9) Ridge Racer 64

Released: 2000
Rrriiiiiiiiiidddggggeeeee Raaaaaccc-ahem, sorry! Odd though it was, it took Ridge Racer 64 years to come to N64 despite being a port of a PlayStation launch game. Not that it was any mere port, of course. Ridge Racer 64 came to the console sporting improved graphics, better controls thanks to the N64 analogue stick, and additional content that Sony’s fans never got in their version of the title. There’s nothing quite like Ridge Racer’s brand of arcade racing, with its wicked drifting at the heart of every title. It takes some work to master, but learning to blaze around turns and corners in Ridge Racer is as satisfying as any gimmick in the industry. N64 had the definitive version of Ridge Racer, and it was one heck of a racing game.
The only way this list could be better is if it was a “coming soon” list on the Wii U’s virtual console!
It would also have Rayman 2, Rocket: Robot on Wheels, Turok 2, and Body Harvest on it. Oh, and James Bond: The World Is Not Enough.
So happy to see Ridge Racer on there….
For me the best “non-tendo” N64 game were Gauntlet Legends, Battle Tanx, Forsaken, the Bomberman games and Turok games.
The Rush racing games from Midway were awesome, and Moral Kombat 4 which played better on N64 than the arcade version.
The WWF games were epic on N64. They are still in my opinion better than the ones they make today
I was going to say Ridge Racer 64 but it counts as a Nintendo developed game since it was Nintendo Software Technology, right?
Anyway, nice list! Rogue Squadron makes my list as well.
My own list would include some Turok representation, probably the 2nd one, Seeds of Evil. My goodness, was that game impressive! Expansion Pak for the win: those detailed graphics and enemy dismemberment blew my mind, along with the presentation values. And the music, wow.
Rayman 2: The Great Escape was pretty awesome as well.
The other two games on my list would have to be:
–Rocket: Robot on Wheels (wonderful 3D platformer by Sucker Punch)
–Shadow Man (one of the best mature games I have played that was ‘mature’ in more ways than you can imagine. This game had a massive world to explore).
(Looks like OG75 and KisakiProject agree with me on some of my picks.)