Harvest Moon

A game that taught me how to live.

A long time ago whenever Harvest Moon 64 came out on the N64...

My Grandmother bought me a copy of Harvest Moon 64 for my birthday one year, I loved it. Popping the brand new cartridge into my system I played the game for hours, hours on end. I remember the first time I played it, still. I was young, sitting in a bean bag chair in my room way too close to my TV, and I had named my character "Jack." 16 hours later, after drinking a lot of mountain dew and eating plenty of M&Ms, I had beaten it, not getting the best ending, but a good ending nonetheless.

I had so much fun with that game, raising cattle, growing crops, meeting girls and making friends. It's so weird how a simple 2D toy can bring so much joy to someone who's bored all the time. I'd have dreams about that game, wake up in the middle of the night thinking about it, knowing I'd have to play it. I'd daydream at school about Harvest Moon, while the other guys went out on dates and went to wild parties... losers, they've never played Harvest Moon, obviously. That game was an obsession.

It wasn't until many years later, that I realized that because I never went to church, or read any sort of creed whatsoever, I had studied this game instead. I watched the way the characters interacted with each other and I found that that was the way to treat people - the way you would wanna be treated. Weird, I learned pseudo-biblical teachings from a Japanese Farming Sim. But still, I'm 20 years old, agnostic, and I have only one creed, that creed is Harvest Moon 64.

I should know, I still play it today.

Comments

"while the other guys went out on dates and went to wild parties... losers, they've never played Harvest Moon, obviously."

I'm really hoping you were just joking about that part.

someone needs to be banned and his name is joshuamietus. Prick.

that was probably the worst f*!@ing thing i have ever f*!@ing heard in my entire life you are a f*!@ing little retard get a life go out do something get off your mothers couch get a job and make something of yourself there is other things to do besides play video games all the time oh and get layed

can someone explain to me why the hell this got a -2 rating?

My friend went through something like this: The original Pokemon game taught him how to read!

I didn't like this game either.

I didn't like that game very much... Always fell asleep everywhere. Nice article though but as skinnyDre said, a few pics would have been great.

I wouldn't say no to a couple of pictures

people need to calm down and stop calling this not retro. Remember that to some people, Retro isn't just something from 10 years ago, but something they grew up with and Fondly remember. so calling this not retro is dumb.

Oh yeah I remeber playing the N64 And Game Boy Color versions all of the time with my bro they where fun

also, it's not a F***ing Sims game. it's an RPG.

they are retro. at least the older ones are. It's been almost a decade since the one in question was Released, and the series began way earlier.

i know what u mean, i love harvest 64, gameboy, and PS. you can do what ever u want, some days spent fishing others trying to get all my crops before the end of the month. Im glad someone elts felt the same joy playing these games, i dont care if its retro or not, it was a time in my life and u made me remeber past days. good job

yea, most of sim games suck

Its not retro!

Hmm...I'm not sure if Harvest Moon or even the entire N64/PS1 era really qualifies as "retro" at this point in time.

Still, it was/is an oddly great game. Who'd've thunk it?

Harvest moon is a great series of games. i especially enjoyed Back to nature for the PS1, and Friends of Mineral town for the GBA. they're fun, simple RPGs that don't require hours of levelling up, and uber violence to make them fun. while it looks simplistic and childish, it can get pretty tough as you try to organize your farm and do the rest of the games required stuff within the allowed time given.

This game is almost as bad as The Sims. Both not only a waste of time but the resources that went into making this horrible game could have gone into a heck of a lot better things.

nothing retro here.

Harvest Moon is COOL!!!! And i loved kill bill

never heard of this

DUDE YOU ARE KIDDING ME. YOU LIKE THAT KIND OF CRAP YOU ARE SAYING YOU LIKE KILL BILL. SO STOP IT WITH THIS HARVEST MOON CRAPPPPP.

Harvest Moon 64 is a great game. Though it may not exactly follow what you would call "God's teachings,"
It does indeed show the biblical principle of treating others the way we would want to be treated. Today's world could take a lesson from this game. It's awesome, I own it, I play it. I used to hate it, don't know why.