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===[[Controller PAK|Controller Pak]] ([[NUS-004]])===

[[File:Nintendo-64-Controller-Pak.jpg|thumb|A Nintendo-brand Controller PAKPak.]]

The [[Controller PAK|Controller Pak]] is the console's memory card. Certain games allow saving of game files to the Controller PAKPak, which plugs into the back of the Nintendo 64 controller (as do the Rumble and Transfer PAKsPaks). The Controller PAKPak was marketed as a way to exchange data with other Nintendo 64 owners, since information saved on the game cartridge can not be transferred between cartridges.

Upon launch, the Controller PAKPak was initially useful, and even necessary for the earlier Nintendo 64 games. Over time, the Controller PAKPak lost popularity to the convenience of a battery backed SRAM or EEPROM found in some cartridges. Because the Nintendo 64 uses a Game PAKPak cartridge format that allows saving data on the cartridge itself, few first party and second party games use the Controller PAKPak. The vast majority are from third-party developers. This is most likely due to the increased production and retail costs which would have been caused by including self-contained data on the cartridge. Some games use it to save optional data that is too large for the cartridge, such as Mario Kart 64, which uses 121 of the total 123 pages for storing ghost data, or International Superstar Soccer 64, which uses up the entire cartridge's space for its save data. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater uses 11 pages. Quest 64 and Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon use the Controller PAKPak exclusively for saved data. The Japan-only game Animal Forest uses the Controller PAKPak to travel to other towns.

===[[Game PAK|Game Pak]] Cassette ([[NUS-006]])===

[[File:N64-Game-Cartridge.jpg|thumb|Open and unopened N64 Game PAKPak]]

The [[Game PAK|Game Pak]] is the software supply media of the Nintendo 64. It is heavier than the cassette of a SuperFamicom(SNES). Capacity is 64Mbit~512Mbit (8MB~64MB). Data Transfer Rate is 5.3MB/sec

===[[Expansion PAK|Expansion Pak]] ([[NUS-007]])===

[[File:Nintendo-64-Memory-Expansion-Pak.jpg|thumb|The 4 MB memory Expansion PAKPak.]]

The [[Expansion PAK|Expansion Pak]] consists of 4 MB (megabytes) of random access memory (RAM)—which is RDRAM, the same type of memory used inside the console itself—increasing the Nintendo 64 console's RAM from 4 MB to 8 MB of contiguous main memory. It is installed in a port on top of the console and replaces the pre-installed Jumper PAKPak, which is simply a RAMBUS terminator. Originally designed to accompany the 64DD disk drive expansion peripheral for its larger multimedia workstation applications, the Expansion PAKPak was launched separately in Q4 1998 and then bundled with the 64DD's delayed December 1999 Japan launch package. The Expansion PAKPak was bundled with Donkey Kong 64, and in Japan, the Expansion PAKPak additionally came bundled with Zelda: Majora's Mask and Perfect Dark, though the games have been also available separately in other regions. It was bundled with an "ejector tool" ([[NUS-012]]) meant for removing the original Jumper PAKPak.

Game developers took advantage of the increased memory in various ways, including greater visual appeal. The Expansion PAKPak is required in order to run two cartridge games, Donkey Kong 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask; a third game, Perfect Dark, would lack most of its content (such as the single-player campaign) when no Expansion PAKPak was present, a fact described on the back cover as "approximately 35%" of the game being available in that case, arguably amounting to a mere demo mode. It is also required for all 64DD software. In StarCraft 64, it is needed to unlock levels from the Brood War add-on for the PC version of the game. The Nintendo 64 all-remade version of Quake II features higher color depth and better performance, but not a higher resolution when using the Expansion PAKPak. Finally, in the vast majority of games with support, such as Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness and Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine, the expansion PAKPak is merely used as additional framebuffer memory to enable various high-resolution (usually interlaced) mode options, at the downside of usually worse performance, in some cases dramatically so. This common simple use of the Expansion PAKPak can be attributed to ease of implementation and the fact that games still mainly targeted the stock N64 configuration; also, the additional RDRAM could not be easily used to circumvent other bottlenecks of the console, such as the small texture cache. Also, the original NTSC release of Space Station Silicon Valley is known to potentially crash in certain places if the Expansion PAKPak is present.

===[[Jumper PAK|Jumper Pak]] ([[NUS-008]])===

[[File:Nintendo-64-Jumper-Pak.jpg|thumb|Jumper PAKPak]]

The [[Jumper PAK|Jumper Pak]] is a filler that plugs into the console's memory expansion port. It serves no functional purpose other than to terminate the RAMBUS bus in the absence of the Expansion PAKPak. This is functionally equivalent to a continuity RIMM in a RAMBUS motherboard filling the unused RIMM sockets until the user upgrades. Nintendo 64 consoles were shipped with the Jumper PAKPak included and already installed. Jumper PAKsPaks were not sold individually in stores and could only be ordered individually through Nintendo's online store. The system requires the Jumper PAKPak when the Expansion PAKPak is not present or else there will be no picture on the TV screen.

===[[Jumper PAK Ejector|Jumper Pak Ejector]] ([[NUS-012]])===

The instrument used when taking out [[Jumper PAK|Jumper Pak]].

===[[Rumble PAK|Rumble Pak]] ([[NUS-013]])===

[[File:Nintendo-64-Rumble-Pak.jpg|thumb|The Rumble PAKPak.]]

The [[Rumble PAK|Rumble Pak]] is an accessory which provides haptic feedback to the player by way of vibration. It is powered by two AAA batteries and connects to the controller's expansion port. It was released in 1997 for the new game Star Fox 64 or Lylat Wars, with which it was originally bundled.

Nintendo released a first party cleaning kit for the Nintendo 64. It contains everything required to clean the connectors of the control deck, controllers, Game PAKsPaks, Rumble PAKsPaks, and Controller PAKsPaks.

It is inserted instead of a Controller PAKPak ([[NUS-004]] etc.) and cleans a connector. It's contained in "Cleaning Kit". "Cleaning Kit" was released in foreign countries. not released in Japan.

It cleans a metal terminal such as Game PAKPak ([[NUS-006]]) and Controller PAKPak ([[NUS-004]]). It's contained in "Cleaning Kit". "Cleaning Kit" was released in foreign countries. not released in Japan.

The [[mouse]] was developed for the 64DD's GUI-based games and applications, such the Mario Artist suite, SimCity 64, and the web browser for Nintendo's defunct online service Randnet. It was manufactured by Mitsumi and bundled with the 64DD's launch game, Mario Artist: Paint Studio. It works with the Game PAKPak Mario no Photopi.

===[[Transfer PAK|Transfer Pak]] ([[NUS-019]])===

[[File:Nintendo-64-GB-Transfer-Pak.jpg|thumb|The Transfer PAKPak.]]

The [[Transfer PAK|Transfer Pak]] is an accessory that plugs into the controller and allows the Nintendo 64 to transfer data between its own games and Game Boy or Game Boy Color games. The Transfer PAKPak has a Game Boy Color slot and a part that fits onto the expansion port of the N64 controller. It was included with the game Pokémon Stadium, as the game's main feature is importing Pokémon teams from Game Boy games.

Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2 are games that rely heavily on the Transfer PAKPak. Pokémon Stadium also includes a "GB Tower" mode for playing Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow directly on the Nintendo 64 via a built-in Game Boy emulator.

The Japanese version of the Game Boy Camera can be connected to the Mario Artist series. Mario Golf and Mario Tennis make use of the Transfer PAKPak. Rare's Perfect Dark was initially going to be compatible with the Transfer PAKPak in order to use pictures taken with the Game Boy Camera to create characters with real-life faces, but this function was removed from development after the attacks at Columbine High School and a wave of anti-violent video game sentiment; the Transfer PAKPak is usable only in combination with the Game Boy Color version of Perfect Dark for unlocking bonuses.

It is Game PAKPak of "Mario's Photopy". There are two SmartMedia slots. and, The image of the digital camera of SmartMedia can be edited.