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All N64 Games #95: Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside
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.
Posted by Dean Jones 5 months ago
All N64 Games #94: All-Star Baseball 99
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.
Posted by Dean Jones 5 months ago
All N64 Games #93: GT 64: Championship Edition
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.
Posted by Dean Jones 5 months ago
All N64 Games #92: Morita Shogi 64
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.
Posted by Dean Jones 5 months ago
All N64 Games #91: Rampage: World Tour
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.
Posted by Dean Jones 5 months ago
All N64 Games #90: Air Boarder 64
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.
Posted by Dean Jones 5 months ago
All N64 Games #89: Battle Puzzle Balls: Fighting Spirit!
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.
Posted by Dean Jones 5 months ago
All N64 Games #88: Power Pros Baseball 5
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.
Posted by Dean Jones 5 months ago
All N64 Games #87: G.A.S.P!! Fighters’ NEXTream
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.
Posted by Dean Jones 5 months ago
All N64 Games #86: Quake 64
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
Posted by Dean Jones 5 months ago
All N64 Games #85: 1080° Snowboarding
1080° Snowboarding has a bit of a mixed reception amongst Nintendo fans, with some loving it and others not really getting into it.
Posted by Dean Jones 5 months ago
All N64 Games #84: NHL Breakaway 98
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).
Posted by Dean Jones 5 months ago
All N64 Games #83: Jeopardy!
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.
Posted by Dean Jones 5 months ago
All N64 Games #82: Olympic Hockey ’98
In December 1997, Wayne Gretzky’s 3D Hockey ’98, offering no notable improvement over the first (pretty solid) game. Two months later, Olympic Hockey ’98 is just another version of Wayne Gretzky’s 3D Hockey, just with the American teams replaced with those from the Olympics
Posted by Dean Jones 5 months ago
All N64 Games #81: Fighters Destiny
Even though I’m not a fan of fighting games, I can tell that this one is something special, at least compared to all the tedious ones released before this on the N64.
Posted by Dean Jones 5 months ago
All N64 Games #80: SimCity 2000
You can bet on horse races, breed monsters (to defend your city from other monsters), defend your city in a Sci-fi shooter and take part in a dating sim.
Posted by Dean Jones 5 months ago
All N64 Games #79: NBA In The Zone ’98
With ISS64, Konami gave the N64 a solid start with Football games on the N64. Their take on Basketball is the first serious take on the sport on the N64, so you would hope for similar results. Unfortunately, NBA In the Zone 98 (or NBA Pro 98 in Europe) bounces off the basket rim and just misses the mark.
Posted by Dean Jones 5 months ago
All N64 Games #78: Robotron 64
With the advent of digital downloads, games like this have a great place now. But back in the N64 days, arcade-style games were sold on a cartridge the same price as much meatier games, making them difficult purchases.
Posted by Dean Jones 5 months ago
All N64 Games #77: Japan Pro-Wrestling: Toukon Road: Brave Spirits
Another Japanese Wrestling game, Toukon Road: Brave Spirits doesn’t focus wrestlers most of us would know about, but rather the much mote fantastical Japanese wrestling leagues, with some very crazy designs.
Posted by Dean Jones 5 months ago
All N64 Games #76: Augusta Masters ’98
The second golf game on N64, and again it’s exclusive to Japan. This is a significant improvement over The Glory of St Andrews, but is still far from being a good golf game.
Posted by Dean Jones 5 months ago
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