A demo disk, and a SATAN.

[A Black Falcon]

That's an odd error, though it betrays the fact that the N64 has one standardized save method that's built into hardware anyway.

What do you mean? It's definitely odd though... I have no idea why the N64 would suddenly decide to not recognize battery (or save RAM or whatever) saves... it is really, really odd. It is less strange that it does work with the memcards because the memcard is a totally different system of saving, but the error itsself is bizarre. Needless to say I didn't keep using that N64 for much longer. :)

I suppose the main issue with the memory card in the controller is that the connection there was always iffy. Very often I'd have to jiggle whatever device I had in the controller slot to get it working. That might explain the 1st party card failing.

It wasn't a complete erasure, it just said that there was an error and do you want to try to fix it and like an idiot I hit 'yes' so it deleted five to eight (I don't remember the exact number) files from my card and worked again... I since have decided that I was stupid and that it would have worked fine if I'd just hit 'no' and turned it off and back on again since nothing is fundamentally wrong with the card (the same thing was probably true back when my third party card 'malfunctioned' back in late '99/early '00, I also realized, given that the card hasn't messed up again in the years since...)...

The only puzzle game I have for my N64 is Tetrisphere. It's actually pretty fun, though honestly "tetri" doesn't really fit as most of the pieces are made up of 3 blocks. Also, the music is this aweful techno stuff. You know, "du du du du du bedebo, du du du du du "Ready on my count", du du du du du".

Tetrisphere looks ... strange. 3D Tetris? I remember playing a PC game based on that premise and it really wasn't that good, I'd say... but then again I've never been the biggest Tetris fan. But still, if I was to get a Tetris game it'd be a standard one and not a 3d one.

Oh, I've heard that Tetrisphere has great music... one of the strengths of the game. If you like techno (I think it's good... not my favorite music genre, but good.). :)