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The Nintendo 64 Appreciation/Collecting/Emulation Thread.
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I traded the Xbox copy of Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams and a loose duplicate Link to the Past/Four Swords GBA that I already own for a loose copy of Ogre Battle 64.
Good deal?
YES. I never played this game before but have always wanted it and I love it so far! It sounds odd saying this, but it feels like a PS One game on the N64, in that there are so few JRPGs and SRPGs on the system that it is a welcome addition.
Good deal?
YES. I never played this game before but have always wanted it and I love it so far! It sounds odd saying this, but it feels like a PS One game on the N64, in that there are so few JRPGs and SRPGs on the system that it is a welcome addition.
Pancakes R Us
Member
Hear, hear! I own the game on the Wii VC from ages ago, but haven't really played it much (maybe 30 minutes). It's gaming memories like this that make me still appreciate gaming...nothing quite matches up to the experiences I've had with gaming as a child.
BumblebeeCody
Member
What is this?
Correct me if I'm wrong. But you would take your Pokemon Snap cartridges(Top slot above controller) to these kiosks which allowed you to print your pictures(Output slot on the left of the controller).
Why is it in a barn?
sixteen-bit
Member
Yeah, Ogre Battle 64 is my favorite N64 game. Nice trade in your favor. I think LTTP is better on SNES anyway.
BumblebeeCody
Member
Some of my interesting BS.
OP I saw you have this too.
Japanese Ocarina of Time 0.1
Anyone know anything about this. It's a small Japanese Ocarina of Time guide book that came with it. Never knew these existed (for obvious reasons) but still....
Perfect Goldeneye and Gold Majoras Mask
Japanese Pokemon Stadium 2(or 3). Huge box too.
Goes well with my Japanese GameBoy Colour Pokemon: Gold and Silver
Love the N64
OP I saw you have this too.
Japanese Ocarina of Time 0.1
Anyone know anything about this. It's a small Japanese Ocarina of Time guide book that came with it. Never knew these existed (for obvious reasons) but still....
Perfect Goldeneye and Gold Majoras Mask
Japanese Pokemon Stadium 2(or 3). Huge box too.
Goes well with my Japanese GameBoy Colour Pokemon: Gold and Silver
Love the N64
Coreda
Member
Nice little collection there. Always feels more substantial when games come with all the extra pieces. As much as cardboard boxes aren't so great for casual storage they can feel a bit more collectible due to their delicacy I think.
I don't know anymore than you do about the guide but gave me an excuse to post some images I took of the OoT JP version a while back ;P. Came with a promo sheet for Link's Awakening DX for the GBC.
For a second I thought that was a reprint.
Coreda
Member
That would've been awesome. Does anyone know if there was a Japanese box version of Conker's Bad Fur Day? I know Rare did one for Banjo Kazooie.
A Black Falcon
Member
Why would there be a Japanese box version of a game never released in Japan on the N64?
Coreda
Member
Ah, wasn't aware of that. Of course that makes sense as it was all voice acted (*facepalm*).
What is this?
That would be the Blockbuster Video Pokemon Stadium kiosk that would print pictures from the picture snapping mode in Pokemon Stadium. Getting some nostalgia chills right about now.
RIP in peace Blockbuster ; _ ;
Awesome pictures. Makes me want to import some Zelda games right about now lol
soxinthebox
Member
Weird those MM and Goldeneye boxes look nothing like my AU PAL originals. Did the EU boxes not have the red/yellow side strip?Some of my interesting BS.
OP I saw you have this too.
Japanese Ocarina of Time 0.1
Anyone know anything about this. It's a small Japanese Ocarina of Time guide book that came with it. Never knew these existed (for obvious reasons) but still....
Perfect Goldeneye and Gold Majoras Mask
Japanese Pokemon Stadium 2(or 3). Huge box too.
Goes well with my Japanese GameBoy Colour Pokemon: Gold and Silver
Love the N64
Australia got the US box designs (for the Zelda games at least, not familiar with the others).
look, this is what EU-PAL boxes looked like:
soxinthebox
Member
Never realised that but it looks like we got the better option based on those boxes.
friskykillface
Banned
I want that resident evil 2 box haha. awesome
IrishNinja
Member
pulled Ito's no 1 bass fishing (with controller!) for just over $10...this should be fun, heh
A Black Falcon
Member
Those "black box around the whole outside" PAL boxes are really awful looking... and is PAL Turok 2 even bumpy like it should be, or is it just flat? And RE2... :lol. Poor Europe, worst N64 packaging for sure.
That's actually the general Japanese / European box art. Only the US got that dude looking around the corner design.
Later ports received a different box art design in Japan:
Really? I disagree in most cases (esp. the Zelda boxes! Majora's Mask EU box stomps the US box into the ground!)
Yes, Turok 2 was "bumpy" (isn't there a proper word for that?). And see above re: RE2.
Though I agree that the US design looks the least terrible and it's the one I've always known
I've noticed a few people praising the analog stick on the Hori mini controllers - well there's another alternative.
I'm sure most have seen these GameCube-style replacement sticks on eBay and other online stores. Although they seem over-sensitive, it's actually due to them having poor accuracy. There is a
guy in Germany who makes a replacement PCB for these stick replacements that rectifies these issues.
If you have some basic soldering skills, I can't recommend these enough. I have four of these kits and pulling off Link's spin attacks in Zelda OoT/MM, smash attacks in SSB, and general aiming in GoldenEye are perfect.
It feels like a stock controller, but without the durability issues.
I'm sure most have seen these GameCube-style replacement sticks on eBay and other online stores. Although they seem over-sensitive, it's actually due to them having poor accuracy. There is a
guy in Germany who makes a replacement PCB for these stick replacements that rectifies these issues.
If you have some basic soldering skills, I can't recommend these enough. I have four of these kits and pulling off Link's spin attacks in Zelda OoT/MM, smash attacks in SSB, and general aiming in GoldenEye are perfect.
It feels like a stock controller, but without the durability issues.
Coreda
Member
Love the sexy red glow.
soxinthebox
Member
Been playing a bunch of N64 games since I put the HBC on my Wii.
Of the ones I've put on there Tetrisphere has held my attention the longest with Rush 2 in second place (underrated IMO). Both have held up really well.
Of the ones I've put on there Tetrisphere has held my attention the longest with Rush 2 in second place (underrated IMO). Both have held up really well.
sixteen-bit
Member
Too small for my hands unfortunately.
Coreda
Member
Found this on Craiglist in Vegas today:
That's rad.
(EDIT)
But not $400 rad.
On the right is an iQue, which I don't think has been mentioned so far. I'm sure some have heard ot it, it was a kind of Nintendo 64 built for custom flash cart re-releases into a single controller, made for the Asian market in collaboration with Nintendo.
An interesting, if failed/half-baked idea. Only 14 games were released for it, including Zelda OoT, Super Smash Bros, Super Mario 64, and Animal Crossing among others.
sixteen-bit
Member
Sin & Punishment got an iQue release IIRC
Dr. Feel Good
Banned
On the right is an iQue, which I don't think has been mentioned so far. I'm sure some have heard ot it, it was a kind of Nintendo 64 built for custom flash cart re-releases into a single controller, made for the Asian market in collaboration with Nintendo.
An interesting, if failed/half-baked idea. Only 14 games were released for it, including Zelda OoT, Super Smash Bros, Super Mario 64, and Animal Crossing among others.
Can you really call it failed though? It was released extremely limited in China (a market that bans consoles) after the GameCube had launched. What could you expect? And at the very least it appears as if it did well enough to warrant a 3DS iQue.
Apparently this dude is working on reverse engineering the iQue or something, if anyone wants some more technical details.
http://retroactive.be/ique/
http://retroactive.be/ique/
So I bought this last week.. PAL version...
for a ridiculous amount of money >_> but I had money and why the fuck not.
how much exactly? I paid like $30-40 two or three years ago for my boxed copy. (NTSC import)
Cool! I've only played a little of it, but it was actually surprisingly playable from what I remember. Obviously you can't play as fast as on a PC with keyboard shortcuts and whatnot, but it's fun none the less. 
Is a cart expensive? I'm guessing it is since I can't actually remember ever having seen it on the auction site I frequent.
Is a cart expensive? I'm guessing it is since I can't actually remember ever having seen it on the auction site I frequent.
Here are some pictures I took when I got Universal Game Cases for my N64 collection. Maybe some of you are interested in what they look like.
This is my entire collection for this system. It's not nearly as big as some of my others, but it covers the most important games to me. A lot of you would say I'm missing classics like Goldeneye, but I have personally no connection to that game. It wasn't a part of my childhood. I think I covered everything I wanted for the N64 so I'm quite happy with it.
This is my entire collection for this system. It's not nearly as big as some of my others, but it covers the most important games to me. A lot of you would say I'm missing classics like Goldeneye, but I have personally no connection to that game. It wasn't a part of my childhood. I think I covered everything I wanted for the N64 so I'm quite happy with it.
nkarafo
Member
Ι have a boxed copy of Turok 2 PAL and yes, its bumpy.
Dunno if we had the worst packaging. I was very busy being annoyed by the terrible 50hz PAL ports.
WHAT! Holy hell that price skyrocketed oO
And that awful image quality on PAL N64s. Yuck. It's a shame.
Somehow they managed to make S-video output look worse than composite on PAL N64s!
hahaha... try.. about $650USD
PAL wasnt released outside of AUS.. no euro release
Cool! I've only played a little of it, but it was actually surprisingly playable from what I remember. Obviously you can't play as fast as on a PC with keyboard shortcuts and whatnot, but it's fun none the less.
Is a cart expensive? I'm guessing it is since I can't actually remember ever having seen it on the auction site I frequent.
Yeh it's not too bad, i had a friend over and we played it and it was surprisingly good! obviously not as good as PC, but theres some neat little things such as the dpad can be mapped to certain areas on the map.
cart goes for about 150usd-200 or more depending on condition
Ah I was gonna ask about the Australian rating on the box. I guess that explains why I've never seen it on that auction site. And damn, that's pretty steep.
Interesting that it only came out in Australia and not Europe. Was Starcraft big there at the time? They also got that collector's edition of Ocarina of Time. Are there other stuff for N64 that only came out in Australia?
Ah I was gonna ask about the Australian rating on the box. I guess that explains why I've never seen it on that auction site. And damn, that's pretty steep.
Interesting that it only came out in Australia and not Europe. Was Starcraft big there at the time? They also got that collector's edition of Ocarina of Time. Are there other stuff for N64 that only came out in Australia?
no idea why it was only released here, apparently it was going to be released in eu but got cancelled, it didnt sell much so most people guestimate theres no more than 5k or so copies.
dunno on the last bit.. only gotten into collecting recently and havent seen much else too noteworthy, snowboard kids 2 maybe, but that probably came out in euro
Ah I was gonna ask about the Australian rating on the box. I guess that explains why I've never seen it on that auction site. And damn, that's pretty steep.
Interesting that it only came out in Australia and not Europe. Was Starcraft big there at the time? They also got that collector's edition of Ocarina of Time. Are there other stuff for N64 that only came out in Australia?
I think we found out earlier that Nintendo Australia seems to have gotten their stuff mostly from NoA and not NoE like these days since they used the US-layout for the N64 box designs. Or it was mix of everything since they got StarCraft 64 (no EU release) and Terranigma (no US release). Or they switched to NoA after the SNES era and then switched back after N64 was over.
Edwards_Omatic
Member
The second I get out of Uni and get a somewhat decent income,
i'm going to collect the shit out of N64 goodies - watch this space.
however unlikely
IrishNinja
Member
^god, those boxes are gorgeous...but that may be the first time i saw the 64DD boxed, as well, and with the games to boot! seriously man, drooling over here
sixteen-bit
Member
Lots of nice boxes in those pictures.
sixteen-bit
Member
Plus that plastic insert helps them keep their rigidity better than cardboard in cardboard North American releases had.