Nintendo 64 Livestreams: Current Progress

NOTE: For the most up to date and organized version, go to http://tiny.cc/n64challenge

ADDITIONAL NOTE: As of January 2019, I have gotten my stock N64 to work and look good enough to continue the challenge!  Keep an eye on http://tiny.cc/n64challenge for my progress!

This is a list of progress on my Nintendo 64 completionist livestream challenge:

Currently In Progress (12.6% Done):

For most up to date progress and list of games, go to http://tiny.cc/n64challenge

Save File Downloads:

All save files are unfortunately deleted due to expiring.  Sorry about that!  Because of this and lack of interest, there will no longer be any more save file downloads.

Games Left To Complete:

007 - GoldenEye 
007 - The World Is Not Enough 
1080 Snowboarding
AeroFighters Assault 
AeroGauge 
Aidyn Chronicles - The First Mage 
All Star Tennis '99 
Armorines - Project S.W.A.R.M. 
Army Men - Air Combat 
Army Men - Sarge's Heroes 
Army Men - Sarge's Heroes 2 
Asteroids Hyper 64 
Automobili Lamborghini 
Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Tooie 
Bassmasters 2000 
Batman Beyond - Return of the Joker 
BattleTanx 
BattleTanx - Global Assault 
Battlezone - Rise of the Black Dogs 
Beetle Adventure Racing!
Big Mountain 2000 
Bio F.R.E.A.K.S. 
Blast Corps
Blues Brothers 2000 
Body Harvest 
Bomberman 64 
Bomberman 64 - The Second Attack! 
Bomberman Hero 
Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling 
Buck Bumble 
Bug's Life, A 
Bust-A-Move '99 
Bust-A-Move 2 - Arcade Edition 
California Speed 
Carmageddon 64 
Castlevania
Castlevania - Legacy of Darkness 
Chameleon Twist 
Chameleon Twist 2 
Charlie Blast's Territory 
Chopper Attack 
Command & Conquer 
Cruis'n Exotica 
Cruis'n USA
Cruis'n World 
CyberTiger 
Dark Rift 
Deadly Arts 
Destruction Derby 64 
Diddy Kong Racing
Donkey Kong 64 
Doom 64
Dr. Mario 64 
Dual Heroes 
Duck Dodgers Starring Daffy Duck
Duke Nukem - Zero Hour 
Duke Nukem 64 
Earthworm Jim 3D 
ECW Hardcore Revolution 
Excitebike 64 
Extreme-G 
Extreme-G XG2 
F-1 World Grand Prix 
F-Zero X 
F1 Pole Position 64
FIFA - Road to World Cup 98
FIFA 99
FIFA Soccer 64
Fighter Destiny 2 
Fighters Destiny 
Fighting Force 64 
Flying Dragon 
Forsaken 64 
Gauntlet Legends 
Gex 3 - Deep Cover Gecko 
Gex 64 - Enter the Gecko 
Glover 
Goemon's Great Adventure 
GT64 - Championship Edition 
Harvest Moon 64 
Hercules - The Legendary Journeys 
Hexen 
Hey You, Pikachu! 
Hot Wheels - Turbo Racing 
Hybrid Heaven 
Hydro Thunder 
Iggy's Reckin' Balls 
In-Fisherman - Bass Hunter 64 
Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine 
Indy Racing 2000 
International Superstar Soccer '98 
International Superstar Soccer 2000
International Superstar Soccer 64 
International Track & Field 2000 
Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000 
Jet Force Gemini 
John Romero's Daikatana 
Killer Instinct Gold
Kirby 64 - The Crystal Shards 
Knife Edge - Nose Gunner 
Knockout Kings 2000
Legend of Zelda, The - Majora's Mask 
Legend of Zelda, The - Ocarina of Time
LEGO Racers  (M10)
Lode Runner 3-D 
Mace - The Dark Age 
Madden Football 64 
Madden NFL 2000 
Madden NFL 2001 
Madden NFL 2002 
Madden NFL 99 
Magical Tetris Challenge 
Mario Golf 
Mario Kart 64 
Mario Party 
Mario Party 2 
Mario Party 3 
Mario Tennis 
Mega Man 64 
Mia Hamm Soccer 64
Mickey's Speedway USA 
Micro Machines 64 Turbo 
Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits Vol. 1 
Milo's Astro Lanes 
Mischief Makers 
Mission Impossible 
Monaco Grand Prix 
Monster Truck Madness 64 
Mortal Kombat 4 
Mortal Kombat Mythologies - Sub-Zero 
Mortal Kombat Trilogy
MRC - Multi Racing Championship 
Ms. Pac-Man - Maze Madness 
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon 
Nagano Winter Olympics '98 
Namco Museum 64 
NASCAR 2000 
NASCAR 99 
NBA Showtime - NBA on NBC 
New Tetris, The 
NFL Blitz 
NFL Blitz - Special Edition 
NFL Blitz 2000 
NFL Blitz 2001 
NFL Quarterback Club 2000 
NFL Quarterback Club 2001 
NFL Quarterback Club 98 
NFL Quarterback Club 99 
NHL 99 
NHL Blades of Steel '99 
NHL Breakaway 98 
NHL Breakaway 99 
Nightmare Creatures 
Nuclear Strike 64 
Off Road Challenge 
Ogre Battle 64 - Person of Lordly Caliber 
Olympic Hockey Nagano '98 
Paper Mario 
Paperboy 
Penny Racers 
Perfect Dark
PGA European Tour 
Pilotwings 64 
Pokemon Puzzle League 
Pokemon Snap 
Pokemon Stadium
Pokemon Stadium 2 
Polaris SnoCross 
Power Rangers - Lightspeed Rescue 
Powerpuff Girls, The - Chemical X-Traction 
Quake 64 
Quake II 
Quest 64 
Rally Challenge 2000 
Rampage - World Tour 
Rampage 2 - Universal Tour 
Rat Attack!
Rayman 2 - The Great Escape
Razor Freestyle Scooter 
Re-Volt 
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing 
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing - Round 2 
Resident Evil 2
Road Rash 64 
Roadsters Trophy
Robotron 64 
Rocket - Robot on Wheels 
RR64 - Ridge Racer 64 
Rugrats - Scavenger Hunt 
Rugrats in Paris - The Movie 
Rush 2 - Extreme Racing USA 
S.C.A.R.S. 
San Francisco Rush - Extreme Racing
San Francisco Rush 2049 
Scooby-Doo! - Classic Creep Capers 
Shadow Man 
Shadowgate 64 - Trials of the Four Towers
Snowboard Kids 
Snowboard Kids 2 
South Park 
South Park Rally 
Space Invaders 
SpaceStation Silicon Valley 
Spider-Man 
Star Fox 64
Star Soldier - Vanishing Earth 
Star Wars - Rogue Squadron 
Star Wars - Shadows of the Empire
Star Wars Episode I - Battle for Naboo 
Star Wars Episode I - Racer 
StarCraft 64 
Starshot - Space Circus Fever
Stunt Racer 64 
Super Bowling 
Super Smash Bros. 
Supercross 2000 
Superman
Tarzan 
Tetrisphere 
Tom and Jerry in Fists of Furry 
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 
Tonic Trouble
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 
Top Gear Hyper-Bike 
Top Gear Overdrive 
Top Gear Rally 
Top Gear Rally 2 
Toy Story 2 
Transformers - Beast Wars Transmetals 
Turok - Dinosaur Hunter
Turok - Rage Wars 
Turok 2 - Seeds of Evil 
Turok 3 - Shadow of Oblivion 
Twisted Edge - Extreme Snowboarding 
V-Rally Edition 99 
Vigilante 8 
Vigilante 8 - 2nd Offense 
Virtual Chess 64
War Gods 
Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey '98 
Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey
WCW Backstage Assault 
WCW Mayhem 
WCW Nitro 
WCW vs. nWo - World Tour
WCW-nWo Revenge 
Wetrix
WinBack - Covert Operations 
Wipeout 64 
World Cup 98
World Driver Championship 
Worms Armageddon
WWF Attitude 
WWF No Mercy 
WWF War Zone 
WWF WrestleMania 2000 
Xena - Warrior Princess - The Talisman of Fate 
Yoshi's Story

Nintendo 64 Livestream: Questions and Answers

In 2017 I announced on stream my intention to play through all 296 Nintendo 64 games on real hardware live.  So in order to answer some of the most common questions, I've created this Q&A!

Q: What happened to the challenge?  Why are you resuming it?

A: Originally, I began the challenge in January of 2018 and stayed pretty active on it until April, when my RGB modded Nintendo 64 began to go on the fritz, constantly resetting itself to the point where I couldn't play any N64 game for more than 10 minutes.  After trying everything to get it to work again (new Expansion Pak, new power supply, etc) I still couldn't get it to work.  Unfortunately, my stock Nintendo 64 looked horrible on the TV and worse on the capture card and I couldn't afford another RGB modded N64 (or better yet, an HDMI modded one).  I also began to get anxiety about constantly focusing on the challenge and not being able to do other stuff, like play other games or create walkthroughs so I quit the challenge.  However, after reviewing my 2018 progress, I noticed that 75% of my coverage was the N64 challenge and I regretted not completing the game.  I ended up pulling out my stock N64 to play and getting new cables for it and really enjoying it.  Not only that, the games looked pretty great on my new TV and I ended up getting an AV to HDMI converter which worked awesome so I figured "why not restart the N64 challenge?".

Q: What's different this time?  Are you gonna abandon it again?

A: This time, it's going to be a fun side project instead of my main focus.  I'm playing it mainly because I love the N64 and I enjoy it's library and want to get more acquainted with it.  But I realize that if I focus on it primarily, I'm going to burn myself out again.  So this time, I'm going to play the games when I want to or when I have time (which I have less and less of compared to last year).  That way, I don't feel obligated or guilty if I play a PS4 game or cover a different game on my channel and can just focus on what made this challenge fun: playing N64!  While that means I may complete games at a much slower pace, it will be much healthier for me to do it that way.  I'm also not making the save files available for download anymore, simply due to lack of interest.

Q: Why are you doing this project?

A: The Nintendo 64 was the system I remember investing in the most growing up and after playing through a few games recently on it, I decided I wanted to try them all, especially since the library is small enough that this is obtainable.  After purchasing roughly a quarter of the library and an Everdrive, I realized this challenge is actually feasible.

Q: Are you emulating or are you playing this on real hardware?

A: I'm playing all 296 games on an official North American Nintendo 64.  My original streams were on an RGB modded N64 but it shortly fizzled out after only 36 games.  Starting with my 2019 streams, I'm using a stock N64 with AV cables and an AV to HDMI converter.  I started with a stock N64 controller modded with a GCN style control stick but now I've switched to my Retro Fighters modern N64 controller.

Q: Are you running it on composite?  RF Cable?

A: I'm using standard AV cables with an HDMI modifier.  Please be aware that due to the age of the N64 and the resolution it processes at (240i), the games naturally look blurry and jagged.  It's just the nature of the game!

Q: How many games are you going to complete?

A: All 296 North American released games.  Each game will have a list of completion requirements underneath.  I may do a few bonus episodes where I 100% complete a game or play modes not required to complete the game (or even Japanese games) but for now, the goal is the entire US library.

Q: Will these be with the real carts or Everdrive?

A: A mix of both.

Q: What do you consider completed?

A: Depends on the game but for the most part, beating it on any difficulty or getting a credits screen will constitute beating the game.  For sports games, I consider beating season mode (any # of games length) completion.  Harvest Moon 64 will likely be playing until you get rated in Year 3.  Prior to broadcast, I will list the completion goal on the bottom of the screen for clarity.  There may be some games I play past completion for fun (such as Mario 64) but I'm not going for 100% (or even higher difficulty).

Q: Are you setting a time limit for yourself?

A: No.  I want this to be a fun, nostalgic trip so I am able to play through and enjoy these games without rushing myself.

Q: Where are you streaming this?

A: On my main Youtube channel: Jerry Martin Gaming.  I decided to switch from my livestreams channel as I already have a retro fanbase on my main channel.

Q: Are you gonna play these solo?

A: I will be beating them solo but I will also have my wife and best friend DoubleD join me while playing a lot of these games, such as Mario Party or Perfect Dark.

Q: Can I download the save files for the games you're streaming?

A: Unfortunately, due to lack of interest and a good place to host these files, I will no longer be hosting the save files.  If you'd like them, please DM me on Youtube or Twitter.

Q: Why did you start Conker (Game 4) on File 3 but end on File 1?

A: I started the stream on the real cartridge but after accidentally skipping a cutscene off stream (and wanting to facilitate the sharing of my save files), I restarted up to the point I had reached on stream using my Everdrive.

Q: On Waialae, you considered it beaten by winning the tournament but didn't.  Why?  (Where's the Waialae save file?)

A: Originally, I was under the impression that you had to beat the tournament to see the credits.  Instead, you just have to place.  I may come back to this game later.  Also, for some reason my profile did not save to the memory card, as seen in the beginning of the stream (which was the second stream) so I was not able to upload the save.

Happy New Years! Looking back and future plans!

Hello everyone and happy New Years!  I hope you guys had a great time last night and the rest of the year goes great!

Being the start of a new year, I like to reflect back on my accomplishments from the previous year and look forward to what I will accomplish.  So without further ado, I would like to present a list of accomplishments from 2017!

The biggest accomplishment I had was marrying my lovely wife Ariel.  It was incredible and I've enjoyed every day with her.  While this did stunt a lot of progress in the first half of the year, it was more than worth it.  Next would be the creation of my second Youtube channel: Jerry Martin Livestreams.  After livestreaming Jackbox with my friends and having people join in, I decided to create a separate channel where I could livestream games and Jackbox from.  I started it up on February 7th and even consistently streamed every Friday at 5 PM for weeks, that is, until personal life and work made it impossible for me to get on every Friday and it's been sporadic ever since.  To be honest, most of my efforts went into this channel and making it work for most of the year and there are 74 full streams up to watch from last year for a plethora of different games.

Most of my early streams were centered around Jackbox and playing with my family members.  I even teamed up with DoubleD and did a dual stream on June 12th inviting everyone to play.  Unfortunately, even though we got someone our first attempt (when we were trying to have a family game), we never truly got anyone else to play with us which is why I shifted gears and started playing other stuff.

Early on in the channel's life, I would stream either PC games or PS4 games, as those were the only ways I could stream early on.  I had fun streaming Unreal Tournament 99 and completing the deathmatch mode, as well as testing the newly released Ys Origin on PS4 and Lego Worlds.  We also saw a return to Broforce as Baird and I played through a lot of the game properly without lag!  I even streamed some little known, poorly made indies known as Skylight Freerange (a MS Paint 'Mass Effect killer' released on PS4) and Zombitatos, an FMV game that could have been released on Youtube.

However, the biggest boon to the new channel was when I finally plunked down for an Elgato and received it on July 8th.  Finally able to livestream games in HD and systems other than PS4, I soon turned to Super Mario 3D World which got me a lot of followers as I trekked through the game and beat all of the worlds including World Crown.  I even invited DoubleD to join us as we played it live with my wife making her debut on the channel on July 13.  Finally, on August 7, we finished the game (though I would go back and attempt to get through the game with the rest of the characters for a while) and moved on to other Mario games, namely Paper Mario 64 and New Super Mario Bros U.  My most popular video to date on that channel would come a short while later on September 1, where I played Jak & Daxter live on PS4 and would be raided by DoubleD and his followers.

However, after a lot of people failed to turn up to my highly advertised Super Mario Odyssey premiere on launch day and things at home/work screwing with my schedule, my streaming schedule for the rest of the year petered out.  I definitely intend to rectify that this year.

My main channel saw 31 new games covered, despite most of my efforts turning to my livestream channel, and a lot of them were fun new additions.  You can also tell by my uploads that a lot of last year's uploads were based on themes.  The first upload, Final Fantasy, took a lot out of me and took weeks of time to prepare, record, edit and upload and was one of the main reasons my focus went to streaming.  However, I did attempt to record the second game but burnt myself out.

April 30th saw the return of a type of video I hadn't done in years: a commentary walkthrough for Wizard and the Princess.  Cited as the first game in the King's Quest series, my intention was to cover all the games in the series but after 50 failed takes of King's Quest 1, my focus shifted to other series.

June 14th was a very busy day for me as I knocked out a ton of games for the NES Classic Edition (as it was my intention to cover all 30 games).  However, one of my viewers commented that the arcade videos I was putting out bored him.  I just happened to be playing through one of my favorite games at the time and decided to cover my first ever Nintendo 64 game: Super Mario 64!  It was an absolute blast covering the game (though as many people pointed out, I did skip World 2 at the time) and I had so much fun I decided to re-record my previous Super Mario World and Super Mario Bros (SMA version) playthroughs to be more in line with the consistent and concise style I've adopted over the years.

Around this time, the SNES Classic Edition was announced and the game list was announced.  My intention was to have the first complete video walkthrough series for all 21 games so that when it launched in September, people could go to my playlist and find whatever game they were having trouble with.  Because of this, most of my next uploads were games from the SNES Classic and ones I had really wanted to cover in the past (though I jumped the gun early on some of them): Donkey Kong Country, Super Punch Out, Mario RPG, Castlevania IV, Super Ghouls and Ghosts, Super Metroid (which I had started recording the year prior), Super Mario Kart (also recorded the year prior), Super Mario World 2 (which completed my classic Mario playlist), Mega Man X, Contra 3, Star Fox and Kirby's Super Star.  However, pumping out all of these games in a short amount of time left me burnt out yet again and I remedied this by playing through one of my favorite beat-em-ups: Simpsons Arcade.  My wife made her debut on the channel as well and it was a blast.  We ended up recording another playthrough with Bart and Lisa.

Near the end of the year, I also debuted another new type of video which I will be working on heavily throughout the year to try and catch up the rest of my videos: commentary versions.  Along with my normal non-commentary versions, I will dub commentary over the video for extra help or interesting tidbits.  I will be going back and dubbing videos from the past in this style as well.

As far as my writing goes, because of everything that's happened this year as well as the environment not being suitable for writing, the only accomplishment I've had would be the five new reviews I wrote for Gamefaqs.  They were the four Jackbox games (which we first played early this year) and Zombitatos.  I do hope to write more but with free time being limited as is, I doubt it will happen.

Now, as for this year, I have a few objectives I'd like to complete and one of them is a doozy.  But the following is my list of goals for 2018:

• Reset a regular streaming schedule (hopefully the same Friday @ 5 PM PST)
• Apply custom thumbnails for all previous videos uploaded as well as livestream videos
• Finish adding timestamps to all previous videos.
• Finish covering Mega Man X series.
• Finish New Super Mario Bros U and Super Mario Odyssey livestreams.
• Livestream and complete all 296 US Nintendo 64 games.

The last one is a doozy but is a dream of mine especially now that I have the means to do so.  I will elaborate on it more as the time nears but essentially I want to finish all of the games on the Nintendo 64.  Most likely they will not be done to 100% and the sports games will likely be a season but they will be played on official hardware.  More on that to come!

I hope to see you within the year and we will see how this comes to pass!