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The Nintendo 64, commonly called the N64, is Nintendo's third home video game console for the international market. The N64 was released on June 23, 1996 in Japan, September 29, 1996 in North America and Puerto Rico, March 1, 1997 in Europe/Australia and September 1, 1997 in France. It was released with only two launch games in Japan and North America (Super Mario 64 and PilotWings 64) while the PAL region had a third launch title in the form of Shadows of the Empire (video game) (which was released earlier in the other markets). The Nintendo 64 cost $199 at launch in the United States.

The N64 was first publicly introduced on November 24, 1995 as the Nintendo Ultra 64 at the 7th Annual Shoshinkai Software Exhibition in Japan (though preview pictures from the Nintendo "Project Reality" console had been published in American magazines as early as June 1993). The first published photos from the event were presented on the web via coverage by Game Zero magazine two days after the event."Coverage of the Nintendo Ultra 64 Debut from Game Zero", Game Zero. Retrieved May 20, 2006. Official coverage by Nintendo soon followed a few weeks later on the nascent Nintendo Power website, and then in volume #85 of their print magazine.

During the developmental stages the N64 was referred to by its code name, Project Reality. The name Project Reality came from the speculation within Nintendo that this console could produce CGI on par with then-current supercomputers. Once unveiled to the public the name changed to Nintendo Ultra 64, referring to its 64-bit processor, and Nintendo dropped "Ultra" from the name on February 1, 1996, just months before its Japanese debut due to the word "Ultra" being trademarked by another company, Konami for their Ultra Games division.

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funwithsega (Fun With SEGA) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:12:37 -0000
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@channybaybay Sega Genesis has been and always will be better than Nintendo 64... I wouldve been excited to!
JamieNevermind (MikeBlud) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:27:41 -0000
@channybaybay Sega Genesis has been and always will be better than Nintendo 64... I wouldve been excited to!
#iknewiwaspoor when everyone was playing nintendo 64 and i was excited when my dads co-worker gave us a sega genesis
channybaybay (Chanan Bennett) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:26:12 -0000
#iknewiwaspoor when everyone was playing nintendo 64 and i was excited when my dads co-worker gave us a sega genesis
tava jogando nintendo 64 e ajudando o @frank_alva a fazer o twitter delee. mas to morrendo e vou dormir, beijos.
uriie (Uriel Rebelo) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:07:29 -0000
tava jogando nintendo 64 e ajudando o @frank_alva a fazer o twitter delee. mas to morrendo e vou dormir, beijos.
well off to bed i go.. been playing zelda on my nintendo 64. haha.. I'm tired now.
oakflower (tammy g) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:17:59 -0000
well off to bed i go.. been playing zelda on my nintendo 64. haha.. I'm tired now.
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