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The list of Nintendo 64 games includes licensed releases spanning from the platform's launch in 1996 to the final release in 2002. The
Nintendo 64 The (N64) is a home video game console developed by Nintendo. The successor to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, it was released on June 23, 1996, in Japan, on September 29, 1996, in North America, and on March 1, 1997, in Europe and ...
home video game console A home video game console is a video game console that is designed to be connected to a display device, such as a television, and an external power source as to play video games. Home consoles are generally less powerful and customizable than ...
's library of games were primarily released in a plastic ROM cartridge called the
Game Pak Game Pak is the brand name for ROM cartridges designed by Nintendo for some of their earlier video game systems. The "Game Pak" moniker was officially used only in North America, Europe, and Oceania. In Japan, as well as other Asian territories a ...
. This strategic choice of high-performance but lower-capacity medium was met with some controversy compared to CD-ROM. Two small indentations on the back of each cartridge allows it to connect or pass through the system's cartridge dustcover flaps. All regions have the same connectors, and region-locked cartridges will fit into the other regions' systems by using a cartridge converter or by simply removing the cartridge's casing. However, the systems are also equipped with lockout chips that will only allow them to play their appropriate games. Both Japanese and North American systems have the same
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lockout, and Europe has a PAL lockout. A bypass device such as the
N64 Passport Nintendo 64 accessories are first-party Nintendo hardwareand third-party hardware, licensed and unlicensed. Nintendo's first-party accessories are mainly transformative system expansions: the 64DD Internet multimedia platform, with a floppy drive ...
or the Datel Action Replay can be used to play import games, but a few require an additional boot code. The Nintendo 64 was first launched in Japan on June 23, 1996 with '' Super Mario 64'', ''
Pilotwings 64 is an amateur flight simulator game developed by Nintendo and Paradigm Simulation and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It was one of three launch titles for the Nintendo 64 in Japan as well as Europe and one of two launch titles in Nor ...
'', and '' Saikyō Habu Shōgi''; in North America with ''Super Mario 64'' and ''Pilotwings 64''; and in Europe with ''Super Mario 64'', ''Pilotwings 64'', '' Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire'', and '' Turok: Dinosaur Hunter''. The final licensed game to be published for the system is the North American-locked ''
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'' on August 20, 2002. The final first-party games are ''
Dr. Mario 64 ''Dr. Mario 64'' is a tile-matching action puzzle video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. The game was released in North America on April 8, 2001. The game is an enhanced remake of ''Dr. Mario'', which was originally ...
'' on April 8, 2001 in North America, and ''
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'' six days later in Japan. The best-selling game is ''Super Mario 64'' with 11 million units . The total unit sales of Nintendo 64 software has exceeded the total unit sales of GameCube software, but it has the lowest software sales per console sold among all Nintendo consoles. This list is initially organized by either the game's English language title, or the Hepburn romanization of Japan-only releases. All English titles are listed first, followed by alternate titles, and there are no unofficial translations. Games for the
64DD The is a magnetic floppy disk drive peripheral for the Nintendo 64 game console developed by Nintendo. It was announced in 1995, prior to the Nintendo 64's 1996 launch, and after numerous delays was released in Japan on December 13, 1999. The ...
peripheral and the Aleck 64 arcade system are not included in this list.


Regions

* In Brazil, there were 135 games released through Gradiente/Playtronic, including an NTSC version of
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never released in North America.


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{{Video game lists by platform * 64 Games
Nintendo 64 The (N64) is a home video game console developed by Nintendo. The successor to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, it was released on June 23, 1996, in Japan, on September 29, 1996, in North America, and on March 1, 1997, in Europe and ...