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[–] thantik@lemmy.world 56 points 9 months ago (8 children)

Owning a Nintendo 64 is a pretty big hurdle. Have you seen how much those fucking things cost now?!

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 36 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Are they bad? I just never let anything go, so I'm still using mine from when I was a kid.

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 61 points 9 months ago

Delete this comment before you get robbed

[–] thantik@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (5 children)

If you can manage to find a place that has one, they're usually selling for $200+ now. I'm pretty sure I can get ebay chinese replicas for like $50 though, but there are some games they won't play.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 11 points 9 months ago

The N64 had a $200 launch price, which is pretty much $400 now. So nobody is making money from holding onto their N64. Hrm, maybe I should pick one up.

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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

If you can't have it, emulate it. ;)

[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You can emulate via software or hardware nowadays.

If you want accuracy, the MiSTer now has an N64 core that is mostly complete.

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[–] rudyharrelson@kbin.social 9 points 9 months ago

I regret selling mine when I was 17 cause I wanted to buy a paintball gun and gear. At the time, it was a great call cause I didn't play any N64 games at the time, and I got to have a blast playing paintball with my friends.

But man I wish I'd sold something else back then so I could still have my original N64 and games. Still got the ol' NES and Sega Genesis at least.

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 36 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Lots of things stopping me from doing this:

  1. I am currently 36 years old, I will not be 38 at any time during the year 2024.
  2. I do not own a copy of Wrestlemania 2000.
  3. I finished my pizza rolls yesterday.
[–] diffcalculus@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sounds more like you're not trying hard enough

[–] StopSpazzing@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

I agree. He just needs to smoke a carton of cigs and drink a bottle of whiskey and he will feel older the next day for sure!

[–] TwinTusks@bitforged.space 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm also going to bed at 10:30

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 29 points 9 months ago

I had pizza rolls and played Borderlands 3 last night, but was asleep on the couch at 8:00. I’m 39.

[–] Brekky@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago (3 children)

As a 42 year old woman with no work tomorrow, eating takeaway pizza and drinking wine whilst contemplating zelda on the DS I bought over Covid vs a cheesy movie on Hulu this made me smile. :)

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 27 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah goin to bed at ten

[–] EvilEyedPanda@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Such a rebel, might even sleep till 730, who knows!

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[–] mihnt@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Nothing is stopping you from this right now

Except the cost of the console and games. :(

Also, Beetle Adventure Racing > Wrestlemania

[–] XEAL@lemm.ee 11 points 9 months ago (3 children)

You guys don't keep your childhood consoles?

[–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 11 points 9 months ago

I would have if I had the luxury of storage.

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Not all of us came from stable backgrounds. My father lost everything we owned when I was in the Army because he couldn't stop gambling and didn't pay our storage unit... My entire fucking Magic the Gathering collection. I had power 9 and a full duel lands set, many many decks. Not to mention all my consoles and games.

[–] mihnt@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Someone stole it from me when I was 18.

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Your phone has enough power to emulate an N64 and roms are free. Ain't nobody making royalties 25 years later on Wrestlemania.

[–] Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Argggh the seas of piracy are calm and rife with plunder

[–] mihnt@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Well, yes, I have a gaming PC as well. (and a steam deck) It just ain't the same without the OG controller. Need to get a USB one eventually but I'm poor.

I do still have some of my original carts as well. Same with a bunch of NES carts I got from my previous job. Been eyeing those modern consoles that work with NES carts because that would be nice to have in the living room.

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[–] Argurotoxus@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

This is very close to how my weekend went actually : ) Just with BG3 instead of Wrestlemania, and the wife was out of town instead of no school. Haha.

[–] ThePJN@sopuli.xyz 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ha! Jokes on you, I’m not 38 until… next week. Guck!

(I meant to type “fuck” but “guck” works just as well.)

[–] StopSpazzing@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

This honestly needs to be a lemmy insider only word. Replace all reference of fuck with guck going forward.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

Taking turns playing Doom 64 while drinking Mtn Dew Code Red and eating Buncha Crunch. Everything was downhill after that.

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

WCW/NWO Revenge, or nothing.

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[–] CaptnKarisma@lemmy.ml 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Tedrow@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

No Mercy is the pinnacle of N64 wrestling games, but the glory started with WCW vs NWO World Tour.

The only problem I had with No Mercy is my save files kept disappearing.

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[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

I remember Game Grumps playing a wrestlemania game and getting kind of sad because almost all of the Wrestlers depicted had already died.

[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.run 9 points 9 months ago

I don't think I can be 38 right now unless we want to really break physics. I wouldn't mind shaving a couple of years off, though.

And I'd have to use that weird-assed controller shudder.

That said, y'all have fun and enjoy it! :)

[–] Postreader2814@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's Saturday night, I have no date, just a roll of quarters and a 2 liter bottle of Shasta. Let's do this.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Guys will see this and say hell yeah.

But for real, don't sell your games. Don't be that guy in 20 years being like "remember n64?"

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I just got an emulator and play my n64 wrestling games on my tv through my pc

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[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Indeed. Instead be that guy saying "Oh, man... I forgot to check the caps... the motherboard is absolutely corroded and ruined beyond repair!"

Just reminding you if you have any old consoles or other such old electronics. Remember the capacitors.

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[–] 7u5k3n@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure a N64 can be emulated on a raspberry pi 5.

Granted it's probably easier to get a N64 than a pi5... but still. For those folks that want to play... It's possible.

Also I hear steam deck is a great way to emulate it...

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Hell, I get 60fps in 1080p on a Raspberry Pi 3b playing Mario Kart 64.

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[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 months ago

I remember the hype of getting chairs from the audience in this game!

We rented this one a lot.

[–] Drusas@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago

I think you mean "the alcohol cabinet is stocked and so are the retro games". Legend of Zelda, here I come.

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

I fucking wish I was 38 again!

[–] iamjackflack@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

I have to work tomorrow :(

But other than that, let’s swap to wcw vs nwo and your on!

[–] key@lemmy.keychat.org 5 points 9 months ago

A few things are stopping me from that actually.

[–] PeePantsMcgee@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

39 yrs here. I got my kid a gaming laptop for Christmas, but then I bought all the old Halo games for it for myself. I just got an Xbox controller for it this weekend and it has been a wonderful experience.

[–] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

I used to love playing this game with my friends.

[–] Pwnmode@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

I resemble that remark.

[–] Stanley_Pain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Never understood the love for N64. That controller was an abomination.

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