RetroGaming

Just made a community on my private instance

Nintendo 64

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You all are welcome to join me there in sharing our love for this console. Super nostalgic for me and I think my favorite game is Banjo-Kazooie

I was a PlayStation kid but I had friends who had the n64. Overall I had a lot of fun playing mario 64, dk64 multiplayer, Mario kart 64, and Star Fox 64 at friend’s houses. We always did a win a level or die then it’s the other person’s tern rule on single player games.

But ultimately the single player experience on PlayStation was better. The rpgs and horror genres really left a lot to be desired on the Nintendo end.

I’m glad I have them both now. As a side note I never heard of the Saturn back in the day, but it’s the best for arcade ports of the era. If people are looking to get into mid to late ‘90s gaming.

N64 has a bunch of great games. Mario 64, Banjo, Smash, Mario Party, Turok, Shadows of the Empire. It’s just kind of an awkward system with a smaller library compared to PS1

I still have my N64 from back in the day, bought an RGB-modded one a year ago and recently another in clear blue. So yeah, I think I have some love for the N64.

DOOM 64 BABY! Love the N64, so much memories attached to it

it doesn't look like there is an N64 community on lemmy.world

You should make one!

I never had an N64. I loved my SNES and was excited when N64 came out when I was in highschool, but then I played it at my friends house and I just really didn't like the controller. I ended up switching over to PlayStation until GameCube came out a few years later

I've played some of the games on emulator with my own controller since and they were pretty fun, but I really hated that original controller lol

Sin & Punishment is one of my favorite games ever, the N64 stays hooked up

N64 is a good nostalgia console for me, but most of my physical games are lost at this point.

Been trying to get some emulation going but been plagued with controller issues. A USB adapter I've been using introduces weird input drift into any original N64 controller I use, so I don't know if there are solid USB adapters people use or if there's a decent controller out there that's worth getting for PC play while still retaining N64 feel. Anyone out there have any thoughts?

Boy I miss 3D platformer being a genre

My take, a big focus of retro gaming is on the handhelds coming out and N64 games are only just becoming playable on the latest hardware. Definitely no loss of love for the N64 out there.

It was caught in an unfortunate time of very early 3d gaming. The ps2/GC era improved graphically by such a massive degree, and really allowed for a lot more mechanical depth in games. N64 did have some absolute classics though, and yet emulation still isn't in as good of a state as the following generation. I've become quite spoiled by how good Dolphin is, and it is the standard I compare all emulators to. So I don't find myself as nostalgic for majoras mask or glover, as I am for wind waker, or pokemon colleseum.

I love the N64 despite growing up with a PSX... I always was jealous of not having one when watching those Pokemon Stadium TV ads!

Nah.