It came out around my birthday, so my mom had it pre-ordered for me as a gift from Babbage’s. I still remember her picking me up from school and telling me she had a surprise for me in the trunk.

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    I can remember my parents getting us an original NES in the 80s, I already feel plenty old lol

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    Babbage’s

    All us old people can now get together and reminisce about long dead retailers…

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    I remember the hype I felt when they installed a demo unit at the store I worked at. Mario was mind-blowing and I bought one later that week. I had to hide the box is the stock room so it wouldn’t be gone by the end of the release week.

    My integrity isn’t perfect… I felt no guilt.

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        I remember having discussions with friends in school marveling at Perfect Dark’s graphic quality. It and GoldenEye in 4 way split screen was so freaking fun. Donkey Kong 64 ran at like 12FPS at times and I didn’t even realize. Modern gaming is really spoiling us.

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    I remember seeing a Mario 64 demo station at a mall Gamestop, my eyes going wide, and my adolescent brain screaming "My God… THE FUTURE!"

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    My dad got me an NES with Galaga and Super Mario Brothers back in like 88 and my step sister had the Master System which I used to be obsessed with <3

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    Many halcyon college days playing GoldenEye 007, Super Smash Bros., Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask, Conker’s Bad Fur Day multiplayer, and Mario Kart 64 with friends, four at a time…

    We played Metal Gear Solid VR Missions, Symphony of the Night, PowerStone, and Marvel vs. Capcom 2 too, but 90% of the time it was the Nintendo 64. Being so blocky, we never thought the graphics were particularly amazing—we grew up 8-bit but were comparing by that time to the PlayStation 2, and especially the Dreamcast after it came out—but man, the games were fantastic.

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      Not to take anything away from the classics that were built up on,I think sports games really came up a level in visuals in N64 as far as playability with the 3rd dimension added. Being able to actually have depth made soccer, football, hockey, all those games so much richer; instead of only side scrolling you could view a field, rink or court from the short end view, zoom in and out on play level, etc.

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    A lot of good memories of this one and yes I feel old now!

    It was the console my group of friends had so it was 4 player greatness every day. We all had our controllers and depending on who’s house it was a mix of SSB, Goldeneye, Mario Kart, Snowboard Kids, WCW vs nWo and everything else we could get a hold of.

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    Phew, been a few years. I remember getting that with my sis. It was amazing at the time, even with how envious we were of friends copying their PS games.

    In particular I remember Starfox 64 / Lylat Wars, with the rumble pack. Such an amazing new thing that became a universal standard so quickly.