Nintendo 64DD (disk drive) published in the winter 1999 in Japan as accessory equipment for Nintendo 64, since however only few units were produced, think many, it a flop was. Only seven plays appeared, however one could with the help of the RandnetDD service chatten and on-line to play. To a publication outside of Japan it did not come.

The 64DD is attached to the under-lateral "“EXT"” - pit Nintendo 64 and forms then a kind base, on which the main console stands and which 64DD supplies with river. It functions only with to provided expansion the Pak. If a play module is in the N64, the 64DD is ignored. Otherwise the auxiliary drive assembly one accesses, which does not use play modules, but Zip similar disks, which offer 64 MT storage capacity and from those are again recordable to 38 MT.

In the scope of supply the Randnet disk, which made the entrance possible to the RandnetDD together with the likewise provided modem module, was which different multi-player, Mail and Chatfunktionen offered; in March 2001 the RandnetDD was finally switched off. When accessories gave it a mouse, a keyboard and a special Capture module, with which one could attach external devices.

In the final result Nintendo called the equipment experiment. New and revised version could for new Nintendo console, "“Wii"”, which comes in this year into the trade, appear, since Nintendo sets now strengthened on plays, with which one must become creative.

List of the published plays:

• Mario kindist: Communication kit
• Mario kindist: Paint Studio (inclusive mouse)
• Mario kindist: Polygon Studio
• Mario kindist: Talent Studio (inclusive Capture module)
• F-Zero X expansion kit
• Japan pro gulf route 64
• Kyojin NO 1 (the Giant)
• Kyojin NO 2 (expansion disk)
• Sim town center 64

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• 64DD.net
• An article over the 64DD (@ Mag'64)
• 64DD article

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• 64DD.net
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