1996 "Change the System" Nintendo 64 Promo [FULL & HQ]

[@CopernicusNerdicus2020]

No joke, I probably re-watched this video a hundred times when I was a kid waiting for the N64 to come out lol

[@Lunamorphous]

We all did.

[@hairlessmonkey86]

Me too!!!! Haha

[@GrnArrow092]

+Thomas Torre I still have my copy and I eagerly waited to get my hands on my very own Nintendo 64. When June 1997 rolled around, I received $200 from high school graduation gifts. I promptly went out and bought my N64 the next day. That was a very happy day for me. I can remember my mother saying to me how foolish it was to go out and buy one. She told me I didn't need a new Nintendo, but I didn't care. She didn't understand computers and technology as well as I did.

[@Zytharros]

My parents darn well near bought me my own VHS player so I could watch my aunt's copy, which I borrowed and watched more than she did!

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

Exactly...I didn’t sleep for two nights in a row before...playing Mario 64 was one of the greatest memories I have...then Mario Kart and StarFox...Shadows of the Empire....Blast Corps....I’ll see you all later, I’m gonna go hop in my DeLorean and get the hell out of here

[@SamPendleton]

4:11 - "You see the way he went through that DOOR?!" Yeah, that was truly spellbinding.

[@Miicrowahvei]

Sam Pendleton Haha! 😂

[@Rountree1985]

Found the douche who wasn’t alive when this game came out.

[@SamPendleton]

@@Rountree1985 Ha ha; I had this videotape and bought a N64 the day the local game store ( Babbages) started taking preorders, clown.

[@ruthlessedgeboy8591]

Yup, I grew up in THIS generation of gaming. And I miss it.

[@giygas79]

"3 best gamers in the world"

[@Incubusnut]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MikeRoePhonicsMusic]

That is some quality mid-nineties cheese.

[@dark_flipkid3777]

Gotta love it!

[@SlyHikari03]

@@dark_flipkid3777 yup

[@ReMeDy_TV]

I remember when I saw Goldeneye 64 in a Nintendo Power magazine. I begged my mom for it, and she surprised me one day, handed me a bag, and told me to look inside. There it was... Pierce Brosnan's face staring at me. I was blown away by the game. There was nothing like it. Four player matches, precision aiming, tons of enemy death animations, enemy hitboxes (I liked shooting guys in the crotch and ass), and tons of replayability with speed runs and hidden levels. I also remember seeing Mission: Impossible and Turok in future Nintendo Power magazines, and remember saying how realistic the enemies looked, lol. Turok scared me when I was little, seeing a raptor emerging from the fog. I actually turned off my console before the raptor could get to me, before working up the nerve to try again. Turok was my first experience in the horror genre, if you could even call Turok that. That was until I played Resident Evil 2 on PS1, then I crapped myself. Had a hard time sleeping after that one!

[@KillThad]

"Pierce Brosnan's face staring at me" With his weird mouth.

[@HybridBlueDream]

@@KillThad *sexy mouth

[@dirtdetector7117]

give him a toss man. he ain't nothin

[@retrogameraaron4778]

The N64 is now as old as the Atari 2600 was back when the N64 was new.

[@CaptinNabil7]

RetroGamerAaron I feel old just hearing this. Especially when I was born the same year as N64.

[@Yujiman85]

10 year old me must've watched this video a thousand times waiting for the N64 to come out. I remember the last part about KI Gold really hyped me up because Killer Instinct on the SNES was one of my and my brother's favorite games. I used to come home from school and watch this tape religiously before starting my homework haha Nostalgia is kicking me in the face so hard right now.

[@dream431ca]

I had this VHS and it blew me away when I was a kid.

[@MrKrisSteel]

Ken Lobb is the best part of this video.

[@zimtak111]

Even though it's all old news, I still got all giddy when they said "You still want more!?" and showed Killer Instinct 2 Gold and I'm like, "Aww yeah!".

[@DavidBrown30]

This video rocked my world when I was a boy. Thanks for uploading!

[@The_Husband_of_Jane_Lane]

I still own a N64 since Christmas 1997.

[@ct0760]

I remember getting this Christmas Day, my mom waited in line apparently opening day and was hiding it. (I was in shock, I probably sounded like the n64 kid on KZbin.) Nice bit of nostalgia, thanks

[@BingleMcPingle]

I'll never forget the experience of waking up on Dec. 25, 1996 to find an N64 along with KI Gold and Shadows of the Empire under the tree. Bought Cruisin USA with my Christmas money on boxing day. After chain watching this promo video for months, of course.

[@AwpWilliams]

OMG DUDE, I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS SINCE THE 20TH CENTURY. I HAVE THIS TAPE IN A BOX SOMEWHERE. NOW I DON'T HAVE TO LOOK FOR IT. I remember these sounds dude, I remember. I remember getting this in the mail and playing it over and over. PRECIOUS, PRECIOUS NOSTALGIA!!!

[@bowlofarthritus713]

PS1 and N64... the finale of nostalgia of gaming. Ps2, 3, 4, Xbox, 360, one, can never achieve THAT status

[@dave4shmups]

Thanks so much for uploading and sharing this!

[@TRJ2241987]

I miss these days so much. These were my favorite as a gamer. The sense that so much was on the horizon and coming so quickly. My brother and I each got a system with Mario 64. I also got Cruis'n USA and NBA Hangtime, and he got Pilotwings 64 and Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey. The joy of stepping up from the SNES on that night could not be matched, both of us with our systems hooked up on separate tv's in the same room....I didn't think the n64 was a letdown at all, great system, great times

[@hairlessmonkey86]

Yes i too had this! Watched it over and over until i got my 64, then i stopped watching it until now :) thanks for the upload man!

[@HippyShake9]

Kind of reminds me of the N64 commercials I used to see on Saturday morning as a kid. I really wanted the system more than anything, but an 8 year old doesn't have deep pockets. God I miss the 90's sometimes!

[@Tornado1994]

+Note Worthy Bring back the OLD Nintendo. Bring back SEGA. 4.19.2016. Join the Army. #BringBackThe4thGen.

[@leonwolf4]

Actually got this video before the N64's launch. Was so awesome! Can't recall how many times I replayed this back in the day! X3 Thanks so much for the upload.

[@quagthias]

Oh my god, my 12 year old self watched this video way too many times. The part with Ken Lobb first showing off Mario 64 is ingrained into my brain.

[@burnafterreading7335]

Mine to lol

[@faceduro6719]

Looking at the video now and I set my mind nostalgically back in 1996 and feeling mesmerized now as I did back then on how revolutionary N64 was it's amazing

[@gcnelite5983]

Doesn't get more 90's than this.

[@ExiledWolf84]

Did anyone watching this back in the day also happen to think it was weird that Nintendo of Americas receptionist sits at a crappy card table that looks like it was placed in a fire exit stairwell? I always thought it would be so much grander looking when I was a kid... Not only that, but who chauffeurs three adults (or whatever they are) in the backseat of a two door Thunderbird??? You just know that somebody who happened to work there owned that car and lent it (and their card table) for use in this video...

[@user-eg3zs6oi7c]

+YoshiMan38 lmao

[@tysontomko]

"Press the A button, commonly known as the blue button" Too rad bro

[@TylerMcNamer]

I can't wait for September 29th!

[@shanedawsonluv123]

I first played the N64 when I was 1 and a half years old. I still play it.

[@Relicanth]

I so miss these days, getting these videos in the mail and watching "High-Def" video gaming back then.

[@xebek]

I don't recall the 90s being one continuous acid-trip, but here's hard evidence that it actually was. How did I not notice?

[@Konstelation]

It's just because the world changes like every 5-10 years constantly, we'll look back at today and be like what in the actual fuck is this.

[@xebek]

Konstelation Agreed. For the most part, the 90s was not that different from today (well, maybe with a lot more flannel and minus smartphones). Marketing, however, was on a whole different level of "rad".

[@mikepellegrino133]

Yes it was and I wouldn't have had it any other way!

[@triclon]

You were too busy playing pogs and Pokemon.

[@TatoMotionChannel]

That cassette is pure gold!!

[@aleckermit]

That's why Blockbuster did so well at the time. My family almost exclusively rented.

[@Omnipotent2013]

@6:32 I bet that took a long ass time to render back then. lmfao. That transition.

[@gladosvswheatly]

God i wish i could take a playstation 3 back to 1996 and see their reaction to the graphics

[@cstick2664]

"More commonly known as the blue button"

[@robevans8629]

N64 is the shit

[@patrickdumas224]

I came home from school one day in 1996 and there was the tape for this. I don't remember what month it was, but it was one of the greatest days I had ever had. 1996 was a great year anyway. I'm not sure how my parents got it and I never asked them. Even to this day, I never found out where they got it. We went out for a while afterwards and my brother and I didn't get to watch this until after we got home that night. It was awesome as hell and I just couldn't wait till the N64 was available in the US. We kept this video tape for years but it disappeared some time ago and I wish we still had it. But as soon as N64 came out, we got lucky. We saw an ad that if you buy it at TARGET, it comes with super Mario 64. So I believe that's how we got ours. Then as the months and years went by, we'd buy all kinds of games for it. Those were the days and I sure do miss them.

[@daledonlon3976]

The "Klob" from Goldeneye 007 was named after that bloke :)

[@rozelnox]

This commercial is just like those fucked up dark nightmares you have after playing all day and eating too much at dinner. You suddenly wake up at 4:00am thirsty, confused on what is real and what is not, and you go straight to drink gallons of water in the silent kitchen to recover mental health.

[@Omnipotent2013]

I love how you smacked the vhs deck. lmfao

[@kevgor138]

I remember getting this video from Nintendo Power. I got the console 2 days before release because the store I got it from fucked up and put it on the shelf early.. After I got it I watched the video again and realized how bad these guys sucked

[@Incubusnut]

Gotta love when stores fucked up release dates back in the day!

[@Lunamorphous]

When I was a kid, after this video came in the mail, I spent 15 minutes just about every day envying the guys in this video for their privilege to play the N64. I watched this video almost every day for about a year until I finally saved up enough money to buy one. And that may have been the happiest day of my life.

[@dark_flipkid3777]

Watching these old gaming info videos from the 90s really re-kindles my love for the ol'64 bit system I think I'm gonna go home tonight and do some "so long gay bowser " gaming

[@burnafterreading7335]

Goldeneye 64 for ever lol

[@AwesomeElias]

oot,/mm/banjo kazooie/tooie >goldeneye.

[@RetroFan]

I remember getting this in the mail. Oh yeah, had me pumped for N64 and didn't disappoint.

[@incrediblyundeniable2326]

I lived in this period and looking back I can't handle it. THE CRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIINNNNNNGGGGGGEEEEE!

[@Mrminesplat]

CRISP GRAPHICS

[@MysteryManBob]

90's dialogue is painful to listen to

[@idhcrepresent]

Seth Andersen Seth, what kinda skills you have, little man?

[@MysteryManBob]

STAHP

[@MrV902]

+Seth Andersen Oh, yeah. "Epic meme culture" is sooo much better.

[@MysteryManBob]

MrV902 I've lived too long.

[@idhcrepresent]

MrV902 xXx_MLGScrubkiLLER420_xXx joined the game: hao daer u sae dat!! I'll fokin rek teh shit owt ov u ill quikskope fastur tehn san1c can run!

[@GrnArrow092]

Ken Lobb has been working for Microsoft Game Studios since 2001.

[@Lethaltail]

"Do you see the way he went through that door"

[@dave4shmups]

Back when Nintendo actually put some effort into marketing their consoles.

[@Rountree1985]

dave4shmups yeah, too bad the Switch is a failure, right? /s

[@PresidentFlip]

Rountree1985 his comment was made before the switch

[@triclon]

"Anti-aliasing for crips graphics" *snort* the AA is what caused the horrible blur on the N64. Thank goodness for the gameshark codes that can be used to turn it off.

[@dejaalston8672]

" Change The System" 😏 such a simple yet epic and badass line as of today it still gives me chills and goosebumps. It never gets old.😍😎💯👍😏😰😱

[@kevg715]

Whip it in circles and your Control Stick gets worn out after a week!

[@ZachAttackIsBack]

A brilliant marketing campaign by Nintendo. 11-year-old me was hyped beyond belief for the N64.

[@rogelioVela1985]

at the end of the video, the insaneness :O

[@SuperFirstSecond]

Everyone knows Ken Lobb has been at Microsoft since the Rare split, but I had no idea who the other two guys were. Armond Williams seems to have disappeared after a special thanks in Guilty Gear 2: Overture (yeesh), but the other guy, Henry Sterchi is actually at MS too, worked with a lot of 1st Party Xbox Live games and is currently Creative Director on Project Spark. Pretty cool seeing whats up 20 years later.

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

Dude, I used to watch this CONSTANTLY...I’m 36...getting old sucks

[@ewicn]

"aw did you see the way he went through that door?!" xD I love these oldschool vids, why don't we have this today!!!

[@PoliticalAbstract]

Blockbuster was the shit in the 90s! I got my N64 the christmas of '96, I was 5.

[@HS-mn6jc]

"CHANGE THE SYSTEM!"

[@SavageOgre111]

When I was a kid, I came buckets when I saw KI2 at the end of the video.

[@letmejustdoit]

I used to love all those games! that's awesmoe! took me way back!

[@jeremyc311709]

Man I can’t wait till Sept 29. I’m gonna go to Best Buy and wait in line for an N64

[@aleckermit]

THEY'RE THE 3 BEST GAMERS ON THE PLANET YOU NEED TO LEARN RESPECT! D:

[@lushadventuresgaming7670]

the memories of playing mario 64 and shadows of the empire back in '04 when I was small :D

[@bonorbitz]

Even back then Nintendo was releasing their system in limited quantities.

[@orangeclover21]

I still have this VHS..

[@dgenerate707]

You just me hate my cousin again for breaking my copy of that tape. I remember being geeked about a "new Nintendo" coming out and KI 2 was the icing on the cake

[@SatisJackson3O5]

I had this VHS tape...so nostalgic

[@Icestationzero]

thanks for posting this

[@Princeps32]

gonna be honest at 10 years old the mario 64 preview was super hype

[@WebVManReturns]

1996: Change the System 2017: Switch the System.

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

“what kind of skills you have little man?”...used to say this to my younger brother all the time back then ...whenever I’d beat him in a game etc...he would flip out and go “tell mom”...

[@NYRavage]

When I got this video, I watched it at least a hundred times before my parents finally bought me an N64.

[@TeleeClips]

13:05 This was back when Goldeneye was still supposed to be a rail shooter, pretty cool.

[@DoomKid]

This vido slams you in the FACE with 90'sness!

[@kevin0737]

Yo, this is unreal!

[@dead99ish]

4:11 "Yo you see the way he went through that door?"

[@Godlike_Virus]

Here's hoping one day Nintendo might decide to put out an N64 Classic Edition somehow. Wouldn't be hard I can imagine. Might have around 20-ish games predictably.

[@MSORP2008]

Would be shit because no goldeneye dk64 etc

[@shanedawsonluv123]

Hell yeah, I still have mine from when I was just a little baby.

[@TroubleClef92]

OMG, I never knew Kirby Air Ride was a cancelled N64 project!! It was a fantastic NGC release.

[@Ddarke11]

N64 - for when you want that amazing palette of red, yellow, green, and blue.

[@Old_Gamerboy64]

Ahh, Kirby's Air Ride.............wait huuuuuuuuuuuuh????

[@barc0deblankblank]

the pinnacle of gaming :D

[@C4s3yJon3s]

I wish I could take a commodore 64 back to 1422 and see their reaction as they burn me for witchcraft.

[@Lebst]

Pretty amazing how much video game technology has advanced since then..seems like it was just yesterday I unpacked my n64 (ok so maybe not)

[@greyfox37]

I remember getting this in the mail and a diddy Kong racing one later

[@MisterNickOtine]

i lived through this shit. it was intense. when we called the stored and learned that a new shipment was in my mom rushed me there and i got the last one. i remember carrying it out clutched tightly in my hands and there was another boy who saw it and was like "oh you got one. the N64!" and i felt sad for him but thought you won't get one today nah uh.

[@bowlofarthritus]

I live in Annapolis MD. MD itself is one of the most expensive states to live in as it is. Now, maybe not every game was 80 bucks, but I remember a couple of them that had that price tag. Which ones, I couldnt remember

[@overwatch761]

Excellent video.

[@MaximoMachismo]

LOVE THAT PART!

[@Gooman130]

Games were actually closer to 40-60. Some of the sports and racing games were even $20. You can check the MSRP price of all games at IGN.com. Like Aleck said, that's why Blockbuster did so well. Nintendo did several Blockbuster rental only promo games.

[@bitcodelabs4660]

I love polygons they are everywhere in the n64

[@Scienceboy0]

12:49 Wait, Kirby Air Ride was originally going to be for the N64? I could have never imagined that.

[@bneyens]

I am befriending all these Nintendo guys on Linkdedin

[@WebVManReturns]

I wish I could take a Neo Geo AES back to 1977 and see their reaction to the graphics.

[@bowlofarthritus713]

what gets me is im probably the age of the the nintendo employment cast, today, as they were in this video... they must be around their 50s by now