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The '''Nintendo 64''' (codenamed "'''Project Reality'''"; sometimes referred as the "'''N64'''") is a video game console created by [[Nintendo]]. It was released in 1996 to compete with the [[wikipedia:Sega Saturn|Sega Saturn]] and the [[wikipedia:PlayStation (console)|Sony PlayStation]]. | The '''Nintendo 64''' (codenamed "'''Project Reality'''"; sometimes referred as the "'''N64'''"; parsed on the logo as "'''NINTENDO<small><sub>®</sub></small><sup>64</sup>'''") is a video game console created by [[Nintendo]]. It was released in 1996 to compete with the [[wikipedia:Sega Saturn|Sega Saturn]] and the [[wikipedia:PlayStation (console)|Sony PlayStation]]. | ||
Despite not beating the PlayStation's sales, the Nintendo 64 was still largely successful for many reasons, one of the big ones being the release of ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. ''Super Mario 64'' was one of the first games of its kind to feature full 3D graphics and depth of field effects. The Nintendo 64 was able to pull this off because it was the first system to feature a 64-bit processor and 32-bit graphics chip (aside from the failed Atari Jaguar, which was really multiple co-processors using 64 bit architecture on a 32-bit main processor). The Nintendo 64 also featured the first successful analog control stick implementation and four built-in controller ports, unlike its competitors, the PlayStation and the Sega Saturn. The Nintendo 64 is also noted as the last home console system to use cartridges until the [[Nintendo Switch]]. Nintendo started using discs like its competitors and the canceled "SNES CD" add-on, starting with the [[Nintendo GameCube]]. | Despite not beating the PlayStation's sales, the Nintendo 64 was still largely successful for many reasons, one of the big ones being the release of ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. ''Super Mario 64'' was one of the first games of its kind to feature full 3D graphics and depth of field effects. The Nintendo 64 was able to pull this off because it was the first system to feature a 64-bit processor and 32-bit graphics chip (aside from the failed Atari Jaguar, which was really multiple co-processors using 64 bit architecture on a 32-bit main processor). The Nintendo 64 also featured the first successful analog control stick implementation and four built-in controller ports, unlike its competitors, the PlayStation and the Sega Saturn. The Nintendo 64 is also noted as the last home console system to use cartridges until the [[Nintendo Switch]]. Nintendo started using discs like its competitors and the canceled "SNES CD" add-on, starting with the [[Nintendo GameCube]]. | ||