Nintendo 64: Difference between revisions

The '''Nintendo 64''' (codenamed "'''Project Reality'''"; sometimes referred to as the "'''N64'''"; parsed on the logo as "'''NINTENDO_®⁶⁴'''") is a video game console created by [[Nintendo]]. It was released in 1996 to compete with the {{wp|Sega Saturn}} and the {{wp|PlayStation (console)|Sony PlayStation}}.

''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 {{wp|Atari Jaguar}}, which featured 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 began using disks like its competitors and the canceled "SNES CD" add-on, starting with the [[Nintendo GameCube]].

In 1999, Nintendo released the [[Nintendo 64DD]]. The "DD" in Nintendo 64DD stood for "disk drive" and, originally, "dynamic drive." An add-on device for the Nintendo 64, it was a machine that allowed games to be played in a disk format, similar to zip disks. These were intended as a cheaper version of the Sega Saturn's game disks and the PlayStation's, but the Nintendo 64DD ended up being a commercial failure due to its extremely limited release. In total, four ''Mario'' games were released on the 64DD, all in the ''[[Mario Artist (series)|Mario Artist]]'' series.

===Controller===

[[File:N64system.jpg|thumb|The original Nintendo 64 and its six controller colors]]

====Buttons====

[[File:Nintendo Sixty Four Controller.jpg|thumb|x150px|The Nintendo 64 Controller, the standard controller for playing Nintendo 64 games]]

*A {{button|n64|A}}

*B {{button|n64|B}}

{{main|Controller Pak}}

[[File:N64 Controller Pak.jpg|thumb|left|Controller Pak]]

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{{main|Transfer Pak}}

[[File:Gbc transfer pak en.jpg|thumb|right|Transfer Pak]]

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{{main|Rumble Pak}}

[[File:RumblePak64.jpg|thumb|left|Rumble Pak]]

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{{main|Nintendo 64DD}}

[[File:64DD Console.png|thumb|right|64DD under the Nintendo 64]]

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==Appearances in the ''Mario'' and related series==

*In ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', a Nintendo 64 can be seen in the backgrounds of a few levels.

*In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' in the background of the stand where all of the player's [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophies]] are, a Nintendo 64 with the controller and the ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' game cartridge and box appear on a shelf, along with various other Nintendo systems.

*In ''[[Wario World]]'', a Nintendo 64 appears as a [[List of treasures in Wario World|treasure]].

*In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', in one of [[Francis]]'s rooms, a Nintendo 64 can be seen alongside the other Nintendo platforms released by that time, as well as a [[Virtual Boy]].

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