N64:Expansion Pak
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The Nintendo 64 must have a Jumper Pak or Expansion Pak installed in order to run games. The Jumper Pak came with the system, while the Expansion Pak is a 4MB RDRAM expansion that enhances some games and is required for others.
The below listed games generally offer higher video resolutions or improved textures. For example, Quake 2 features higher color depth when using the Expansion Pak. In Starcraft 64, the Expansion Pak unlocks levels from the Brood War add-on for the PC version of the game.
This list was compiled from multiple sources.[1][2]
Games that Require the Expansion Pak
- All Nintendo 64 Disk Drive (N64DD) games.
- Donkey Kong 64
- The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask
- Perfect Dark (required for single player and most features)
- Starcraft 64 (required for multiplayer)
- Dinosaur Planet (leaked build)
Games Enhanced by the Expansion Pak
| Game Name | Enhancement |
|---|---|
| Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage | Required for the "High Quality" graphics setting. Enables a 640x240 high resolution mode. |
| All-Star Baseball 2000 | |
| All-Star Baseball 2001 | |
| Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M. | Enables two high resolution modes, which increase resolution to 480x360 or 480x232. |
| Army Men: Air Combat | |
| Army Men: Sarge's Heroes | Enables a 640x240 high resolution mode. |
| Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 2 | Enables a 640x240 high resolution mode. |
| Battlezone: Rise of the Black Dogs | |
| Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness | Enables high resolution mode, which increases resolution to 490×355, however performance suffers as a result. |
| Command & Conquer | The Expansion Pak is required for high-resolution map textures. |
| Daikatana | Allows for a "high resolution" graphics mode, which changes the game to a widescreen view but has little noticeable effect on graphics. |
| Disney's Donald Duck: Going Quackers | Enables high resolution mode, which increases resolution to 480×360. |
| Duke Nukem: Zero Hour | The Expansion Pak allows the player to choose between playing at high resolution or with a faster frame rate. |
| Excitebike 64 | Enables high resolution mode, which increases resolution to 640×480. |
| F-1 World Grand Prix II | The Expansion Pak allows a full race replay. |
| FIFA 99 | Allows for an unadvertised "Super High" resolution mode of 640×480. |
| 40 Winks | Enables two high resolution modes. |
| Gauntlet Legends | The Expansion Pak is required for 4 player multiplayer. |
| Hybrid Heaven | Enables two high resolution modes, which increases resolution to 640×480 however performance suffers greatly as a result. |
| Hydro Thunder | The Expansion Pak is required for 3 and 4 player multiplayer. |
| Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine | Enables high resolution mode, which increases resolution to 400×440 and unlocks level 13, King Sol's Mines. |
| Indy Racing 2000 | |
| International Superstar Soccer 2000 | The Expansion Pak is required for high-resolution textures; however, performance suffered as a result. |
| International Track & Field 2000 | |
| Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000 | |
| Ken Griffey, Jr.'s Slugfest | Allows for high resolution gameplay. |
| The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask | Used to enhance graphics such as increased texture detail, removal of fog and increase number of on-screen models as well as effects. |
| Madden NFL 2000 | |
| Madden NFL 2001 | |
| Madden NFL 2002 | |
| NBA Jam 2000 | Only the PAL version signifies its Expansion Pak compatibility on the box. |
| NFL Quarterback Club '99 | |
| NFL Quarterback Club 2000 | |
| Nuclear Strike 64 | |
| Perfect Dark | Required for the single player, co-operative and counter-operative campaigns, as well as most multiplayer features. Enables high resolution mode, which increases resolution to 640×222. |
| Pokémon Stadium 2 | Increases resolution to 640×480. |
| Quake II | Uses the Expansion Pak for higher color depth and smoother framerate. |
| Rayman 2: The Great Escape | Enables high resolution mode, which increases resolution to 480×360. |
| Re-Volt | Enables a 640x240 medium resolution mode. |
| Resident Evil 2 | Increases resolution to 640x480. |
| Road Rash 64 | The Expansion Pak increases the framerate from 30 Hz to 60 Hz. |
| San Francisco Rush 2049 | The Expansion Pak improves performance and visual effects, and is required for Track 6, the Advanced Circuit, changeable rims, and for music to play during Arcade races. |
| Shadow Man | Enables high resolution mode, which increases resolution to 640×480. |
| Spider-Man | Improves performance. |
| South Park | Enables high resolution mode, increases frame rate in low resolution mode. |
| StarCraft 64 | The Expansion Pak is required for the Brood War missions. |
| Star Wars: Episode I: Battle for Naboo | Enables high resolution mode, which increases resolution to 400×440. |
| Star Wars: Episode I Racer | Enables high resolution mode, which increases resolution to 640×480, as well as increasing the framerate in low resolution mode for smoother gameplay. |
| Star Wars: Rogue Squadron | Enables high resolution mode, which increases resolution to 400×440. |
| The World Is Not Enough | Provides enhanced graphics and visual effects. |
| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater | Improves performance and adds a women's face on the back of the boxes in the Mall. |
| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 | Improves performance. |
| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 | Improves performance. |
| Top Gear Hyper Bike | |
| Top Gear Overdrive | Enables high resolution option, which increases resolution to 640x240. |
| Top Gear Rally 2 | |
| Turok 2: Seeds of Evil | Enables two high resolution modes, which increases resolution to 480x360 or 480x232. |
| Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion | Enables two high resolution modes, which increase resolution to 480x360 or 480x232. |
| Turok: Rage Wars | Enables two high resolution modes, which increase resolution to 480x360 or 480x232. |
| Vigilante 8 | Enables a 480x360 high resolution mode, and a hidden 640x480 mode. |
| Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense | Enables a 480x360 high resolution mode, and a hidden 640x480 mode. |
| Xena: Warrior Princess: The Talisman of Fate |