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In spite of a strident fanfare of pre-release hype, the Nintendo 64 has turned out to be a very decent games machine. At $399.95 plus roughly $89 to $99 per game cartridge, the N64 deck is a shade more expensive than Sony's PlayStation, although the price structure should sort itself out (one hopes). The PlayStation and N64 are technically worlds apart. The N64 has 36 megs of dynamic RAM and a 64-bit CPU running over 100 MIPS (millions of instructions per second) at respectable CPU clock speed of 93.75 MHz. To speed things up, it has a separate sound and graphics coprocessor running at 62.5 MHz.

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Considering the range of movements Mario is expected to perform over the game's 15 or so levels, I have become rather fond of the N64's 14-button standard controller. It bears a superficial similarity to the PlayStation handpiece, although the third central handle and a nifty, thumb-sized joystick take out the ergonomic strain. A range of peripheral devices for the N64 a are due for release over the next few months. Hand controllers are available in five different colours at approximately $49.95 each to take the some of the confusion out of multiplayer games (up to four can participate at a time), and a 64 Mb magnetic storage disk drive is an optional extra, although I can only guess what possible uses this doodad might have. Gamesave data and prea ferred joypad configurations are normally saved on small RAM cartridges ($29.95) that slot into the handpiece, so it is safe to assume the disk drive is intended for use with a range of software titles still under development.

New titles for the N64 are fairly thin on the ground at the moment, although this will probably change over the next few months. Pilotwings 64, Wave Race 64, Mario Kart 64, StarWing 64, Cruis'n USA, Killer Instinct Gold, Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire, Blast Corps, and Goldeneye 007 are available for starters, and another 60 games are currently under development. If Super Mario 64 is an indication of what will turn up for the N64 in future, this game console may easily turn out to be one of the most desirable home entertainment gadgets of the decade. Impressive. Console, power supply, cables and controller (up to four handsets can be fitted) $399.95 rrp.

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