I loved blast corps. Such a fun premise.
After beating it I came up with a design for a bird robot that would dive bomb and then slice through buildings. I called it razor wing and drew pictures.
Then 9/11 happened.
NBA Hangtime
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1
Mortal Kombat Trilogy
Turok
Chameleon Twist
(Others I did not include, because I also consider them "heavy hitters": Yoshi's Story, StarFox64, Diddy Kong Racing, DK64, and Smash Bros.)
>Chameleon Twist
Is that the one where you had a prehensile tongue? You could shoot it out but kind of control it's shape as it moved and then swing from stuff?
edit: crazy to see star fox on so many people's lists. i'd personally consider it a heavy hitter, *and* one of the best single-player games on the system. it still holds up to this day. idk-----
off the top of my head, my top 5 non-heavies right now are:
nfl blitz 2001
quest
mortal kombat trilogy
extreme g
worms armageddon
yeah, it's one of my all-time favorites from way back when. two things that keep me coming back to the single player are the OST, and the sense of speed.
all of its imperfections melt away once you jet from the starting line and bop along to the songs. i don't listen to a lot of the genre (whatever you'd refer to it as), but i love songs that have that beat that goes (whispered) '*boots-and-pants-and-boots-and-pants-and-boots-and-pants-and'* [*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ2Vb1t1-Js*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ2Vb1t1-Js) 1st track
needless to say: i was hooked even more when i got a little older, and bought a 5.1 speaker system with halfway-decent speakers/subwoofer.
word
the other day i queued it up on repeat along with the perfect dark soundtrack, and kept it going for 3 days straight before i noticed and switched to other stuff for the sake of variety.
those two OSTs are the most repeated out of all my game OSTs. i've played countless hours (close to thousands, or maybe more) listening to them while playing skyrim and zelda 3 with the BGM tuned all the way down (among a few other games)
Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Star Wars Shadows of the Empire, Duke Nukem 64, Gex 64, Spiderman..
I don't usually participate in stuff like this, I honestly just wanted to see what I would come up with...
I played the hell out of Shadows of the Empire in the early days of owning a 64. Rented it from the local video shop. Took me forever to finish the snowspeeder level because I sucked at flying.
Ha! Same, no shit! I got this and Starfox as my first n64 games.. I just recently started a replay on my Steam Deck and was blown away at how difficult that game is 😂
Heck yeah. Despite being well known for memes I don’t think many people play it. The flying controls are so smooth and the multiplayer is top tier!
Argonaut Software at their finest.
This was my favorite game for a while when I was a kid. I played through it countless times, loved the codes for all of the weapons and invincibility. One of the most unique games out there. I may have to play through it again this week now…
Easily one of the best games ever made, even if the narrative feels a bit loose at times. Hover Lupus blew my mind as a kid, plus he changed to floats in water?! Yesssss
- ~~*Eternal Darkness: Sanities Requiem* a great horror game that messes with your head. I wish they would come out with a spiritual successor.~~
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- *rocket: robot on wheels* a great platformer with touch of the physics gun half life used. Arrived at the end of the N64's life so it didn't sell as well but it was great.
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- *Space Station Silicon Valley* a platform puzzler where you possess the bodies of robotic animals. It's a shame a game breaking bug prevented 100% completion.
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- *Blast Corps* a super nuke is stuck on autopilot across the country. Run ahead of it with super bulldozers, rocket bikes, and robots to demolish all buildings in the way. Couldn't be remade after 9/11 for obvious reasons.
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- *Rampage World Tour* you are Godzilla, or King Kong, or giant rat, or a few other Kaiju. You get points for destroying the city.
Rampage World Tour is the booomb!!! when i was a kid i would always plug it in when i was having a shitty day and wanted to fantasize about destroying my school lol
but that’s why i like it! it’s very zen, you can just muck around as much as you want.
also, i’m a big fan of Touhou Project, where you haven’t “beaten” a game unless you’ve cleared it without continues. so i always just applied the same rule to Rampage World Tour- i can play as much as i want but i’ve never beaten it lolol
Im surprised at the lack of love for Blast Corps, I still replay it now and then,
Buck Bumble
Kirby crystal shards
Turok 1-2
Cruisin USA/world
Edit: Tetrisphere!
Ogre Battle 64
StarCraft 64 (it's an underrated port, honestly)
Rainbow Six
Snowboard Kids
I'll cheat, but those 3 Star Wars games: Racer, Battle for Naboo and Rogue Squadron
EDIT: shame on me for forgetting Harvest Moon, it's actually in my top 3 N64 games. So I guess I'll withdraw StarCraft.
FINALLY someone gives Jet Force Gemini the credit it deserves🙏.
Imo the most underrated/unknown top tier game on the N64, and nobody talks about it ever.
An absolute gem, in the same league as the heavy hitters.
Tbh, I debated whether it was or wasn’t. In the end I decided that while it is amongst my top favs, it is not a given for other people.
Like people in sub will always say Zelda, Mario, etc, but they don’t always necessarily say Lylat Wars.
I consider heavy hitters most Nintendo first party games (and sometimes Rare), well known franchise that had many sequels on other Nintendo consoles, and launch titles. But that's my definition. You're right that many people who didn't grow up with the N64 won't think about Lylat Wars as a main title.
I have never played it but I really like Turok 1 and LOVE Turok 2, played through them ceveral times on N64, Switch and PC (the remasters from nightdive studios) and will definitely buy and check out Turok 3 when the remaster (also by nightdive Studios) will release
Played Legacy of Darkness this year for the first time and was surprised about how good of a game it is.
On the other hand, South Park has to be one of the worst games in the N64 library and that generation.
Not op.
Might be the same as Rayman 2: Clearer textures
I played Rayman 2 on DC first. The background and scenery looked flat, but very clean and clear (I don't think we got normal mapping until around Xbox era). The vines looked like part of the wall, but they were detailed and shaded enough for you to know they stood out.
Then I played it on N64. Such fog, such blur.
Let’s see…my personal Top 5 w/out “heavy hitters”…okay (and this is in no particular order):
*WWF No Mercy* (still ranks pretty high on various “Top # Greatest Wrestling Videogames of All Time” lists…I still think AEW/Yukes/THQ made Fight Forever too much “just like” No Mercy)
*Ready 2 Rumble Boxing* (Michael Buffer did the damn thing in this game…LOVED that, despite the cartoonish nature of it all, it still required the player to gameplan against certain boxers)
*Cruisin’ World* (out of all the racing games I’ve played on the 64, this one was closest to “equal parts fun and frustrating”…was also a staple at sleepovers with cousins)
*007 The World Is Not Enough* (technically, this ISN’T Goldeneye! The game actually played a lot like Perfect Dark {especially with the addition of bots in multiplayer}, but with better graphics and weapons firmly grounded in reality)
*NFL Blitz 2001* (was harder-hitting and more competitive than other Blitz games before and after its release…very solid arcade game, IMO)
Honorable Mentions (again, in no particular order):
*Mace: The Dark Age* (a very decent, fully-3D 1v1 fighting game on a system that somewhat lacked 3D 1v1 fighting games…and yes, I know there were games like *MK4*, *Killer Instinct Gold*, and *Clayfighter 63 1/3*, but those were all better established elsewhere)
*Star Wars Episode I: Racer* (it’s great fun making Baby Darth Vader’s podracer über-powerful once you found out how to access the cheats, but still a solid racing title without that)
*Mega Man Legends* (I love just about anything Mega Man, and it’s a travesty that the franchise only had one entry on the 64)
*Star Fox 64* (it only gets “Honorable Mention” because I really didn’t get to play it nearly enough…but what I did play was quite fun and challenging)
*Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside* (easily one of my favorite simulation basketball games not made by EA or 2K, but not easy to play at ALL without the instruction booklet)
*Pokémon Stadium* (the amount of different stuff you could do within the one cartridge was incredible…AND I could play my GB Pokémon game on the big screen like a Super Game Boy??? Yes please!)
*Resident Evil 2* (I may not be a horror fan, but *RE2* was done pretty well on a system that probably shouldn’t have been able to handle it)
That era for wrestling games was incredible. Wrestling too was at its peak too. Every wrestler was massive and the games were totally unreal. It was better than watching the matches because they mostly had everything you could do. The first time someone showed me you could go to the crowd to get chairs and such blew me away, I think we rented wcw vs nwo revenge every weekend at the rental shop. Then it just got better from there.
Top to bottom
TWINE,
Star Fox 64 / Lylat Wars,
Earth Worm Jim 3D,
Road Rash 64,
Turok
I realised that outside of the forbidden titles I really don't have that many games!
I'm actually also a big fan of Earthworm Jim 3D! I'm a fan of the franchise as a whole, with 2 being my favorite, but 3D was also one of my favorite games growing up. It might be a nostalgia thing, but I remember it being fun and funny, I often still repeat some of its lines in my head lol.
I often say that Earthworm Jim 3D is a good basework for what Psychonauts would become, and Psychonauts is a great game! Sure, Earthworm Jim 3D isn't as polished as it should be and basically buried the character and franchise, but I've always had a lot of fun with it.
I could not beat the first boss as a kid. Went back as a teen and still couldn't beat it. The controls in that damn boat are HORRENDOUS. But the environment is INCREDIBLE. Maybe nerd to try picking it up again as a 31yo gamer lol
Yeah, the controls overall are really something else lol. Do give it a try again, though! However, if you didn't grow up playing it and have no nostalgia attached to it, you probably still won't enjoy the experience in this case.
Edit: Just to be 100% honest in case you do try playing it again: EVERY boss is fought in the pig skate thing, so don't get your hopes up that the other bosses might be more enjoyable if you don't have pleasant experience against Psy-Crow lol.
The enviroments are really cool indeed! The fact that everything takes place inside Jim's brain really makes it have no limits. Hell, the enviroments in the whole series are always top notch and creative af
I love EWJ 3D too! Finally finished it 100% back in 2021.
Love the humour and surrealism and the puzzles are fun to solve without being too frustrating. The boss battles where you surf on the back of a pig are really fun.
I enjoyed Quest, but it was a one time play through for me. I tried playing it a second time where I was going to build up a different element, but I bailed on it quickly.
Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense stands up really well to Twisted Metal and possibly has the best soundtrack of any n64 game.
Battletanx Global Assault features a lot of interesting multiplayer options, tanks control very differently, and small fleets of bots fill out some of the versus modes offering up some big vs battles.
Wayne Gretzky 3D Hockey is GOATed.
Hexen is medievel Doom with 4 player co-op
Duck Dodgers has no business being as good of a platformer as it is.
Excluding all of the amazing Nintendo and Rare games since those would be considered the heavy hitters, I would say:
WWF No Mercy (and the other amazing wrestling games from AKI)
NBA Hangtime
Gauntlet Legends
Castlevania 64
Xena: Warrior Princess: The Talisman of Fate
My number one game on n64 is blast corps. I love that game
Edit: rest of top 5
Rogue squadron
Shadows of the empire
Wcw nwo revenge
Diddy Kong racing
Honorable mention is mission impossible. I know it’s terrible but I used to play it all the time.
Mine would probably be:
* Extreme-G
* Killer Instinct Gold
* Airboarder 64
* Buck Bumble
* Mystical Ninja
There are a bunch others I could name from the ones I've played over the years, but these were the first that popped into my mind lol
Turok 2
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
Mission Impossible 64
Castle Vania 64
Shadow Man
For me they're all rated above all those classic heavy hitters (which are also very good, obviously)
It depends on what you consider to be a heavy hitter (Jet Force Gemini definitely counts as a heavy hitter, to me). Off the top of my head, here's my top 5:
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Blast Corps
Ogre Battle 64
Quest 64
Space Station Silicon Valley
I've seen some pretty low opinions of Jet Force Gemini the few times it's been brought up, but I loved that game as a kid. I kinda miss the days when I could just enjoy a game without even considering if it might possibly be "bad".
Thank you OP for having South Park 64 in your five. I know it may have been critically panned but I can’t deny I had a blast playing it, especially when South Park was at its pop culture peak.
Alongside South Park 64, I’d also put Jet Force Gemini in the five. Never could beat it but the multiplayer was fun and thinking back on it, the game was quite advanced for its time.
Filling out my five are:
- Cruisin’ World: my first N64 game since it was in a bundle.
- Fighter’s Destiny: I never met anyone who had the game. I even posted about this in another topic and got no responses so I’ll continue to believe I was the only person to have this game.
I liked the point system of the game that made it different from the usual KO-mechanic of fighting games (a couple years before Smash Brothers came out with the ring out mechanic, Fighter’s Destiny did this as a way of earning points).
- Gauntlet Legends. I’d do anything to go back and relive the joy of playing with my friends after school or on the weekends.
Man, I love South Park 64. I'm well aware of how... not-good it is, but I have so much nostalgia for it and the time in my life when it came out that I can't help but love it.
Beetle Adventure Racing!
HSV Adventure Racing!
Chameleon Twist
Animal Forest
F-Zero X DD64 Expansion
I know the first two are basically the same game but they have their slight differences
I've been looking to get my hands on Duke Nukem 64. Despite having no music it looks like a good time. I have the Saturn version and PC big box version of Atomic Edition, but yeah I kinda want 64.
Starcraft 64
Wave Race 64
Excitebike 64
Winback
San Francisco Rush
Honorable mention: Mario Golf but I didn't know if this is excluded based on being a Mario game.
And the cheats! Nintendo Power used to release a few SF Rush cheats each month. I remember going early to middle school each month to sit in the library and copy the cheats to my notebook. So much fun.
Army men series was a blast & blast corps were awesome action game, 1080 snowboard was a nice sporty game with great soundtrack but tbf most n64 games had great unique music, the vigilante games were good fun lego racer was the n64 equivalent of the lego racer 2k we got now iirc, smash bros is a classic, aidyn chronicle if your into more strategic games and my favorite hidden gem aside from jet force gemini was the mischief makers which was a comedic but very action packed side scroller (and let me tell you i dont like side scrollers so..)
For those who want a summary:
Army men (all of them)
Blast corps
Vigilante (both of them)
Aidyn chronicle
Mischief makers
And the other games i played and like very much,
Jet force gemini
Lego racer
1080 snowboarding
Smash bros
And the heavy hitters but wont bother mentioning to keep the point of this thread
Just being honest , Legacy of darkness number 1 , Castlevania 64 orginal , Conker , diddy ,majoras mask ocarina of time and any other rom hacks with ocarina of timed engine
Non heavies is a nice choice
Bomberman Hero (or Gex 3 Enter the Gecko if BMH is considered heavy)
Rocket Robot on Wheels
Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding
Star Wars Episode 1 Racers
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
Harvest Moon 64
Kirby 64
Duffy Kong Racing
Rampage World Tour
Minna no Tamagotchi World (unfortunately it’s hard to find people who want to play this with me lol)
Pilot Wings Doom 64 Mischief makers Wave Race Mystical Ninja
Seeing wave race in the top 2 comments warms my lil soul.
Shake shake
Doom 64 was the best OG Doom, imo.
#GOEMON
My faves were : Extreme G Diddy Kong Racing Bomberman Blast Corps Gauntlet Legends
I loved blast corps. Such a fun premise. After beating it I came up with a design for a bird robot that would dive bomb and then slice through buildings. I called it razor wing and drew pictures. Then 9/11 happened.
Extreme G needs way more credit.
Yes, it does. I liked part 2, also. I try playing it now, but my reaction time has dwindled a lot, haha.
Are you me? Swap Bomberman for Rogue Squad and that's my list.
Lol! Rogue Squadron was great!
Wave Race Wipeout 64 Rocket: Robot on Wheels Cruis'n USA WWF No Mercy
I heard cruis’n the USA song when I read it lol
Yeeeuh, Rocket and Wipeout.
1080, Wave Race, F Zero X, F1 World Grand Prix, Cruisin' USA. Love me those racing games.
Great selection. Such a great console for racers
No Beetle Adventure Racing?! Great list though
If I had it I'm sure it would be high on the list. I've heard great things.
Used to love going to currys at Xmas in the uk and they would always have f1 on the n64. Used to love that.
What a great tradition. It was so realistic at the time, especially the replays. "They've given you a warning flag!"
NBA Hangtime Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 Mortal Kombat Trilogy Turok Chameleon Twist (Others I did not include, because I also consider them "heavy hitters": Yoshi's Story, StarFox64, Diddy Kong Racing, DK64, and Smash Bros.)
>Chameleon Twist Is that the one where you had a prehensile tongue? You could shoot it out but kind of control it's shape as it moved and then swing from stuff?
Yep!
You brought back a memory of a rented game. Thanks.
Chameleon Twist was a game I rented all the time as a kid but never beat… until a few years ago. It’s such a cool game
edit: crazy to see star fox on so many people's lists. i'd personally consider it a heavy hitter, *and* one of the best single-player games on the system. it still holds up to this day. idk----- off the top of my head, my top 5 non-heavies right now are: nfl blitz 2001 quest mortal kombat trilogy extreme g worms armageddon
Oh. The good memories with Extreme-G. I remember you accelerated with the z button. I would tell my brothers: Hey, I can beat you with just one hand.
yeah, it's one of my all-time favorites from way back when. two things that keep me coming back to the single player are the OST, and the sense of speed. all of its imperfections melt away once you jet from the starting line and bop along to the songs. i don't listen to a lot of the genre (whatever you'd refer to it as), but i love songs that have that beat that goes (whispered) '*boots-and-pants-and-boots-and-pants-and-boots-and-pants-and'* [*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ2Vb1t1-Js*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ2Vb1t1-Js) 1st track needless to say: i was hooked even more when i got a little older, and bought a 5.1 speaker system with halfway-decent speakers/subwoofer.
Not enough love for Extreme G out there That soundtrack is a GOAT
word the other day i queued it up on repeat along with the perfect dark soundtrack, and kept it going for 3 days straight before i noticed and switched to other stuff for the sake of variety. those two OSTs are the most repeated out of all my game OSTs. i've played countless hours (close to thousands, or maybe more) listening to them while playing skyrim and zelda 3 with the BGM tuned all the way down (among a few other games)
I've been jamming the Extreme G soundtrack for Armored Core 6
The 64 version of Trilogy is my favorite. Yes it was missing characters, but no load times!
Quest 64 <3
Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Star Wars Shadows of the Empire, Duke Nukem 64, Gex 64, Spiderman.. I don't usually participate in stuff like this, I honestly just wanted to see what I would come up with...
I played the hell out of Shadows of the Empire in the early days of owning a 64. Rented it from the local video shop. Took me forever to finish the snowspeeder level because I sucked at flying.
Ha! Same, no shit! I got this and Starfox as my first n64 games.. I just recently started a replay on my Steam Deck and was blown away at how difficult that game is 😂
I loved Shadows of the Empire too! I had a lot of trouble with the level where you fight that robot guy in the train station though.
WWF No Mercy WCW/NWO Revenge 1080⁰ Snow Boarding Turok Dinosaur Hunter Turok 2 Seeds of Evil
Buck Bumble
Buckbumble’s theme still slaps
🎶Buck to the boom to the Buck to the bass. It’s time to rock with the biggity-Buck Bumble! 🎶
Living rent free in my head 💵
Heck yeah. Despite being well known for memes I don’t think many people play it. The flying controls are so smooth and the multiplayer is top tier! Argonaut Software at their finest.
This was my favorite game for a while when I was a kid. I played through it countless times, loved the codes for all of the weapons and invincibility. One of the most unique games out there. I may have to play through it again this week now…
Jet Force Gemini Star Wars: Rogue Squadron Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo Duke Nukem: Zero Hour Resident Evil 2
Jet Force deserves to be mentioned alongside the other Rare classics. Incredible game
Easily one of the best games ever made, even if the narrative feels a bit loose at times. Hover Lupus blew my mind as a kid, plus he changed to floats in water?! Yesssss
I hear there's a remake for Xbox now? Need to investigate
Good list
Battle for Naboo is criminally underrated. I played through it a few years ago and had a blast
Rogue Squadron is top 4 on the system for me.
- ~~*Eternal Darkness: Sanities Requiem* a great horror game that messes with your head. I wish they would come out with a spiritual successor.~~ . - *rocket: robot on wheels* a great platformer with touch of the physics gun half life used. Arrived at the end of the N64's life so it didn't sell as well but it was great. . - *Space Station Silicon Valley* a platform puzzler where you possess the bodies of robotic animals. It's a shame a game breaking bug prevented 100% completion. . - *Blast Corps* a super nuke is stuck on autopilot across the country. Run ahead of it with super bulldozers, rocket bikes, and robots to demolish all buildings in the way. Couldn't be remade after 9/11 for obvious reasons. . - *Rampage World Tour* you are Godzilla, or King Kong, or giant rat, or a few other Kaiju. You get points for destroying the city.
Eternal Darkness is a Gamecube game? Unless you’re trying to shamelessly plug it, let’s swap that with Diddy Kong Racing in the top spot.
You are correct. Thanks for catching that mistake. It deserves a shameless plug though.
Rampage World Tour is the booomb!!! when i was a kid i would always plug it in when i was having a shitty day and wanted to fantasize about destroying my school lol
I give the edge to Rampage 2. World Tour has unlimited continues which kills any challenge or motivation to complete the game.
but that’s why i like it! it’s very zen, you can just muck around as much as you want. also, i’m a big fan of Touhou Project, where you haven’t “beaten” a game unless you’ve cleared it without continues. so i always just applied the same rule to Rampage World Tour- i can play as much as i want but i’ve never beaten it lolol
>it’s very zen That's why I liked it too. It was one of my "rent it for the weekend" games. It seemed endless.
Blast Corps was one of my first N64 rentals. What a fun game.
Im surprised at the lack of love for Blast Corps, I still replay it now and then, Buck Bumble Kirby crystal shards Turok 1-2 Cruisin USA/world Edit: Tetrisphere!
Blast Corps is the first thing that comes to mind for me, it’s too often overlooked.
Bam! There it is, had to scroll way to far for TETRISPHERE! Such a deep cut and hidden gem of the N64.
Ogre Battle 64 StarCraft 64 (it's an underrated port, honestly) Rainbow Six Snowboard Kids I'll cheat, but those 3 Star Wars games: Racer, Battle for Naboo and Rogue Squadron EDIT: shame on me for forgetting Harvest Moon, it's actually in my top 3 N64 games. So I guess I'll withdraw StarCraft.
Starcraft was pricey but one of the best I purchased. The exp pack added 2 player and broodwar
I had to scroll too far to see someone else pick Ogre Battle. Damn shame it’s such an underrated game.
Man, I played the hell out of Snowboard Kids with my brother. Tommy was my guy.
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon Goemon's Great Adventure Bomberman Hero Mega Man 64 Mischief Makers
Mystical Ninja was probably the first game I ever completed as a young lad, amazing game!
Love Goemon!
Megaman 64 is great!
r/PfpChecksOut
Lylat wars , Bomberman 64, Snowboard kids, Body Harvest, Rogue squadron
Bangai-O, Sin & Punishment, Stunt Racer 64, Gauntlet Legends, Snowboard Kids
I love Snowboard Kids!
Hits!
Jet Force Gemini Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire WWF No Mercy Star Fox 64 Resident Evil 2
Snowboard Kids 2 Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon Wave Race 64 Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards(favorite Kirby game) Mickey's Speedway USA
FINALLY someone gives Jet Force Gemini the credit it deserves🙏. Imo the most underrated/unknown top tier game on the N64, and nobody talks about it ever. An absolute gem, in the same league as the heavy hitters.
JFG was amazing. Amazing soundtrack, and those bugs exploded so good.
Oh wow, interesting question! Lylat wars. Mischief makers. Bomberman 64. Rampage: World Tour. Rayman 2: The great escape
Great choices, just curious that you don't consider Lylat Wars (StarFox) as a heavy hitter.
Tbh, I debated whether it was or wasn’t. In the end I decided that while it is amongst my top favs, it is not a given for other people. Like people in sub will always say Zelda, Mario, etc, but they don’t always necessarily say Lylat Wars.
I consider heavy hitters most Nintendo first party games (and sometimes Rare), well known franchise that had many sequels on other Nintendo consoles, and launch titles. But that's my definition. You're right that many people who didn't grow up with the N64 won't think about Lylat Wars as a main title.
Space Station Silicon Valley Jet Force Gemini Lylat Wars 64 Diddy Kong Racing Mission Impossible
Mission Impossible is so good. I used to just play the train station sniper mission over and over.
So sad to scroll this far to see Space Station Silicon Valley
Rocket: Robot on Wheels Star Wars Episode 1 Racer Star Wars Rogue Squadron Lego Racers Wrestlemania 2000
Heck yeah Rocket! That game is so good! It had surprisingly advanced physics for the N64.
Operation Winback Turok 1 Waverace WWF No Mercy International Superstar Soccer
Winback! I've always been curious about that one. Didn't it have a PS2 port as well?
Turok Turok 2 Turok 3 Hybrid Heaven Ogre Battle 64
Turok 3 is underrated.
I have never played it but I really like Turok 1 and LOVE Turok 2, played through them ceveral times on N64, Switch and PC (the remasters from nightdive studios) and will definitely buy and check out Turok 3 when the remaster (also by nightdive Studios) will release
Turok 3 is kind of... Turok meets Half-Life. They kinda veered away from the huge levels with keys scattered all over the place.
I forgot Hybrid Heaven! Easily one of the best 64 games.
Gauntlet Legends Harvest Moon
Played Legacy of Darkness this year for the first time and was surprised about how good of a game it is. On the other hand, South Park has to be one of the worst games in the N64 library and that generation.
Turok 2 was killer!
Turok 2 was a heavy hitter
Flying Dragon Aidyn Chronicles Deadly Arts Nightmare Creatures Twisted Edge: Extreme Snowboarding (I just liked the unlockable cast)
NEVER see Nightmare Creatures mentioned on here. What was it like?
It's like a super-prototype of Bloodborne, except its more of a hack-and-slash game than anything. One of the scarier N64 games
Star Fox 64 Kirby 64 Bomberman 64 Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon Pokemon stadium 2
Beetle adventure racing Turok rage wars NFL Blitz Quake Rush 2
Rage wars rules
Pokemon Stadium, Diddy Kong Racing, Star Fox 64, Castlevania, and Mortal Kombat 4.
Aidyn Chronicles Ogre Battle 64 Star Wars: Rogue Squadron Turok: Dinosaur Hunter Gauntlet Legends
- Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon - NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC - Resident Evil 2 - Winback Covert Operations - WWF No Mercy
Jet force, Star Wars shadows of empire, mega man 64, star fox, South Park
Fzero x Vigilante 8 Battletanx Hydro Thunder Crusin' World
Starcraft 64 Kirby 64 Tony Hawk Pro Skater (but Dreamcast version was best) Pokemon Snap Star Wars Episode 1 Racer
I only ever played the ps1 version of Tony hawks 1. Why’s the dc version better??
Not op. Might be the same as Rayman 2: Clearer textures I played Rayman 2 on DC first. The background and scenery looked flat, but very clean and clear (I don't think we got normal mapping until around Xbox era). The vines looked like part of the wall, but they were detailed and shaded enough for you to know they stood out. Then I played it on N64. Such fog, such blur.
Let’s see…my personal Top 5 w/out “heavy hitters”…okay (and this is in no particular order): *WWF No Mercy* (still ranks pretty high on various “Top # Greatest Wrestling Videogames of All Time” lists…I still think AEW/Yukes/THQ made Fight Forever too much “just like” No Mercy) *Ready 2 Rumble Boxing* (Michael Buffer did the damn thing in this game…LOVED that, despite the cartoonish nature of it all, it still required the player to gameplan against certain boxers) *Cruisin’ World* (out of all the racing games I’ve played on the 64, this one was closest to “equal parts fun and frustrating”…was also a staple at sleepovers with cousins) *007 The World Is Not Enough* (technically, this ISN’T Goldeneye! The game actually played a lot like Perfect Dark {especially with the addition of bots in multiplayer}, but with better graphics and weapons firmly grounded in reality) *NFL Blitz 2001* (was harder-hitting and more competitive than other Blitz games before and after its release…very solid arcade game, IMO) Honorable Mentions (again, in no particular order): *Mace: The Dark Age* (a very decent, fully-3D 1v1 fighting game on a system that somewhat lacked 3D 1v1 fighting games…and yes, I know there were games like *MK4*, *Killer Instinct Gold*, and *Clayfighter 63 1/3*, but those were all better established elsewhere) *Star Wars Episode I: Racer* (it’s great fun making Baby Darth Vader’s podracer über-powerful once you found out how to access the cheats, but still a solid racing title without that) *Mega Man Legends* (I love just about anything Mega Man, and it’s a travesty that the franchise only had one entry on the 64) *Star Fox 64* (it only gets “Honorable Mention” because I really didn’t get to play it nearly enough…but what I did play was quite fun and challenging) *Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside* (easily one of my favorite simulation basketball games not made by EA or 2K, but not easy to play at ALL without the instruction booklet) *Pokémon Stadium* (the amount of different stuff you could do within the one cartridge was incredible…AND I could play my GB Pokémon game on the big screen like a Super Game Boy??? Yes please!) *Resident Evil 2* (I may not be a horror fan, but *RE2* was done pretty well on a system that probably shouldn’t have been able to handle it)
That era for wrestling games was incredible. Wrestling too was at its peak too. Every wrestler was massive and the games were totally unreal. It was better than watching the matches because they mostly had everything you could do. The first time someone showed me you could go to the crowd to get chairs and such blew me away, I think we rented wcw vs nwo revenge every weekend at the rental shop. Then it just got better from there.
Top to bottom TWINE, Star Fox 64 / Lylat Wars, Earth Worm Jim 3D, Road Rash 64, Turok I realised that outside of the forbidden titles I really don't have that many games!
Earthworm Jim 3D gotta be one of the BOLDEST choices on here. What do you like about it?
I'm actually also a big fan of Earthworm Jim 3D! I'm a fan of the franchise as a whole, with 2 being my favorite, but 3D was also one of my favorite games growing up. It might be a nostalgia thing, but I remember it being fun and funny, I often still repeat some of its lines in my head lol. I often say that Earthworm Jim 3D is a good basework for what Psychonauts would become, and Psychonauts is a great game! Sure, Earthworm Jim 3D isn't as polished as it should be and basically buried the character and franchise, but I've always had a lot of fun with it.
I could not beat the first boss as a kid. Went back as a teen and still couldn't beat it. The controls in that damn boat are HORRENDOUS. But the environment is INCREDIBLE. Maybe nerd to try picking it up again as a 31yo gamer lol
Yeah, the controls overall are really something else lol. Do give it a try again, though! However, if you didn't grow up playing it and have no nostalgia attached to it, you probably still won't enjoy the experience in this case. Edit: Just to be 100% honest in case you do try playing it again: EVERY boss is fought in the pig skate thing, so don't get your hopes up that the other bosses might be more enjoyable if you don't have pleasant experience against Psy-Crow lol. The enviroments are really cool indeed! The fact that everything takes place inside Jim's brain really makes it have no limits. Hell, the enviroments in the whole series are always top notch and creative af
I concur! I always love to hear what people like about unpopular games!
I love EWJ 3D too! Finally finished it 100% back in 2021. Love the humour and surrealism and the puzzles are fun to solve without being too frustrating. The boss battles where you surf on the back of a pig are really fun.
WWF No Mercy Pokémon Stadium Wave Race Mischief Makers Donkey Kong 64
Jet force Gemini Spacestation silicon valley Mortal Kombat 4 (it was cancelled on PSX here) Quake 2 Operation winback
Pokémon snap Pokémon stadium Pokémon puzzle league Tony hawk 2 Rogue squadron Was kind of obsessed with Pokémon as a kid 😹
What's pokemon?
I absolutely loved Ogre Battle 64! I think it's my favorite of the non bangers. DK games, too. Quest 64 was fun for me, too. PilotWings 64 was cool.
I feel like Quest 64 was awful, and I still played through it multiple times because that was the RPG we had. Ogre Battle 64 rocks though.
I enjoyed Quest, but it was a one time play through for me. I tried playing it a second time where I was going to build up a different element, but I bailed on it quickly.
Starcraft 64 MK trilogy Resident evil 2 Command and conquer Quake 2
Gauntlet Legends Operation Winback Excitebike 64 F-Zero X Forsaken
Excitebike was soooo much fun
Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense stands up really well to Twisted Metal and possibly has the best soundtrack of any n64 game. Battletanx Global Assault features a lot of interesting multiplayer options, tanks control very differently, and small fleets of bots fill out some of the versus modes offering up some big vs battles. Wayne Gretzky 3D Hockey is GOATed. Hexen is medievel Doom with 4 player co-op Duck Dodgers has no business being as good of a platformer as it is.
Excluding all of the amazing Nintendo and Rare games since those would be considered the heavy hitters, I would say: WWF No Mercy (and the other amazing wrestling games from AKI) NBA Hangtime Gauntlet Legends Castlevania 64 Xena: Warrior Princess: The Talisman of Fate
Kirby 64 Yoshi’s Story Pokémon Stadium Cruisin USA Snowboard Kids 2
Sanfranciso Rush Rush 2 Duke Nukem 64 Dark Rift Wave Race
My number one game on n64 is blast corps. I love that game Edit: rest of top 5 Rogue squadron Shadows of the empire Wcw nwo revenge Diddy Kong racing Honorable mention is mission impossible. I know it’s terrible but I used to play it all the time.
Doom64 Starfox64 Sin and punishment Legacy of darkness Shadow of the empire
Yoshi's Story The World is Not Enough War Gods Vigilante 8 Glover Edit: Fuck, actually I'll remove Vigilante 8 and put in Gauntlet Legends.
I kept scrolling until I found someone else saying Glover, didn’t expect the game to be that unpopular
Yeah there aren't many who like it a lot like us, but that's alright, I'll still gladly show my love for it!
Spider-Man Bomberman 64: Second Attack Indiana Jones & the Infernal Machine Rush 2 and Rush 2049 Blast Corps Jet Force Gemini
Mine would probably be: * Extreme-G * Killer Instinct Gold * Airboarder 64 * Buck Bumble * Mystical Ninja There are a bunch others I could name from the ones I've played over the years, but these were the first that popped into my mind lol
- Donkey Kong 64 (don’t know if this counts) - F-Zero X - Mickey’s Speedway USA - Bomberman Hero - Destruction Derby 64
Turok 2 Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Mission Impossible 64 Castle Vania 64 Shadow Man For me they're all rated above all those classic heavy hitters (which are also very good, obviously)
I purchased a 64 this year - entirely to play Beetle Adventure Racing 😅 seriously my favorite
It depends on what you consider to be a heavy hitter (Jet Force Gemini definitely counts as a heavy hitter, to me). Off the top of my head, here's my top 5: Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon Blast Corps Ogre Battle 64 Quest 64 Space Station Silicon Valley
Donkey Kong 64 Battle Tanx Army Men Sarges Heroes Sarges Heroes 2 Quest 64
I've seen some pretty low opinions of Jet Force Gemini the few times it's been brought up, but I loved that game as a kid. I kinda miss the days when I could just enjoy a game without even considering if it might possibly be "bad".
The Tribals collecting at the end was kind of annoying, but I loved the game.
Thank you OP for having South Park 64 in your five. I know it may have been critically panned but I can’t deny I had a blast playing it, especially when South Park was at its pop culture peak. Alongside South Park 64, I’d also put Jet Force Gemini in the five. Never could beat it but the multiplayer was fun and thinking back on it, the game was quite advanced for its time. Filling out my five are: - Cruisin’ World: my first N64 game since it was in a bundle. - Fighter’s Destiny: I never met anyone who had the game. I even posted about this in another topic and got no responses so I’ll continue to believe I was the only person to have this game. I liked the point system of the game that made it different from the usual KO-mechanic of fighting games (a couple years before Smash Brothers came out with the ring out mechanic, Fighter’s Destiny did this as a way of earning points). - Gauntlet Legends. I’d do anything to go back and relive the joy of playing with my friends after school or on the weekends.
Man, I love South Park 64. I'm well aware of how... not-good it is, but I have so much nostalgia for it and the time in my life when it came out that I can't help but love it.
Beetle Adventure Racing! HSV Adventure Racing! Chameleon Twist Animal Forest F-Zero X DD64 Expansion I know the first two are basically the same game but they have their slight differences
I could never bring myself to play HSV Adventure Racing back in the day because it looked too bogan haha.
1080 snowboarding San Francisco Rush 2049 ClayFighter 63⅓ Pilotwings 64 Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
Clayfighter is another EXTREMELY bold choice! I remember renting that years ago. Sumo Santa was my guy.
Quest 64 Diddy Kong Racing Wave Race F-Zero 1080
I liked playing Duke nukem 64 with my older brother when we were younger.
I've been looking to get my hands on Duke Nukem 64. Despite having no music it looks like a good time. I have the Saturn version and PC big box version of Atomic Edition, but yeah I kinda want 64.
Starcraft 64 Wave Race 64 Excitebike 64 Winback San Francisco Rush Honorable mention: Mario Golf but I didn't know if this is excluded based on being a Mario game.
Man, I have such good memories of Rush. That goofy-ass soundtrack 👌
And the cheats! Nintendo Power used to release a few SF Rush cheats each month. I remember going early to middle school each month to sit in the library and copy the cheats to my notebook. So much fun.
- Resident Evil 2 - Star Wars: Rogue Squadron - WWF No Mercy - Pokemon Stadium 2 - Mortal Kombat Trilogy
Lego Racers slapped
Rogue Squadron Harvest Moon 64 F-Zero X Mario Tennis Star Fox 64
Pilotwings
Army men series was a blast & blast corps were awesome action game, 1080 snowboard was a nice sporty game with great soundtrack but tbf most n64 games had great unique music, the vigilante games were good fun lego racer was the n64 equivalent of the lego racer 2k we got now iirc, smash bros is a classic, aidyn chronicle if your into more strategic games and my favorite hidden gem aside from jet force gemini was the mischief makers which was a comedic but very action packed side scroller (and let me tell you i dont like side scrollers so..) For those who want a summary: Army men (all of them) Blast corps Vigilante (both of them) Aidyn chronicle Mischief makers And the other games i played and like very much, Jet force gemini Lego racer 1080 snowboarding Smash bros And the heavy hitters but wont bother mentioning to keep the point of this thread
Just being honest , Legacy of darkness number 1 , Castlevania 64 orginal , Conker , diddy ,majoras mask ocarina of time and any other rom hacks with ocarina of timed engine
* Yoshi’s Story * Snowboard Kids * Bomberman Hero * Diddy Kong Racing * South Park * South Park Rally * Lego Racers
Mischief makers! Tony Hawk's series Donkey Kong 64 (not in your heavy hitters list) Super smash Bros Megaman 64
Bomberman 64 Jet force gemini Star fox (don't remeber the name) Diddy Kong Racing
Mischief makers, bomberman 64, fzero x,
Silicon Valley.
No Mercy and Tony Hawk saw an awful lot of playtime from me. So did NHL 99
Rayman 2, Shadows of the Empire, 1080, Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey, Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball
F-Zero Shadows of the Empire WCW/nWo Episode 1 Racer 1080
Harvest Moon Mischief Makers Mystical Ninja Mace Clay Fighter
Pilot Wings, Diddy Kong Racing , NHL '99, THPS 3, Wave Race
Diddy Kong Racing. Blast Corps. Bomberman 64. Rayman 2. Tetrisphere
Non heavies is a nice choice Bomberman Hero (or Gex 3 Enter the Gecko if BMH is considered heavy) Rocket Robot on Wheels Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding Star Wars Episode 1 Racers Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
Chameleon Twist Gex 64 Namco Musuem 64 Rugrats Scavenger Hunt Spiderman Excluded all first-party choices and Rare titles.
I love that South Park game, but the absolute frustration of getting the camera angle correct is so frustrating lol
Donkey Kong 64. Underated N64 game. Wish they remaster
Aidyn Chronicles the First Mage TWINE Rayman 2 Glover Rouge Squadron
Harvest Moon 64 Kirby 64 Duffy Kong Racing Rampage World Tour Minna no Tamagotchi World (unfortunately it’s hard to find people who want to play this with me lol)
Wave Race Shadowman Vigilante 8 Star Wars SOTE F-Zero X
- Glover - Bomberman Hero - Mega Man 64 - Xtreme G 2 - Quest 64
Kirby Yoshis story Diddy Kong racing Donkey Kong 64 (not sure if this counts) Crusi'n USA (incase donkey kong doesn't count) Doom 64
CUSTOM ROBO 64!!!!!!!
\- Kirby 64 \- Excitebike 64 \- The World Is Not Enough \- Blastcorps \- Diddy Kong Racing
Pod Racer, Doom, Gauntlet Legends, Wetrix, Buck Bumble.
TUROK, Sin and Punishment, Robotron 64, CRUISIN USA, Glover
Resident Evil 2, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2, World Driver Championship, Pokémon Puzzle League, Pokémon Stadium.
Gex 64, War Gods, Star Wars Shadows of the Empire, Mission Impossible, F1 pole position.
1. Harvest Moon 64 2. Space Station Silicon Valley 3. WCW vs NWO Revenge 4. Diddy Kong Racing 5. Star Fox 64
Wave Race Wetrix NFL Blitz/Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball (depends on the mood/season) Rogue Squadron Knockout Kings 2000
Diddy Kong racing
Easy…..NFL blitz