Top 50 and Bottom 25 Nintendo 64 games list

[mercarian]

The worst N64 game IMHO is Superman 64. What a piece. The top gaming list too me is very good. N64 offers a really nice variety of games, while maintaining "funness."

[cyberfluxor]

The worst N64 game IMHO is Superman 64. What a piece.

With all of the crap I've heard of Superman 64, I fear bringing it into my car. I've avoided it each time it's been spotted in the wild. Why taint my other cartridges either? Maybe one day it'll come to me free and in a flaming basket.

[lendelin]

With all of the crap I've heard of Superman 64, I fear bringing it into my car. I've avoided it each time it's been spotted in the wild. Why taint my other cartridges either? Maybe one day it'll come to me free and in a flaming basket.

There is nothing wrong having and playing the worst games. I still regret that I didn't buy Superman 64 and Quest 64.. I made sure that I have Aquaman and Pulse Racer for the Xbox, great games.

I'm surprised that Starfox 64 isn't higher up in the list. The game was my favorite for the system, great shooter, well designed, and the replay value if you go after high scores is fantastic.

[Ed Oscuro]

Agreed, Star Fox 64 is one of the iconic games of our time. Sure it's "just" an upgraded SNES game, but oh man...plus the audios are classic. DO A ... you know the rest.

Interesting that we don't get into the 8.X scores until 23rd place. That's pretty darn decent - you can have a good sized N64 collection with nothing but 9.X scoring games.

I'm a bit disappointed that Extreme G 2 didn't get onto the list; although I got over my initial (mostly irrational) disappointment with the original going to it after XG2 (years and years after its release), I still think the sequel is better: Better feeling of speed, much better visuals, better bonus modes, and the weapons still aren't bad.

[Rob2600]

I just added the list of 25 worst Nintendo 64 games.

Can only guess what #1 is, right? I know most will say Daikatana, but I own and have played it. Although it sucks, it don't quite feel as though it's the worst for some reason.

Actually, there are 11 Nintendo 64 games that are worse than Daikatana.

I'm surprised that Starfox 64 isn't higher up in the list. The game was my favorite for the system, great shooter, well designed, and the replay value if you go after high scores is fantastic.

I completely agree. Star Fox 64 is one of my favorite video games ever. At one point, I had the enemy patterns memorized and could get medals on every stage in one try.

I'm a bit disappointed that Extreme G 2 didn't get onto the list

Actually, I'm surprised Extreme-G is as high as it is. I remember both versions being decent, but not superb. I'm also surprised Donkey Kong 64 is so high on the list. It was a great looking, well-produced game, but I don't think it deserved a 9.1.

Believe it or not, Super Smash Bros. scored a 7.9 overall...not quite high enough to make it onto the list. In fact, there are a lot of great games that didn't make the cut - 007: The World Is Not Enough, BattleTanx: Global Assault, Harvest Moon 64, Mario Party, Mortal Kombat 4, Pokemon Snap, Quake II, StarCraft 64, Top Gear Rally, etc.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Tetrisphere being rated above The New Tetris makes me sad.

4-player T.N.Tetris on N64 was great.

[Tony Lama]

Tetrisphere being rated above The New Tetris makes me sad.

4-player T.N.Tetris on N64 was great.

I love puzzle games and TETRISPHERE was okay. Never played THE NEW TETRIS. But I feel the REAL tragedy is that POKEMON PUZZLE LEAGUE ranked 30th! I know it's really TETRIS ATTACK, but the fundamentals are still the same. PPL deserves to rank much higher.

Also, DR. MARIO 64 didn't make the list?! One of my favorites on the N64!

And I know I will lose credibility for saying this but I loved WAR GODS (ranked 25th on worst list). That game cracks me up!

[Rob2600]

I have played and enjoyed the majority here but would certainly rank games such as Mario Party, Harvest Moon, Star Wars: Episode I Racer & Top Gear Overdrive among them.

Yes, I agree. As I wrote in my previous post, a bunch of great games received high scores, but not quite high enough to crack the top 50. Some of them were my favorites, but I had to draw the line somewhere. I could've made the list longer, but I think 50 is plenty.

Tetrisphere being rated above The New Tetris makes me sad.

4-player T.N.Tetris on N64 was great.

I know what you mean, but there's really only a 0.2 difference between both games (8.5 vs. 8.7).

I used to play Tetrisphere a lot. It's fun, but my favorite part about it was the music. It sounded really, really good.

[CelticJobber]

I think Banjo Kazooie is ranked a little too high, and Zelda: Majora's Mask is a little too low. IMHO, the original San Francisco Rush which isn't in the top 50 was better/more memorable than Beetle Adventure Racing. And I'm shocked that more of the AKI-developed THQ wrestling games didn't make the cut, as they were a major selling point for the N64 to a lot of people.

[Neb6]

I used to play Tetrisphere a lot. It's fun, but my favorite part about it was the music. It sounded really, really good.

You should have heard the soundtrack that he WANTED to put on there. It was awesome. Unfortunately, the management wouldn't let him use that set of tracks, so he wrote the ones you hear in the game. Now if that had been a disc-based system, both sets of music would have been included.

[Trevelyan]

The top 3 were my favorite's but deviating from rational integers only clouds a foggy console and the games that were released. I have played and enjoyed the majority here but would certainly rank games such as Mario Party, Harvest Moon, Star Wars: Episode I Racer & Top Gear Overdrive among them. Its still one of my favorite consoles however and i explained as much in the appropriate thread.


P.S. Get A Love: Panda Love Unit anyone? And did anyone play Jeopardy! on the N64! !

[Slate]

With all of the crap I've heard of Superman 64, I fear bringing it into my car. I've avoided it each time it's been spotted in the wild. Why taint my other cartridges either? Maybe one day it'll come to me free and in a flaming basket.

You got me thinking of making a movie, Back to the Future 2 style, About someone burning a copy of superman 64.