N64 essentials

The Last Bandit

Just picked up a N64 with a couple of games and looking for recommendations of the must-have titles for this.

So far I've got GoldenEye, Mario Kart 64, Shadows of the Empire, Zelda OoT with Perfect Dark & Llyat Wars on the way.

johnny_ultimate

The Last Bandit wrote: »

So far I've got GoldenEye on the way.

All you need :P

Not an expert on N64 by any stretch - PS1 house - but Majoras Mask and Mario 64 are two terrific games. Pilotwings 64 is crack too.

Retr0gamer

Prepare to be disappointed by Goldeneye. However if you can play it with roes tinted glasses intact then you might be able to enjoy Perfect Dark.

A 4 MB RAM expansion is essential for some of the later games.

Also the N64 is going to look absolutely terrible through the standard cables on any TV. My advice is to pick up some modified s-video cables from consolegoods.co.uk to get the best possible picture quality.

Anyway other than what has been mentioned the essentials would be:

Banjo Kazooie and Banjo tooie
Conkers Bad Fur Day (I hate it but some people have no taste)
Turok 2
Space Station silicon Valley
Rayman 2
Donkey Kong 64 (not a fan of this either)
Diddy Kong Racing
Mystical Ninja
Goemons great adventure
Kirby 64
Robot Rocket on Wheels
Mischief Makers
Castlevania (not as bad as some let on)
Castlevania curse of darkness
Body Harvest
Blast Corp (pretty much essential!)
Starfox 64
Smash Bros
Pokemon Snap
Wetrix
Beetle Adventure Racing
F-zero X
Excitebike 64
Jet Force Gemini

And if you are into importing (you'll need a US Machine and a modded one to play the Jap games):

Sin and Punishment
Ogre Battle 64
Bangai-O

zero19

Super smash bros!

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johnny_ultimate

The Internet Explorer wrote: »

Enjoy your trip.

Hyrule is a damn nice place to visit. Lots of polygons though.

The Last Bandit

Cheers, off to ebay I go then

Will be playing on an old 21" tv so will probably have to make do with composite I guess. Some difference going from Dragon Age 2 on the PS3 to Zelda on this

Retr0gamer

If it's got an s-video port and you use one of those modified s-video cables it's going to look fantastic on a CRT.

Myrddin

Retr0gamer wrote: »

If it's got an s-video port and you use one of those modified s-video cables it's going to look fantastic on a CRT.

I use one of these lads with the svideo from the N64, works very well. it really is as close to RGB you'll get without the messy job of modding the console...not much difference in RGB & a BIG difference in the image.

Retr0gamer

I must get one of them myself. I inherited my brothers piece of **** TV recently and it hasn't any s-video sockets while my great LG TV has been taken by the parents.

paperwork

RE: Perfect Dark

If you play it for about 6 hours straight your eyes adjust and it starts to look good again... but be warned, when you reenter the real world, don't get freaked out when your in a room with more than 3 people and nothing slows down.

Dr Bob

I've a soft spot for the Doom conversion on the 64, I reckon its worth a punt .
(except for having to reconfigure your controls each time , and a password save that is)