Nintendo 64

The Nintendo 64 (N64) is a console created by Nintendo released in 1996. N64 games are cartridge based. It was eventually succeeded by the Gamecube.

Technical specs.

• CPU: 64-bit R4300i RISC
• Co-Processor: 64-bit RISC
• Memory: 4MB (upgradeable to 36Mb)
• Colours: 16.7 million (32,000 on screen)
• Polygons: 150,000 per second
• Resolution: 640x480 pixels
• Sound: 16 to 24-channel

Pokémon games

There are five Pokémon games for the Nintendo 64. In chronological order they are:

• Pokémon Snap
• Pokémon Stadium
• Pokémon Stadium 2
• Pokémon Puzzle League
• Hey You, Pikachu!
• Super Smash Brothers (features Pokémon)

Trivia

Nintendo released several custom products including a Pikachu N64 which came in two colours (blue and orange). It had several customisations such as a Poké Ball for the on button and Pikachu's foot for the reset button.

N64 myths

It is popular belief that the Nintedo 64 was the first 64 bit console, the first console with four controllers and the first console to use an analog stick. This however, is not true. The first game console to bill itself as "64-bit" was actually the Atari Jaguar, while the first console to use an analog stick was the Emerson Arcadia, and the first to feature four controller ports was the Bally Astrocade.