Happy Birthday Nintendo 64

NINTENDO 64

<p>Well&comma; the Nintendo 64 has finally hit the 20-year mark&semi; your favorite childhood console is now one year away from being able to drink&period; While the original release date was set for September 29&comma; 1996&comma; the console was delivered prematurely on September 26&period; The weird thing about this launch was the fact that only two titles launched with the system&period; This is a risky move and may have hurt the N64 at its onset&period; <em>Legend of Zelda<&sol;em> didn&&num;8217&semi;t hit for quite some time&comma; but I know that most of my buddies bought it then to play the first 3D <em>Zelda<&sol;em> title&period;  I remember seeing the N64 kiosk at the Blockbuster I worked at&comma; and staying late to try out <em>Super Mario 64<&sol;em> and <em>Pilotwings 64<&sol;em>&period; It really is hard to believe that 20 years ago I was experiencing 3D gaming for the first time&period; Here are some of the best trailers to bring about those tears of nostalgia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I remember seeing this one while saving money to get a console during that generation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;S40fBi65U8c<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This commercial made me sad&comma; seeing as I could never get too far in its predecessor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;dU6wLNrii9Y<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This commercial was probably better than the game it was advertising&comma; but I don&&num;8217&semi;t ever remember hearing anything good about <em>Battletanx<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;TWi8rqL0hEs<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>These goofy commercials are the best&colon; I remember the <em>Battletanx<&sol;em> one the most because I laughed the hardest at it&period; Unfortunately for 3DO it didn&&num;8217&semi;t prompt me to buy the game&period; Instead&comma; I just rattled off about the commercial to everyone I saw&period; I really wish publishers would bring these types of commercials back&semi; now they take themselves too seriously and have sucked all the fun out&period; But I digress &period; &period; &period; what games will you be playing for Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s big milestone&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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