Nintendo 64

/v/'s list of Must-have N64 games

The Damn List

Title	Genre	Description	Box Art
1080° Snowboarding	Sports	The best snowboarding game on the N64.
Banjo-Kazooie	Platformer	Rare's first entry into the 3D platforming genre, drawing from much of what made Mario 64 a massive success and adding numerous innovations to the genre. Massive levels with some great level design and plenty of unlockable moves and transformations. Suffers a bit from excessive amounts of collectables, but is nonetheless one of the biggest games on the platform.
Banjo-Tooie	Platformer	A massive improvement over its predecessor. Includes larger worlds, more moves, crisper graphics, and of course, THAT FUCKING ICE KEY.
BattleTanx	Action	A fun party game involving various classes of tanks.
Battle Tanx: Global Assault	Action	See above, only with more tank classes.
Beetle Adventure Racing	Racing
Blast Corps	Destroyan	Underrated Rare classic. A truck is carrying nuclear material across the nation and needs you to destroy buildings before the truck collides with them.
Body Harvest	Action	A free-roaming sci-fi adventure made by Rockstar North, sort of a prototype for the future 3D GTA installments, game feels a little empty and devoid of much atmosphere, but has plenty of interesting challenges to confront, and a ton of different vehicles to take control of.
Bomberman 64	Platformer	Hudson's first 3D installment of the Bomberman series. Makes some rather interesting changes from the original formula that will influence the future of 3D bomberman games such as spherical explosions and 8-directional controls. Features some interesting puzzle solving elements and boss battles.
Bomberman 64: The Second Attack!	Platformer	An interesting overhaul of the first Bomberman game. The action isn't quite as fast paced, but there is much more you can do, such as using different elemental bombs, each with a different effect (such as an ice bomb that freezes water for you walk on ("Bomberman can't swim.")). There is also special armor for you to find that gives you Megaman X style upgrades, although limited to permanent power-ups instead of new skills (It beats finding them or spending money, though.). In addition, there is also the inclusion of "Pommy", a little critter who helps you fight enemies and can be controlled by a second player. Pommy evolves into different more powerful forms that depend on what you feed him. Multiplayer is also a blast, although some prefer the first 64 game's over this one.
Bomberman Hero	Action-Platformer	A much more fast paced and action oriented entry to the Bomberman series. Features jumping and some of the best music in the series. One of the few Bomberman games to lack a multiplayer mode.
Buck Bumble	Action
Castlevania 64	Platformer	A fun 3D take on the classic vampire killing formula, but you'll need patience as the controls are somewhat shoddy.
Chameleon Twist	Platformer	Yet another bright, sunny, kiddie platformer. However, this one lets you use your long ass tongue to solve puzzles and kill things. How cool is that?!
Conker's Bad Fur Day	Platformer	Notable for being the most adult game on the Nintendo 64. Also, it's fucking hilarious.
Diddy Kong Racing	Racing	Rare's own Kart racer for the console featuring Diddy Kong, along with a cast of Rare's own original characters, most of which were intended to get their own games in the future. Though much less memorable than Mario Kart 64, the game features three vehicles and a more fleshed out and challenging Adventure mode with plenty of collectables.
Doom 64	FPS
Donkey Kong 64	Platformer	Standard adventure game fare, tons of collecting, many zany and fun challenges packed into large levels for each member of the Kong family. Features Donkey, Diddy, Tiny, Chunky, and Lanky.
Duke Nukem 64	FPS	A port of Duke Nukem 3D. While technically the port is good, there's censoring and shit, and that's a disgrace to Duke. Still awesome to own if you don't have any other means to play Duke Nukem 3D.
Duke Nukem Zero Hour	FPS	Duke travels back in time to shoot pigs in the dick with revolvers.
Extreme-G	Racing	Futuristic racing title.
Extreme-G 2	Racing	See above
Fighter's Destiny	Fighting
F-Zero X	Racing	Difficult futuristic racing game.
Gex 64	Platformer	A platformer for television and movie fans. Players control Gex, a smart-aleck Gecko as he attempts to defeat the evil Rez in the Media Dimension, which features a variety of movie/television themed "channels" each with 3 remotes to collect in order to progress to the next stage. Features a lot of 80's and 90's pop culture one liners from Gex himself which are randomly spoken throughout the game, sure to tickle someone's funny bone.
Glover	Platformer	A bit of a deviation from your typical adventure game. A wizard has accidentally turned himself into stone and sent some magic crystals off into various worlds, leaving the land devoid of life. One of the wizard's gloves transforms the crystals into balls to protect them from shattering, and must guide them back to the castle. One of the few N64 games to make interesting use of physics. Players can transform the crystal into balls of various weight and shape in order to solve certain puzzles and defeat bosses.
Goldeneye 007	FPS	The first good console FPS and possibly the best movie game of all time. Still a blast on multiplayer, provided some asshat doesn't pick Oddjob.
Harvest Moon 64	Simulation
Hybrid Heaven	Action RPG	A unique entry in RPG history. A hybrid between fighting game and turn-based battle sim, player manuevers protagonist in a playing field until in position to attack, or be attacked. A very much overlooked title that tried something new.
International Superstar Soccer '98	Sports
Jet Force Gemini	Action	Third person shooter/adventure game by Rare. Stylish art style, cool weapons, and fun gadgets make this one a must play for action fans.
Kirby 64	Platformer	Like about every other Kirby game, short and easy but fun nonetheless. Notable for allowing you to combine abilities as well as letting you play as Dedede in certain stages.
Legend of Zelda, The: Ocarina of Time	Adventure	Along with Half-Life, this was considered one of the best games during the late 90s. The template for every 3D Zelda game since. BEST MUSIC ON THE N64
Legend of Zelda, The: Majora's Mask	Adventure	A more dark and surreal entry to the Zelda series. Save the world of Termina within a 3 day time frame which the player can speed up, slow down, or restart at will. Very short main quest compared to Ocarina of Time, but a slew of very fleshed out and emotional side quests. A must play for Zelda fans.
The New Tetris	Puzzle	It's Tetris, without any major garnishes.
Mario Golf	Sports	Mario characters play golf. Better than anything EA has come out with, true story.
Mario Kart 64	Sports	One of the weaker entries in the Mario Kart series, but still fun to play. Lots of memorable stages, and very fun multiplayer battles if you have any friends willing to play it with you.
Mario Tennis	Sports	Mario characters play tennis. Better than anything EA has come out with, true story.
Mario Party	Minigame	The humble beginnings of the Mario Party series, while very much random and unpredictable, remains a load of crap if you are good at video games.
Mario Party 2	Minigame	Improving upon its predecessor, adds a slew of new wrist breaking minigames as well as board events, arguably the best in the series.
Mega Man 64	Platformer	Port of the Playstation game Mega Man Legends, pretty much indiscernable from its counterpart, however the sequel is not available on the console.
Mischief Makers	Platformer	Another outstanding addition to the Treasure library of games. Players control Marina, a cyborg girl created by the perverted professor Theo, who sets out to save the planet Clancer from the evil empire and its three subordinates, the Beastector.
Mystical Ninja Goemon	Action	An adventure game starring the Mystical Ninja cast. Arguably similar to the 3D Zelda series, but much more heavy on platforming, but plenty of devious puzzles and unique powers to acquire for each cast member.
Goemon's Great Adventure	Platformer	A very difficult multiplayer action-platformer, most definitely the hardest of the Ganbare Goemon series. Features some seriously over the top bosses and awesome first-person robot battles. Excellent style, play mechanics, and Japanese-techno musical score.
Ogre Battle 64	Strategy RPG	Fuck long SRPG with a sweeping story and high degree of customization. Great replay-ability.
Paper Mario	RPG	Intelligent system's addition to the Mario RPG series. Features a unique new cast of characters to aid Mario in his journey to recover the all-powerful Star Rod from Bowser.
Perfect Dark	Shooter	The staple FPS shooter, alongside Goldeneye. You get a laptop that can shoot people.
Pilotwings 64	Flying
Pokemon Puzzle League	Puzzle	Tetris Attack only with Pokemon characters and a neat 3D mode.
Pokemon Snap	Rail-Shooter	An interesting spinoff for the Pokemon series. Players take part in an on-rails tour of various locales and take pictures of the pokemon that reside within them. Utilize a variety of items to cause pokemon to strike unique and interesting poses, or lure them out of hiding, then try and get the best picture possible before you miss the opportunity.
Pokemon Stadium	Battlan	A pokemon battle simulator that utilizes a unique Gameboy-to-N64 transfer system to allow players to take pokemon from their handhelds and pit them against a unique set of challenges rendered in full 3D. For players who lack the Gameboy game, a competent set of rental pokemon are available to play through with.
Pokemon Stadium 2	Battlan	See above, only now second gen (G/S/C) Pokemon are available.
Rocket: Robot on Wheels	Platformer	You only have one wheel. Made by the guys behind Sly Cooper and Infamous. The plot involves you, Rocket, having to navigate throughout a Theme Park turned dangerous, to find all the tickets and tokens for the park. Also a raccoon kidnaps a walrus. Yeah, I don't know what they were smoking either.
San Fransisco Rush	Racing	Almost perfect sandbox racing game.
Rush 2049	Racing
Snowboard Kids	Racing
Snowboard Kids 2	Racing	A cartoony racing game with boss fights.
Space Station Silicon Valley	Adventure-Puzzle	You play as a robot who takes over various robot animals in order to solve puzzles. One of the lesser known titles in the N64's library.
Starfox 64	Rail Shooter	The peak of the series. A bunch of furries shoot their way across the galaxy in order to keep a gigantic monkey head from taking over the Lylat System. Released as Lylat Wars in Europe and Australia. Note: LOTS of secrets throughout this game to discover.
Star Wars Episode I Racer	Racing	Futuristic racing game.
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire	Action	Third-person Star Wars game. Effectively blends space combat and on-foot segments.
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron	Action	The Battle of Hoth: Part VI
Super Mario 64	Platformer	The game that changed 3D platforming forever and probably sold more N64's than any game since. Launch title for the Nintendo 64.
Super Smash Bros.	Fighting	First iteration of the classic Nintendo multiplayer beat-em-up.
Tetrisphere	Puzzle	Tetris on a spherical field. Much better than it sounds.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2	Sports	Pretty much the same game as the iconic PS1 version, only with some music cut.
Turok	FPS	Crazy man goes forward in time to butcher ever single dinosaur in the galaxy.
Turok 2	FPS
Vigilante 8	Vehicular Combat	Twisted Metal with a 70's/Disco glaze,
Wave Race 64	Racing	Best racing game on the N64.
WWF: No Mercy	Sports
Yoshi's Story	Platformer	Inferior sequel to Yoshi's Island, but still good for a rainy Saturday afternoon.