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The Boss

The N64 classic hits the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack tomorrow

The N64 classic hits the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack tomorrow

20 years before Crash and Spyro joined the great Xbox family, Microsoft unexpectedly signed Banjo y Kazooie, a pair of platformer heroes who made a name for themselves at N64. Today, Rare’s hilarious couple announce his imminent return to Nintendo consoles. The Big N has just announced that the classic Banjo-Kazooie of 1998 will be ...

NinFan

Random: ‘R64’ Is The First Music Album On A Nintendo 64 Cart

Random: ‘R64’ Is The First Music Album On A Nintendo 64 Cart

Image: Remute German musician Remute is creating the first ‘album on a cart’ for the Nintendo 64, it has been revealed. Remute has previously released similar carts for the Genesis / Mega Drive, SNES, PC Engine and Game Boy, but states that ‘R64’ will be the most “diverse and playful album” so far. It will ...

NinFan

GoldenEye 007 Is Getting A Digital Release On Xbox

GoldenEye 007 Is Getting A Digital Release On Xbox

Image: EON / MGM It looks like Rare’s seminal N64 shooter GoldenEye 007 is finally getting a digital re-release – but sadly not on a Nintendo system. True Achievements has picked up a new achievement list for the game, with 55 achievements adding up to a 1000 gamerscore. Some of the achievement images have leaked, ...

NinFan

The Real Story Behind Rare’s Cancelled GoldenEye 007 Remaster

The Real Story Behind Rare’s Cancelled GoldenEye 007 Remaster

Image: MGM/Eon Over the holidays we’re republishing some of our best features, interviews, opinion pieces and talking points from the previous 12 months from staff and contributors alike — articles that we feel represent our best of 2021. In them you’ll find our usual mix of thoughtfulness, frivolity, retro expertise, gaming nostalgia, and — of ...

NinFan

Cruis’n creator would love N64 Trilogy added to Switch Online

Cruis’n creator would love N64 Trilogy added to Switch Online

Eugene Jarvis, the creator of the Cruis’n series, has recently participated in a Reddit Ask Me Anything thread and has answered a number of fan questions. Mr. Javis was asked whether he would like to see the original Cruis’n trilogy on the Nintendo 64 platform appear on the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack service. ...

Geralt of Sanctuary

Nintendo Switch Online: Another N64 classic enriches the service

Nintendo Switch Online: Another N64 classic enriches the service

In October, Nintendo confirmed that in a more expensive Switch Online model, N64 classics will also be playable on the Switch in the future. Now another new addition is reported. In contrast to the competition from Sony or Microsoft, Nintendo publishes its free games rather irregularly as part of a subscription to Switch Online. As ...