Nintendo 64
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Video game console, 1996, Nintendo. The Nintendo 64 was Nintendo's 64-bit console, developed with Silicon Graphics and released in Japan and America in 1996 and in Europe in March 1997. It kept cartridges when its rivals had moved to CD-ROM, but its analogue-stick controller and games like Super Mario 64, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and GoldenEye 007 defined 3D gaming for a generation. The Expansion Pak doubled its memory for later games.
| Years | 1996 to 2002 |
|---|---|
| Processor | NEC VR4300 (MIPS R4300i) at 93.75 MHz |
| RAM | 4 MB Rambus, 8 MB with the Expansion Pak |
| Graphics | SGI Reality Coprocessor at 62.5 MHz, 320 x 240 to 640 x 480 |
| Sound | 16-bit stereo through the RCP |
| Media | ROM cartridges of 4 to 64 MB |
| Controllers | 4 ports, controller with analogue stick and Controller Pak or Rumble Pak slot |
| Price (1997) | £249 in Europe |
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