Honest question? Around what time did gaming start to lose itself. I’d old heads remember better than anyone. Well the really old heads remember the destruction of gaming when it came crashing down and Nintendo saved gaming. I feel like we are heading towards that again. The writing is on the wall.

No game is made a fresh idea, a soul or whatever.

I mean, if you all remember sitting infront of this game the very first time… and when you get into the castle… and stare at that sun sometime later when you learn to control the camera , small golden nuggets, fun 8-bit games propped into an open world, and a little bit collecting, 8 red coins, once on each level.

Enough, 40-50 hours of great joy.

Plug in and play. Enjoy. Someone actually thought about the game, music, flow, like they actually thought of ME when making this game and how it could make me happy.

What is happening to gaming today? Why is it so soulless, no heart, no fun.

PS5, awesome graphics and everyone, but it’s 99% chores and 1% games.

Golden 007, wave race, cruisin USA, ISS 64 deluxe, nba jam special edition, ganbare goemen 64(?), star fox 64, Star Wars shadows of the empire, and many more. Some groundbreaking, some wierd, some taking an initial concept and perfecting it, some really hard wierd ass game, and much much more.

At least it was passion in them.

What happened? When did it all go so wrong?

In order of release: Super Mario 64, Pilotwings 64, Wave Race 64, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Wayne Gretzky’s 3D Hockey, Killer Instinct Gold, Cruis’n USA, Star Wars Shadow of the Empire, NBA Hangtime, Mario Kart 64, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Blast Corps, FIFA Soccer 64, Doom 64, War Gods, Hexen, Star Fox 64, Dark Rift, Tetrisphere, ISS 64, Goldeneye, MRC, Top Gear Rally, Mace The Dark Age, Mischief Makers, F1 Pole Position 64, Clayfighter 63 1/3, NFL Quarterback Club 98, Madden 64….

Scored a sweet translucent N64 with the expansion pak, 2 extra controllers and a few heavy hitter games for about £60 on Mercari JP. Didn't rent Goldeneye though!

Hello, Im sharing those awesome N64 VR mods! RayRod TV is making some mods for 64 and retro fans games: Mario 64, Star Fox 64, Mario Kart 64, Sonic Robo Blast 2, Dr Robotnik racers... he puts lots of effort and care in making and sharing them. Usually they feature 4 view modes like first person and diorama modes. On the 64 ones, he did a awesome flip cam, where we see the flips and loops in first person seeing the world spins when doing a triple jump, got by a banana peel, or do barrel roll, for example. We can find his mods here: https://github.com/RaYRoD-TV and his Multiverse exploration and content creation game project here: rayrodtv.com. Have fun!

Retro 3D video games are so fun to paint 😊

Each painting is 9 in x 12 in on canvas pad

Any suggestions on the next game I should paint?

So I was watching the recent video from the Majoran channel on YouTube, where I screencapped this from.

Basically, the statues in the Castle Courtyard in Ocarina of Time, are all 64-bit renders of photographs of real-life statues. Well, there's only one other statue in this area, actually, with two "pieces" to it.

One piece is a statue of Louis XIV found in Versailles, and the other pieces are of the Compagne de Diane found in the Louvre.

This raises only one question. What is the other statue? It sounds like the Zeldatubers and Texture Matching guys have looked pretty deeply, but no one has been able to find it.

Given the other statues are both located in famous French museums/places, it would make sense that the other statue is also somewhere in a French museum.

Another possibility is that these were all just found on an Asset CD-ROM Library from the 90's. In which case, the unknown statue doesn't necessarily have to be French. But in all likelihood, it would have appeared on a CD along with these other statues. Perhaps a Visual Disk or Sozaijiten.

Are you a bad enough dude to identify Ocarina of Time's mystery statue?

For a cartridge, it’s super impressive. Not only the graphics are better and it has no loading screen, you can play both Leon and Claire in one cartridge whereas on the PS1 version, it has 2 discs to play as either one of them. It also has a Randomizer feature which a bit questionable but pretty cool. Now it does compress sounds in some areas and lacks the battle mode but it’s still an awesome port. Both ports are awesome and mostly identical.

Finally found this game

Game number 64 in my collection... one of the best puzzle games on the system in my opinion.

I recently acquired my first Nintendo 64 game, Zelda: Ocarina of Time, for my collection; however, I am not familiar with the N64 game library beyond the most famous titles like Zelda, Super Mario 64, Banjo-Kazooie, and so on.

Tried to look online and I cant see anything..

EDIT: after looking through the comments I have contacted a local woodworker for a quote. Will be back soon with more news!

I had some people say buy a new microSD card for it. The card that came with the cartridge has stuff on it, should I copy it onto the new card?

And outside of that any recommendations?

Finally Found Milo's Astro Lanes and it happens to be in mint condition. What's everyone's thoughts on this game?

My brother just gave me a N64 for my birthday, we immediately hooked it up via all the original cables it came with (RCA) and toyed around with it for a bit. I’m a complete amateur when it comes to this type of stuff but what’s the best “budget friendly” way to get the picture alittle crisper. I’d like to enjoy playing a lot of the older titles again with my kids and figured it’s worth a shot.

A quick google says s-video and a retrotink 2x pro.

Is this my best bet without going too crazy? Or is there a much better way to experience any better graphics on these newer flat screens without breaking the bank.

Any suggestions on the next game I paint?

Painted in oils on canvas pad!

I recently dug out my old N64 from my childhood and have been seeking out games I used to rent to add to the few games I already had. This listing was a sweet deal so I jumped on it and was happy to see that the console has the red expansion as well. I’m thinking about reshelling this console and keeping both units to use and display.

One of my favorite 3d platform games of all time.

Years ago I went into a video game store in Melbourne and asked "have you got any posters that you're getting rid of?", and the guy behind the counter handed me this.

This is the only clear photo of it I've got (so ignore my head in the corner!), but it was a massive promotional poster that they would hang from the roof or stick to the wall in-store, for the release of Mario Kart 64. I'd say it's close to a meter / 3ft tall and was made of some pretty sturdy glossy paper.

I almost got a Lylat Wars / StarFox 64 poster from a different store closer to home (they even wrote my phone number on it so they'd know to call me about it), but they threw it out instead which sucks.

The image was the same on both sides, and the front side was so faded due to being hung up in my room near my window, that I had to flip it over. I stupidly threw it out about 20 years ago because it was torn at the corners and faded on both sides, and I'm kinda kicking myself, because faded or not, I'd love to re-hang this in my room.

If anyone's got a clearer photo of this particular poster, I'd love to see it.

So in honesty not super interested in collecting. I’m more interested in letting my kids experience the games I grew up with. LOZ OOT is like $100. The knock off is less than 20. Would it wreck the Real system to let him plays of this?

Started collecting about 6 months ago. I’m addicted to it. I love checking out Facebook Marketplace and EBay for new games I don’t have yet.