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I don't see many posts here about the N64 and it doesn't look like there is an N64 community on lemmy.world It's the console I have the most nostalgia for and I have over 130 games in my collection. I'm currently playing a ROM hack called SM64: Beyond the Cursed Mirror. It has some pretty challenging platforming but it is fun.

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[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] klieg2323@lemmy.piperservers.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just made a community on my private instance

Nintendo 64

!n64@lemmy.piperservers.net

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

[–] Alice@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Boomguy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The N64 is amazing. I remember needing to get that red thing so that it would run Majora's Mask.

Also Doom 64 is the best OG Doom game, mostly.

[–] albatrossd@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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?

[–] mephiska@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

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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.

[–] MrJameGumb@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Swagadactyl@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] mikewavebird@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

You should make one!

[–] Coeus@coeus.sbs 1 points 1 year ago

If I had an account on lemmy.world I probably would

[–] blazera@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Boy I miss 3D platformer being a genre

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

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!

[–] jerome@kbin.social -2 points 1 year ago
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