History of Nintendo 64 1993-Today (Full Documentary)

Dude this is extremely well put together. Great archival footage as well! Loved the whole thing.

"So long, gay Bowser " -a classic Mario quote

I had more fun on a 64 than I ever had with any other console. The 4 player mode on Mario kart and goldeneye always had me playing with friends.

Getting my n64 on Christmas in 96 is probably my fondest childhood memory. I got killer instinct gold. That year I also learned how to hook a console up on my own.

I still have my N64, and it's worth it.

The Nintendo 64 has such a strong nostalgic hold on me more than any other console. Something about it is so special to me... the art style in ads, the music, the couch co-op... It's just so special still to this day.

My story with the N64 is quite unique. It was the console I dreamed of having as a child but couldn't due to its high cost. At that time, TV commercials and magazines made you desire it with all your heart. For many of us, it remains ingrained in our emotional memory as the console with the best graphics imaginable. I had to wait 25 years to finally experience the N64 library during the COVID pandemic, on my laptop with an emulator, CRT filters simulating the old tube TV image, and a USB N64 controller – the closest to the original experience I could achieve. I can say the wait was completely worth it. Additionally, I didn't own consoles or play video games after the 8 and 16-bit generations, so even in 2020, the graphics dazzled me as if I were that child from 1996. Paradoxically, despite not having the original system, it has become my all-time favorite console; I hold a special affection for it. I always say it's not "despite" but "thanks to" the hardware limitations and cartridge format that we have such a unique and wonderful aesthetic – with low-poly graphics, smoothed low-res textures, blurriness, fog, pre-rendered images, mixed 2D and 3D elements – everything we love about that graphical style that has become distinctive. The N64 controller was revolutionary and ahead of its time, and to this day, I find it absolutely brilliant. I prefer it over any modern redesign or reinterpretation (I still vividly remember the moment I first held it at a schoolmate's house back in the 90s; it blew my mind). N64 has become a cult object and almost a fetish for me; I've become a huge fan of everything related to the console. Thanks for the video! Regards!

Man, what a video! I can't imagine how much time you spent on this. N64 was the best gaming I ever did. I lived through all of this in my teenage years.

As a 90s kid who grew up in the transition from 2D-3D was a Sega Genesis kid, never had a Saturn or PlayStation but got a 64 around 97-98. This is so cool to see the backstory. This type of stuff should be preserved it’s insane that these companies themselves don’t produce full documentary and archives on these moments in gaming. The beginning of the 80s to 90 is important but 94-98 as the 3D revolution is so pivotal to gaming we still have now. We might have VR/AR now but this change almost 30 years on still is the dominant method in which we expect all games to play outside of 2D games built for nostalgia.

Nintendo - “ we’re skipping right over 32 and going head first into 64 “ SEGA - “ well ain’t that a Bit “

Reading about these games years before they were released was brutal. It seemed like an eternity before Turok and Goldeneye came out.

Waking up on a Saturday at my moms house at like 7am and having a bowl of Chex and playing Zelda and Rayman 2 are easily some of my best and earliest memories

Pretty good video, verry informative and decently produced . 👍

Amazing video man! Great research!!!!

Sega genesis was my first console. 64 was my second, I remember opening this thing on Christmas morning. This console and some of the games like 007, Mario 64, ocarina of time, super smasg bros will forever be a fond memory of my childhood.

High effort video, thank you for this!

Amazing documentary, thank you. 🙏🏻

Thank you for this work!

The N64 had so many great exclusive games. When thinking about them all, there was in the end of the day quite many titles to love. Having played a lot of N64 growing up, there was so many good ones: - Super Mario 64 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - Goldeneye 007 - Mario Kart 64 - Mario Party 1, 2, 3 - Mario Golf - Mario Tennis - Super Smash Bros - Banjo-Kazooie - Banjo-Tooie - Conker's Bad Fur Day - Jet-Force Gemini - Killer Instinct Gold - Diddy Kong Racing - Donkey Kong 64 - Dr. Mario 64 - Star Fox 64 - Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire - Star Wars Episode I: Racer - Star Wars: Rogue Squadron - Super Paper Mario - Yoshi's Story - Pokemon Stadium - Pokemon Stadium 2 - Pokemon Snap! - Pokemon Puzzle League . Perfect Dark - Blast Corp - Pilotwings 64 - Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards - Wave Race 64 - Tunic Trouble - Gex 64 - Body Harvest - Bomberman 64 - Bomberman Hero - Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness - ClayFighter 63⅓ - Cruis'n USA - Cruis'n World - Harvest Moon 64 - Mickey's Speedway USA - Turok: Dinosaur Hunter - Turok 2: Seeds of Evil - Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion - Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon - Ridge Racer 64 - Road Rash 64 - Taz Express And then not forget some of the nice 3rd party games: - Duke Nukem 64 - Duke Nukem Zero Houer - Doom 64 - Mace: The Dark Age - Vigilante 8: Second Offense - South Park - Glover - Worms Armageddon - Donald Dock Quck Attack - Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine - Lego Racers - Rampage 2: Universal Tour - Rampage World Tour - Quake 64 - Shadow Man - Snowboard Kids - Snowboard Kids 2 - Spider-Man - Tarzan - Tigger's Honey Hunt - Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue!

Nice Documentary Bro. You should make more.