not have Zelda MM in the list? Super Mario 64 is certainly worthy of the top spot but surely Zelda OOT is hands down the best game followed by MM and then Mario 64. Omitting Mario Kart 64 was a mistake. Also I would have dropped 1080 and Blast Corps in favour of Jet Force Gemini and DK64.
I love the N64, but not sure it's more influential than the Atari/NES/SNES/Genesis/PS1. They are all very important, though I'd have to give the nod to the NES.
My faves in no particular order: Castlevania Legacy of Darkness, Conkers bad fur day, DK 64, Goldeneye, Perfect dark, Mario 64, MK4, killer instinct gold, Army men sarge's heroes, turok 2, dk racing, smash bros, mk trilogies, mk mythologies sub zero, pokemon stadium, MegaMan 64, podracer, shadows of the empire, and clayfighter 63 1/3
There might not even be 20, but here goes- Mario 64, starfox 64, WWF no mercy, wcw revenge, killer instinct gold, mystical ninja, Mario kart, Mario party, Zelda ocarina, Zelda Majora's, GoldenEye, Castlevania legacy of darkness, turok 2, doom 64, smash bros, wcw world tour, cruis'n USA, wave race 64, Castlevania, paper Mario.
Top 19 Best N64 Games(My Opinion) 19)Hey You Pikachu 18)1080 Snowboarding 17)Bomberman 2 16)Rayman 2 15)Ms.Pac Man 14) Mega Man 64 13)Dr Mario 64 12)Banjo-Kazooie 11)StarFox 64 10)Pokemon Stadium 9)F-Zero X 8)DK 64 7)Zelda:Majoras Mask 6)Paper Mario 5)Diddy Kong Racing 4)The New Tetris 3)Smash Bros 64 2)Mario 64 1)Zelda:Ocarina Of Time 😊
Can we talk about the fact that DIDDY KONG RACING was 3rd, and Mario kart wasn’t even on the list! Thx for putting WWF no mercy on the list, it’s one of my favourite games ever, best wrestling game.
No one asked but here's my top N64 games. And I think my list is the most research worth of all so...better get notes with this, you wont regret it. *Platform Games:* 1.-Zelda: Ocarina of Time (and Majora´s Mask) 2.-Conquer´s Bad Fur Day 3.-Magical Ninja Starring Goemón 4.-Paper Mario 5.-Chameleon Twist 2 6.-Rocket on Wheels 7.-Banjo Kazooie 8.-Donkey Kong 64 9.-Rayman 2 10.-Super Mario 64 *Racing Games:* 1.-Star Wars Episode 1 Racer 2.-Diddy Kong Racing 3.-F-Zero X 4.-Bettle Adventure Racing 5.-Top Gear Rally 6.-Hydro Thunder 7.-Mario Kart 8.-Stunt Racer 9.-Mickeys Speedway Usa 10.-Rally Challenge 2000 11.-MRC Championship N64 12.-San Francisco Rush 2049 13.-Rush 14.-1080 Snowboarding 15.-Road Rash N64 *Shooters:* 1.-Sin and Punishment 2.-Resident Evil 2 3.-Perfect Dark 4.-Golden Eye 5.-Win Back- Cover Operations 6.-Turok 2 7.-Pokemon Snap *Spaceships or human aircraft* 1.-Star Wars Rogue Squadron / Star Fox 64 2.-Star Wars Shadows of the Empire 3.-Star Wars Battle for Naboo 4.-Aerofighters Assault 5.-Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth *Fighting Games:* 1.-Smash Brothers 2.-Killer Instinct 3.-Mace of the Dark Age 4.-Clay Figther (Sculpture cut) *Top 16 for N64. Mixing all gendre games:* (Still editing this part, not easy to choose from all the games that came out for the N64) 1.-Zelda: Ocarina of Time (And Majora´s Mask) 2.-Sin and Punishment (Amazing game) 3.-Super Smash Bros. 4.-Star Fox and Magical Ninja Starring Goemon 5.-Star Wars Episode 1 Racer 6.-Resident Evil 2 7.-Conker's Bad Fur Day and Chameleon Twist 8.-Star Wars Rogue Squadron and Battle for Naboo 9.-Diddy Kong Racing, F-Zero X, Top Gear Rally 10.-Mario Kart 11.-Perfect Dark 12.-007 Golden Eye 13.-Star Wars Shadows of the Empire 14.-Pokemon Snap 15.-WinBack Cover Operations 16.-Bettle Adventure Racing, Hydro Thunder and Stunt Racer *Games that I still need to play:* 1.-Space Station 2.-Harvest Moon 3.-Snowboard Kids 2 *And that´s it 😎I´m still reviewing some games that I didn´t add to this list, but will do*
Goldeneye is perfect to me. The graphics are crisp, controls are good. I don't understand when people complain about the graphics or controls. It's ages beautifully Imo and deserves to be much higher on the list. It's arguably the best on the system.
As someone who fully completed Diddky Kong Racing's story mode... It had so much more to it than Mario Kart, and it's a damn shame we never got a sequel (DS doesn't count). Also spent an ungodly amount of hours replaying Rogue Squadron.
I don't know man, I don't feel like it's fair to lump Mario Kart in as a general "Mario game"...it's its own series and deserved its own entry IMO. However you at least included No Mercy...I feel like a lot of these lists forget that wrestling games back then were something even non fans played, some of which were even talked about as GOTY contenders, No Mercy belongs in a top 20 for sure (top 10 for me).
No-one ever has Micro Machines on these lists but god damn that was a brilliant tabletop racer, not as good as F-Zero or Mario Kart for sure but up there with 1080 and Wave Race for me. In fact I’m gonna go dig out my copy right now……
Great list- throw in Mario Kart, Pilotwings, Doom 64, Quake 2, Beetle Adventure Racing, Resident Evil 2 & Ridge Racer & you'd have a great N64 Classic. Would probably be $300 though
Well, at tje ripe age of 50yo, I was introduced to Nintendo with the NES... My life changed with that console... The SNES moved many miles and gave us great games too... But it was the N64 that did it for me... My friends would diss on it (prefering their Sony Playstation's) but they missed out on such great games like Rogue Squadron, Banjo Kazooie, Super Mario 64, Eternal Darkness, 1080 Snowboading, Wave Race 64, Diddy Kong Racing, Jet Force Gemini, Goldeneye, Silicon Valley, Body Harvest and so many more great games which changed the traditional "Games of old" with new ideas like Glover and Blast Corp's... Do we remember Glover? Sure we do!... Do we remember Body Harvest? Yeah we do, for the most part (It was a great game which did not do too well in the west as I remember)... Tell me when in modern times have we had such innovations as Glover and Silicon Valley? Or even Body Harvest?... We have not... The N64 did one thing right in my eyes... It created Diversity in Games, it did something different, it made Dev's try to do something so very different... And that is why we have such great games like Glover, Silicon Valley and Body Harvest... New Tech= New Idea's... I wish triple A companies would take that leap, and go into the unknown... But, it is the Indi Dev's who are doing this these days... In Indie Dev's we must trust to give us such new and dynamic games to come, crafted from the fires of the old Triple A Dev's of old... RIP the old Dev's... You had your time, and it was good...
good list but i am wondering why Donkey Kong 64 wasn't on there? seriously better than a few of those and the DK Rap is still iconic enough it even made it in the new Mario movie!
Yo. I got Diddy Kong Racing for Christmas, when it released. Going back through all the levels for those GD silver coins nearly broke me. You didn't mention 007s music, I still have those jams in my head until today. I'm guessing O of Time is gonna be number 1, (I'm at #3 now) But honestly I'd be hard pressed to choose between Dood's Mask, and OG. Hope you did one for Gamecube.
"Nintendo basically remade Star Fox 64 nine times" (shows list of games that includes the original Star Fox). Was someone not aware that the original Star Fox game out BEFORE Star Fox 64?
The N64 is extremely underrated and is my second favourite Nintendo system with Super Mario 64, Goldeneye and WWF No Mercy being my absolute favourite gamess on the N64.
Paper Mario below Waverace is criminal. Besides I’d argue that Mario Kart is better than Waverace, but it don’t make this list? I suppose we’re all entitled to our opinions lol
Loved Conker's BFD back in the day, but even then I don't think the gameplay was that great. It was a bit flimsy by Rare standards, but looked great with amazing animation and was genuinely hilarious. Great to see Silicon Valley get a mention!
Good to see Diddy Kong racing getting recognised over Mk64. It's easily a much better game, I can never understand why anyone says otherwise, I can only assume they grew up with Mk64 and have a sense of loyalty to it because of that.
