Talk:Nintendo 64

Proof of $79.99 Games

It might serve people to see proof of Nintendo 64 games being advertised at $79.99 rather than linking to an article stating it. Found the following advertisements from a 1997 magazine.

http://www.rewindgamer.com/2011/08/nintendo-64-game-prices-inflated-to-2011.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.127.140.1 (talk) 17:06, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Emulation

I can't believe that this article misses out on the whole scene of n64 emulation, it is quite advanced and is avaliable on loads of platforms. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Julioenrekei (talk • contribs) 05:54, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Good point. I started a section, but only put links so far. I don't know enough to go into details (dates, coders, etc.). --Thaddius (talk) 15:32, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

I removed all Emulation links and Emulators. Emulation is a form of video game piracy and the article for the N64 had piracy promoting material. Nintendo is getting more and more aggressive in shutting down piracy sites and prosecuting people who are involved.

http://ap.nintendo.com/ http://ap.nintendo.com/internet/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.67.252.109 (talk) 19:25, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Emulation is not a form of software piracy for games that are no longer sold. Do your research before making such edits in the future Aetern142 (talk) 06:45, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Apparently I should do my research ... I apologize. Apparently I was incorrect. Aetern142 (talk) 06:49, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

I added some emulation info from a 2012 copy of the article. Since not all emulation is copyright infringement, it can't be that merely including this information on Wikipedia is contributory copyright infringement. If any particular bit of emulation information is dangerous to have, then we can delete it (please provide rationale on this talk page). But, N64 emulation is too notable to just exclude all of it to avoid the risk of Nintendo's wrath. 192.249.47.210 (talk) 19:17, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

just wondering ... 64mb limit?

So, no-one came up with any clever bank-switching / chip-switching routines or on-cartridge hardware to bypass that limit then? 256mb ROMs may still have been way too expensive, but... yknow... I bet it's not an utterly absolute limit. Do we know if it was ever tried, instead of the highly questionable (and risky due to potential misuse, e.g. swapping with the power on) "second cartridge" idea? It was commonplace with earlier consoles e.g. NES, VCS and the like (though not the SNES, which could have - if anyone was able to afford it at the time - managed a full 16mb before needing any help... wonder why the N64 was so limited?) 193.63.174.11 (talk) 18:49, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Virtual Boy?

The Virtual Boy is listed as the predecessor. Shouldn't this be the SNES? 76.204.123.119 (talk) 12:30, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Corrected it. The claim that the Virtual Boy was the predecessor to the Nintendo 64 is unfounded. The Nintendo 64 was developed concurrently with the Virtual Boy and was still in development by the time the Virtual Boy was released. Nintendo always promoted the Nintendo 64 as the successor to the Super NES, way back when they were running the Project Reality tech demos. The Virtual Boy was never promoted as a successor to any other Nintendo system - it was a standalone product. --Jtalledo (talk) 18:53, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Infobox picture with blank cartridge

The current infobox picture of the system with a cartridge that doesn't have a label looks awkward. It's certainly not indicative of an N64 in normal use. Since having a labeled cartridge would run afoul of copyrights, it would be preferable to have a picture of the system with no cartridge inserted. --Jtalledo (talk) 18:35, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

There isn't any good reason why a normal picture of a Nintendo 64 with a regular game cartridge in it shouldn't be included on the Nintendo 64 project page. Under normal circumstances, the only reason a blank cartridge would be inserted into an N64 is if the label has been peeled off, in which case there'd almost certainly be residue/fragments of the original label (unless someone had used goo gone or used considerable care), or if it was a custom cartridge. Neither of these situations should be represented by the main image in an encyclopedic article on the Nintendo 64. --danhash (talk) 14:18, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Also, it just looks really weird to have a blank cartridge in an otherwise average, professional-looking picture of a Nintendo 64. --danhash (talk) 14:22, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

"ultimate" part of the name

i seem to remember it being called the "nintendo ultimate 64," or something similar as sort of a pre-production name, back in nintendo power..am i hallucinating this, or does the article just make no mention of it? Impasse 16:41, 20 June 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Impasse (talk • contribs)

I don't think that was ever a name of the console. I think the name you mentioned is an unintentional combining the current name and the old name Ultra 64. The only other name I know of is Project Reality.--76.66.188.209 (talk) 18:12, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

I also took a look on Google using the advanced search option and only found 3 entries. Two were for this very page and the other place I saw saying that nintendo ultimate 64 was a code name was from an annomous post on a form. While it may be true I find it doubtful that no one outside of a single form post would mentioned it after all these years.--76.66.188.209 (talk) 18:20, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Who are Dominic Rogerson, Dimitri Michalakis, Greg Lamb?

I was deeply involved in the Nintendo64 development program at Silicon Graphics and MIPS. This article was recently edited to read "The Nintendo 64 owes its existence to Dominic Rogerson, Dimitri Michalakis, Greg Lamb". Could someone please identify who these people are, and in what capacity they were involved in Nintendo64? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Weighting (talk • contribs) 19:54, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Variants of the N64?

Can we get a solid number on this? Recent edits have said 16, the article originally said "at least eight," the section in the article lists less than 16 (unless I suck at counting), and I've found a source (probably not very reliable) that lists more than 16. TheStickMan^[✆Talk] 02:51, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Chronology of N64 Games

This page seems to no longer exist, the chronology now points to a list of N64 which is not nearly as usefull as the chronology was. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yorxs (talk • contribs) 21:35, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

Try asking about it in the talk page of that article. Unless you're asking for a chronology of games in this article. TheStickMan^[✆Talk] 00:10, 25 January 2014 (UTC)