In 1996 videogames changed forever. Nintendo EAD released the long anticipated Super Mario 64, a game that would become the bedstone of many future titles.
Much like how the Famicom was mainly engineered to be able to run a home edition of the Donkey Kong arcade game, the Nintendo64 was significantly tailor-made to run Super Mario 64, the development team made sure to add as many details and personality to it as they could. Mario is not just able to jump and run; he can also swim, dive, fly, traverse, sneak, crawl, somersault, scream, and even sleep.
While Super Mario 64 is hardly the first 3D game ever, it was notorious for its ambition, polish, and milestones such as including and elaborate free-roaming map design that would give the groundwork for the "sandbox" style, and an item collecting format that would bring many future imitators.
Few games become structural pillars of popular culture as this one, and is definitely one for the ages.
Much like how the Famicom was mainly engineered to be able to run a home edition of the Donkey Kong arcade game, the Nintendo64 was significantly tailor-made to run Super Mario 64, the development team made sure to add as many details and personality to it as they could. Mario is not just able to jump and run; he can also swim, dive, fly, traverse, sneak, crawl, somersault, scream, and even sleep.
While Super Mario 64 is hardly the first 3D game ever, it was notorious for its ambition, polish, and milestones such as including and elaborate free-roaming map design that would give the groundwork for the "sandbox" style, and an item collecting format that would bring many future imitators.
Few games become structural pillars of popular culture as this one, and is definitely one for the ages.