Kids of the '90s can recall with glee the time they first unwrapped a Nintendo 64. Like losing your first tooth or getting a driver’s license, it was not a moment you soon forgot. In fact, it was such a memorable phenomenon that it spawned one of the internet’s all-time greatest memes.

In the past nearly 50 years of gaming history, few consoles have been so monumentally influential as the N64. Released in 1996, the beloved black and gray box became a place for developers to push the limits of the medium, leaping triumphantly into new graphical dimensions, and giving the industry some of its most enduring and cherished video games of all time.

Breaking ground with 3D gaming, titles like Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time expanded the visual and narrative depths that a video game story could explore, all while introducing to gamers new mechanics that today have become echelons of the medium itself. The N64 has dozens of renowned titles in its catalog. We tried our best to narrow them down to just 10. It wasn’t easy, but here are our top picks for the greatest N64 games of all time.