The Nintendo 64 Turns 25 Today!!! Your Favorite Five Games?

In celebration of the Nintendo 64 turning 25 today (damn I'm old), which released in Japan on this day and US in September, what were your five favorite games? Not what you think were the five best, but you're five most enjoyable.

1.

The amount of times me and 5-6 of my buddies were crammed into one bedroom playing four-person multiplayer and the accusations of screen peeking running rampant makes this by far the favorite. So much fun, then you throw in the GameShark cheats which opened up the multiplayer levels even more and it just added to it.

2.

You could basically put any of the four THQ wrestling games here, but in terms of roster, this one narrowly edges out WCW/NWO Revenge. I grew up a wrestling fan, so if I wasn't playing the Wrestlefest game at the arcade, THQ hit the spot and is still revered as some of the best wrestling games.

3.

One of the first open world games I ever got into and (outside of RPG games), really opened my eyes to storytelling and giving a unique experience in different environments. Yes, Mario 64 came out two years before, but you don't have too much of an in-depth story from Mario games back then (except for Super Mario RPG). Some of the songs still reverberate through my head and laid the groundwork for many great games afterwards.

4.

If we weren't raging at each other in Goldeneye or the wrestling games, Mario Kart was the other option. It build upon what made the SNES version so enjoyable, and made the battle modes just as fun as the races and courses themselves.

5.

This was close between this and Super Smash Bros., but something about peeing on your opponents, having a D-Day recreation in a cartoon video game and the other various things that made this game rated M created that enjoyment of playing a game you knew your mom would never buy for you. We all had that friend who had an older brother that wouldn't mind going the extra mile to lead his younger brother and friends in the right path. So many enjoyable memories with this one.

Honorable Mention: Super Smash Bros., NFL Blitz, Paper Mario, Pokemon Snap