![]() Tetris 64 was a game which took advantage of the Bio Sensor: a device that plugged into the controller, with the other end clipped onto your finger.The game itself, however, is severely lacking in actual playability, comprising of very simplistic controls and set-pieces, and is content to remain little more than an interactive movie, and not a particularly good one. Neon Genesis Evangelion attempted what very few considered possible on cartridge, mixing a butt-load of FMV, CD quality audio and 3D graphics.In the West, we have a much larger selection of curiosities to choose from, including some games which appear on other systems, but we'll stick mostly to looking at just system exclusives. What we'll be grouping as curiosities are games which might not be perfect, or even great, yet still represent notable, worthwhile pickups. The US and Europe were treated to somewhat more variety: Loads of American sports (NFL, NBA, NHL, wrestling, bowling, boxing and skateboarding), soccer, Disney/animation licenses, platformers, racing, fighting (a good few of which were oddly Japanese-developed for the western markets), retro collections, and PC/PSX/arcade ports. Roughly speaking, the majority of Japanese exclusive fell into the following categories: baseball, golf, soccer (J-League), wrestling, mah-jong, pachinko, 'love' simulators, robot games, the odd RPG, and fishing. ![]() (And we'll have no sniggering from you smart-arse region modders at the back there). The rest of the 380+ library was filled with a fair amount of crap, particularly as western software began to dominate the percentages towards the end of its life-cycle – the system was all but dead in the water in Japanese stores by 1999.īut, which region got the best deal? We'll take a look at the region exclusives for the Nintendo 64 - the best of the fringe, unique titles - and pit them against each other in a battle to the death to determine the ultimate winner. Japanese exclusives total around 80, whereas American and Europeans were treated to around 200 select titles. Manufacturing and development costs ensured a degree of quality over quantity, and most of the best output for the system of course came from Japanese soft co's, with Nintendo's reputation in particular solidified thanks to a stream of premium software throughout its lifespan. In its native Japan, it was left a distant third place behind Sega's 32-bit Saturn, yet in America it saw great success. ![]() The Nintendo 64 was a curious combination of success and failure. ( RELATED FEATURE: Gameplayer's Guide to Nintendo 64: The 50 Best Games) In that spirit, there's plenty more to add to the list.Feature: Nintendo 64 Region Exclusives - By Tetsuo Now that the N64 is well into appraisal territory, new titles are emerging for investment, profit, and just for fun. Update by Kristy Ambrose on June 7th, 2021: Trading vintage games is now a full-time career for many, and it's a lucrative niche market that's getting more attention as more games pass the milestone into "classic" status. So, here are some of the rarest games on the Nintendo 64 and how much they cost. So, if you're trying to collect every game in the N64's library, it'll be a challenge to grab them all. ![]() With such a vast library of quality titles, it's easy for many of these games to fall into obscurity and fetch quite a fortune online. RELATED: F-Zero & 9 Other Nintendo Games You Didn't Know Had Anime Adaptations Has it really been 25 years since the Nintendo 64 was released? The 64-bit console was the home for some of the greatest games of all time, including Ocarina of Time, Star Fox 64, Majora's Mask, Mario 64, and many more.
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