Jet Force Gemini was my top go to game quickly followed by Conkers Bad Fur Day. Cruisi’n USA deserves an honorable mention as well!
F-Zero X is one I haven’t seen mentioned.
GoldenEye and Conkers Bad Fur Day
Paper Mario
Jet Force Gemini
Majora’s Mask / Ocarina of Time
Blast Corps
Custom Robo
Mario Golf
Space Station Silicon Valley
Goemon’s Great Adventure
Pleasantly surprised to see Mario Golf mentioned ❤️
Oh man I forgot about blast corps!
It really holds up, probably moreso than most N64 games. There’s so much fun in the simplicity of wrecking things.
Majoras Mask, Perfect Dark, Jet Force Gemini, Tony Hawks Pro Skater, and Goemons Great Adventure are some of my all time favorites.
All of mine have been mentioned except Pokemon Stadium 1 and 2.
Am I gonna be the first one to say Mario 64?? Really?
Mario 64
Rocket: robot on wheels
I agree with all of the other great games others have mentioned, but I really love the first level of rocket. It’s your typical platformer, except it has a physics engine, so when you throw things, they might bounce in fun ways, and there is this dune buggy that you get to drive that bounces off the sand dunes in ways that releases a lot of seratonin in my brain.
StarFox64 still holds up tremendously well. The blocky and simple art design makes it visually easy to read, and the gameplay is solid.
I agree with most of these lists. I would add Banjo Kazooie! Just finished a replay of it (N64 version, not XBLA) and it mostly holds up.
Ocarina of time, goldeneye, shadows of the empire, Mario kart
Super underrated: pokemon puzzle league
Bomberman Hero is pretty special to me. Also, I don’t think Jet Force Gemini gets enough love.
Waverace
Pilot Wings
Mario Cart 64
Perfect Dark
Just to say something beyond the obvious ones others are sharing; I really loved Battletanx. The game wasn’t all that great with the nostalgia goggles removed but I had so much fun playing it with friends 25 years ago