The Nintendo 64 made its grand debut 24 years ago this week, launching in Japan on June 23, 1996.
At that time, I was still in diapers. It took four years of toddling until I finally got my mitts on the damn thing, with the Pikachu-emblazoned variant arriving in my lap as a present circa 1999 – it was my first proper video game console.Beyond my own fond memories, the Nintendo 64 has done well to survive so long in the cultural milieu unlike many of its peers.
You still see its multi-dimensional iconography plastered on t-shirts, its logo modified and manipulated to prey on a fierce nostalgia for what many perceive to be a groundbreaking era in video game history.What’s fascinating about the Nintendo 64’s legacy is the way in which people.
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