A closer look at one of the more interesting peripherals for the Nintendo 64 - the Expansion Pak. Released in 1998 With Donkey Kong 64, it expanded the N64 System RAM from 4MB to 8MB and was also said to improve visual quality, framerates and more. It was rumored that it was essential in fixing a memory crash with DK64 - it didn't - and there are over 60 games supported the Expansion Pak with 2 games requiring it. But did you miss out if you didn't own one? In this episode we deep dive and discuss the myths and the realities of the N64 Expansion Pak. Dreamcast, Saturn, PS2, and PS1 Images - Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported Credit: Evan Amos - CC BY-SA 3.0 Timestamps: 00:00 - 02:44 - Introduction to the N64 Expansion Pak. 02:45 - 05:15 - DK64 Expansion Pak Myth. 05:16 - 06:11 - What is a Memory Leak. 06:12 - 08:11 - Debunking the DK64 Expansion Pak Myth. 08:12 - 11:29 - Games with Resolution Increases. 11:30 - 12:29 - Games with Texture Increases. 12:30 - 13:52 - Games with Other enhancements. 13:53 - 14:43 - Conclusion 14:44 - 15:03 - Outro Social Media Links : ► X : https://x.com/ModernVintageG ► Threads : https://threads.net/ModernVintageGamer ► Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ModernVintageGamer ► IG : https://www.instagram.com/modernvintagegamer/ ► BandCamp : https://modernvintagegamer.bandcamp.com/ #N64 #ExpansionPak