First released for the Nintendo 64 in 2001, Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion is getting a loving port to the Nintendo Switch from Nightdive Studios.

For those of your scratching your head, trying to recall Turok 3 on the Nintendo 64, don’t fear, you haven’t gone senile just yet, as this oddity is one of the worst selling titles on the system, despite getting pretty favourable reviews, especially for how it pushed the N64 to its limits.

Boasting a huge variety of multiplayer modes, hand-crafted levels, and features you wouldn’t typically expect from the N64, such as lip-synced voice acting and high-poly models, this was a great swan song for the ailing third-party support of the ‘64 this side of the Millennium.

Nightdive Studios are set to work their usual magic, as they promise content that was cut from the original game, improved textures and animations, and an improved frame-rate.

For a bit of fun and nostalgia, here’s the official press release from deep within Nintendo’s archives, intended for use in 2001 when the game originally released on the Nintendo 64! They sure loved boasting about their game paks!

Acclaim backs up their truck and unloads just about every trick imaginable into the final N64 instalment in this hit series.

Long time gamers know that the biggest, feature-richest Paks often come out late in a platform's life cycle, when heroic developers toss every trick they've learned into slam-bang finales. Such is the case with Turok 3, a Pak packed to the rafters with jumbo environments, garrulous voice samples, many multiplayer options and, of course, some massive weapons.

Turok 3 has eight multiplayer modes on top of a five-stage adventure mode that, Castlevania-style, features two controllable characters. Joseph Fireseed, the younger brother of Turok 2's Joshua Fireseed, can squeeze in small places and takes the stealthy route with a pair of night-vision goggles. Danielle Fireseed, Joshua's big sister, embraces the more conventional action-heroine role. She can reach high places with an Energy Grapple. While you can play the game to the end with either character, about 20 percent of the levels will be accessible only by one character or the other. Although each character receives the same eight basic weapons, those will upgrade differently, so Joseph and Danielle will end up with eight unique upgrades.

Turok 3 does a good job of keeping you informed about your next objective, but won't give everything away - you'll need to poke around for a while before exclaiming "Aha!".

Yes, the Cerebral Bore is back, but even more mind-blowing is the PSG, which simultaneously obliterates every evildoer in sight and bends and twists your reality like multiple trips on a roller coaster.

Multiplayer modes include Bloodlust (most kills), Capture the Flag, Last Stand (win the most rounds) and Colour Tag (win over rivals). In Golden Arrow mode, your object is to hold the arrow as long as possible - but unfortunately (and painfully) for you, weapon use is banned while you have it. In Monkey Tag, one poor unarmed soul tries as hard as possible not to get tagged. But, of course, Turok 3 brandishes a million multiplayer options for weapons and length of battle. You can customise the intelligence and defences of your own character as well as CPU-controlled bots.

And here's the main overview...

Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion is a faithful restoration of the classic first-person shooter originally released in 2000 for the Nintendo 64, upgraded through Nightdive Studios’ proprietary KEX Engine for play on modern gaming devices with up to a 4K resolution at 120 frames per second. It joins Nightdive Studios, Universal Games, and Digital Platforms’ popular Turok and Turok 2: Seeds of Evil remasters, capping off the trilogy. Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion features upgraded gameplay, high-resolution textures, enhanced lighting and rendering, and support for console gamepads with platform-specific features.

Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion is the first title from Nightdive Studios to use the latest version KEX engine, which utilizes an improved renderer to achieve a higher tier of visual fidelity across 3D models, textures, and graphical effects.

In Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion, players choose between dual protagonists Joseph and Danielle Fireseed, siblings of Turok 2: Seeds of Evil protagonist Joshua Fireseed. Together, they must defeat the titular antagonist Oblivion and its followers, the Flesh Eaters, after the supposed demise of their brother at its hands.

Key Features

• A remastered version of the 2000 classic, available for the first time since its Nintendo 64 release.
• Up to 4K 120 frames per second performance on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC.
• Advanced rendering features, including anti-aliasing, bloom, ambient occlusion, dynamic shadows, and motion blur.
• Remastered environment art, character models, and updated weapon models.
• Optional motion / gyro controls for Switch and Gamepad rumble.
• Trophies and Achievements on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC (Steam).