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Bomberman Hero is pretty special to me. Also, I don’t think Jet Force Gemini gets enough love.
All of mine have been mentioned except Pokemon Stadium 1 and 2.
I’m pretty “basic” in my choices. Both Zelda titles, Mario 64, Mario Kart, the three Mario Parties, StarFox 64, Diddy Kong Racing, Kirby 64, Banjo-Kazooie. I just bought an N64 a few weeks ago partially because I wanted to experience the games I had growing up again and also play a bunch I missed. I tried Mischief Makers because it looked interesting and I enjoy the unique mechanics but the controls are hard to master enough to feel like I even have a basic handle on them.
Hot take: Perfect Dark took everything that was great from GoldenEye, expanded on the formula, and is a much better game overall.
StarFox 64 is always gonna be an all-time favourite of mine. The gameplay is so simple yet very rewarding. Very arcade-like game loop, in a good way.
Diddy Kong Racing is one of the first games I discovered the… joys (?) of completionism as a kid.
I played Wave Race a ton with my father, he loved that game. Mario Golf as well.
Mario 64 is insanely good in retrospect, but I both didn’t understand much of English back then, and also sucked at the mechanics too much as a kid to really enjoy it. Similar situation with Banjo Kazooie and Banjo Tooie. I somehow managed to play through Donkey Kong 64 using walkthrough guides I printed out chapter by chapter. The multiplayer was nice although laggy as hell.
Spot on with Perfect Dark. It’s one fault imo is that it was trying to do almost too much for the 64. Even as an expansion pak game, the graphics that the 64 was capable of could just not render the necessary detail for a lot of stuff to be easy to see/recognize.
Wayne Gretzky 3D Hockey is my all time favorite. The arcade style hockey was awesome.
Loved that you could get into fights in the Wayne Gretsky series
I’ve gotta rep one of my all time favorite party games to this day (ported to PC) Worms Armageddon. They’ve had several sequels, but I believe that was the last one to use that particular physics engine, and every game since has just felt a bit… Hollow?
Also +1 to Paper Mario - S-Tier RPG, best of the whole series IMHO, tho the GameCube sequel TTYD is deserving of a very close second. I wish so bad they’d make a return to badges and acquiring new buddies and buddy upgrades throughout the game. The oragami king battle mechanics did not do it for me, and with it being the core mechanic of the game just soured my whole experience despite the rest of the game being pretty solid.
I bought Sticker Star real excited for Paper Mario, and hated it. Every attack is a consumable item? No thanks.
Ever play Tetrisphere? It’s awesome!
Also, check out Mischief Makers. Very fun platform game.
GoldenEye 007
Perfect Dark
Dark Rift
Battletanx
Gauntlet Legends
Cruis’n World
Rush 2
Mission Impossible
Army Men Sarge’s Heroes
Army Men Air Combat
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2
Hydro Thunder
Beetle Adventure Racing
Wayne Gretsky’s 3D Hockey 98’
Worms Armageddon
Edit: readability
Perfect dark has a fan PC port that’s really good. I couldn’t stand it on console (low fps made me motionsick) but it was a hoot when I played it on PC. https://github.com/fgsfdsfgs/perfect_dark
Superman: The New Superman Adventures (AKA Superman 64). It’s a baffling time capsule of poor management, crunched game development, and lack of coherent vision (mostly due to the management thing). Is flying through the rings tough? Yup. Do the missions make no sense? Yup. Is there a charm in firing it up and remembering to be grateful you’ve lived to yet another day where you can play Superman 64? Yup.
Just to say something beyond the obvious ones others are sharing; I really loved Battletanx. The game wasn’t all that great with the nostalgia goggles removed but I had so much fun playing it with friends 25 years ago
Cruising USA! Played beat that entire game while listening to Third Eye Blind first album. Good times.
Love the game and especially love that album!
- ☆☆ Diddy Kong Racing ☆☆
- Chameleon Twist
- Mario 64
- Mario Kart 64
- Super Smash Bros
- Starfox 64
- Pokémon Snap
- Pokemon Stadium 2
Rocket: robot on wheels
I agree with all of the other great games others have mentioned, but I really love the first level of rocket. It’s your typical platformer, except it has a physics engine, so when you throw things, they might bounce in fun ways, and there is this dune buggy that you get to drive that bounces off the sand dunes in ways that releases a lot of seratonin in my brain.
Super underrated: pokemon puzzle league
StarFox64 still holds up tremendously well. The blocky and simple art design makes it visually easy to read, and the gameplay is solid.
