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O, Retro!

Is the N64 retro yet? I don't even know. It's heyday was over ten years ago. In the last few days, I have been looking around TradeMe at long forgotten games that I traded in to get Perfect Dark and Majora's Mask during the N64's last gasp. I remember EB was offering a deal back then (this was... 2000?) so you could trade in any four N64 games and get new titles for nix. Whoops.

Yeah, well I wasn't earning very much back then, and the chance to trade in the likes of Beetle Adventure Racing and Knockout Kings 2000 when they weren't doing much more than feeling sorry for themselves as the dust accumulated was too good to pass up. So pass it up I didn't.

I tried to make a list of the games I had traded, but I could only remember 6/8. That's 3/4 for you chronic simplifiers out there. Anyway, out of those six there were only two I really felt bad for ditching - Turok 2 and Episode 1: Racer. Both are available on TradeMe for not-too-much.

Anyone who has been looking to pick up old 64 titles will notice that some [^^RARE!^^] titles have quite a hefty price tag attached. Banjo Tooie? Conkers Bad Fur Day? They crop up now and again, and seldom for less than about $90. Back when they first came out, they were $129. That means that they're holding their value pretty well.

A trap for young players is getting confused between rare and Rare. One means scarce, the other is a formerly awesome developer now in the gorsey pocket of Microsoft. But hey, it's time I let that go.

What led me to start searching for titles I could add to my meagre-but-all-solid-gold collection was seeing Shadow Man for sale as I was browsing for something else. I read extensively about this game online and in the fabled N64 Gamer magazine. I never got round to picking it up, but now's my chance.

What N64 games have you managed to score from TradeMe or from overseas? Anyone who shops regularly wherever PAL carts are sold will tell you there's a great deal of great deals to be had. I get weak at the knees imagining all the gaming hours locked away in those carts for a guy like me who never put the hard yards in as a teenager. 

I hope I win a few auctions in the coming days.

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ReplyPosted by Koopa18 on 4 October 2008, 12:24PM

I have got Banjo Tooie and Kirby 64 as some of the rarer titles from TM.

Other titles that still have a decent price tag i own are Mario Party 2, Mario Kart 64 and Smash Bros - but i got them in the shops back in the day.

Also picked up a few titles such as Buck Bumble and Episode I: Racer.. that werent as spectacular, but fun nonetheless.

 

ReplyPosted by Mongrel_Rob on 4 October 2008, 12:58PM

A few years ago I sold my N64 with Perfect Dark (one of my favourite games ever) as I needed the money. I don't think I even lasted two months before I went out and bought another N64 with PD; I missed it so much. Even though I've not played with my N64 in over a year, I doubt I'd ever sell it again as I know I'd just go and buy one again later on :P
The only other games I owned on N64 were Golden Eye and Conker's Bad Fur Day. The N64 really was lacking in decent games tbh...

 

ReplyPosted by BlackRetina on 4 October 2008, 01:06PM

Buy + Retro Games = Stupid

I've got every NES game and haven't paid a cent for them.

 

ReplyPosted by Ubercuber on 4 October 2008, 01:53PM

I wouldnt mind a N64 just for that Star Wars game...I forget what its called. Then maybe get Mario Kart, golden Eye and a couple others.

 

ReplyPosted by stupidlikeafox on 4 October 2008, 02:11PM

i have mario 64 somewhere, but br's right. i aint paying KK way too much for something i could probably find for free.

 

ReplyPosted by Koopa18 on 4 October 2008, 03:51PM

Yeah, because owning everything on an emulator is something to be proud of.

And Uber, do you mean Rogue Squadron?

I hope you dont mean Shadows of the Empire. NO ONE wants to play as Dash Rendar..

And i wouldnt say it was lacking in decent games! Two of the greatests FPSs ever, 3 of the greatest platformers ever, and the greatest game of all time.

 

ReplyPosted by Lisa3x3x3 on 4 October 2008, 06:59PM

aww i miss the retro games.. i rekon u cud call the N64 retro now, mainly because they'r reselling for heaps on trademe! i luvd the smash bros' game nd conkers bad fur day (the grim reaper rockd!), but turok defintly holds a wee spesh place in my heart, hu ddnt wana go shoot the shite outa dinosaurs whn they wer lyk 10!!??

 

ReplyPosted by Grunt of God on 4 October 2008, 07:32PM

Something seems...off with this guys words ^ :p

 

ReplyPosted by Jaz on 5 October 2008, 06:30AM

Ogre Battle 64.

 

ReplyPosted by Syn-Ryn on 5 October 2008, 08:46AM

I don't own one of these. And I'm still deciding between a n64 or a DC to buy first.

But when I do,

-Battle For Naboo.
-Conker's BFD
-Turok
-Mario (and related games, Tennis FTW)

 

ReplyPosted by Daniel1987 on 5 October 2008, 04:32PM

No Mercy.

Still the best wrestling game made.

 

ReplyPosted by Bigbcbob on 5 October 2008, 05:18PM

SHIT GOOD OLD N64 SOOO MENY HOURS OF MY CHILDHOOD SPENT GETING FRUSTRATED OVE SO MENY GOLDEN GAMES OOHHH THE GOOD TIMES PLAYING 4 PLAYER MARIO KART.
GOLDENY EYE.
PERFECT DARK.
BANJO AND KAZOOIE.

VERY MUCH RETRO NOW
STILL VERY COOL...

 

ReplyPosted by stupidlikeafox on 5 October 2008, 06:57PM

^whoa, so many caps!

"and the greatest game of all time."

WCW mayhem was good, but wouldnt call it the greatest.

 

ReplyPosted by Hellrend3r on 6 October 2008, 01:38AM

I've got that Epidsode 1 Racer, The Ocarina Of Time,Banjo Kazooie and Turok II around my place somewhere.

I just need my N64 Power chord now and I think I may have to stop playing my 360 for a little bit...

 

ReplyPosted by alienhominid on 6 October 2008, 08:44AM

N64 is awesome but the controller sticks wear down and go shitty

 

ReplyPosted by howzit on 7 October 2008, 10:43AM

That's why you get an emulator alien.

 

ReplyPosted by Oliver on 7 October 2008, 05:12PM

I never ever played on an N64. My friend had one and it sat there on a pile of junk while we played his Dreamcast. To be honest, the N64 never even made me want to play it. I took one look at it, thought it looked odd, and returned my attention to Crazy Taxi.

But now I so wish I had played it. I missed out on a lot of great games and gaming platforms when I was young. I never had a Sega Mega Drive, Master System, PS1, N64, Dreamcast, PS2 or XBox.

The first proper games console I ever got was a PSP (or PS3 if the PSP ain't counted), and believe me, it sucks when you're playing something like MGS 4 and you have no idea what they're on about cause you never played the others. Still a good game, but I'm sure I could have gotten more out of it.

The only gaming I did while younger was when I purposely invited myself to friends places to play theirs. I was an unfortunate child.

 

ReplyPosted by ChatterboxZombie on 7 October 2008, 08:14PM

The first Smash bros game.............

 

ReplyPosted by Parsnipzilla on 7 October 2008, 09:30PM

Has ANYONE heard of Virtual Console?!
Play old games on a shiny new system, plus, your monies are going to the developers, not some kid in who just found PD in his attic and wants some cash.

 

ReplyPosted by nickadamz on 9 October 2008, 10:07AM

loved playing N64 games on my original xbox

 

ReplyPosted by Ruptunex on 9 October 2008, 06:50PM

I like N64. I want one. Some good games on it.

 

ReplyPosted by Bunnny on 18 November 2008, 07:07PM

I wish I had some of the legendary games, but I only have Diddy Kong Racing, and 1080-Snowboarding.

 

ReplyPosted by cute_maori on 20 November 2008, 08:02PM

Awesome blog.