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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).

Posted by Dean Jones 4 months ago

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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.

Posted by Dean Jones 4 months ago

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All N64 Games #82: Olympic Hockey ’98

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

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 4 months ago

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All N64 Games #81: Fighters Destiny

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

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 4 months ago

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All N64 Games #80: SimCity 2000

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

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 4 months ago

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All N64 Games #79: NBA In The Zone ’98

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

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 4 months ago

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All N64 Games #78: Robotron 64

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

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 4 months ago

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All N64 Games #77: Japan Pro-Wrestling: Toukon Road: Brave Spirits

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

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 4 months ago

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All N64 Games #76: Augusta Masters ’98

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

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 4 months ago

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All N64 Games #75: Yoshi’s Story

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

Yoshi’s Story is an incredibly cute game that just oozes charm. On a quest to save their magical fruit tree from Baby Bowser, the Yoshi’s journey across a book across six worlds, eating a lot of fruit along the way.

Posted by Dean Jones 4 months ago

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All N64 Games #74: FIFA: Road to World Cup 98

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

This game brings back a lot of memories from my childhood. I had this game on PC and played it a lot – even doing some 90 minute matches. I was into football at the time. After seeing how dreadful FIFA 64 was, I was worried that this was going to tarnish my memories. Luckily, it seems that this time, the N64 got a solid port.

Posted by Dean Jones 4 months ago

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All N64 Games #73: Virtual Pro Wrestling 64

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

This is mainly a Japanese version of WCW vs. nWo: World Tour. However, despite releasing in the same month as the original version, this has a lot more stuff in it.

Posted by Dean Jones 4 months ago

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All N64 Games #72: Irritating Eclectic Stick

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

Do you know that kids toy where you move a stick around a metal wire and if you make contact with it it makes a buzzing sound? In Japan, they turned that into a game show, and that game show got multiple video games.

Posted by Dean Jones 4 months ago

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All N64 Games #71: AeroGauge

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

A futuristic racing game, on the same lines of Wipeout, F-Zero and Extreme-G. N64 gave AeroGauge an abysmal score of 10% so I was expecting something especially dreadful from it, but I kind of enjoyed it.

Posted by Dean Jones 4 months ago

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All N64 Games #70: Tamagotchi World

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

It sounds a lot like Mario Party, but before Mario Party – it’s even made by Hudson Soft.

Posted by Dean Jones 4 months ago

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All N64 Games #69: Nagano Winter Olympics ’98

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

The first Olympic title on the N64 – and, curiously, the last one on a Nintendo platform until Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games.

Posted by Dean Jones 4 months ago

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All N64 Games #68: Flying Dragon

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

A fighting game that feels like it was built with home consoles in mind. This features a more cartoon style than most and adds RPG elements into the mix in the form of items to equip and upgrade.

Posted by Dean Jones 4 months ago

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All N64 Games #67: Snowboard Kids

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

In the tutorial, Snowboard Kids makes it clear that this is a racing game without a brake button – it also lacks an acceleration button. Gravity does all the work, leaving you to focus on turning, items and tricks. It has a charming visual style and nice slopes to snowboard down.

Posted by Dean Jones 4 months ago

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All N64 Games #66: Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

Traditional fighting games like Mortal Kombat aren’t platformers. In order to combine Mortal Kombat with a platformer, you’ll need to put in some serious work to bring out the strengths of both genres.

Posted by Dean Jones 4 months ago

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All N64 Games #65: Chameleon Twist

Monday, 12 Aug 2024

A regular chameleon sees the white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland jumping into a pot and decides to follow, turning into the big headed thing in the game. From there, you go through the levels, killing everything in your path.

Posted by Dean Jones 4 months ago