![]() ![]() ![]() The Nintendo 64 would be Nintendo's last home console to use cartridges until the Nintendo Switch in 2017, though Nintendo's handhelds would continue to support the format. The SNES was a 16-bit console, and the next console to be released was the Nintendo 64, completely skipping the 32-bit era. As part of the fifth generation of video game consoles, the N64 leaped from 16-bit sprite-based graphics into a polygon world thanks to its powerful 64-bit CPU and GPU. The N64 was Nintendo's third major home video game console, and was originally codenamed "Project: Reality" while it was being worked on by Nintendo and Silicon Graphics (SGI) in April 1993 to create a next-generation 3D console. In South Korea, the console was called Comboy 64 and was distributed by Hyundai instead of Nintendo. Named for its 64-bit processing unit, it was first released in Japan and North America in 1996, followed by Australia, Europe, and other parts of the world in 1997. ![]() Romaji: Nintendō Rokuyon) ( N64), stylized as NINTENDO⁶⁴, is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. ![]()
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