The Nintendo 64, stylized as the NINTENDO⁶⁴ and often referred to as the N64, is Nintendo's third home video game console for the international market.

Named for its 64-bit central processing unit, it was released in June 1996 in Japan.

It was the last major home console to use the cartridge as its primary storage format until Nintendo's seventh console, the Nintendo Switch, released in 2017.

While the Nintendo 64 was succeeded by Nintendo's MiniDVD-based GameCube in September 2001, the consoles remained available until the system was retired in late 2003.

Codenamed "Project Reality", the N64 design was mostly complete by mid-1995, but its launch was delayed until 1996, when Time named it Machine of the Year.

Most iconic games are Super Mario 64 and Zelda Ocarina of Time, or Mario Kart.

The console was released in a range of colors and designs over its lifetime.

In 2015, IGN named it the 9th greatest video game console of all time.

The system is a greatly popular retro console worldwide.