Editing Nintendo 64

{{HardwareInfobox 
| image        = Nintendo 64 logo.svg
| image2       = Nintendo64.jpg
| manufacturer = Nintendo IRD
| type         = Home Console
| generation   = Fifth
| predecessor  = Super Nintendo Entertainment System
| successor    = GameCube
| competitors  = PlayStation,SEGA Saturn
| na_rel       = {{Release|1996|September|29|NA}}
| eu_rel       = {{Release|1997|March|1|EU}}
| jp_rel       = {{Release|1996|June|23|JP}}
| storage      = 64 [[MiB]] [[Game Pak]]
| save         = 32 [[KiB]] [[Controller Pak]]
}}

The '''Nintendo 64''' (stylized as '''NINTENDO<sup>64</sup>''' and often referred to as '''N64''') was a 64-bit [[Video game console generations|fifth-generation]] system launched by [[Nintendo]] in 1996 (June 23 in [[Japan]], September 29 in [[North America]], March 1, 1997 in [[Europe]], and September 1, 1997 in [[France]]).

==History==
Originally dubbed '''"Project Reality"'''. At the time, this project was considered very important, as around that time it was believed by many that CD's were the future of gaming. Nintendo's official reasoning for this was to eliminate the [[load times]] found in other systems that used the CD format.

==Competition==
The Nintendo 64 was competing against the [[PlayStation]] (birthed from a brief alliance Sony had with Nintendo when they were planning a CD-ROM adapter for the SNES) and the [[SEGA Saturn]], both of which played CD-ROM games exclusively. Both this system and the PlayStation were supported by major third-party developers and publishers, though not many games were released for the Nintendo 64 by comparison due to its use of the cartridge format, and those that were released suffered certain deletion of elements such as the use of CD-quality audio that appeared in the PlayStation versions. The loss of Square's support for Nintendo consoles with the Nintendo 64's release, resulting in ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' appearing on the PlayStation instead, proved to be a damaging blow to both Nintendo and its dedicated fan base.[[File:Nintendo_64.jpg|thumb|left|330px]]
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==Launch Games==
===Japan===
The Nintendo 64 launched in Japan on June 23, 1996

* ''[[Pilotwings 64]]''
* ''[[Saikyō Habu Shōgi]]''
* ''[[Super Mario 64]]''

===United States===
The Nintendo 64 launched in the United States on September 29, 1996

* ''[[Pilotwings 64]]''
* ''[[Super Mario 64]]''

===Europe===
The Nintendo 64 launched in Europe on March 1, 1997

* ''[[FIFA Soccer 64]]''
* ''[[Pilotwings 64]]''
* ''[[Super Mario 64]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire]]''
* ''[[Turok: Dinosaur Hunter]]''
* ''[[Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey]]''

==Emulators==
The Nintendo 64 was released in mid-1996 as Nintendo's front-runner in the original next-gen console wars. Although it was a much higher powered machine than the PlayStation or the [[SEGA Saturn]], the Nintendo 64 always lagged behind in sales. Nintendo chose to sell the machine on the merits of its fast-loading cartridge system and the fact that it featured a 64-bit architecture - unfortunately for Nintendo, people were more impressed by high-capacity CD media, in-game movie sequences and pre-recorded soundtracks than fast loading and the size of the machine's memory addressing capabilities, which translated into bigger sales figures for Sony and SEGA, although SEGA were hampered due to consumer and developer mistrust over the [[32X]]. Developers often preferred the Playstation for their titles due to the Nintendo 64's inability to provide media-rich content.

Specs: 
* '''CPU:''' MIPS R4300i, 93.75 [[MHz]], [[64-bit]], 24 [[KiB]] L1, 125 MIPS, 250 [[MiB]]/sec Bus
* '''Graphics:''' SGI RCP, 62.5 [[MHz]], 100 MFLOPS, 150k Polygons/Sec, [[32-bit]] color, 500 [[MiB]]/sec Bus
* '''Sound:''' SGI RCP, 64 2D Voices, ADPCM, 500 [[MiB]]/sec Bus
* '''Data:''' 4 [[MiB]] (500 [[MiB]]/s), Cartridge (32 [[MiB]]), Expansion 4 [[MiB]] RAM

==Screenshots==

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N6400_ob.jpg          | ''[[Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber]]''<br>[[Quest Corporation]]
N6401_pd.jpg          | ''[[Perfect Dark]]''<br>[[Rare]]
N6402_oot.jpg         | ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]''<br>[[Nintendo]]
N6403_mario.jpg       | ''[[Super Mario 64]]''<br>[[Nintendo]]
N6404_banjo.jpg       | ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''<br>[[Rare]]
N6405_starfox.jpg     | ''[[Star Fox 64]]''<br>[[Nintendo]]
N6406_ssb.jpg         | ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''<br>[[Nintendo]]/[[HAL Labs]]
N6407_sbk.jpg         | ''[[Snowboard Kids]]''<br>[[Atlus]]
N6408_quest.jpg       | ''[[Quest 64]]''<br>[[Imagineer]]/[[THQ]]
N6408_dkr.jpg         | ''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]''<br>[[Rare]]
N6408 kirb.jpg        | ''[[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]]''<br>[[HAL Labs]]/[[Nintendo]]
Pokestart11.jpg       | ''[[Pokémon Stadium]]''<br>[[Nintendo]]/[[HAL Labs]]
Kart64_1.jpg          | ''[[Mario Kart 64]]''<br>[[Nintendo]]
Pilotwings-64.jpg     | ''[[Pilotwings 64]]''<br>[[Nintendo]]/[[Paradigm]]
N64 goldeneye.jpg     | ''[[GoldenEye 007]]''<br>[[Rare]]
File:Mario Tennis 64 Screenshot.jpeg     | ''[[Mario Tennis]]''<br>[[Nintendo]]/[[Camelot Software Planning]]
</gallery>
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==See also==
* [[:Category:Nintendo 64|Nintendo 64 games]]
* [[List of Nintendo 64 video games]]
* [[:Category:Nintendo 64 peripherals]]

{{Nintendo Hardware}}
{{Fifth-Generation Hardware}}