Nintendo 64

My quest to play every RPG on the Nintendo 64 continues with Quest 64, often called the worst RPG on the system. But is it?

Also Nintendo 64 and… EverQuest II? Yes, EQ2.

Analogue’s latest retro console hardware emulator is a godsend for N64 afficionados, and almost nothing for anyone else.

I brought my Atari messenger bag with one game in it, and turned that into a bag full of games.

Do I love Nintendo 64 games enough to buy a $250 console that would bring them into the 21st century?

Jusssst about 51 hours, though I went back in later and finished some side quests. Is this worth picking up for your Nintendo 64? Almost every review, maybe EVERY review, of recent tactical battler Symphony of War, mentioned that it was carrying a torch first lit many, many years ago by the Ogre Battle series, and seen seldom since. Tactics battlers aren’t rare at all, but those where you build an army comprised of many separate squads which you can direct but battle on their own, are rare. ...

Now that I’ve gotten the game so that it works and looks decent, it’s time to ask the big question: How do I get Deneb in my battalion? Deneb Hey, that screenshot isn’t from Ogre Battle 64! It’s from Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen for the Super Nintendo, and as far as I know, it’s the only other real time strategy game in the Ogre Battle/Tactics Ogre family. ...

It’s not pretty and it could be better, but I’m able to stream from my unmodified Nintendo 64 at an acceptable resolution using about $50 of hardware. The hardware Curling around the picture is an S-Video cable. My N64 came originally with composite cables; S-Video provides a slightly better signal. With so much signal processing happening, it’s important to start off with the best signal we can get. There is an N64 mod that breaks out the RGB signal before it is processed, but I don’t have that. ...

It’s 1999, my old broken down Super Beetle is sitting in the driveway, probably waiting on another rebuilt part for its underpowered engine, and Volkswagen wants me to know that it’s about to release brand new Beetles, and I could get one. My first car, actually. Picture taken with a Kodak instant camera my mom got me for Christmas. If I were rich, maybe. I had a Nintendo64 and enough cash to buy Beetle Adventure Racing. The kids and I spent many days racing pixel Beetles around. I never did get a new Beetle. By the time my financial picture improved, I could afford a VW GTI. ...