June 23, 1996 · Computer or hardware
Nintendo 64 (Japan) (1996)
The Japanese launch of Nintendo's 64-bit console, three months before North America.
Launched June 23, 1996 with Super Mario 64 and Pilotwings 64; Nintendo 64 sold 32.93 million total. It used cartridges and an SGI-designed RCP.
See 1996 in the interactive timeline
Facts
- Date
- June 23, 1996
- Kind
- Computer or hardware: Home console
- Maker or publisher
- Nintendo
- CPU
- NEC VR4300 @ 93.75 MHz
- RAM
- 4 MB RDRAM
- Graphics
- SGI RCP @ 62.5 MHz
- Media
- Cartridge
- Units sold
- 32.93 million
- Generation
- 5th
- First sold in
- Japan
- Notable games
- Super Mario 64; Pilotwings 64
Source: Wikipedia
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Related
- Nintendo 64 (North America) (successor, 1996)
- Super Mario 64 (notable game, 1996)
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