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Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: darkphantomime on April 07, 2007, 06:21:29 PM

Title: Ye Olde N64 3-D Games
Post by: darkphantomime on April 07, 2007, 06:21:29 PM
So let's talk about some of the old, great N64 platforming games. Games like DK64, Banjo Kazooie, Super Mario 64, and (maybe) Conker's Bad Fur Day...

I so loved rare...
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 Platformers
Post by: JDog on April 07, 2007, 06:34:55 PM
What about pokemon stadium's? Those were awesome. But the gc pretty much ruined pokemon.
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 Platformers
Post by: Commodore Axilon on April 07, 2007, 06:35:30 PM
Do you know what a platforming game is?
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 Platformers
Post by: Hi no Seijin on April 07, 2007, 06:36:26 PM
I thought I did, but now I'm not sure.  Could you please explain?
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 Platformers
Post by: Commodore Axilon on April 07, 2007, 06:38:15 PM
You know, where you like jump around and stuff. From "platform" to "platform." ;D
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 Platformers
Post by: Hi no Seijin on April 07, 2007, 06:49:58 PM
Okay, I thought a platformer was a game like Super Mario Bros., back in the old days of the NES.

So, would Ocarina of Time be considered a platformer?  I know you don't really jump, but there are "platforms" you can jump to automatically.

And I'm guessing Mario Kart 64 wouldn't be a platformer.

Am I guessing right, or do I just sound like even more of a techno idiot? :-\
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 Platformers
Post by: Commodore Axilon on April 07, 2007, 06:51:59 PM
I wouldn't really call OoT a platformer. The main focus of the game really has to be on the platforming aspect.
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 Platformers
Post by: JDog on April 07, 2007, 06:52:53 PM
Ok, Im really confused...I thought we were just talking about the games for it...
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 Platformers
Post by: darkphantomime on April 07, 2007, 06:56:08 PM
Aww screw it, *Changes topic title to "Ye Olde N64 3-D games*
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 3-D Games
Post by: JDog on April 07, 2007, 06:59:53 PM
lol, ok, that works too, anyways, the pokemon game's were super awesome for the 64.
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 Platformers
Post by: Hi no Seijin on April 07, 2007, 07:08:43 PM
I know the title was change, but please bare with me.  I want to understand this.

Quote from: Commodore Axilon on April 07, 2007, 06:51:59 PM
I wouldn't really call OoT a platformer. The main focus of the game really has to be on the platforming aspect.

Basically, a platformer involves a lot of jumping around to get to either a higher or lower place, like Super Mario 64 and Donkey Kong 64?  It's been a while since I played either of them, but I remember doing a lot of jumping to go from place to another.  However, going up Death Mountian in OoT merely required that you walk up.
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 3-D Games
Post by: Commodore Axilon on April 07, 2007, 07:13:44 PM
Yeah, I think you got it.
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 3-D Games
Post by: darkphantomime on April 07, 2007, 07:17:39 PM
Now who here has played any of the RARE games for the N64?

I liked DK64 the best...
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 3-D Games
Post by: JDog on April 07, 2007, 07:18:25 PM
That game took me forever to beat! but it was fun non the less.
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 3-D Games
Post by: Hi no Seijin on April 07, 2007, 07:22:25 PM
DK64 was the only Rare game that my dad got for the N64.  I quite enjoyed it.  Until my brother lent the game out to a friend.  Haven't seen it since. ::)

Never did finish the game.  I can't remember exactly how far I got, but I think it was Fungi Forest.
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 3-D Games
Post by: darkphantomime on April 07, 2007, 07:26:29 PM
It wasn't really that hard, but the levels were HUGE. My favorites were Frantic factory, fungi forest, and the castle one...
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 3-D Games
Post by: Hi no Seijin on April 07, 2007, 07:32:24 PM
Eh, I was a young twerp who really wasn't into video games.  Back then, they were just something to do (of course, it still is something to do, but that's besides the point).  I'm sure that if I were to play it now, I might find that it's a bit easier.
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 3-D Games
Post by: Baka Nezumi on April 07, 2007, 09:16:01 PM
Banjo-Kazooie was the first video game I became obsessed with. Easily 3/4 of all the N64 games I own are Rare products. I wish that Microsoft hadn't bought them.
Have you seen the trailer for Banjo-Threeie?
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 3-D Games
Post by: Rev Rabies on April 07, 2007, 09:20:20 PM
Quote from: Sora on April 07, 2007, 06:59:53 PM
lol, ok, that works too, anyways, the pokemon game's were super awesome for the 64.

SUPER SPECIAL AWESOME!!! say it right, or raccoons will be mad...

i never had a n64, only nintendo console i didnt have
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 3-D Games
Post by: Baka Nezumi on April 07, 2007, 09:22:57 PM
That's weird, as it is probably my favorite console. The controller was a tad annoying, though.
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 3-D Games
Post by: chicknumber2 on April 10, 2007, 06:43:29 AM
i have Dk64 and loads of other games but the most annoying game i have for the N64 is Glover :-\
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 3-D Games
Post by: Gamefreak on April 10, 2007, 06:56:08 AM
I borrowed my friend's N64 so I could finally play Ocarina of Time.
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 3-D Games
Post by: DW on April 17, 2007, 07:15:56 AM
Quote from: Captain Jack Sparrow. on April 10, 2007, 06:43:29 AM
i have Dk64 and loads of other games but the most annoying game i have for the N64 is Glover :-\
ah I got that game, it was wierd, but I thought it was fun. Then a friend I loaned it too moved away, taking that and more...
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 3-D Games
Post by: MasterKeyX on April 17, 2007, 08:02:48 AM
You know what was a good game? Mario Party 2. It was perhaps the best Mario Parrty, before the series started to get really old.
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 3-D Games
Post by: LadyNintendo on April 17, 2007, 09:33:49 AM
Paper Mario! One of the most unique and best games I have ever played (and considering I've played a lot of those games and am always looking for them, those aren't empty words).

Majora's Mask is my second fav TLOZ, just after LA. OOT is nice, but MM is one of those TLOZs that is a little different from the rest of the series. Both in gameplay and story.

Conker's Bad Fur Day: A game with attitude. 'Nuf said.
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 3-D Games
Post by: MasterKeyX on April 17, 2007, 02:44:29 PM
Ahhh, I dont know if anyone ever really played this one- but Jet Force Gemini was a very hard but cool N64 game... I never could beat it, though...
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 3-D Games
Post by: DW on April 17, 2007, 05:20:03 PM
ah Mario Party 2, I had that before my sister broke it...it was so fun, some of the best minigames on there...the secret one, Dungeon something, that was awesome...
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 3-D Games
Post by: MasterKeyX on April 19, 2007, 08:05:05 AM
The secret dungeon? you mean, the Bowser Level? Yeah, that was vair hard sometimes... you could get stuck and never come out...
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 3-D Games
Post by: wiizard on April 19, 2007, 03:56:54 PM
yeah, I remember my Mario party 2, I still play it with my cousins, I prefer it than MP 4 for gamecube.
Title: Re:Ye Olde N64 3-D Games
Post by: DW on April 19, 2007, 03:58:40 PM
Quote from: SenseiKey on April 19, 2007, 08:05:05 AM
The secret dungeon? you mean, the Bowser Level? Yeah, that was vair hard sometimes... you could get stuck and never come out...
No, it was a 2 vs 2 minigame that was secret...I can't remember how you got it either, but it was fun....you were on these skis sort of and had to move with each other...