The absolutely beloved Nintendo 64 has tons of games to explore, from thrilling spy shooters to one of the best platformers in history. The impact of Nintendo’s revolutionary console is impossible to ignore.
If you’re looking to build your retro gaming collection with a few games from this era, you might be searching a bit, as several of the 295 are quite hard to track down.
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There are a couple of special editions and limited releases like The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask Limited Edition Adventure Set that are exceptionally rare, but we won’t be counting those, as they are exceptionally hard to track down or were never widely available in the first place.
5
Bomberman 64: The Second Attack!
A forgotten sequel
For many Nintendo 64 fans, Bomberman 64 is an absolute favorite thanks to its stellar single-player mode and a fairly fun multiplayer experience. Bomberman 64: The Second Attack! didn’t quite live up to expectations. While a weaker review definitely contributed to fewer copies being picked up by gamers at the time, the window of its release, with it being so close to the launch of the GameCube, certainly didn’t help either.
Picking up a copy of Bomberman 64: The Second Attack! will set you back somewhere north of $250 for the cartridge alone. If you’re a true Bomberman fan, you’re looking at a price above $1,000 for the manual, box, and accompanying inserts. Copies of The Second Attack! are much cheaper in other regions; it’s just for those North American collectors who will have to pay out the big bucks for a complete version of the game. If you’re a fan of the series, Bomberman 64: The Second Attack! remains a classic game that you should definitely check out.
4
F1 Racing Championship
A grounded grand prix
During a time where racing games were taking a hard science fiction approach to racing games with Wipeout and F-Zero X or cartoony ones with Mario Kart 64 and Diddy Kong Racing, F1 Racing Championship comes in to bring a more grounded racing experience to the console. That said, picking up a copy of this racing game will set you back a bit, and you might not even be able to play it.
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See, F1 Racing Championship never made it to North American shores, at least for the Nintendo 64 version of the game. The only way to get one that would work on most North American consoles would be to find a Brazilian copy of the game, which included the game in English, the manual, box, and all accompanying paperwork being in Portuguese.
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Super Bowling
A N64 update to an equally rare game
Obscurity is often one of the main driving forces in driving up a game’s collectibility, and Super Bowling can count itself as one of the rarer games to be released on the console. Super Bowling from UFO Interactive Games is more or less an update to their Super Nintendo Entertainment System, which shares a name with the Nintendo 64 iteration.
Not helping Super Bowling is the fact that it released late in the Nintendo 64’s generation, dropping less than a year before the release of the Nintendo GameCube. Much like other titles on this list, Super Bowling was only released to Blockbusters, contributing to its difficulty for collectors to obtain.
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Stunt Racer 64
It was never really released
A special case in the library of Nintendo 64 games, Stunt Racer 64 was never actually released to players. Instead, thanks to a few missed deadlines and delays in the production process, Stunt Racer 64 was only released to Blockbuster video rental stores. These delays even contributed to the game never getting a release in Europe, making it even rarer overseas.
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Also known at the time as SR64, Stunt Racer 64 is hard to track down in mint condition, as the vast majority of copies were subjected to damage from being rented by so many players. Boxes and even manuals in good condition are hard to find, as they would often go missing or get damaged by renters.
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Clayfighter: Sculptor’s Cut
Hope you had a blockbuster near you
A special release of the Clayfighter 63 1/3 game, Clayfighter: Sculptor’s Cut was only available as a rental from a Blockbuster store mid-1998. This version of the game brought in new story elements, refinements to the heavily criticized combat, and four characters:
- High Five
- Lady Liberty
- Lockjaw Pooch
- Zappa Yow Yow Boyz
A fifth character was also planned but was wildly insensitive and nixed by Nintendo before release.
Initially, the game was only available to rent, though limited copies were given to contest winners. As a funny twist, most copies available in the wider gaming community came from renters who never returned the game to their Blockbuster and managed to hold on to the games for years. Tracking down one of these games will set you back around $1,000 for a loose title, while complete in-box prices run well above $4,000.
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