Mr. H's list 4: Top 20 Nintendo64 games OTHER than Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Super Mario 64

For me and pretty much anyone that is around my age, the Nintendo64 pretty much summed up our early childhood. I would know, my brother got one for Christmas shortly after it came out. I spent a LOT of time playing it, and I still spend time playing it whenever I can. Unfortunately, all things must pass, and it had the 5 year life-span of a lot of gaming consoles. Nowadays, we can all agree on one thing: N64 games are pretty damn awesome. However, on almost every single list you can find online of the best N64 games, one of two games is at the top:

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Super Mario 64

Let's face it, there's a good reason for it, they're legendary games. But it's time we took a look at the games that aren't always at #1. Therefore, those two are out of my list.

So here it is, Mr. H's top 20 N64 games OTHER than Ocarina of Time and Super Mario 64.

20. Harvest Moon 64

I've never played this game thoroughly, but I know that it was big. It's an extremely unique game, and only the other games in the series come close to being similar to it. It's basically Farmville mixed with Frontierville (NOT THAT I WOULD KNOW), just on the Nintendo 64, without having to constantly send and accept gift requests and pissing off your mom for not adding her on Facebook to accept the black sheep she just found. In the end, this game's a good example of why addicting can be a good thing.

19. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2

Before the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater franchise forgot that the point of a skateboarding game is to actually skateboard, there was this. While this isn't a N64 exclusive game, it was pretty damn fun. Now, there's a good reason I chose #2 over #1, there's a good reason for it: It's the first sports game where you get to play as Darth Maul.

18. Pokemon Snap!

I figured out how to add captions by accidentally clicking this picture

This game is a pretty huge staple in my childhood. There was no other point in the game than to point at a Pokemon, and shoot. Get a good picture, make it to Mew, get a better picture, finish, start over. There's nothing like getting that perfect 10,000 picture. While it's disappointingly short with only 63 featured Pokemon of a possible 151, you still can't deny the lasting impact it's had our childhoods.

17. Diddy Kong Racing

Rare's follow up to Mario Kart 64, but with a twist. Not only could you drive in cars, you could drive in hovercrafts and airplanes. The maps were insane, and that pig that rode a rocket at the end in a race was a huge bastard. Regardless, it was a worthy game to follow Mario Kart. However, if you raced as T.T., you're a cheap bastard.

16. Blast Corps

It's a good thing I did a bit of research. My mom rented this game for me about 12 years ago, and I loved it, but I completely forgot about it until recently. This game was AWESOME. It expressed the two main qualities of American 90s childhood: Video games, and blowing shit up. The point was the find a safe route to explode a nuke that was accidentally ignited. Fucking EXTREME. I haven't played this game in over a decade, so I plan on refreshing my memory on it as soon as I can.

15. Perfect Dark

^Not Goldeneye

I'll try to do the rest of this paragraph without mentioning Goldeneye. Perfect Dark was a game that perfected FPS multiplayer. It had a ridiculously wide range of guns that could be used as well as multiple modes and characters to use. It had a great singleplayer that used stealth to it's advantage. That's all I've got.

14. Donkey Kong 64

Like all popular franchises of the SNES era, Donkey Kong needed it's own jump from 2D to 3D, and then this game was born. Featuring 2 old Kongs and 3 new ones (THAT WE NEVER SEE AGAIN), it was a huge game with multiple things to do on every level. It's one of those "I can't get that banana, so I'll go back later and get it" games. Unfortunately for this game, it didn't meet with the same responses that other demension-hoppers received. However, the rap that plays when you start up the game alone is enough to put it on this list.

13. Jet Force Gemini

I've never played the singleplayer on this game, but I spent countless hours as a kid playing the multiplayer with my friends. I didn't even know what this game was called when I was playing it, weird...What I do know about this game is that the multiplayer's fun as hell, and that's a huge part of any N64 game.

12. Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

One of my favorite games on the entire console, Crystal Shards was insane. Like all the Kirby games, he sucks in his enemies and subsequently gains their abilities. This game, however, added in a new twist: You could mix power-ups. Jesus Christ. This offered seemingly endless possibilities. You could get a fire sword, become a fridge and shoot food at enemies, a fire arrow, or the best of all: A god damn rock that destroys everything in your path with the help of static electricity. What the HELL.

11. Conker's Bad Fur Day

If the game cover won't elaborate the game's humor, I'm not sure what will

Despite the squeaky-clean image that Rare gave Conker in his first few games and Diddy Kong Racing, this game breaks every commandment, three times over. While I don't find the game very funny due to my hatred of vulgar humor, it's often cited by professional game critics as the funniest game of all time. Hilarity aside, it was a great game, it's just a shame that Conker hasn't been in the spotlight since then as he was when this game came out.

10. Pokemon Stadium 2

Now, why 2 and not 1? Good question: same game, more Pokemon. Regardless of what people think, the 2nd generation of Pokemon was probably the best thing that could've happened for the franchise, and this game was released on top of Gold and Silver. Not only could you connect the Gameboy games to this game and fight with them, you could play the ridiculous multiplayer games they offered. (I love the Eevee one).

9. Wave Race 64

This is one of the first games we rented after we got our Nintendo 64, it was amazing. It was the epitome of graphics at the time (the water was particularly entertaining). You could play this game, relentlessly, for hours. And do nothing but race. Word.

8. Mario Kart 64

To wrap up the racing games on the N64, we have Mario Kart 64. I've played this game so much it's unhealthy to be talking about it. It sparked one of Mario's most successful spin-off franchises and is still played constantly in official VG tournaments today. It was nuts.

7. Super Smash Bros.

The only time you'll legitimately almost see a Pikachu get kicked by a human

When this game came out, I died. Never before would anyone think they'd put multiple Nintendo franchise giants together to kill each other. Doesn't get much better than that. It started Nintendo's most loved spin-off franchise. Although I don't think this game is as good as it's sequels, it was still pretty damn amazing

6. Star Fox 64

Rumble paks were the Allah of the 5th generation

The first Star Fox was considered a stepping stone in the right direction for graphics, and remember, back then, 3D was a big deal. Now that the 3D era began, Nintendo did the smart thing and made this game. It's what I personally think is the most quotable game of all time. While the multiplayer isn't too much to be excited about, the story mode in this game has more replay value than almost any other game of the time.

5. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

After Ocarina of Time came out, people doubted that they could come out with a good Zelda follow-up game. They were wrong, apparently. A game that is even more graphically-enhanced than it's predecessor, and has an even more complex storyline. I've personally never played this game very much since my family's always been a more Mario-centric group. But from what I've heard, it's Ocarina of Time on steroids, but just isn't Ocarina of Time.

4. Mario Party 2

I had to choose which N64 Mario Party was the best. Many would agree that #2 is easily the most enjoyable. This game actually was the prequel on steroids. Not only did they have new maps, they added costumes, more mini-games, and a mini-storyline to go along with the festivities. Why they never included costumes again is a mystery (they were badass). This franchise is a money making machine, though it's odd Mario Party 9 hasn't hit the shelves or even been announced yet.

3. Paper Mario

The spiritual successor to Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (otherwise known as quite possibly my favorite game ever). This game is awesome, I've played through it enough times to tell anyone anything about the game. The side-kicks, the story, the enemies. Everything about it is perfect. I still worship this game, and I'm getting a Nintendo 3DS at launch specifically to get the newest Paper Mario that's coming out along with it.

2. GoldenEye 007

^Goldeneye

Look at #15. Very good, now paste that paragraph here and you have the reasoning for it. As ScrewAttack said, Perfect Dark IS Goldeneye, but the difference is, Goldeneye came first. Without this game, you wouldn't of had Perfect Dark, nor would angry 14 year-olds of had their Call of Duty or Halo.
This one's usually #1 if Ocarina of Time and SM64 aren't #1, however...

1. Banjo-Tooie

Probably the most simple and best slogan to ever hit N64

Anyone who's talked to me about video games for an extensive period of time knows how much I love this game. Of course, I could've put Banjo-Kazooie up here, but I decided that this game shines over it for a few reasons:

1. You actually keep the same moves you learned in the first game, and then you learn NEW moves to stack on the ones you've already learned
2. The game is funnier, and it has even more humor than the first one
3. You get coached by a god damn drill-sergeant MOLE.
4. You can become a little dinosaur, a washing machine, a van, a walking statue, a bigger dinosaur, and a bunch of other things with the help of an Indian shaman.
5. Kazooie can become a damn DRAGON.

I have nothing else to add. Banjo-Tooie is the definition of a perfect game sequel. It's too bad we probably won't be seeing any more games from these two that actually include the both of them. (Nuts and Bolts is NOT A SEQUEL, I refuse to think of it as one)

Well, that wraps it up, thanks for reading, bros. Please give me all your opinions.