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When the games came out, I remember the old 4 screen multiplayer Mario Kart 64 days. Then soon after Goldeneye 007, which blew my mind.

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[โ€“] taiyang@lemmy.world 3 points 24 minutes ago

I still remember seeing it as a young child at the E3, which is a wild memory now because (1) they stopped allowing children and (2) they no longer exist.

The demo included Bom-omb Battlefield and it was the first time I had seen 3D. Sure PlayStation and Saturn (and I think Jaguar?) were there too, but Mario 64 was definitely the most impressive.

[โ€“] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 points 42 minutes ago* (last edited 39 minutes ago)

My first memory of the N64 was seeing it in a Blockbuster not long after it came out. The kid playing was doing the first slide in Mario 64 over and over. Later I saw it at a Toys R Us and the person was in Dire Dire Docks. I remember the tint was off and the water looked green. Both of those locations are long gone now, of course. ๐Ÿ‘ด

[โ€“] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[โ€“] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 11 points 2 hours ago
[โ€“] twinnie@feddit.uk 3 points 1 hour ago

I bought one the day it came out in the UK. Back in those days they didnโ€™t get released in all countries at the same time, there was nearly a year between Japan and the UK. I used to go through the backs of magazines staring at the adverts trying to find someone who would sell an import for a remotely reasonable price but they were inflated by like 2.5x.

[โ€“] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 14 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

I had a VHS tape that showed a trailer of Mario 64 lol it was amazing. I don't even remember how I got it.

[โ€“] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 hour ago

I've got one that showed Donkey Kong Country for the SNES. I think they sent them out if you had a Nintendo Power subscription.