Super Mario 64
1990s Era Game
Class of 2019 Inductee
Super Mario 64 is a platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.
It is the first Super Mario game to feature 3D gameplay, combining traditional Super Mario gameplay, visual style, and characters in a large open world.
In the game, Bowser invades Princess Peach’s castle, kidnaps her and hides the castle’s sources of protection, the Power Stars, in many different worlds inside magical paintings.
As Mario, the player traverses levels and collects Power Stars to unlock areas of Princess Peach’s castle, in order to reach Bowser and rescue Princess Peach.
Director Shigeru Miyamoto conceived a 3D Super Mario game during the production of Star Fox (1993). Development lasted nearly three years: about one year on design and twenty months on production, starting with designing the virtual camera system. The team continued with illustrating the 3D character models—at the time a relatively unattempted task—and refining sprite movements. The sound effects were recorded by Yoji Inagaki and the score was composed by Koji Kondo.
It received critical acclaim, with reviewers praising its ambition, visuals, level design, and gameplay, though some criticized its virtual camera system.
It is the best-selling Nintendo 64 game, with nearly twelve million copies sold by 2015.
Retrospectively, Super Mario 64 has been considered one of the greatest video games of all time. Numerous developers have cited it as an influence on 3D platform games, with its dynamic camera system and 360-degree analog control establishing a new archetype for the genre, much as Super Mario Bros. did for side-scrolling platform games.
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Primary Credits:
Developer: Nintendo EAD
Publisher: Nintendo
Director: Shigeru Miyamoto
Producer: Shigeru Miyamoto
Designers: Yoichi Yamada, Yasuhisa Yamamura, Kenta Usui, Naoki Mori, Yoshiki Haruhana
Makoto Miyanaga, Katsuhiko Kanno
Programmers: Yasunari Nishida, Yoshinori Tanimoto, Hajime Yajima, Daiki Iwamoto, Toshio Iwawaki, Takumi Kawagoe, Giles Goddard
Artists: Shigefumi Hino, Hisashi Nogami, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Hideki Fujii, Satoru Takizawa, Masanao Arimoto, Tomoaki Kuroume, Yusuke Nakano, Yōichi Kotabe]
Writer: Leslie Swan
Composer: Koji Kondo
Aggregate Scores:
GameRankings: 96%
Metacritic: 94/100
Review Scores:
AllGame 5/5
Computer and Video Games 5/5
Electronic Gaming Monthly 38/40
EP Daily 10/10
Famitsu 39/40
Game Informer 9/10
GameFan 400/400
GamePro 5/5
GameRevolution B+
GameSpot 9.4/10
Hyper 95%
IGN 9.8/10
N64 Magazine 96%
Next Generation 5/5
Nintendo Life 10/10
Official Nintendo Magazine 95%
Total! 100/100
Digitiser 96%
Maximum 5/5
International Video Game Hall of Fame Class of 2019 Induction Video:
