Nintendo 64

The Nintendo 64 is a home video game console released by Nintendo in 1996. It popularized analog-stick control and 3D gameplay with titles such as Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

Nintendo 64 controller: The Nintendo 64 gamepad has three grips, an analog stick, a D-pad, and six face buttons. Its central analog stick made precise movement through 3D spaces practical.
Super Mario 64: A 1996 Nintendo platform game in which Mario explores a three-dimensional castle and its surrounding worlds. It established a widely copied approach to free movement in 3D platform games.
Project Reality: The code name for the hardware project that became the Nintendo 64. The project began Nintendo's collaboration with Silicon Graphics on the console.
Sega Saturn: A Sega home video game console released in 1994, designed for two-dimensional and three-dimensional graphics. It competed with the N64 during the transition to 3D console gaming.
Analog stick: A movable controller input that reports direction and degree of tilt across multiple axes. The N64 controller helped make analog movement a standard feature for 3D console games.
Nintendo 64 Game Pak: A ROM cartridge format used by Nintendo 64 games. Cartridges offered fast loading but less storage than competing CD-ROMs.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: A 1998 action-adventure game in which Link explores Hyrule in a three-dimensional world. Its targeting and world design became influential templates for 3D adventure games.
Silicon Graphics: An American computer company known for high-performance graphics workstations and visual computing technology. Its technology and expertise contributed to the Nintendo 64's graphics architecture.
Sony PlayStation 2: Sony's second home video game console, released in 2000, with DVD playback and a large game library. It succeeded the PlayStation as a major rival after the N64 generation.
3D platform game: A platform game in which characters move through three-dimensional environments. Super Mario 64 became a landmark model for the genre's camera and movement design.

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