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.

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!

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.

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 “

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

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

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!

That was a badass video man. I was playing Lords of the Fallen and kept dying as I was turning my head to watch this everytime lol

I've heard about Nintendo's playing cards but until this video I have never seen nor thought about looking to see what kind of playing cards they made. thanks man

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.

"1993-present." proceeds to explain creation of early toys, donkey kong, nes, snes. Weird how all the 70s and 80s happen in 93 huh? Was a crazy year with 2 other decades all happening in that year. Wild times man 😅

In a weird and unexpected turn of events my parents asked me what I wanted for Christmas in 96', I was torn because most of my buddies told me to get a Playstation, but I chose the 64, still one of the best decisions of my life!

Pretty good video, verry informative and decently produced . 👍

Excellent documentary dood

249.95. Wish we could go back to those days

The Nintendo 64 was made by a company called Nintendo? Amazing.

I was at school the september 30 when during the dinner hour my mother said she succeeded to get one. All the afternoon I didn't listen the teachers.

Awesome video. I'm a 64 fan it was my Christmas gift in 96 and I love it still have it in 2024

Oh I had that ram pack. Then i had an epic aftermarket gamecube pack

Most excellent video. This system brought me my favorite game of all time. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I called in to work 3 days(Vacation days muahah) just to play it. I love and still love my N64. Always will. Though the Nintendo Gamecube will be my favorite Nintendo system ever made and my favorite console of all time. Both N64 and Gamecube keep me Nintendo happy even now I'm in my late 40's. Thanks again for a great video.

"wait for it" yeah...i did a lot of that waiting for software on this thing..but still one of my favorite consoles growing up and probably the reason i dont wig out on unstable frame rates to this day

My girlfriend at the time bought my N64. She would later buy me a PS and Dreamcast.A few years later I married her 😂

Amazing video man! Great research!!!!

Just take a drink every time you hear Nintendo 64 or N64 or just 64 😂😂😂. Great video though lots of great info.

There was a total of 22 N64 Virtual Console games if you count the Japan Exclusive Custom Robo V2.

@IIWR I was managing a Babbages at the time of the N64 launch we stacked & removed those systems off the display floor three or four different times that day then finally got the okay to leave them out. Fun memories of a chaotic system launch 😅

I was 12/13 years old at the time the Ultra 64 was announced, I recall all these things happening but had forgotten a lot of it. This was a good recap of how exciting it was at the time. The N64 DD was always a disappointment that we never really got it. I sold my Playstation after I got an N64, but then later bought another Playstation when they introduced the dual shock controller and Gran Turismo. The PS1 was the better system overall, even though the N64 had some good games I feel the quality in games dropped a lot compared to the Super Nintendo. I'm still nostalgic about all these vintage consoles, but I feel like the N64 games have dated rather badly for the most part.

Game and watch was my intro to video games

I have the ultra 64 demo cart from the show. It's got the temp mario64 and other games. One of my best pieces in my collection. Kirby was fun on the cart and Mario kart was blah till they fixed it up. Nice vid

In 1998 I got a Playstation for my 12th birthday. Originally I asked my mom for an N64 but Eloctronic Boutique was sold out and the guy swore up/down to my mom that a Playstation was a much better pick anyways -- so that's what she got lol. I wasn't really mad because in the end I loved my Playstation _but_ I really wanted to play Goldeneye and Mario 64 lol.

I subscribed to Nintendo Power from issues 17 to 100. I still have my DKC and N64 VHS tapes! Pretty neat advertising for the time.

I remember seeing the DD in magazines and waiting for a release and never got it 😂😂😂 it was just all hype

12:18 Man I feel bad for people who paid $600 for a 3DO. That’s nearly $1K today.

Even though I do love the Playstation and Xbox consoles, Nintendo consoles will always be number one in my heart!

Love this vid❤

High effort video, thank you for this!

Nice Documentary Bro. You should make more.

Yoy can tell this was a labour of love fantastic documentary 👌

Outstanding, entertaining, & informative documentary you've created here - Good job! I'm pretty informed on the subject, but happily ended up learning several "new" facts. Thank you -- SUBBED!

Amazing documentary, thank you. 🙏🏻

The only reason why I bought N64 was to play “007 Golden Eye” 👍🏾

Very well put together man. Keep it up.

I got the Nintendo 64 on launch day in North America going to every place that sold electronics. Even though I played the heck out of the system and the games I bought for it, it became apparent to me that I had a love-hate relationship it this version of Nintendo’s system.

Thank you for this work!

Still have my childhood 64, that thing is the cockroach of game systems. Almost every system I've owned since has needed to be repaired at least once, but that thing just goes. If Nintendo ever made a new 64 I'd buy it day one

I enjoyed this video and look forward to more like it! Well researched and presented, although I'm equally impressed by how you handle your comment section. "The KZfaq algorithm is strong with this one...."

Great work 👍 I really like your content.

I still don't know why they dropped the "Ultra" name from it. I always thought it just sounded a lot better. Better than the Wii U and the "New" series naming fiascos.

I did trade a crappy cellphone for the n64 when that came out … best trade of my childhood lol super Mario 64 was insane at this time ! I still have the console in box and still play it !

The only error I can find is in this otherwise outstanding video: when he says N64 controllers are now compatible with Nintendo switch. That is certainly not the case. You need a special N64 styled new controller

And Wave Race 64 is still a solid game!

you can even play SNES games on this beast. All you need is an everdrive or some sort of flash cart, and sodium64

Well done:)

Nice vid!!!

My favorite Nintendo console, Nintendo 64

It's like my entire life flashed before my eyes.........

Yup! I ain't gonna Flinch on this one. This one needs to keep growing. 100k views. LFG!!!!!!!

I think nintendo can take it a step further by releasing the n64 in the form of its mini consoles, but include everything they wanted, too. The 64dd, the unreleased content for the classic games we've come to know and love. It'd be pretty cool.

I could never win the race down the slide versus the penguin but the music was cool

The 64DD is a good example of what would have happened to the Nintendo PlayStation. It would have never been a thing but a gimmick Nintendo would have canceled or treated badly anyway and there would be no PlayStation today.

Really well done.

I'd be curious to see what the alternate universe was like where N64 used disc-based media ...

Amazing documentary

AHA!! looks like my man "All Out" here fused part 1 and part 2 together brilliant

Was like “89? NES was out before that right? Ohhhh 1889, dam”

58:38, interesting

Wait a sec; you mean that Charles Martinet was the first V-tuber all the way back in 1992?

They also had N64's at McDonald's at one point

Nice video bro bro

Quality content!

Nostalgia

Let's freaking goooooooooooooo!!!!! We need this to get to 1m but Let's shoot for the big 200k next first!! 🛡🗡❤️🙏

Damn kickass video

I remember PSX game being about 150-200 of my local currency and the N64 ("Doom 64", to be precise) was 375. So,yeah: they've beat counterfeiting i guess?

Thanks

Was the N64 really designed first in 1993?

I love these videogame history videos, always interesting. Wonder what things would have been like if PlayStation didn't take so many developers away from Nintendo. Seeing final Fantasy and others on N64 would have reshaped the world in a way. And I believe the first part adds needed context to how the N64 came to be

I have mixed feelings on the N64. I grew up on Atari 2600 and Colecovision, finally got an NES in 87, was a full on video game enthusiast who got the SNES upon release, then got an N64 in May 1997. I had Mario and Turok and initially loved them and beat them both (had to cheat for Turok). But the novelty of 3D quickly wore off and I found new games too big to explore and too time consuming and I lost all interest in getting the new consoles upon release. I still play some old stuff but my serious love of video games died with the N64. I did later buy a used Goldeneye because it was mandatory, and I think I got NHL 2000, but I haven't touched anything N64 related in over 15 years. I'm 2D for life. Except for Twisted Metal 2, the only PS game I own and the sole reason I later picked up a used PS1.

This isn't the history of N64. It's the Bible of Nintendo. All the way back to Genesis...pun well intended. "In the beginning God created the Heavens, the Earth...and Nintendo."

4:07 The Famicom was not Nintendo's first game console. Nintendo's first gaming console was the "Color TV-Game" (1977-1983).

Okay 7 minutes in and you’re already incorrect. Charles Martinet’s first role as Mario was in Mario Teaches Typing.

U didn't mention the Famicom recall with the square buttons. My favorite piece in my collection.I still wonder if Sony and Nintendo actually made a PlayStation if it would look and be the same as it does today. Imagine Nintendo backwards compatible PlayStations.....damn

nice video, EQ that audio though my friend needs more low end

Nintendo would pass on 32 bits in the 1990s, but would eventually make their 3rd generation Game Boy handheld, the Game Boy Advance, a 32-bit console...

The ultra hand shows up in super mario bros

you should do more documentaries!

I loved my NES and SNES but when PSX came out, I switched over and never turned back. N64 had some good games but playstaion had a lot more great games

Nintendo 64 came out in 1996…

Nintendo created their worst enemy with the n64 being cartridge based . I feel they could have destroyed Sony had they gone the cd route.

All the days when Nintendo cared about the power of their systems. Rip switch when the switch 2 coming out!?!?!

Is that Hornberger in the N64 commercial??

Cool that they reused the name ultra hand on Zelda ToTK 😮

14:54 That's cool

This is an informative video, but the script needed maybe one more draft to get rid of the repetitive idioms/phrasing and give the video more focus. I think most info between 0:00 to 9:36 could have been cut or rephrased. The video plays like a dry reading of facts in chronological order, rather than a narrative. The video has no hook. It often feels like introduce an entirely new stakeholder/company to the video, only to then have to backtrack and who any of these companies are. I think this could have been fixed by writing transitions between topics so that the video's momentum doesn't grind to a halt every 2 minutes. Your own perspective and understanding of the topic are also missing from the video. If you're a gamer, I'd probably be interested in what your experience with the n64 was. This video doesn't have enough of a narrative to work as a documentary, but also doesn't have enough of your own voice or criticism to feel personal either. It's in this in-between space that makes me lose interest.