Popular games for platform 64DD
"Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber is a tactical RPG for the Nintendo 64. Featuring a gripping storyline with multiple possible endings, and a genre-defining character class system, this strategic epic has rightly retained its place in the hearts of tactical RPG fans for over a decade. The game tells the story of Magnus Gallant, a recently graduated officer of the Palatinean Army who is assigned to the troubled southern region of his native land. There he witnesses the plight of the lower classes – the victims of a tyrannical ruling elite whose only thought is for the preservation of their own lofty status. With civil war brewing, Magnus is faced with a terrible choice: to betray his own noble origins in the name of liberty, or turn a blind eye to the evils of his rotten society."
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is the fifth main installment of The Legend of Zelda series and the first to be released for the Nintendo 64. It was one of the most highly anticipated games of its age, and is listed among the greatest video games ever created by numerous websites and magazines. The gameplay of Ocarina of Time was revolutionary for its time, it has arguably made more of an impact on later games in the series than any of its predecessors even though they had the same cores of exploration, dungeons, puzzles and item usage. Among the gameplay mechanics, one of the most noteworthy is the time-traveling system. The game begins with the player controlling the child Link, but later on an adult Link becomes a playable character as well and each of them has certain unique abilities. Ocarina of Time also introduces the use of music to solve puzzles: as new songs are learned, they can be used to solve puzzles, gain access to new areas and warp to different locations. Dungeon exploration is somewhat more puzzle-oriented than in earlier games but they are not too complex.
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask is a direct sequel to Ocarina of Time, it utilizes the same engine and visual style as its predecessor. The game retains the traditional elements of Zelda games as well as those introduced in Ocarina of Time, such as active blocking with a shield, various throwing items, and the usage of melodies played on the ocarina to solve puzzles. Compared to the previous Zelda games, this installment is more oriented towards interaction with NPCs and has a larger variety of items, optional quests, and mini-games. It also includes a time system that spans three days, and this cycle must be reset periodically to progress through the game.
Your prison ship has crash-landed on the fastest, sleekest, most dangerous 3D world ever created. Look around, crystal clear water shimmers, shadows dance and shift, alien architecture fades into the horizon. Discover the secret of this mysterious planet and find out what caused a peaceful race to be enslaved by vicious merciless aggressors.
Mario and the gang are back for another round of Bowser-bashin' party action! Watch as your favorite Nintendo characters don different duds for each of the five all-new Adventure Boards! A slew of new tricks and devices bring new levels of challenge and excitement to board game play. New board maps, new Mini-Games, new action and new surprises means a whole new batch of fun! Get ready to unleash your best Hip Drops, hammer swings and high-flying high junks for another round of frenzied multi-player action!
Traverse various areas and take photographs of different types of Pokémon by discovering their secrets. Capture the perfect frame to gain bonus points from Professor Oak in order to unlock helpful items and locate and photograph the elusive Mew, a legendary Pokémon whose existence has never been recorded.
There's no Salvation from this army! Can you survive this furiously fast, kill-for-money, real-time blood-fest? There's nowhere to hide as you smash your opponent in 'to-the-limit' conflict. And, while you've got a few nanoseconds to spare, you've got to build to survive, mechs, tanks, troops, mounted slavens - a host of murderous military units who will hone their killing skills with experience. Just what devastating effect does a 7th legion priest have in battle? what happens when you summon the dark legion? The landscape is isometric and you've got to be ice-cool to survive in the blazing heat of combat. And there's more! Random power ups and a massive selection of battle cards that can turn the tides of war in a flash. But be careful: you don't know what cards your opponent is holding and even when you've got his last trooper cornered he might play the battle card that wipes away your entire force! Salvation? They'll be lucky to find a stone to crawl under!
A cancelled business simulation game for the 64DD.
The Nintendo 64 version, cancelled in 2000, of the Game Boy Advance game MOTHER 3, released in 2006.
SimCity 64 is a city-building video game released only in Japan for the Nintendo 64DD, sequel to the SNES version of SimCity. It was the last SimCity game to feature the mayor assistant Mr. Wright.
Japan Pro Golf Tour 64 is a golf simulation game, developed for the short-lived Nintendo 64 Disk Drive add-on. It is best-known for being the only title for the system to offer a form of online play. The game features six gameplay modes, polygonal graphics, and a player editor. One or two players can compete in Match Play mode while up to four can compete for the best score in the 18-hole Stroke Player mode. The game also sports a Grand Opening Mode (compete with the world's best Japan Pro-Golfers,), a Career Mode, Qualifying Tournament (you create your own player and start with a handicap of 0) and Network Opening. The latter lets you connect to Randnet and compete in an All-Japan tournament.
The Randnet Disk is the Disk for Nintendo 64 DD that allowed the players to access the internet via the Randnet service, only released in Japan.
In 1997, Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed in an interview that a new Fire Emblem game was in development for the Nintendo 64. The game was cancelled in 2000 with no screenshots or details provided. It is widely believed that the game was retooled as Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade on the Game Boy Advance.
The Derby Stallion (also known in Japan by the portmanteau abbreviation DerbyStal) video games are a series of genre-merging horse-racing and business simulation games originally created by ASCII Entertainment, and released by Nintendo. The series comprises 21 games, spans more than 10 console platforms, and is the best-selling horse racing series of all time with total sales topping more than 4 million in Japan.
Super Mario 64 2 was the tentative title for a Mario game in development that served as the direct sequel to Super Mario 64, intended for release in 1999. It was going to be for the Nintendo 64DD, but was canceled early in production due to lack of progress and the commercial failure of the 64DD add-on. Only one demo level was ever made but was never publicly revealed. It is also possible that Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Galaxy, or Super Mario Galaxy 2 could have elements salvaged from the development of Super Mario 64 2, according to Nintendo during an E3 event. Luigi was also set to appear in this game, as was a rideable Yoshi. It can be assumed that Luigi would have been playable, as Shigeru Miyamoto had planned to make Super Mario 64 2 multiplayer – in fact, the first playable demo level was multiplayer.
Mario Artist: Communication Kit serves as an add-on and accessory to the other Mario Artist games. It allowed players to connect to the Internet via RandNetDD and show off their creations to other players. While connected, players can use their characters to explore a virtual 3D community. There is also exclusive content on the disk that can be imported to the other Mario Artist titles.
Mario Artist: Graphical Message Maker was one of the games from the Mario Artist series that ended up cancelled due the the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive lackluster sales.
Mario Artist: Sound Maker was one of the games from the Mario Artist series that ended up cancelled due the the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive lackluster sales.
Mario Artist: Game Maker was one of the games from the Mario Artist series that ended up cancelled due the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive lackluster sales.
Mario Artist: Video Jockey Maker was one of the games from the Mario Artist series that ended up cancelled due the the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive lackluster sales.
Mario Paint 64 is a canceled Mario game for the Nintendo 64DD which would have served as a follow-up to Mario Paint. Only a few details were confirmed. It allowed many processes when playing and the original mouse for the SNES game was scrapped. Instead, various other controllers were announced, but kept as a secret.
A sequel to Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, otherwise known as Mario RPG 2 and Mario RPG 64 while in development. Due to complications involving Square, it was reworked into Paper Mario and was released as a standard Nintendo 64 title.
In Mario Artist: Talent Studio, the player can create their own characters in 3D, customizing features such as hair, skin, and eye color, voice, clothes, facial features, and body size and type. The process is similar to Nintendo's later Miis, but much more detailed. The characters can then be inserted into movies and animations. Events during these movies can be controlled by pressing the Z-trigger. Images from external video can be imported using the Capture Cartridge.