 harvest moon 64, released in japan as , is a farm simulation video game developed by victor interactive software and published by natsume co., ltd for the nintendo 64 video game console, and the third game in the harvest moon series (following harvest moon gb). it was first released in japan on february 5, 1999 and was later released in north america on december 22, 1999. ==gameplay== the objective of harvest moon 64 is to restore and maintain an abandoned farm left to the player by their grandfather. the player is initially given a set of tools to use in order to achieve this goal. along with restoring the farm, there are a number of other side quests that the player may choose to partake in, including training and racing a horse, selling crops, participating in a variety of town festivals as well as random events, falling in love and getting married, collecting recipes, and collecting photographs from various achievements and events. the player starts out with the bare minimum features for the farm: a small house, a shipping bin, a barn for sheep and cows, a coop for chickens, a silo, a shed, and farm land. along the way, the player has the opportunity to upgrade tools, add extensions to the house, fill the barn and coop, and cover his farmland with flowers, grass, and crops. the local town, where most of the villagers spend their day, contains a church, a bar, a bakery, a town square, a flower shop, a library, a tool shop, among other things. unlike the original harvest moon fo
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