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Nintendo Goes 3-D

Watch out, Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation! Super Mario is flying, swimming and jumping in an amazing 3-D world.

Super Mario's new home is Nintendo 64, the first 64-bit game machine. Nintendo is introducing the machine and six new games in September. This month the company allowed some reporters a sneak peek.

On older machines, game scenes look choppy. Nintendo 64 blends tiny dots of color, creating a smoother, realistic look. Playing Nintendo 64 will be more like jumping into the movie Toy Story. Nintendo spent two years designing the system.

"We have had trouble making games look as real as possible," says designer Shigeru Miyamoto. "But now these problems have been solved."

Nintendo is betting that lots of families will scrape together $250 to buy its super machine. But stay tuned for future improvements from competitors Sega and Sony.

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