Are you willing to pledge money for better storage of your Nintendo 64 peripherals? That's the question asked by Australian Shane Battye, as he kicks off his Kickstarter campaign for the 64Mate. The 64Mate is designed to house accessories and games by acting as a storage caddy and attaching itself to the bottom of your Nintendo 64 console. They can also be stacked, if you want to create a Frankenstein level tower of Nintendo 64-related goodness that reaches the heavens. If you're interested in the project, it costs just under $50 USD to back it, with $4,000 currently reached out of a goal of $38,000, at the time of writing.

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[Bladexdsl]

Who is the target audience for that product?

cashed up collectable idiots

 

[zoogie]

If someone tried to throw this thing away the trashcan would probably throw it back at them.

At first I thought it was some kind of 64DD / Backup loader...
But who needs a storage caddy for their N64 stuff? And the price is just...eugh...

Who is the target audience for that product?

A landfill.

 

[MetoMeto]

"it costs just under $50 USD" wooa dude, its not JUST, its expensive for a empty plastic..waaay everpriced for where i live at least. And its not official on top of that. Even if it is its still expensive so please dont put "just", it sounds like TopShop ad.
Only price information is ok, without "just".

 

[linuxares]

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/smagoera-shelf-unit-white-30465489/ - tada! Saved you 30£

 

[raxadian]

I mean I suppose it is kinda cool, but $50??

Have you bought any game lately? If you have a PS4 they get quite expensive if you buy the disk version.

By the way, what's the best romloader cart for the Nintendo 64?

 

[linuxares]

Have you bought any game lately? If you have a PS4 they get quite expensive if you buy the disk version.

By the way, what's the best romloader cart for the Nintendo 64?

Probably the Everdrive

 

[Chary]

"it costs just under $50 USD" wooa dude, its not JUST, its expensive for a empty plastic..waaay everpriced for where i live at least. And its not official on top of that. Even if it is its still expensive so please dont put "just", it sounds like TopShop ad.
Only price information is ok, without "just".

Just under as in it literally comes in at just pennies under 50 dollars flat.

 

[Deleted User]

They might as well get Right Said Fred to advertise the 64 Mate!

 

[gamesquest1]

if your going to charge so much you might as well go all in and charge $64

 

[MetoMeto]

Just under as in it literally comes in at just pennies under 50 dollars flat.

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They might as well get Right Said Fred to advertise the 64 Mate!

lol what the heck is that xD

 

[Deleted User]

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lol what the heck is that xD

Guess you weren´t around during the 90´s.

 

[Something whatever]

So its not a thing that let you back up or play back ups on your N64...PASS

 

[Hambrew]

Great! Now let me find my N64!

 

[pedro702]

if it was like 20$ maybe then people would get it for novelty, but 50$ for some basic plastic crap any company in china could make for 50 cents its a steal imo.

 

[Captain_N]

damn, and i was thinking it was gonna be a new cd 64 unit.....

 

[Arlisbloxer05]

$50 for a bin? i could buy a lot of n64 games at garage sales and get more use out of 'em than this thing

 

[SonicRings]

What a ridiculous price for a ridiculous accessory nobody needs. Seriously, who "actually" needs this? Why keep your games under your console? You're just making the console look huge for no reason.

At least the Wii shelf, which I THINK was Nintendo branded, was an actual shelf, albeit also embarassingly small (only held maybe 6 or 12 games, a few peripherals, and the console didn't even sit flush).

 

[DeoNaught]

inb4 New tower of power

 

[gamesquest1]

inb4 New tower of power

they beat you to the punch, they actually said this in the kickstarter page

The 64Mate will be available in two basic configurations:

• 'Standard Enclosure' model (designed around housing video upscalers and other electronic devices with an added front-facing artwork frame)
• 'Cart Caddy' model (designed with an open front and cartridge slots)

The units can be stacked to create a Nintendo 64 TOWER OF POWER!!

but I think for something to be classed as a "tower of power" each additional item in the stack should add some sort of power/feature.....if this would count you could just stick an N64 on top of a bookcase and call it a tower of power

 

[Bladexdsl]

inb4 New tower of power

more like tower of Dour!