It came out around my birthday, so my mom had it pre-ordered for me as a gift from Babbage’s. I still remember her picking me up from school and telling me she had a surprise for me in the trunk.
It came out around my birthday, so my mom had it pre-ordered for me as a gift from Babbage’s. I still remember her picking me up from school and telling me she had a surprise for me in the trunk.
Many halcyon college days playing GoldenEye 007, Super Smash Bros., Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask, Conker’s Bad Fur Day multiplayer, and Mario Kart 64 with friends, four at a time…
We played Metal Gear Solid VR Missions, Symphony of the Night, PowerStone, and Marvel vs. Capcom 2 too, but 90% of the time it was the Nintendo 64. Being so blocky, we never thought the graphics were particularly amazing—we grew up 8-bit but were comparing by that time to the PlayStation 2, and especially the Dreamcast after it came out—but man, the games were fantastic.
Not to take anything away from the classics that were built up on,I think sports games really came up a level in visuals in N64 as far as playability with the 3rd dimension added. Being able to actually have depth made soccer, football, hockey, all those games so much richer; instead of only side scrolling you could view a field, rink or court from the short end view, zoom in and out on play level, etc.