It was then to be considered the second hardest SM64 hack in existence, just below Night of Doom, but since then most of the kaizo hack releases have surpased Super Mario 74 Extreme Edition's difficulty However, a lot of them have been mirrored and made extremely difficult, with alterations like underwater sections and even solid ground being replaced by excessive lava falls or bottomless pits.įor a few months, it was considered to be the hardest Super Mario 64 hack ever, until Star Revenge 2: Night of Doom came out in July 2013, just over half a year after this hack was released. It contains 157 stars, and a majority of the levels from the original Super Mario 74 make a re-appearance. It's the sequel to Super Mario 74, and was released on Christmas of 2012. The N64 was a true test for the Nintendo Company as they proved that they could adapt to the changes of the videogame industry and still come out on top in many areas.Super Mario 74 Extreme Edition ( SM74EE for short) is a ROM Hack made by Lugmillord. With a variety of other memorable games such as “Goldeneye 007” and “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time”, the N64 remained popular long after its discontinuation in 2003 to make way for the Nintendo Gamcube. The Mario games on the Nintendo 64 helped to get the system off to a fiery start, and propelled it through the system’s first years with titles like “ Paper Mario” and the famed spin-off “Super Smash Bros.” in which Nintendo characters from different worlds came together to battle for the first time. Yet, what the N64 lacked in game diversity, it made up with quality. While the Playstation had over one thousand titles, the N64 was home to fewer than four hundred, even fewer titles than the two previous consoles. Another one of the main drawbacks of the Nintendo 64 that would haunt the Nintendo Company was the lack of games produced for the system. Though it had superiority in its 64 bits, the N64 could not match the next generation of systems in terms of their graphical depth and texture packs. For example, the Rom cartridges could only render a certain amount of textures which limited the overall graphics capabilities of the system. However, there were a few drawbacks of the system. The Mario games on the Nintendo 64 inspired a customized system for both the release of “ Mario Party” as well as “ Mario Kart 64” Other things that made the system memorable were the fact that the N64 and controllers were released in a wide variety of colors and in the style of a particular videogame. The Mario games on the Nintendo 64 would come to define the system’s capabilities in terms of graphics, music, and three dimensional rendering. The system launched with the most famous name in the Nintendo world: Mario. The Nt64 was released in 1996 in some early markets, and in 1997 to the rest of the world. The N64, as it became known, continued to use cartridges to hold its games, allowing for the system and its games to be known for their durability. While the name may not have been the most original, named for its sixty-four bit processing unit, the Nintendo 64 let its games and graphics handle any criticism. The Nintendo 64 was the third home console system to be released by the Nintendo Company, and it represented a video game revolution. Main role - The classic platform style Mario games such as Super Mario Bros and Super Mario Land would be good examples of what we define as main role Mario games.Įdutainment title - There were a couple of games for the N64 which were only released in Japan which could class as Edutainment titles, as they were intended to teach something rather than simply to play a game. Spin off - a game which features Mario throughout, but is not a mainstream adventure game. We feature games with three different types of Mario appearance as follows:-Ĭameo - a non-Mario game with reference to, or an appearance of Mario or one of the characters Visit a games page by clicking its box image below. Below are the Mario games on the Nintendo 64 that we cover.