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MYSTERIOUS: N64 - What They Never Told You

The Super Pocket Rare edition reeled me in with Banjo-Kazooie goodness, but the retro handheld also boasts one of my favorite NES games

The Super Pocket Rare Edition offers up a remarkably solid way to play Banjo-Kazooie for $70, but you're also getting one of my favorite quirky NES outings.

GamesRadar · Jun 17

Star Fox looks pretty on Switch 2, but it's time Nintendo let the N64 game die

We’ve played the upcoming Star Fox Nintendo Switch 2 game, but can’t help but wish that it wasn't such a faithful Star Fox 64 remake.

TechRadar · Jun 2

The Legend of Zelda Maker is finally a reality thanks to one solo dev making an "N64-inspired love letter," and its brilliant demo is out now

You can play Temple Maker 64 now

GamesRadar · May 29

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Maybe some N64 games are better left forgotten, but don't tell that to the reconstituted Star Fox studio seemingly teasing a Buck Bumble revival

Right about now, it's time to rock

GamesRadar · Apr 20

Nintendo 64 gets a Skyrim-sized open-world game as dev busts the infamous fog that's defined the console for 30 years

Somehow it's got a "good, and even sometimes great, frame rate"

GamesRadar · Mar 28

Palmer Luckey’s retro gaming venture seeks $1 billion valuation as FPGA-based Nintendo 64 clone launch nears — ModRetro's M64 console plays original N64 cartridges, supports 4K resolution

Palmer Luckey is said to be in talks with investors to raise funds for ModRetro at a $1 billion valuation as the retro gaming company prepares to ship its second product.

Tom’s Hardware · Mar 8

I could've used this Super Mario 64 secret 30 years ago, and it's blowing my mind now: all you need is exactly 11 button mashes to escape King Bob-omb

Nintendo did not want you to treat your N64 controller kindly

GamesRadar · Feb 19

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Super Mario 64's fanmade PS1 port was just one volley in the renewed '90s console war, as Spyro the Dragon fans are also taking Insomniac's legendary platformer to N64

Truly, nothing is sacred anymore

GamesRadar · Nov 25, 2025

Before Banjo-Kazooie's mascot was a bear and after he was a human, the N64 icon was actually a rabbit, according to a former Rare developer

"We went from a boy to a rabbit for about a week"

GamesRadar · Nov 22, 2025

30 Years Ago, A James Bond Movie Secretly Laid The Blueprint For A Gaming Revolution

The movie 'GoldenEye' hit theaters 30 years ago. Here's how it set up the classic N64 game.

Inverse · Nov 16, 2025

Move Over 'Street Fighter.' 30 Years Ago, PlayStation's Best Fighting Game Put You Behind the Wheel.

What if the cars were the weapons? Here's how 'Twisted Metal' changed the game in 1995.

Inverse · Nov 5, 2025

Silksong has been sent back in time to the N64 era with a fan-made demake, and I shudder to think of how hard it would be with 5th-gen controls

What a harrowing thought

GamesRadar · Oct 31, 2025

Destructoid’s Retro Runback I – Weird wonderful world of Pokémon N64

What began as a love turned into an obsession.

Destructoid · Jul 4, 2025

Massive Super Smash Bros. mod adds the N64 fighting game's actual announcer, and its new 15-minute trailer rivals Masahiro Sakurai's best work

Smash Remix just gets bigger and bigger

GamesRadar · Jun 26, 2025

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Inverse · May 22, 2025

25 Years Ago, Nintendo Dropped the Perfect First Person Shooter

First, there was 'GoldenEye,' then there was this. Here's why 'Perfect Dark' was so perfect.

GamesRadar · Feb 12, 2025

The Wii version of N64 classic GoldenEye almost didn't have guns in it because the James Bond producer "did not really want anything that was violence"

Can you imagine Bond without his iconic pistol pose?

GamesRadar · Jan 25, 2025

This animatronic Banjo-Kazooie puppet showed up for 1 second in a '90s N64 commercial, only to reappear decades later, sell for $2,100, and haunt my dreams forever

This is the stuff nightmares are made of

PC Gamer · Apr 10, 2024

Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom delivers imaginative 3D platforming without a jump button

A delightfully zany N64 throwback with plenty of new ideas—and it makes fun of Elon Musk.

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GamesRadar · Jan 11, 2024

Smash Remix adds 29 new characters and 78 new stages to the N64 Smash Bros, and its latest update has one of the greatest gaming trailers I've ever seen

Banjo-Kazooie is now part of Smash Bros on N64, and that's just the tip of the iceberg with this astoundingly massive mod

GamesRadar · Aug 25, 2023

Mario Party 3 hopefuls in shambles after a different N64 classic hits Nintendo Switch Online

"Maybe the real Mario Party 3 is the friends we made along the way"

PC Gamer · Aug 23, 2023

Nightdive just performed another remaster magic trick: making N64-exclusive Turok 3 feel like a true PC FPS

Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion cleans up nice for a 23-year-old console shooter.

MusicRadar · Jun 13, 2023

Radiohead’s OK Computer painstakingly recreated using a slew of N64-derived classics

Follow-up to YouTuber's In Rainbows/Super Mario 64 epic features FX from Goldeneye, Mario Kart 64, Zelda: Ocarina of Time and more

Creative Bloq · May 29, 2023

Can you spot the mistake in this iconic Nintendo logo?

This classic N64 logo had a design fail.

GamesRadar · Jun 19, 2022

The 25 best N64 games of all time

Looking back on the best N64 games in 2026 and explore the releases that defined the classic console, from Paper Mario to Banjo Kazooie

USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 7, 2022

N64 cult classic Glover is re-releasing this April

This spring, the gloves are coming off.

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