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[Drizzlehell]

I have squandered my childhood by not playing this when I was a kid.

It's a video games' video game. One of the most video game-y video games I've ever played.

The kind of game that makes you appreciate being a gamer.

 

[ReBurn]

It's a good game.

 

[YCoCg]

It really is a game that makes you appreciate gaming.

 

[tomato shrub]

Hate it when people bash this game for "aging poorly" or whatever. Mario's moveset is outstanding to this day, crazy what the devs pulled off in 1996. Git gut.

 

[Kilau]

It’s a game that games while you video game, gamer.

 

[amigastar]

It was revolutionary back in the days. I still play the DS version on the 3DS today.

 

[MagnesD3]

Its my second favorite game ever, It is possibly the best type of mario game (bowsers furys type may surpass it), its only big issue is a poor camera. Its one of the only games I wish had a remake to fix the camera so more younger generations would be more willing to play this masterpiece.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Still the best 3D mario. Arguably the best mario of all time.

 

[Drizzlehell]

Hate it when people bash this game for "aging poorly" or whatever. Mario's moveset is outstanding to this day, crazy what the devs pulled off in 1996. Git gut.

That's crazy talk. It plays great and I'm having tons of fun. Most platformers today can only wish they had as much charm as this game. I'm also digging the little details and Easter eggs because it's the kind of stuff that feels rewarding when you try to experiment with gameplay.

 

[BootsLoader]

This game was the craziest ride I ever had as a gamer. My mind was blown back in the day.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

I have squandered my childhood by not playing this when I was a kid.

It's a video games' video game. One of the most video game-y video games I've ever played.

The kind of game that makes you appreciate being a gamer.

I still wonder how gaming managed to get to a point where videogames being uniquely "game-y" is somehow...not a really high compliment?

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Also I played it when it came out and then didn't replay it fully until last year with my girlfriend who doesn't game. It's still so good that it made me wonder why the fuck pure, immediate joy like this is so rare now. Just boot up, plug in and within 30 seconds you're off to the races.

 

[Darsxx82]

An exceptional game for its time in all sections and which, in my humble opinion, has not yet been surpassed in relevance by successive Mario games in subsequent generations.

 

[Phase]

Have fun! It's one of my fav games of all time. There are also some rom hacks that are pretty cool that add stages and stars to get.

 

[Dream-Knife]

3d arrived when this game came out. Such a good game.

 

[Alexios]

How I felt when I played OoT for the first time some decade after its release (and despite the low fps, controller and everything else). Gaming wouldn't be the same if Nintendo hadn't shown us the way (even if few manage to reach their highs, being able to study them brought us better games).

They should be mandatory study at any gaming related course because seeing some so called developers (so called gamers too but who cares about those) shit on them or the idea of ever trying to play them is just, well, no wonder your games never amounted to anything, you miss core tenets.

 

[CGNoire]

Best Mario game there is. Moveset and control are GodTier. Love the level design aswell.

 

[cyberheater]

One of the best games of all time.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Playing this on launch day was a mind blowing experience. One of the GOATs.

 

[Aces High]

Amazing game.

It had photo-realistic graphics when I was a kid.

 

[Lux R7]

it was fantastic

 

[tamago84]

the days when games were just good platforming shit. ideas were plentiful and imagination was everywhere. now everything just seems fucking repetitive

 

[Deerock71]

Miyamoto feelin' it during this era. 2 of the most influential games ever.

 

[PSYGN]

It was an amazing game. When it came out, the store kiosks had kids lined up to play that game (and ignore the periodic resets) and all the other systems had none. It was leaps ahead of anything else on the console market.

 

[JohnnyPhats]

Definitely a stupendous achievement at the time. A marvel.

Also,

Game game game game game.

Game, game game!

Game

 

[Crayon]

I see your posts and threads, read em, consider your opinions. I knew there was something different about your perspective, but jesus, notlikethis.gif.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Amazing game.

It had photo-realistic graphics when I was a kid.

Remember how "photo realistic" was the term constantly? For my friend circle at least, first it was Donkey Kong Country, then Resident Evil, then Final Fantasy, then Mario 64 and whatever games were in-between. Shit was always "photo realistic" and "can't get better than this because it looks REAL".

 

[Mahnmut]

It's an absolute classic. Nintendo just showed (and absolutely nailed) how to transpose 2D concepts into the 3D realm and layed the blueprint for modern platform games. I would even say that it layed the basics for every coming games using 3D space.
It's still relevant today in terms of gameplay and level design. Only a few games will be remembered as Mario 64. It's just a masterpiece that made the medium we all love move forward.

 

[Azelover]

I replayed it recently on my Switch. Still a really good game. There were a few stars that were hard to get. Harder than I remembered.

 

[nush]

I played it in black and White first because i didn't have the additional hardware to make it colour on my PAL TV. No regrets.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Its the video game of all time

 

[Serge85]

My favorite videogame of all time.

 

[Skifi28]

I can confirm that it's a video game meant to be played by people that play video games.

 

[Buggy Loop]

It didn't take itself for anything else than a video game. A rare thing nowadays.

Always liked this detail that in the first 3D game they made for N64 they thought, who is behind the camera as you control it? It's a Lakitu. So cool. Can't think of a game doing something of the like since then (?).

 

[PreFire]

When I was a kid and played this, I thought we reached peak gaming. It was beautiful, new, challenging, 3D platforming and you get to do it as Mario

 

[Badlucktroll]

is a good gaem

 

[ChoosableOne]

Still holds up pretty well. Great game indeed.

 

[Drizzlehell]

Also I played it when it came out and then didn't replay it fully until last year with my girlfriend who doesn't game. It's still so good that it made me wonder why the fuck pure, immediate joy like this is so rare now. Just boot up, plug in and within 30 seconds you're off to the races.

Yeah, it's just instantly entertaining. And so many things about it are just iconic. Especially the sound effects and music which I always kept hearing in some random YouTube videos and podcasts but never even knew they all came from this game. And now I'm playing this and I'm constantly like "eyy, I know that sound!"

I see your posts and threads, read em, consider your opinions. I knew there was something different about your perspective, but jesus, notlikethis.gif.

What do you mean, lol

 

[JohnnyPhats]

I replayed it recently on my Switch. Still a really good game. There were a few stars that were hard to get. Harder than I remembered.

 

[MasterDerico]

One of a few N64 library games that worth it! Excellent game!

 

[Crayon]

What do you mean, lol

Like if I was ripley and I found out you are a synthetic. According to the movie we can be friends, though. Eventually.

 

[Deerock71]

It was an amazing game. When it came out, the store kiosks had kids lined up to play that game (and ignore the periodic resets) and all the other systems had none. It was leaps ahead of anything else on the console market.

I was absolutely one of those people lined up in Sears to look at the marvel of 3D, followed by my eyes getting wider when I tip-toed around a sleeping piranha plant; I was raised around digital controls, and Miyamoto crafted an ingenious way to show me degrees of pressure on the stick actually matters now.

 

[KuraiShidosha]

First 3D game I ever played back in 1996. Blew my freaking mind coming from NES and Genesis. I still hold that this was the best era in gaming, the N64 and PSX. What a time to be alive it was.

 

[MAtgS]

I have squandered my childhood by not playing this when I was a kid.

It's a video games' video game. One of the most video game-y video games I've ever played.

The kind of game that makes you appreciate being a gamer.

A true early example of sandbox gaming. For people back in '96 when 3D was still a new thing, just running and jumping around was an experience. & being able to mess with Mario's face on the title screen demonstrates how much the game exists to be a virtual toy.

 

[Drizzlehell]

Like if I was ripley and I found out you are a synthetic. According to the movie we can be friends, though. Eventually.

Don't worry, I only excrete white liquids from one appendage, and it ain't no finger.

I'm also pretty sure you could find at least a couple of people around here who didn't play the games that I did when I was growing up. I was a PC gamer as kid and all my friends had PlayStation.

 

[DGrayson]

It's a good game.

It's a great game

 

[Physiognomonics]

This is the only game my mum loved watching me play it. She loved those penguins and the music of the level!

 

[nkarafo]

It still controls better than any other 3D platformer.

 

[ManaByte]

The greatest video game ever made.

 

[nani17]