The path to the release of the 64DD is plastered with many broken promises. Nintendo may have originally intended the DD to become a mass-market add-on that would offer things not possible on ...

Looking back, it's easy to see why Nintendo chose cartridges over CDs for its latest console. After all, why should the company bother with an expensive CD-ROM drive when in two years, it will be ...

The 64DD F-Zero game is not even a game, it's just a track editor for F-Zero X. You couldn't even share tracks unless you sign up for their service at the time which only happens in Japan. 0; 68; ...

Have you ever seen a complete collection of games for the Nintendo 64DD? If you ever do come across one, however will you know? Here’s a handy visual guide to what it looks like. Note the handy ...

The Nintendo 64DD not only increased data storage for the N64 — it also allowed the console to access the internet. What the Nintendo 64DD is worth today. MetalJesusRocks.

The 64DD wasn’t exactly popular amongst Nintendo fans. Developers didn’t take to it very well, either — making this reveal all the more stellar.

The US 64DD has manufacturing dates from 1996 and 1997; two years prior to the 64DD being released in Japan. The device was never released stateside, probably because it was an epic bust in ...

The 64DD - Nintendo's disc-based expansion unit for the N64 - is uncommon enough on these shores, since it was never officially released outside of Japan.

Even more so is the 64DD Development Kit — the console Nintendo sent to studios before release so design teams could play to its unique features.

Update, 7/15, 9am EDT: The man who discovered the rare, American 64DD has now posted video proof of his discovery, embedded above from his YouTube channel.The video shows off one surprising quirk ...

The 64DD's real-time clock in particular was instrumental to Animal Forest's conception. The entire game was premised around this feature. Just as in the real world, ...

Many of the eBay auctions we write about are sorta “meh,” but this one gets the incredibly valuable Nicholas Deleon award of “hey, this is pretty neat.” It’s a Nintendo 64DD and every ...