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All N64 Games #117: F-Zero X

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

I loved F-Zero GX on GameCube, but I’ve never played the N64 version before. It turns out I love this version, too, even though it feels a lot more brutal than I remember GX being. This is Nintendo’s take on the sci-fi racer genre, and it does a great job at it.

Posted by Dean Jones 2 months ago

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All N64 Games #116: Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth is a very traditional style sci-fi scrolling shooter. While it features some nice 3D graphics, it doesn’t try to utilise 3D in its gameplay or camera usage, it just keeps things simple.

Posted by Dean Jones 2 months ago

Aug

All N64 Games #115: Penny Racers

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

Known as Choro-Q in Japan, this racing game is base on a series of pullback toy cars. The all have a cute deformed style and the racing game brings that to life, with upgradable cars and weapons to use against other racers.

Posted by Dean Jones 2 months ago

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All N64 Games #114: Off Road Challenge

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

Developed by Midway and Avalanche (the ones who made the Tak games and Hogwarts Legacy) is another port of an arcade racer, this one has you driving large 4×4 trucks across some very bumpy environments.

Posted by Dean Jones 2 months ago

Aug

All N64 Games #113: Banjo-Kazooie

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

Banjo-Kazooie is possibly my favourite game, something I utterly love. I play it around Christmas every year and never get tired of it. But why is this? What makes Banjo-Kazooie such a lovable game to play?

Posted by Dean Jones 2 months ago

Aug

All N64 Games #112: Dezaemon 3D

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

For the N64’s first sci-fi scrolling shooter, this is a bit of an odd one, as it isn’t a specific game, but rather a creation kit for making you own sci-fi shoot-’em’-up game.

Posted by Dean Jones 2 months ago

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All N64 Games #111: Cruis’n World

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

While still nowhere near a good game, Cruis’n World has significant improvements over Cruis’n USA. It’s still an arcade-style racing game with a lot of courses, although this time it’s based across the world instead of just the USA.

Posted by Dean Jones 2 months ago

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All N64 Games #110: Mortal Kombat 4

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

The big Mortal Kombat game for this generation of consoles, and this one brings the graphics into full 3D.

Posted by Dean Jones 2 months ago

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All N64 Games #109: Mike Piazza’s Strike Zone

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

Not knowing the name Mike Piazza, the name made me think of bowling. Unfortunately, this is another baseball game, and by far the worst one so far on the N64. It’s definitely not helped by the horrific and extremely ugly graphics, either.

Posted by Dean Jones 2 months ago

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All N64 Games #108: Virtual Chess 64

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

I wasn’t expecting much from Virtual Chess as it’s just chess, but at least you can’t mess up chess – or so I thought. Against all odds, Titus have managed to achieve the impossible and create a chess game that looks bad and controls poorly.

Posted by Dean Jones 2 months ago

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All N64 Games #107: Quest 64

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

There’s a lot of curious things about the Quest series. This game was given different names in different regions. In North America, it was the very generic Quest 64. In Europe is was the rather meaningless Holy Magic Century and in Japan it was Eltale Monsters

Posted by Dean Jones 2 months ago

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All N64 Games #106: International Superstar Soccer 98

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

ISS vs FIFA was a big debate for a while, with 1998 probably being the biggest year for the argument. N64 Magazine clearly preferred ISS, but for me, I enjoyed FIFA 98 more.

Posted by Dean Jones 2 months ago

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All N64 Games #105: Wetrix

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

As Tetris set the standard for puzzle video games, other puzzle games try to have names similar to it. A water-based puzzle game? Of course it has to be named Wetrix.

Posted by Dean Jones 2 months ago

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All N64 Games #104: Pachinko 365 Days

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

Another Pachinko game. While I still have zero interest in the Japanese hybrid of slot machines and 10p machines, this one at least seems competently made.

Posted by Dean Jones 2 months ago

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All N64 Games #103: Robotech: Crystal Dreams

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

Based on an American/Japanese sci-fi animated series, Robotech: Crystal Dreams was an extremely ambitious flight simulator game that ultimately went over budget and was cancelled when it needed another six months of development.

Posted by Dean Jones 2 months ago

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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.

Posted by Dean Jones 2 months ago

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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.

Posted by Dean Jones 2 months ago

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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

Posted by Dean Jones 2 months ago

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