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The Nintendo 64 (Japanese: ニンテンドー64 Hepburn: Nintendō Rokujūyon?), stylized as NINTENDO 64 and often referred to as N64, is Nintendo's third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit central processing unit, it was released in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America, March 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil.

It is Nintendo's last home console to use ROM cartridges to store games (Nintendo switched to a Mini DVD based format for the successor GameCube); handhelds in the Game Boy line, however, continued to use Game Paks. As part of the fifth generation of gaming, it primarily competed with the PlayStation and the Sega Saturn.

Succeeded by Nintendo's GameCube in November 2001, N64 consoles continued to be produced until its discontinuation in Japan on April 30, 2002, Europe on May 16, 2003, North America on November 30, 2003, and Australia in 2003.

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+The Nintendo 64 (Japanese: ニンテンドー64 Hepburn: Nintendō Rokujūyon?), stylized as NINTENDO 64 and often referred to as N64, is Nintendo's third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit central processing unit, it was released in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America, March 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil.
+It is Nintendo's last home console to use ROM cartridges to store games (Nintendo switched to a Mini DVD based format for the successor GameCube); handhelds in the Game Boy line, however, continued to use Game Paks. As part of the fifth generation of gaming, it primarily competed with the PlayStation and the Sega Saturn.
+Succeeded by Nintendo's GameCube in November 2001, N64 consoles continued to be produced until its discontinuation in Japan on April 30, 2002, Europe on May 16, 2003, North America on November 30, 2003, and Australia in 2003.
 ===External links===
 *[http://books.google.com/books?id=uA0EAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=billboard+may+18,+1996#v=onepage&q=billboard%20may%2018%2C%201996&f=false Billboard Magazine of May 18, 1996, p.58, covering the launch of Nintendo 64, including Yamauchi's explanation of cartridge strategy and negotiations about Netscape's online strategy for N64]
+*[http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/nintendo64/index.jsp Nintendo 64 Customer Service]
+*[http://www.dmoz.org/Games/Video_Games/Console_Platforms/Nintendo/Nintendo_64/ Nintendo 64 at DMOZ]
+*[http://micro-64.com/features/gsrepair1.shtml GameShark Repair Method 1 - Reflashing]
+*[http://64dd.net/modules/specials/?p Index of all Nintendo 64 promotional videos]
 *[http://web.archive.org/web/20071017030136/http://www.nintendo.com/systemsclassic?type=n64 "Nintendo 64". Archived from the original on 2007-10-17.]
-*[http://64dd.net/modules/specials/?p Index of all Nintendo 64 promotional videos]
+*[http://www.nesworld.com/n64releaselist.php The Most Complete N64 Game Release list by NESWORLD]
-*[http://www.dmoz.org/Games/Video_Games/Console_Platforms/Nintendo/Nintendo_64/ Nintendo 64 at DMOZ]
 *[http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2001/0016517.html US Patent for the N64]
-*[http://www.nesworld.com/n64releaselist.php The Most Complete N64 Game Release list by NESWORLD]
+[[Category:Consoles]]