Platform archive · Nintendo
Nintendo 64
Nintendo’s cartridge-based 64-bit console made analog movement central to 3D play. Its library is smaller than its disc-based rivals, but includes many of the era’s defining console releases.
Hardware launch era1996
Physical games470
Documented packages472
Hardware variants12
NintendoLaunch information
The platform’s opening chapter
- Hardware era
- 1996
- Launch region
- Worldwide
- Primary physical format
- Cartridge
- First documented physical release
- June 23, 1996
- Latest documented physical release
- November 28, 2002
- Special editions and variants
- 2
Hardware collector index
Colors, revisions, and special editions
Launch · Worldwide
Charcoal Gray
Special edition · Japan / North America
Gold
Color · Worldwide
Funtastic Fire Orange
Color · Worldwide
Funtastic Grape Purple
Color · Worldwide
Funtastic Ice Blue
Color · Worldwide
Funtastic Jungle Green
Color · Worldwide
Funtastic Smoke Black
Color · Worldwide
Funtastic Watermelon Red
Special edition · Japan / Europe
Pikachu Blue / Yellow
Special edition · Japan
Pikachu Orange / Yellow
Color · Japan
Clear Blue / White
Color · Japan
Clear Red / White
Best-known releases
Platform-defining collector highlights
Complete physical checklist