How the N64 and its games changed the world of gaming

One of Nintendo’s most important consoles (Nintendo/Metro)

GameCentral celebrates the Nintendo 64’s 30th anniversary with a retrospective on its most important games and how their influence continues today.

When compared to other video game consoles of the 90s, it can be easy to assume the Nintendo 64, or N64 for short, wasn’t that successful. Especially when its main competitor, Sony’s original PlayStation, sold more than triple its lifetime sales, at 102.49 million units compared to a mere 32.93 million.

Technically it wasn’t a flop – it was actually highly profitable – but, more importantly to the history of gaming, it was an incredible technical achievement. The jump fro...