# The best Nintendo 64 games

The 25 Nintendo 64 games with the highest critic scores on Metacritic, the weighted average of professional reviews. Expansions and compilations left out.

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- Nov 29, 2021 · emanuele_storico
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## Top 20

1. **Paper Mario** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Released February 2001. Metascore: 93.
2. **Wave Race 64** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Released November 1996. Metascore: 92.
3. **GoldenEye 007** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Released August 1997. Metascore: 96.
4. **The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Released October 2000. Metascore: 95.
5. **Super Mario 64** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Released September 1996. Metascore: 94.
6. **Banjo-Kazooie** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Released June 1998. Metascore: 92.
7. **Conker's Bad Fur Day** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Released March 2001. Metascore: 92.
8. **Beetle Adventure Racing** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Released February 1999. Metascore: 90.
9. **Diddy Kong Racing** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Released November 1997. Metascore: 88.
10. **The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Released November 1998. Metascore: 99.
11. **Perfect Dark (2000)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released May 2000. Metascore: 97.
12. **Mario Tennis** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released August 2000. Metascore: 91.
13. **Mario Golf** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released June 1999. Metascore: 91.
14. **Rayman 2: The Great Escape** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 1999. Metascore: 90.
15. **Donkey Kong 64** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 1999. Metascore: 90.
16. **Banjo-Tooie** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 2000. Metascore: 90.
17. **Resident Evil 2 (1998)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released October 1999. Metascore: 89.
18. **WWF No Mercy** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 2000. Metascore: 89.
19. **Excitebike 64** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released April 2000. Metascore: 88.
20. **Star Fox 64** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released July 1997. Metascore: 88.
21. **Turok 2: Seeds of Evil** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released December 1998. Metascore: 86.
22. **F-Zero X** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released September 1998. Metascore: 85.
23. **Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3D** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 1998. Metascore: 85.
24. **Turok: Dinosaur Hunter** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released March 1997. Metascore: 85.
25. **Mario Kart 64** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Racing game by Nintendo (1996) with four players in split-screen and the Rainbow Road circuit.
26. **Super Smash Bros.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — HAL Laboratory's fighting game (1999) which brought Nintendo characters together for the first time.
27. **Blast Corps** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Released February 1997. Metascore: 90.

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