Critics Club V: Nintendo 64

[Neon Ignition]

As Sir Tom Jones once famously sang, "I just want your extra time and your-" dil-alil-alil -"Nintendo 64 variant"

Nintendo's 64 bit power lone warrior weighs in with a Nintendo fanboys candy coloured dream array of hardware variants.
But which was the best looking machine?


Nintendo 64



Nintendo 64 Funtastic Jungle Green Edition



Nintendo 64 Funtastic Ice Blue Edition



Nintendo 64 Funtastic Grape Purple Edition



Nintendo 64 Funtastic Fire Orange Edition




Nintendo 64 Funtastic Smoke Black Edition




Nintendo 64 Funtastic Watermelon Red Edition



Nintendo 64 Clear White and Blue Edition




Nintendo 64 Clear White and Red Edition




Nintendo 64 Pikachu Blue Edition



Nintendo 64 Pikachu Orange Edition



Nintendo 64 Pikachu Light Blue Edition



Nintendo 64 Pikachu Dark Orange Edition




Nintendo 64 Battle Set Edition




Nintendo 64 Gold Edition




Nintendo 64 Daiei Hawks Edition



Nintendo 64 Jusco Edition



Nintendo 64 ANA Edition



Nintendo 64 iQue

[samanosuke]

The iQue… because it has a normal pad.

J/k - that ice blue variant looks the don so going with that.

There’s not much variety other than colour so it’s more of a pick your favourite colour job here, amiright?

[Asura]

This thread reminds me of the 90s obsession with clear-plastic devices.

[QualityChimp]

Definitely misread that label...

Nintendo 64 ANA Edition

[Dogg Thang]

They're mostly hideous but I do like that orange and grey one. The Nintendo 64 Daiei Hawks Edition?

[wakka]

I love the colourful transparent models so much. Great colour choices, too. They look like sweets!

Googling it seems those particular variants came quite late, about 2000. That probably tracks about right for when I remember seeing them advertised in magazines.

With that timing in mind I wonder if the designers were influenced by the colourful iMacs of the time, which used similarly coloured orange and turquoise transparent casings. They released in '98.

[QualityChimp]

Benedict Cumberbatch as an N64: A Thread.


Nintendo 64

Nintendo 64 Funtastic Jungle Green Edition

Nintendo 64 Funtastic Ice Blue Edition

Nintendo 64 Funtastic Grape Purple Edition

Nintendo 64 Funtastic Fire Orange Edition

Nintendo 64 Funtastic Smoke Black Edition

Nintendo 64 Funtastic Watermelon Red Edition

Nintendo 64 Clear White and Blue Edition

Nintendo 64 Clear White and Red Edition

Nintendo 64 Pikachu Blue Edition

Nintendo 64 Gold Edition

[importaku]

Have 3 of those sat in the kitchen cupboard Jpn clear blue/white, daei hawks clear orange/black, jusco clear grey

[Baseley09]

Few nice colours but imo pretty lame console.

[wakka]

Incredible work by QC

[speedlolita]

Did want to pick up the white and red Japanese unit but left it too long and now they're a little more than I want to pay. I'm not a huge 64 fan but there is a handful of Pokémon games that I enjoy on the system which makes it a must own. Pretty much any of the transparent machines look cool too.

[Cepp]

They all look horrific but I do like the iQue

[dataDave]

I would have liked one in the GBC Atomic Purple, but that seems to be the only colour they didn't do.

[tokyochojin]

If was to have one it would be the Nintendo 64 Daiei Hawks Edition. I still kinda dig the original N64 design too to be honest.

[dataDave]

I remember looking at Japanese launch day photos in NMS and seeing all the different controller colours stacked up and on display. When I finally got one I made it a priority to end up with all six colours ASAP. There were of course a load of JP only limited colours along the way which I couldn't keep up with, but I would have really liked a set of all the translucents that came out at the very end of the console's life.

They were the first company to do that, right? Different controller colour options?