The mere existence of this completely baffles me. I was left surprised by the level design, I didn't remember the stages to be this creative. Though, let's be honest here... getting all 120 stars is a complete pain in the ass, I'll never do that shit.

But even with the added bells and whistles, the age of the game shows. The camera is the funniest to me, it feels like, at times, the game is fighting with you. "No, you will NOT have better camera control here, fuck off"

The improved visuals/camera and 60fps gameplay keep this at the score I gave the game originally. The N64 original has definitely lost a few points.

I also want to point out that this lightyears ahead of Nintendo's official port in 3D All-Stars. Huh.

lol the pc port has a page on here that's funny.
I played it on the strength of the novelty of the PC "port", but to make ta hot take this game hasn't aged insanely well. I found myself fighting with the camera a lot of the time, mario can act finnicky, and there's some wack stars, but really who cares? It's Mario 64. It was the first of it's time, and it feel pointless to complain about things from the game that basically laid the foundation of the entire genre. And it'd still be better than most of the 3D platformers that followed it for years.