So I got a N64 for 12 euros at a trift store. (it has the memory expansion pack) Recommend me some games. Beware that FPS and 3D platform games make me sick to the bone!included games:Killer Instinct, 2x Banjo Kazooje and All- Star baseball 2000.

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Posted by Atarianallstar on July 15, 2010 at 15:17:39 EST.

So I got a N64 for 12 euros at a trift store. (it has the memory expansion pack) Recommend me some games. Beware that FPS and 3D platform games make me sick to the bone!included games:Killer Instinct, 2x Banjo Kazooje and All- Star baseball 2000.

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Beetle Adventure Racing.

(Apples)

(21:57:27 07/15/10 EST)

lmao. But seriously folks, I'll reply to this topic with actual recommendations after I eat this pizza.

(substance J)

(00:05:42 07/16/10 EST)

I dunno if you're joking or not but I remember that game being damn fun. I was going to suggest it but seeing as how it seems my memory failed me on the R-Type 3 port suggestion below, I passed.

(twelvest)

(00:38:20 07/16/10 EST)

I meant it as a joke, and not for real.. I've never played it. Only N64 game I liked was... none of them.

(Apples)

(00:40:33 07/16/10 EST)

WTF, your joke reply happens to be one of my all-time favorite N64 games.

(Jason)

(15:27:00 07/16/10 EST)

I kinda figured he was joking. The title doesn't do a whole lot to make it sound like a must play game but it's good.

(twelvest)

(15:45:51 07/16/10 EST)

Yeah, your joke answer is accidentally a super fun game.

(PopaSmear)

(12:48:13 07/18/10 EST)

Rocket: Robot on Wheels.

(aerisdead)

(01:09:35 07/16/10 EST)

I think the Goemon games are pretty rad on N64.

(Jeurja)

(01:34:00 07/16/10 EST)

I had no idea they made a second one. Until last night when I bought it. I can't wait! The clips on Youtube look freaking awesome.

(substance J)

(06:41:01 07/16/10 EST)

Did you ever get the Goemon game for DS? I like that one quite a bit.

(Jeurja)

(09:51:39 07/16/10 EST)

They didn't translate it though, huh? I really fancied it but I thought the language barrier was going to be way too much for me.

(aerisdead)

(12:15:04 07/16/10 EST)

I was able to somehow do okay in it... but I think it does have a bit of a language barrier.

(Jeurja)

(21:06:22 07/16/10 EST)

Namco Museum 64, Bust-A-Move '99, Pokemon Puzzle League, Mario Party. NFL Blitz is awesome. Bring your homemade plays to the arcade in a memory card.

(Mike Chicago)

(01:37:11 07/16/10 EST)

One of my favorite N64 exclusives was Mischief Makers by Treasure.

(Darius)

(02:08:15 07/16/10 EST)

Uh, an N64 is even worse then a Jaguar when it comes down to playable games for me. After a day of scouring the web these are the games that I will try to hunt down: Space Station Sillicon Valley Goemons Great ADVENTURE Michief Makers Kirby 64 Rakuga Kids Robotron64 Paper Mario Rember that I can only play pal games on this thing there is no easy way to import.

(Atarianallstar)

(02:41:33 07/16/10 EST)

Agreed.

(Mike Chicago)

(03:56:56 07/16/10 EST)

You're lucky in this case that practically every English language N64 game got an EU release, but also several Japanese games got EU exclusive releases. Rakuga Kids is one of those. I wonder how easy that is to locate. I assume on eBay it sells for over $100.

(substance J)

(06:39:59 07/16/10 EST)

Good call on Kirby. It's nice!

(Jeurja)

(09:51:18 07/16/10 EST)

Space Station Silicon Valley is the bomb. I think Mystical Ninja Goemon is more fun than Goemon's Great Adventure, but they're totally different games, so get both if you can. The last time I had my N64 hooked up I got really into Star Wars: Battle For Naboo. I'd say it's a lot better than Rogue Squadron, but most people seem to prefer that one since it's part of the old Star Wars series instead of the newer one. I've never really played Wetrix very much, but there are some great puzzle games on the N64, especially Tetrisphere (amazing!) and The New Tetris which is totally different than The Next Tetris and much better.

(Sweater Fish Deluxe and Opa Opa)

(17:44:11 07/17/10 EST)

OK. I have literally just delved back into N64 games. This mood has been building for a while and finally last night I bought like 6 games on eBay. The prices are not as inflated as I feared, but a little steeper than they should be. I assume the prices will only rise... unless the world economy crashes. In which case I'll have no money for N64 games anymore, so BUY BUY BUY! OK, here is what I recommend.

(substance J)

(06:34:50 07/16/10 EST)

Oh, and Wetrix. A topographical puzzle game where you have to build mountains to keep all your water from spilling away. Really fun.

(substance J)

(06:36:57 07/16/10 EST)

I didn't know they had that on N64. I have the DC version. I'm awful at it.

(Paleface)

(09:40:59 07/16/10 EST)

They made a sequel for it as well on the PS2 called Aqua Aqua. I love the concept but it's definitely freakin' hard. I don't think I know anyone who's actually good at it.

(twelvest)

(19:36:43 07/16/10 EST)

Dude I mention balst corps every chance I get

(zeroberry)

(14:12:31 07/16/10 EST)

You had a chance and you missed it, chump.

(substance J)

(17:58:18 07/16/10 EST)

I bought lylat wars today for 4 euros. I kinda like on rails shooters. What is so great about Rush or Top Gear Rally? (Both were @ the retro store today) People mention them often but I have no Idea about the difference in racing games.

(Atarianallstar)

(17:39:48 07/16/10 EST)

Well Rush is Atari, so you need it! And it's the only racing game where you fly off hills in San Francisco. Top Gear Rally is a basic offroad game with really great kind of new wavey music and mildly depressing atmosphere. It's pretty unique.

(substance J)

(17:57:46 07/16/10 EST)

Well these probably didn't come out in PAL I guess but if they did: Bangaioh and Sin and Punishment.

(Paleface)

(09:43:30 07/16/10 EST)

Beetle Adventure Racing (for reals)... it's a Rush-style game with some really good tracks 1080 Snowboarding Wave Race Banjo Kazooie... mainstream yes, but it's really good

(Jason)

(15:30:46 07/16/10 EST)

I would reccomend Wave Race, because its totally great, but the Cube Version is basically better. Pokemon Puzzle League is super good, but not any better than the Cube version (Panel de Pon in the Nintendo Puzzle Collection) and is inferior to the SNES version (Tetris Attack). Bangaio got ported, twice. Um...that Wetrix game actually is kind of cool, but not worth owning a door stop for. The N64 really blows.

(SignOfZeta)

(00:53:14 07/17/10 EST)

So, Beetle Adventure Racing, basically.

(SignOfZeta)

(00:54:25 07/17/10 EST)

The thing is, if you like Beetle Adventure Racing then there's at least a dozen more racers in the same vein that you should like, too. The N64 is completely unrivaled in that category of games. For me, all those racers is enough reason to own the system right there.

(Sweater Fish Deluxe and Opa Opa)

(17:29:41 07/17/10 EST)

I really don't care all that much for those types of games, especially ones from Rare and Atari. I certainly don't need a dozen of the things. I do enjoy the Thunder games once in a while, but they are much better in the arcade and, also, they are on DC, right? I know Hydro Thunder is.

(SignOfZeta)

(18:51:12 07/17/10 EST)

Huh I was going to say Hydro was the only Thunder game on DC, but GameFAQs also lists a "4 Wheel Thunder," also published by Midway, with one glowing user review. Hadn't heard of the game before. Ooh let's see what YouTube has on it (inside...) The hazy brown of that track isn't as interesting as most Hydro Thunder stages, but gameplay-wise it doesn't look half bad. The GameFAQs user review says it was formerly called "Xleration," but I don't see an arcade game by that name--so was this a console-only game?

(Paleface)

(02:00:42 07/18/10 EST)

This suddenly jogged my memory. Sega made this really cool monster truck rally type game called Dirt Devils, I think, right around this same time. I played it in one arcade before it disappeared. I wonder if it was officially distributed in the US. It's a damn shame all their big attraction type games of that era never got ported to Dreamcast (and damn were there a lot of them) though I do wonder if they'd be any fun without a big machine to sit in.

(substance J)

(03:01:27 07/18/10 EST)

"18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker" wasn't.

(Paleface)

(04:52:36 07/18/10 EST)

No shit. That was a not very fun home experience. I think Brave Firefighters would be pretty lame too. This is why I was perplexed that they released Jambo Safari for Wii a while back. It had a decent gameplay mechanism, but it was REALLY simplistic, even for an arcade game. Is also really politically incorrect, to be honest. Kicking the shit out of giraffes and such.

(SignOfZeta)

(18:11:05 07/22/10 EST)

Are you ever going to come clean with your super secret super mega gun plans for Gunblade on Wii? I'm dying to know.

(substance J)

(18:27:39 07/22/10 EST)

I have rough plans, but I need the game to come out first.

(SignOfZeta)

(00:35:43 07/26/10 EST)

Like what? I'd like to know about more games like B.A.R.

(Jason)

(15:35:15 07/19/10 EST)

Top Gear Overdrive, Cruisin', Rush, Extreme G... basically any of them.

(substance J)

(20:25:37 07/19/10 EST)

...California Speed, Roadsters, Ridge Racer 64, Stunt Race 64...

(substance J)

(20:31:05 07/19/10 EST)

Excitebike 64

(PopaSmear)

(21:01:38 07/19/10 EST)

I forgot to mention Excitebike 64 (very fun). As for Cruisin'... nothing at all like B.A.R.

(Jason)

(23:12:57 07/19/10 EST)

FUCK YOU. Oh, and also, F-Zero X is the best F-Zero game, far and away.

(substance J)

(02:16:32 07/17/10 EST)

I'm not an F Zero fan. I'm not really a fan of any of those floaty hovercar games where smacking the wall 50 times a lap seems to be part of normal gameplay. However my favorite version of F Zero is F Zero AC. Specifically the machine at Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum, which lacks the seat belt, making it extremely hard not to just be thrown from the seat since it banks pretty hard.

(SignOfZeta)

(14:32:58 07/17/10 EST)

Did you ever try out the FZ:GX custom car import feature? Epic gaming experience.

(Darius)

(01:47:26 07/20/10 EST)

Really? Why?

(SignOfZeta)

(14:51:30 07/20/10 EST)

Everything about this post is right. I approve this post.

(PopaSmear)

(03:01:48 07/19/10 EST)

Well I mostly agree with that, but the N64 Bangioh *is* the best version.

(Paleface)

(03:30:33 07/17/10 EST)

Have you actually played the DS one?

(SignOfZeta)

(03:47:23 07/17/10 EST)

Yeah, briefly.

(Paleface)

(20:41:07 07/17/10 EST)

The DS one is really good, but they made the maps more puzzle-y.

(Jason)

(23:19:20 07/19/10 EST)

Although the Cube version is really good and maybe even better overall, I prefer the way the 64 version controls.

(Jason)

(23:15:48 07/19/10 EST)

All those Cube updates like Wave Race Blue Storm, 1080 Avalanche, F-Zero GX... something felt a little off to me.

(substance J)

(04:41:33 07/20/10 EST)

There is something "off" about the GC Wave Race, but I still prefer it just because the graphics are so much better. The water is clearer, the visibility is better, etc, and these things go a long way in a jet ski game, IMO.

(SignOfZeta)

(20:39:43 07/22/10 EST)

Fuck! I forgot Pilotwings 64. I fucking LOVED that game.

(SignOfZeta)

(23:11:07 07/18/10 EST)

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