The Nintendo 64 chronicles, isolated and revolutionary | A Nintendo 64 Documentary
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Published 2023-10-06
Voiced over by Brad Ziffer.
The song of the Ocarina of Time commercial had to be mute because of DMCA.
To better understand the architecture of the Nintendo 64 and the source of some diagrams used in this video : www.copetti.org/writings/consoles/nintendo-64/
00:00:00 • Introduction
00:00:48 • A controversial choice
00:12:25 • An endless wait
00:27:56 • A misleading launch
00:45:03 • An unexpected turn
00:57:45 • Clash of the titans
01:09:52 • An exceptional end
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File Select - Super Mario 64
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Staff Roll - Super Mario 64
All Comments (21)
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Thanks for all the kind words guys ! Sorry for the wrong pronunciation of some of the names The song of the Ocarina of Time commercial had to be mute because of DMCA unfort.
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Mario 64 was SOOO Addictive. That was whe I was 14. I beat the game and discovered most of the secrets. I'm 40 and that game is still just as replayable.
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This is possibly the best N64 documentary out there. While most will give "hand-wavy" answers as to why things happened the way they did, you supply amazing context that really explains the thought process of what was going on during this radically changing time in the industry. Everything just makes more sense, and makes me appreciate how ground breaking the N64 was in so many ways. Can't wait for the next console documentary. Care to share what it will be?
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I’ll never forget the summer (July/August) of 96. I was able to “rent” an imported N64 w/ Mario and was so blown away by it. I convinced my boss (owner of a comic book shop) we could do the same (rent the imported console) to attract customers to the store with an experience many were excited for, but didn’t want to wait until Christmas of 96. It was a successful marketing campaign and I got to play it in the store when the system was not rented out. Such good times…
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I trusted my gut and waited for the n64. Never regretted it for a second. The library of games was incredible.
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I love seeing People being like " how can you come out from no where with a high quality video like this " without knowing that Sakharu is a french youtuber who already made 90 french documentaries and just started this english channel with an english interpret. I love his content, and i hope that the content of this channel will be as enjoyed as the french one ❤
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This is by far the best N64 documentary I personally do not think the N64 was a failure how you said it gave birth to 2 series in 3-D, Zelda and Mario, which could’ve been possible in its cartridge format yes overall the PlayStation one quite convincingly, but I do feel that the N64 is an underrated system that deserves more love again, great documentary and the most detailed and researched I’ve ever watched.
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I've already watched several documentaries on the same subject, and yet you managed to bring new details and explain it in an incredibly enjoyable way. This video deserves thousands of views. You got a new sub!
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Back when it came out, I had always felt that while other companies were taking risks and trying to push the limit of technological advancement to outdo each other and put out something innovative, Nintendo was always going to be a safe investment for the consumer with a guarantee of quality first party games that would stand the test of time on durable well working hardware.
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Whoa whoa whoa you can NOT just drop a single video this high quality all by itself! Fantastic video I could watch these for hours. Your editing style and voice are absolutely perfect for this.
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Basically the N64 had a Z buffer. This is really the one thing about it that made the visuals stand out from the warpy wobbly visuals on PS1 and Saturn. You really notice it these days when you emulate these systems.
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Extremely clean and professional voice work/narration. I could listen to you run down the history of all the major games consoles for endless hours and I certainly look forward to those videos. Fantastic first upload.
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Finally a documentary that does justice to the console that changed everything. Thanks and congratulations. Excellent work.
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I LOVED this retrospective! And i love how much time you spend on the nintendo playstation. No BS, no trying to be a comedian, no obnoxious loud noises, just a great video!
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64 was dominated in every friend group I was in. Even at soccer camp, kids brought their 64 to play golden eye between sessions. I remember getting mine on Christmas when it came out. I got both Mario and pilot wings and made my parents bring our portable tv for the car ride to my grandmas. I played the whole time that break.
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I really enjoyed the thoroughness and professionalism from beginning to end. I know digging up all this footage, magazine scans and articles is a metric ton of work and can’t imagine how much time went into this. Video game documentaries are my favorite kind of content. I look forward to future videos.
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It's hard to overstate how important control stick notches have been in speedrunning of N64 and Cube games over the years.
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I've been watching more than 20 various documentaries and podcasts about Nintendo 64 for the past year, including this one, and come back again to say that this one is the best one, winner to me about all documentaries about the console. Perfect job
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One of the best documentary/retrospective videos on this platform I’ve watched! Outstanding job my friend!
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Great job, can't believe this channel has no other videos, the quality of this one is through the roof
