Nintendo 64, N64 Specs, Info And History

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Nintendo 64 Console Specifications

• CPU: 64-bit NEC VR4300 clocked at 93.75 MHz with 24 KB L1 cache
• RAM: 4.5 MB, expandable to 9 MB with Expansion Pak
• Sound: Reality Signal Processor(RSP), 16-bit stereo audio
• Sound Channels: Up to a theoretical 100 channels, if all resources are allocated to audio
• Video/GPU: 64-bit Reality Coprocessor running at 62.5 MHz with 100 MFLOPS. The GPU is actually 2 processors in one, the Reality Display Processor(RDP) and the Reality Signal Processor(RSP).
• Colors: Color palette of 16,777,216 and 2,097,152 possible colors on screen
• Media: ROM Cartridge

 

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Console Generation of the N64

• 5th generation

 

N64’s Lifespan

• 1996-2003

 

Launch Price of the N64

• JP: ¥21,000
• US: $199.99

 

Launch Dates of Nintendo 64

• JP: June 23, 1996
• NA: September 26, 1996
• EU: March 1, 1997
• AU: March 1, 1997
• BRA: September 29, 1996

 

Discontinued

• JP: April 30, 2002
• NA: November 30, 2003
• EU: May 16, 2003
• AU: May 11, 2003

 

N64 Units Sold

• North and South America: 20.63 million
• Japan: 5.54 million
• Europe and Australia: 6.75 Million

Worldwide: 32.93 million

 

Best Selling N64 Games(units sold):

(*) Bundled with console and sold separately

1.  Super Mario 64 – 11.89 million(*)
2.  Mario Kart 64 – 9.87 million
3. GoldenEye 007 – 8.09 million(*)
4. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – 7.60 million
5.  Super Smash Bros. – 5.55 million
6.  Pokemon Stadium – 5.45 million(*)
7.  Donkey Kong 64 – 5.27 million(*)
8. Diddy Kong Racing – 4.88 million
9. Starfox 64 – 4.03 million
10. Banjo-Kazooie – 3.65 million

Total Software Sales: 224.97

 

 

Other Names, Also Known As

• Project Reality(code name)
• Ultra 64(planned name)
• Nintendo 64
• N64
• Hyundai Comboy 64(Korea)

 

Predecessor To The Nintendo 64

• Super Nintendo Entertainment System

 

Successor To The Nintendo 64

• Gamecube

 

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