2007-02-08 10:08:16 · 12 answers · asked by O_o 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Games & Gear
Because it uses a 64 bit processor
2007-02-08 10:14:26 · answer #1 · answered by elliotician 2 · 4⤊ 2⤋
It was made when 'bits' were a big thing. Now, nobody cares, but a lot of people wonder why its called Nintendo 64. Its just how many bits the system has. The Nes had eight bits. The Nintendo 64 has 64. :)
2016-05-23 22:42:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As others have said, due to its being A. Made by Nintendo, and B. Being the first ever 64 bit system.
Bitrate was the big thing in those days, from the Atari 2600 on, manufacturers were competing on who could get their bitrate highest... each console generation it doubled... 8, 16, 32, and then the N64 led the charge into the 64 bit generation.
Nowadays, bitrate is a nonfactor in the console wars.
2007-02-08 14:21:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a 64-bit system. To put that into comparison, I think a Playstation 2 is a 128-bit system and I have no idea what the new systems are. The sega genesis was a 16-bit system and a NES was an 8-bit system.
2007-02-08 12:21:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was a 64 bit system
2007-02-08 10:18:40 · answer #5 · answered by Slappy 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
64-Bit....made by Nintendo.....so they called it Nintendo 64!!!!!
2007-02-08 10:19:11 · answer #6 · answered by luvaly_girl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because it was a 64 bit console-meaning better graphics at the time...and it was made by nintendo
2007-02-08 10:12:24 · answer #7 · answered by wolfpak032000 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because it has a 64-bit processor. This is a technical term used to describe how much information it can process at once.
2007-02-08 10:29:47 · answer #8 · answered by Neil M 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because it was a 64-bit system.
2007-02-08 10:11:16 · answer #9 · answered by thatoneguy 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
64 bits, the first of its time.
2007-02-08 10:23:11 · answer #10 · answered by pikachu 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋