N64 Archives

Nintendo Adds Two very Odd Choices To N64 Library
Nintendo revealed two more games coming to the N64 library for Nintendo Switch Online, but the choices are ones that even we have to question The games they chose were Extreme-G, which was a racing game from 1997 that had you racing special bikes in long tracks with gravity being a factor, and Iggy's Reckin'[...]
Nintendo Adds Three More N64 Titles To Nintendo Switch Online
Nintendo has revealed three more N64 games that will be coming to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack, including a fan-favorite of the era Players will be able to experience the farming sim Harvest Moon 64 in all of its polygon glory as you try to raise your grandfather's farm back from nothing You'll also[...]
Mario Party 3 Is Coming To Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack
Nintendo revealed a new addition coming to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack, as they're bringing back the N64 party game classic Mario Party 3 Considered to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest title, of the entire franchise, the game introduces Waluigi as well as a number of mechanics that have become[...]
NXT No Mercy Preview: WWE Star Becky Lynch Is Back On An NXT PLE
 A name that immediately evokes special feelings in all WWE fans and brings them back to 2000 with an N64 controller in their hands as they let the hours speed by while they play what is still to this day considered the greatest pro wrestling video game of all time  Unfortunately, that's not exactly what[...]
Excitebike 64 Arrives For Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack
Nintendo revealed the latest N64 game on the way to the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack as we'll be getting Excitebike 64 One of the company's few racing titles, the game is both fun and a weird experiment in 3D racing Was the game perfect? Not really But it was stupid fun as it[...]
Pokémon Stadium Comes To The Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack
Nintendo revealed the latest N64 addition to the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack as players can experience the return of Pokémon Stadium All 151 original Pokémon are back in this classic game where you will actually take them into battle to see who is the best around But do you have what it takes to[...]
Wave Race 64 Is Coming To Nintendo Switch Online
Nintendo announced a new addition coming to Nintendo Switch Online tonight as we're getting Wave Race 64 added to the N64 library Unless you played this era of gaming, you have no idea what impact this game had on a generation of Nintendo fans One of the few games the company released just after the[...]
Banjo-Kazooie Joins The Nintendo Switch Online N64 Expansion Pack
Nintendo revealed their latest addition to the Nintendo Switch Online N64 Expansion Pack as Banjo-Kazooie arrives today Heralded as one of the best games to ever grace the late '90s console, the platformer has had a unique history over the years with a dedicated fanbase who want to see it come out and be revitalized[...]
Review: Nintendo 64 Controller For Nintendo Switch
Dimensionally, this is an exact replica of what an N64 controller should be Yes, there are exceptions, but look at that design The D-Pad, the six buttons, the joystick, the weird handles… It's all here This is now a shrunken down version or some miniature recreation Nintendo took the old specs and recreated them perfectly[...]
Someone Made A Handheld Version Of The Nintendo 64
This is, by far, the smallest handheld version of an N64 we've seen created by GmanModz, as it's basically a compact Game Boy that will play the cartridges. Can this truly be an N64 mod without there being weird shapes everywhere for your hands? Courtesy of GmanModz. There's a lot of tech that went into this as[...]
First 4 Figures' "Luigi's Mansion 3" Figure Is Appropriately Spooky
Which all started with the N64 title as you only play as Mario throughout the original game There have been ROM hacks over the years adding Luigi in unofficially, which includes one called Super Luigi 64 where they replaced Mario altogether But now we know from the Oatmeal Dome Twitter account that at one point[...]
Super Mario 64 PC
The game is a DirectX 12 port which features 4K resolution with HD support, along with the fact that it has modern interfaces so you can play the game with something other than an N64 controller Like an Xbox One controller, for example That;'s about it There's a tweak or two here and there, but[...]
Star Wars Shadows Of The Empire Soundtrack
N64 fans will be happy to know that as part of Star Wars Day, the Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire soundtrack is getting a vinyl release The game was released in late 1996 as one of the first major titles for the console not made by Nintendo The game is a third-person shooter with[...]
Uncovered "Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" VHS Shows Beta Footage
This is long before there was ever a TechTV or G4 on cable to show off titles, long before IGN or any other company at the time had a website showing off content. Credit: Hard4Games This particular VHS comes from a Blockbuster in Brazil, which was a giveaway for people who ordered an N64 through their store[...]
Popular "Super Mario 64" Mod Gets A Split-Screen Addition
But for now, enjoy the glory of what could have been in Super Mario 64. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReY35uvAZhEVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: N64 Splitscreen Multiplayer, Talking about Release Dates (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReY35uvAZhE) A popular modder has created a new addition to Super Mario 64 that will not only let you do co-op but adds in a split-screen[...]
Someone Discovered An N64 Prototype Controller
For all of the years we've had game consoles in our homes, many agree one of the worst controllers ever created was the N64 controller by Nintendo Some find it to be a thing of beauty, but for those of us who wrecked our thumbs on the thumbstick and had to deal with the Z-Button[...]
Review: EON's Super 64 HDMI Adapter For The N64
This is a single piece of tech that plugs directly into the back end of the N64 As you can see here, the front end has a port adapter to match the outgoing composite media end of the N64, while the back had an HDMI port for you to hook a cable up to, the[...]
Someone Has Released Previously Unseen Earthound 64 Footage
At the 10:30 marker, you can see a promo video for Mother on the N64 It's 5-seconds long and is over before it starts, but man, does it have nostalgia written all over it This should tide Earthbound fans over until E3 when we all go ask Doug Bowser where Mother 3 is for U.S[...]
Plans Hit Social Media For Conker’s Bad Fur Day's Canceled Sequel
Yeah, sure, we got Conker: Live and Reloaded in 2005 as a remake of the original, but the fact that we're still talking about an M-rated game on the N64 all these years later with people still wishing Rare would make a proper sequel should show the company there was money to be made here. [...]
Nintendo Will Not Be Making an N64 Mini, For Now
many of us assumed we might see an announcement for an N64 Classic Edition from Nintendo as we did the NES and SNES Sadly, that has not come to pass, and even more sadly, we got word it's not in the works at all Kotaku chatted with NOA's president Reggie Fils-Aime about a few different topics as[...]
From The Rumor Mill: Did Someone Leak the N64 Classic Design?
If you believe the latest rumor of sorts from Reddit this weekend, it appears someone may have leaked the possible design of the N64 Classic Edition A user named Nacho & Pistacho posted what appears to be a look at the mini version that the company has been rumored to be working on, which they claim came[...]
Decades Later, Goldeneye Devs Admit Using Oddjob is Cheating
Did you ever yell at one of your friends on the couch for using Oddjob in Goldeneye multiplayer on the N64 because he was too short to hit? Everyone loved to scream about how using the character was a cheat in the game, despite the fact that the developers put him in there as an unlockable character[...]
Nintendo's Latest Trademark Points to a Mini N64 Release
If you were to tell me that Nintendo was planning to release an N64 Classic Edition this year, I'd probably respond with a resounding "duh!" But the latest trademark filed by the company pretty much confirms that not only is it on the way, they're pre-planning the release as we speak According to Japanese Nintendo,[...]
The First Two Turok Games Headed To Xbox One
We say that because, in the lexicon of N64 multiplayer games, no title brought you more anguish than Turok when you lost The single player campaign was fun and interesting, but multiplayer made you hate your friends If Goldeneye was the golden standard at the time, while Turok was kind of the bronze title Now[...]
Someone Made A First-Person Super Mario 64 Hack
For those of you looking for a new way to play Super Mario 64 and give yourself a challenge, look no further than this first-person hack of the iconic N64 title The video below from YouTuber Kaze Emanuar shows off a few levels of the game in the hack, which essentially puts a camera right on Mario's field-of-vision[...]
N64
Now they're looking to tackle another controller, and this one is in desperate need of a makeover: The N64 Controller Feast your eyes on this little baby below. This is their model of the Next Gen Nintendo 64 Controller, which has a ton of improved features like bigger C-buttons, a modern analog stick, a better D-pad, better[...]
Got An Old N64 Laying Around? Well You Can Turn It Into A Switch Dock
or Mario Kart in all their 64-bit glory, that classic N64 console is just taking up space One intrepid Youtuber with an N64 and a crazy idea managed to put his old console to use for his brand new Nintendo Switch, by turning the N64 into a dock Now I'm not saying that you absolutely need to[...]