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All N64 Games #121: Super B-Daman: Battle Phoenix 64
B-Daman is a series of toys that are little figures that shoot marbles, with the original ones being based on Bomberman before expanding a lot, eventually spawning its own manga series, Super B-Daman.
Posted by Dean Jones 7 months ago
All N64 Games #120: Rakugakids
Rakugakids is odd in that it came out in Japan and Europe – but not North America. It’s a 1-on-1 fighting game where magic crayons have brought the creations of children to life.
Posted by Dean Jones 7 months ago
All N64 Games #119: Super Robot Spirits
A fighting game featuring giant mechs from various anime – although to my uncultured mind, this is a Megazord fighting game. In the story mode, each “episode” has some story before each fight, which is a nice touch.
Posted by Dean Jones 7 months ago
All N64 Games #118: Mission: Impossible
Being a movie tie-in to an action spy film gives Mission Impossible a lot to live up to, as it was always going to be compared to GoldenEye. Like GoldenEye, Mission Impossible had origins on the SNES before being made for the Nintendo 64 instead
Posted by Dean Jones 7 months ago
All N64 Games #117: F-Zero X
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 7 months ago
All N64 Games #116: Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth
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 7 months ago
All N64 Games #115: Penny Racers
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 7 months ago
All N64 Games #114: Off Road Challenge
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 7 months ago
All N64 Games #113: Banjo-Kazooie
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 7 months ago
All N64 Games #112: Dezaemon 3D
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 7 months ago
All N64 Games #111: Cruis’n World
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 7 months ago
All N64 Games #110: Mortal Kombat 4
The big Mortal Kombat game for this generation of consoles, and this one brings the graphics into full 3D.
Posted by Dean Jones 7 months ago
All N64 Games #109: Mike Piazza’s Strike Zone
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 7 months ago
All N64 Games #108: Virtual Chess 64
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 7 months ago
All N64 Games #107: Quest 64
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 7 months ago
All N64 Games #106: International Superstar Soccer 98
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 7 months ago
All N64 Games #105: Wetrix
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 7 months ago
All N64 Games #104: Pachinko 365 Days
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 7 months ago
All N64 Games #103: Robotech: Crystal Dreams
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 7 months ago
All N64 Games #102: Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr.
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 7 months ago
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