September 29, 2022 marks the 26th anniversary of the Nintendo 64. To celebrate the occasion, we’ve updated and expanded our roundup of the best N64 games of all time.
The Nintendo 64 is one of the most important consoles in gaming history. It brought numerous Nintendo franchises to 3D and helped popularize analog sticks on controllers. As Nintendo consoles often are, the N64 was also rather peculiar. Rather than opting for the new CD-ROM tech, Nintendo stuck with cartridge-based games. On top of that, Nintendo’s approach to licensing third-party games led to a fairly small library of around only 400 games across its five-year run. And, of course, we could never forget the tri-handle controller design that introduced using an analog stick for Nintendo games. But the N64, as peculiar as it looks today, is an incredibly important platform in Nintendo’s archive. The console brought a number of Nintendo’s most iconic franchises to 3D for the first time, including Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda. In celebration of the N64, we rounded up the best N64 games (in alphabetical order).
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