Top 5 Nintendo 64 Games

     I have such a big library of games for the Nintendo 64 so this is going to be tough putting this into a top 5 list. Some of my decisions may surprise you in choosing some games over others, but I believe I have a valid explanation for all of my decisions. (Note that once again these are my favorites in my opinion only.)

5. Starfox 64
     Ah Starfox if only you where as good as your old games you fanbase wouldn't have diminished as much. This is where the Starfox franchise got know as one of the Nintendo character icon. And who can for get that great internet meme from Peppy who saids"Do a Barrel Role!"  This game is great shooting game. You play as Fox Mcloud's son James Mcloud and take on the evil empire of Androsa who is trying to take over the lylat system. The story tells you of one of Starfox's members betraying James' father and Andross killing Fox Mcloud. This is a 3rd or 1st person shooter where you control fox's Arwing and move forward in most levels destroying enemy fighter on your way until you get to the boss. In which case it goes into a 3 dimensional controls and you can fly anywhere.

     Your teammates are Falco, Slippy, and Peppy. they help you with the boss battles and levels, but if you dont help them when enemy's are attacking them they lose all their life and have to go back to the main ship (Great Fox) and repair and will not be with you for the next mission. Their are different routes you can take for each level and doing something specific in the level will lead you to an alternative level instead of the usual one.

Independence Day left Starfox 64 right 

     I want to point out one level of the game it reminds me of the movie independence day their is this military base you have to protect and a giant flying saucer is going to destroy it (video of the level).  If you play the right levels of the game you can get the real ending to the game not the cheap ending which is easy.

     The real ending is after you defeat the giant mechanical head of Andross it explodes into a brain with eyes and then he saids something really funny " only I have the brains to rule Lylat." This boss is the hardest thing in the game. Also glad it is because he is the last boss after you defeat him Andross tries to take you with him. It goes to a white screen then your father saids "don't ever give up my son" He guides you out of Andross exploding base then he disappears when you escape. This game had good voice acting when it came to games back then. This game was awesome and deserves number 5 in my countdown.

4. Diddy Kong Racing
     This game is so addicting it is one of the first games I think of playing when my friend wants to play Nintendo 64 again. This game is so competitive in racing that to be honest blows Mario Kart 64 out of the water! Diddy Kong Racing is all the company of Rare characters from Banjo Kazooie to Conker. (who I must question as to why have him in this kids game if he was a Mature title?)

    Story goes like this: Timber the Tiger's parents go on vacation and leave their son in charge of the island they live on, leaving him and his friends to race for fun. Their enjoyment is derailed when an evil Wizpig arrives at peaceful Timber's Island and attempts to take over after he conquered his own planet's racetracks. He turns the four island's guardians: Tricky the Triceratops, Bubbler the Octopus, Bluey the Walrus and Smokey the Dragon into his henchmen. The only solution available to the island's inhabitants is to defeat Wizpig in an elaborate series of races that involves cars, hovercrafts, and airplanes. 

     If you knew the cheat codes you can have 2 player co-op in story mode! (Cheat: joint adventure. I still know it If a friend ever wants to play again) It also has 4 player split screen for racing and their are unique game too like shoot your fiends down in like an arena map and much more. I think that this part of the game worked better than Mario Kart 64 because it was 3 strikes your out, but in Diddy Kong racing as long as you had 1 banana (and theirs bananas all around the map) You would not die making it more competitive and longer game.  This game is a great game to play for anyone and deserves to be in my top 5. 

3. GoldenEye 007
     This game was my first First-person shooter and was amazing. I was already a James Bond fan before the games so this gets extra brownie points. I don't know about other people, but the first time when I played this game I would just go around killing everyone ignoring missions then when everyone seems dead I would actually pay attention to the missions. 

     This game was especially fun if you had cheat codes to carry every weapon in the game. From throwing knives to grenade launchers to actually having a tank as a weapon this game was nothing but action shooting game. The multi-player aspect is just as fun when you have 4 friends trying to kill you though a wall with a laser gun. This game deserves to be at number 3 for me.

2 Mario 64
     How can I not put Mario in my top 5 spot for Nintendo 64 games. This was in my opinion the best Mario game of all time as well. The first Mario game to go from 2d into 3d and it succeeded big time. The story is princes Peach is trapped in a painting and you have to collect star powers in the paintings of Peach's castle to be powerful enough to defeat Bowser who put Peach in the painting in the first place and took the star power for his own.

    The most memorial stage in the game is the first one you go into the Bob-omb world and the stage before you go through to get to bowser(which has awesome music that goes with that stage). The learning curve in this game is good goes from easy stars to get to really difficult and leaves you thinking on how to get the lasts stars of each stage. Not to mention you have to collect 100 coins in each stage to get another star. If you mange to get all the stars you can go to the top of the castle from the outside and you see Yoshi who gives you 100 lives. 

This game is at only 2 which you might as well guessed already what number 1 is.    

1. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 
     This game is my favorite for the Nintendo 64. It took me so long to beat. after years of trying as a little kid I went back to it around 14- 15 years old to finally beat this game. I'm so glad I did this game was the funnest game to play out of all the Legend of Zelda games. It had a great plot, great control, great combat controls as well, and great graphics of its time. The boss battles were all memorable and hard as hell. Ah the frustration I had with Ganondorf. The items and power ups were so cool. It had so much gameplay and it was such a long game. If only more games could be just as long. This deserves my Number 1 spot.

Next week I'll do top 5 Gamecube games.!