Yes, it’s true. I think my Nintendo 64 has played it’s last game. I’ve been in the mood for some old school N64 gaming the past couple days, so I go to fire it up, and glorious glorious sound…but no video. I spent at least 30 minutes making sure I had all the connections right and making sure the cables weren’t bad. But nothing I could do would bring back the video.
It’s kinda sad. I mean, all the time I spent playing that Nintendo 64 is probably an easily measurable percentage of my life. All 120 stars in Super Mario 64. All the record times in Mario Kart, all the GoldenEye Fests/Perfect Dark Events. There’s a lot of my history in that little machine as nerdy as it is. So I’ll admit I was pretty sad when I finally realized that it probably isn’t going to work anymore.
So I’m going to have to scower the local game shops and see if they have any N64s. They should be pretty darn cheap. Hopefully I don’t have to resort to eBay. But one way or another, I shall game again! Luckily the console is easy enough to replace. Finding decent controllers on the other hand, that’s a challenge.
February 5th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
R.I.P N64 ….. i know those fun times or at least a few anyways i know that machine had logged many hours for game play. prolly more than any system you own matt.
February 5th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Say it isn’t so! All the Golden Eye Fests were on that machine, not to mention all the hours of NBA Hangtime and Mario. Even if you get a new one, you’ll have to encase the old one in glass and place it in your Nintendo Hall of Memories!
Let’s see, if the NES was cutting teeth and the 64 was learning to walk, then the Cube could be learning to run and the new Wii is learning to fly…Just rambling on Nintendo lifespan.
February 7th, 2007 at 11:35 am
Well…I unhooked the thing completely and hooked it up to our little TV with different cables, and now it seems to work. I think my reciever is overriding the signal with one of the other higher quality inputs. I’m not sure. I guess I’ll just unhook and rewire everything. =P
At least it still works!
February 7th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Yay! There’s still life the ole 64!