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All N64 Games #102: Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr.

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

With this being published by Nintendo, you would hope for a fun and solid portrayal of Baseball, similar to how NBA Courtside did the same for Basketball. Unfortunately, while this does go for a more arcade-style format, it’s rather clunky and messy by comparison.

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Posted by Dean Jones last month

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All N64 Games #101: World Cup 98

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

World Cup 98 is simply FIFA Road to World Cup 98 with some minor gameplay changes and a ton of stuff removed.

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Posted by Dean Jones last month

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All N64 Games #100: Bio F.R.E.A.K.S.

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

I really had no idea that the N64 had so many people trying to claim the title of being the N64’s fighting game. In BioFREAKS, the concept is that in a dystopian future, people have been modified into grotesque monsters

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Posted by Dean Jones last month

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All N64 Games #99: ClayFighter Sculptor’s Cut

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

This is an “improved” and updated version of ClayFighter 63⅓ featuring some gameplay changes and new characters.

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Posted by Dean Jones last month

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All N64 Games #98: Forsaken 64

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

Forsaken is a spaceship combat game that takes place in cramped maze-like arenas. Naturally, this feels very disorientating

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Posted by Dean Jones last month

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All N64 Games #97: Bust-A-Move 2 Arcade Edition

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

Another colour match puzzle game, Bust-a-Move (or the much better named Puzzle Bobble in Japan) is a well renowned puzzle series, with this being a port of the popular arcade version of Bust-a-Move 2.

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Posted by Dean Jones last month

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All N64 Games #96: Bomberman Hero

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

Coming out a mere six months after the first Bomberman game on N64, this Bomberman game seems like it was developed as a separate take on Bomberman rather than a sequel to Bomberman 64 (it actually started out as a Bonk game).

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Posted by Dean Jones last month

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All N64 Games #95: Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

Licensed sports games aren’t what you expect to be published by Nintendo, but here we are with NBA Courtside, a licensed basketball game and one that does a really good job with the sport.

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Posted by Dean Jones last month

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All N64 Games #94: All-Star Baseball 99

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

The N64’s first baseball game that was actually released in America (and Europe). This follows similar control schemes to most of the Japanese baseball games, aiming the bat with the stick.

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Posted by Dean Jones last month

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All N64 Games #93: GT 64: Championship Edition

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

Racing games that go for “realism” really don’t age as well as sillier and more arcade-style racing games, and GT 64 when it came out was already just a cheap cash-in to make itself look like Gran Turismo on the N64. Due to this, GT 64 is a truly horrid experience without a single redeeming feature.

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Posted by Dean Jones last month

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All N64 Games #92: Morita Shogi 64

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

A sequel to Strongest Habu Shogi, this looks a lot more basic, with a completely 2D interface instead of the 3D tiles and viewpoints of the previous. There are less modes and features as well, however it does have a few advantages.

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Posted by Dean Jones last month

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All N64 Games #91: Rampage: World Tour

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

Some arcade games are great for playing for hours, making home console ports good ways to play. Others are fun for 10 minute bursts and you see how soulless they are if you sit down for much longer. Rampage is one of the latter games.

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Posted by Dean Jones last month

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All N64 Games #90: Air Boarder 64

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

Air Boarder 64 is a trick-based skateboarding-style games, but on hoverboards. The fascinating thing about Air Border is that this came out before Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater.

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Posted by Dean Jones last month

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All N64 Games #89: Battle Puzzle Balls: Fighting Spirit!

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

Battle Puzzle Balls is a collection of the games, two puzzlers and then a bonus minigame. It features a cast of random characters including a “magical girl” that might be a vampire, a mad scientist, a rockstar, a baby and an axolotl.

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Posted by Dean Jones last month

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All N64 Games #88: Power Pros Baseball 5

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

One simple change makes this a huge improvement over Power Pros 4: when the ball is pitched, a target appears on screen for you to aim at. It still needs incredibly quick reflexes, but you now have a chance of hitting the ball.

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Posted by Dean Jones last month

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All N64 Games #87: G.A.S.P!! Fighters’ NEXTream

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

What does Generation of Arts, Speed and Power mean? It means someone really wanted the game’s initials to spell out “GASP”. As for “Fighters’ NEXTreme”? I have absolutely no idea – probably why this was renamed to the extremely generic “Deadly Arts” in America.

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Posted by Dean Jones last month

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All N64 Games #86: Quake 64

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

Like with Duke Nukem, Hexen and DOOM, this is another port of a FPS that released on PC a few years prior. The N64 version of Quake was mostly the same, but had altered maps, making it a slight variation of the original

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Posted by Dean Jones last month

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All N64 Games #85: 1080° Snowboarding

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

1080° Snowboarding has a bit of a mixed reception amongst Nintendo fans, with some loving it and others not really getting into it.

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Posted by Dean Jones last month

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All N64 Games #84: NHL Breakaway 98

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

Graphically, NHL Breakaway looks much more “real” compared too Wayne Gretzky, with human-shaped proportions and an ice rink that has reflections (although not of players).

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Posted by Dean Jones last month

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All N64 Games #83: Jeopardy!

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

Similar to Wheel of Fortune, this got a scathing review from N64 Magazine and, once again, this is just fine. There’s not much too it, but it gets the job done. That said, it does have a few problems not present in Wheel of Fortune.

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Posted by Dean Jones last month


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