15 Nintendo 64 Games That Shaped 3D Play

Inside this ranking: 15 headline-making yachts, following the source's published order and reported estimates. Prices can change and should be read as editorial estimates rather than live appraisals.

• A Console Learning a New Dimension — A Console Learning a New Dimension. Nintendo 64 games arrived while designers and players were still inventing a shared language for 3D movement, cameras, aiming, and multiplayer.
• Super Mario 64 — Movement as the Main Attraction — Super Mario 64 — Movement as the Main Attraction. Running, jumping, climbing, swimming, and changing direction made the castle grounds feel like a playground before any objective appeared.
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — Organizing 3D Adventure — The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — Organizing 3D Adventure. Lock-on targeting, contextual actions, readable dungeons, and a connected world helped organize a complex adventure around simple decisions.
• GoldenEye 007 — The Living-Room Shooter — GoldenEye 007 — The Living-Room Shooter. Its missions encouraged observation and objective-based play, but split-screen competition became the social memory.

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