Nintendo 64 questions

I just got a Nintendo 64, but i have 2 questions

1)i dont have any games yet but i tried to turn it on without a game inserted, the screen was blank. no startup screen or anything, the console is on, i can see a light on the front to tell me its on, but the screen is blank. is this normal (I know the mega drive had no startup screen so is it the same)??

2) regarding games, i ordered, a memory card, and the expanison pack, games i ordered were, Mario 64 , Lylat wars (Starfox 64 in the US), Goldeneye 007 and Perfect Dark. how are these games, any good?? any other games you can recommend

thanks alot

update: the games arrived in the post,but the picture is just a bit blurry, is it the system, or me being used to HD by now. the blurriness isnt bad or anything its only slight

when I say the screen is blank, i mean its just a plain black colour, i tried, both RF and the wires from the gamecube.

it may sound like a dumb question but im used to the playstation and it did have a startup screen

As far as I remember, the Nintendo 64 had no startup screen when there was no game inserted, but that is based on my memory which can be untrustworthy at times. Also, get LoZ:OoT and Majora's Mask if you haven't played them yet. It doesn't even matter if you are a fan of the LoZ series or not they are both some of the best game you will play._Pinbot_

Super Mario 64 is an excellent choice and Star Fox 64 is a good one as well.

I also recommend Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire and Star Wars: Rogue Squadron.

The only time the N64 has a startup screen is when the 64DD is attached. Since that was never released outside of Japan, you don't have to worry about getting it.

Some of the best games for the system (off the top of my head, anyway) would be the four you ordered...

Pokemon Snap
Pokemon Stadium 1 and 2 (if you like Pokemon)
Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Tooie
Pokemon Puzzle League
Blast Corps
Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness
Mario Kart 64
Diddy Kong Racing
Quest 64
Super Smash Bros
Paper Mario
Mario Party
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Mega Man 64
Chameleon Twist 1 and 2
Gex 64
Donkey Kong 64
Doom 64
Earthworm Jim 3D
Jet Force Gemini
Killer Instinct Gold
Mischief Makers
The entire Turok series
Yoshi's Story
1080 Snowboarding
Star Wars: Rouge Squadron
Pilotwings 64

And that's all I can think of.

The only time the N64 has a startup screen is when the 64DD is attached. Since that was never released outside of Japan, you don't have to worry about getting it.

Some of the best games for the system (off the top of my head, anyway) would be the four you ordered...

Pokemon Snap
Pokemon Stadium 1 and 2 (if you like Pokemon)
Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Tooie
Pokemon Puzzle League
Blast Corps
Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness
Mario Kart 64
Diddy Kong Racing
Quest 64
Super Smash Bros
Paper Mario
Mario Party
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Mega Man 64
Chameleon Twist 1 and 2
Gex 64
Donkey Kong 64
Doom 64
Earthworm Jim 3D
Jet Force Gemini
Killer Instinct Gold
Mischief Makers
The entire Turok series
Yoshi's Story
1080 Snowboarding
Star Wars: Rouge Squadron
Pilotwings 64

And that's all I can think of.

Yameneko549

And at least half of those are mediocre or total trash. What a great system (irony).

[QUOTE="Yameneko549"]

The only time the N64 has a startup screen is when the 64DD is attached. Since that was never released outside of Japan, you don't have to worry about getting it.

Some of the best games for the system (off the top of my head, anyway) would be the four you ordered...

Pokemon Snap
Pokemon Stadium 1 and 2 (if you like Pokemon)
Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Tooie
Pokemon Puzzle League
Blast Corps
Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness
Mario Kart 64
Diddy Kong Racing
Quest 64
Super Smash Bros
Paper Mario
Mario Party
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Mega Man 64
Chameleon Twist 1 and 2
Gex 64
Donkey Kong 64
Doom 64
Earthworm Jim 3D
Jet Force Gemini
Killer Instinct Gold
Mischief Makers
The entire Turok series
Yoshi's Story
1080 Snowboarding
Star Wars: Rouge Squadron
Pilotwings 64

And that's all I can think of.

doubutsuteki

And at least half of those are mediocre or total trash. What a great system (irony).

haha i remember you from before man, we had a battle about n64 in a previous post, you honestly hate n64. hah.

I also would recommended Super Smash Bros., Donkey Kong 64, and Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time & Majora's Mask.ArmoredCore55

[QUOTE="doubutsuteki"][QUOTE="Yameneko549"]

The only time the N64 has a startup screen is when the 64DD is attached. Since that was never released outside of Japan, you don't have to worry about getting it.

Some of the best games for the system (off the top of my head, anyway) would be the four you ordered...

Pokemon Snap
Pokemon Stadium 1 and 2 (if you like Pokemon)
Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Tooie
Pokemon Puzzle League
Blast Corps
Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness
Mario Kart 64
Diddy Kong Racing
Quest 64
Super Smash Bros
Paper Mario
Mario Party
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Mega Man 64
Chameleon Twist 1 and 2
Gex 64
Donkey Kong 64
Doom 64
Earthworm Jim 3D
Jet Force Gemini
Killer Instinct Gold
Mischief Makers
The entire Turok series
Yoshi's Story
1080 Snowboarding
Star Wars: Rouge Squadron
Pilotwings 64

And that's all I can think of.

joesh89

And at least half of those are mediocre or total trash. What a great system (irony).

haha i remember you from before man, we had a battle about n64 in a previous post, you honestly hate n64. hah.

As a kid who grew up with the NES and the SNES and with the N64 being so dull in comparison that it alienated me from console gaming for several years before I got another console, I think that I have perfectly valid reasons to hate it. Though I'd rather say that I see the N64 for what it is/was. All it had was 3d platformers, 3d shooters, sports and racing games. I remember playing Super Mario 64 and expecting even greater things to come out on the N64. But things went nowhere; a few good games appeared, but nothing that special, and nothing as good as what I had played before. Ocarina of Time had grown in my imagination to a much better game than the one I bought and played, and I forgot about the console altogether. I have never played Ocarina of Time a second time through. I didn't even finish Ocarina of Time fully (my brother did). In comparison, I've finished all the other Zelda games released before it plenty of times. Super Mario 64 is still my favourite N64 game, except for Goemon's Great Adventure (a.k.a. Mystical Ninja 2).

There's a reason that Nintendo's reign is over. The N64 turned everything Nintendo was to sh*t, it was a failure at anything but being a plaything for kids who were clueless about console gaming history up until then, particularly the history of Nintendo. It isn't just a coincidence, I believe, that all the grown up people I knew who played video games before sort of just seemed to have forgotten about video games and started viewing them as a novelty of the past around the time when the N64 was released. This was also at the time when focus shifted from console gaming to PC gaming.

[QUOTE="ArmoredCore55"]I also would recommended Super Smash Bros., Donkey Kong 64, and Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time & Majora's Mask.TheColbert

1. welcome to 1996 thats perfectly normal

2...

Games that all N64 owners should own:
007: Goldeneye (FPS)
Banjo-Kazooie (Platform/Adventure)
Diddy Kong Racing (Racing/Adventure)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Action/Adventure)
Mario Kart 64 (Kart Racing)
Perfect Dark (FPS)
Star Fox 64 (Shooter/Fantasy)
Super Mario 64 (Platform/Adventure)
Super Smash Bros (Fighting)


Good Games you should own, if you wish:
Aero Fighters: Assault (Flight/Shooter)
Banjo Tootie (Platform/Adventure)
Blast Corps (Idiosyncratic)
Body Harvest (Shooter)
Bomberman 64 (Puzzle/Adventure)
Bomberman 64: Second Attack (Puzzle/Adventure)
Conker's Bad Fur Day (Platform/Shooter/Racing/Adventure)
Diddy Kong Racing (Kart Racing/Adventure)
Donkey Kong 64 (Platform/Adventure)
Dr. Mario 64 (Puzzle)
Excitebike 64 (Racing)
Extreme G (Racing/Fantasy)
F-Zero X (Racing/Fantasy)
Harvest Moon 64 (Simulation)
Jet Force Gemini (Shooter/Platform)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (Action/Adventure)
Mario Golf (Party/Sport)
Mario Tennis (Party/Sport)
Mario Party 1, 2, or 3 (Party)
Ogre Battle 64 (Strategy RPG)
Paper Mario (Idiosyncratic RPG)
Pilotwings 64 (Flight)
Resident Evil 2 (Survival Horro)
Ridge Racer 64 (Racing)
Shadowman 64 (Action/Adventure)
Snowboard Kids (Racing/Fantasy)
Star Wars: Episode I Racer (Racing/Fantasy)
Star Wars: Rogue Squadon (Shooter/Fantasy)
The New Tetris (Puzzle)
Turok: Rage Wars (FPS [Multiplayer only])
Vigilante 8
Waverace 64 (Racing)
Wipeout 64
World Driver Championship

Games that are enjoyed by many, but you may not enjoy them:
Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage (RPG)
Bomberman Hero (Platform/Adventure)
Castlevania 64 (Platform/Action)
Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness (Platform/Action)
Crusin' USA/World/Exotica (Racing)
Duke Nukem: Zero Hour (FPS)
Flying Dragon (Fighting)
Goemon's Great Adventure (Platform)
Hybrid Heaven (RPG-like/Adventure)
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2.5D Platform)
Mischief Makers (2D Platform)
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon (Platform)
Space Station Sillicon Valley
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (FPS/Flight/Racing/Adventure/Action)
Tetrisphere (Puzzle)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (FPS)
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (FPS)
Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion (FPS)
Winback (Stealth Shooter)
Yoshi's Story (2D Platform)

Don't know if my first post was in the correct area?

N64 Ocarina- I received the Gerundo Membership Card and chose not to go to the Haunted Wasteland (I may not have saved?). Now I've returned and don't have the card however all the carpenters have been released and I can't get the card back. Any Help? Thanks

every nintendo console before gc had no start up screens,

so ya youll get a blank screen or colored one if its nes

games

goldeneye007

perfect dark

zelda oot

mario kart 64

super mario 64

duke nukem 64

doom 64

hexen 64

crusin usa/world or exotica

donkey kong 64

banjo kazooie /tooie

Don't know if my first post was in the correct area?

N64 Ocarina- I received the Gerundo Membership Card and chose not to go to the Haunted Wasteland (I may not have saved?). Now I've returned and don't have the card however all the carpenters have been released and I can't get the card back. Any Help? Thanks