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Expansion Pak: This 4 MB RAM Expansion brings the N64's system RAM to 8 MB.

The Modem Cart has a port to plug in the included modular cable which then connects to the network.

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Nintendo 64 Modem: The Nexus-developed software modem was housed on a special cartridge that plugs into the N64's cart slot.

The Randnet Starter Kit came packaged with 64DD machines and included everything needed to access the service (the subscription cost was ¥2500 per month equivalent to about US $27.97): Launched in December 1999, the Randnet, also known as "landnet", service allowed gamers to compete against each other online, play unreleased games, surf the Internet, and listen to music. The released version of 64DD included a modem for connecting to the network Randnet, an audio-video (female RCA jack, and line in) adapter called the Capture Cassette to plug into the main cartridge slot, and a mouse and keyboard that plugged into the controller inputs.Īs the Super NES had the Satellaview online service in Japan, the Nintendo 64DD had the Randnet service (named for the two companies involved with the project, 'Recruit' and 'Nintendo').

The 64DD had its own development kit that worked in conjunction with the N64 development kit. Like nearly all disc-based consoles, the 64DD can boot up without a cartridge on the top deck, because it has a boot menu. To hook up with the 64DD, it needed an extra 4 MB of RAM for a total of 8 MB. The main N64 deck uses its RCP and NEC VR4300 to process data from the top cartridge slot and the I/O devices.

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The drive works similarly to a Zip drive, and has an enhanced audio library for the games to use. The games on normal N64 cartridges could also hook up with DD expansions, for extra levels, minigames, even saving personal data. The new medium for the 64DD was rewritable and had a storage capacity of 64 MB.

The 64DD also has a built in memory expansion pack like the accessory for the controller. Sony's CD storage could hold approximately 650 megabytes (MB) of information, compared to the Nintendo 64's 4-64 MB cartridge. It was intended to be Nintendo's answer to the cheaper-to-produce Compact Disc that was used for Sony's PlayStation.

The 64DD has a 32-bit coprocessor to help it read magneto-optical discs, and to transfer data to the main console. Most 64DD games were either cancelled entirely, released as normal Nintendo 64 games, or ported to the GameCube. As a result, the 64DD was only supported by Nintendo for a short period of time and only nine games were released for it. Only very limited quantities of the 64DD were made available through stores. Nintendo, anticipating that its long planned-out disc drive peripheral would become a commercial failure, sold the system mainly through a subscription service called Randnet and customers would continue to receive games through the mail as well. However, the 64DD was delayed until its release in Japan on December 1, 1999.

At E3 in 1997, Nintendo's main game designer, Shigeru Miyamoto, speculated that the first games to be released for the new system would be SimCity 64, Mario Artist, Pocket Monsters, and EarthBound 64. However, there was no playable version of Creator available at Shoshinkai 1995. The game advertised that it could be implemented into other games, being able to replace textures and possibly create new levels and characters. One of the games that was featured for use with the 64DD was Creator, a music and animation program by Software Creations, the same people that made Sound Tool for the Nintendo Ultra 64 development kit. The 64DD was announced at 1995's Nintendo Shoshinkai game show event (now called Nintendo World).