Super Mario 64

A 3D platform game released by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 in 1996. Players explore expansive 3D courses to collect Power Stars. It was directed by Shigeru Miyamoto.

Development ran from September 7, 1994 to May 20, 1996 with about 15–20 people; the team focused on the camera system and Mario's animation before building levels.

Developer

Nintendo EAD

Publisher

Nintendo

Analog-stick control allows 360-degree movement and a range of jumps as players collect Power Stars to unlock more of Peach's castle.

Platform

Nintendo 64

CPU

NEC VR4300 (MIPS R4300i-based) 93.75 MHz

Media

ROM cartridge (4–64 MB)

Bits (period term)

64-bit

Platform specifications are sourced on the console page.

Japan

23 Jun 1996[1]

North America

29 Sep 1996[1]

Europe

1 Mar 1997[1]

Director

Shigeru Miyamoto

Producer

Shigeru Miyamoto

Designer

Yoichi Yamada, Yasuhisa Yamamura, Takashi Tezuka, Kenta Usui, Naoki Mori, Yoshiki Haruhana, Makoto Miyanaga, Katsuhiko Kanno

Composer

Koji Kondo

Credits are limited to what the sources state.

• GAME1985

  

  Family Computer

  Super Mario Bros.

  スーパーマリオブラザーズ

  Release

  JP 1985.09.13

  Dev

  Nintendo R&D4

  Genre

  Platformer / Action

• GAME1990

  Super Famicom

  Super Mario World

  スーパーマリオワールド

  Release

  JP 1990.11.21

  Dev

  Nintendo EAD

  Genre

  Platformer / Action

• GAME1995

  Super Famicom

  Chrono Trigger

  クロノ・トリガー

  Release

  JP 1995.03.11

  Dev

  Square

  Genre

  RPG / JRPG

By March 2008 it had sold 11.8 million copies worldwide, the best-selling Nintendo 64 game (English Wikipedia).

Series: Super Mario

This page uses no box art or screenshots, because their rights cannot be individually verified. The background artwork is an abstract pattern generated from the title's data. Credits for the platform photograph are on the console page.