Nintendo releasing its last cartirdge based console for the TV (Nintendo N64)

Member Name: chiefo

Product:	Nintendo N64
Date:	13/05/09 (23 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Quick Loading, Solid Build, Excellent Design. Great Gaming Library. 4 Player.

Disadvantages: None

Probably my favourite console of all time. It introduced a whole range of classic games from Nintendo and was unlucky to lose out to the Sony Playstation in that generation of console wars.

It was 64bit and cartridge based. The first console to offer four player gaming through direct pads to the console. There was even an expansion to upgrade the RAM which was needed to take advantage of more power hungry games such as Perfect Dark, and the second Zelda instalment Majora's Mask.

The machine offered graphics which by today's standards are pretty ordinary but then they were state of the art. The machine was well built and solid. Unfortunately you couldn't save games to the console itself but that was rectified through save cards being sold with the pads. They went in the same slot that the rumble pack used. If you were lucky enough you could by a combo pack.

So the console spawned a whole host of legendary games which will be remembered as timeless classics, they include Mario 64, Golden Eye, Mario Kart 64, Pilot Wings, Jetforce Gemini, Banjo Kazooie to name but a few.
If you ever get the chance to pick one of these up I would in a heartbeat. There is still a lot of fun that could be had playing on it and now even more so with LCDs and Plasma TVs being available.

Nintendo at their best.

Summary: A console that is worth buying for the classics it has. Nintendo at their best.