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Uchhannanchan no Honou no Challenge: Denryuu IraIra Bou review (N64)Reviewed on August 30, 2023Nerves of Steel |
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Blast Corps review (N64)Reviewed on May 12, 2022Flat Earth |
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Super Smash Bros. review (N64)Reviewed on October 14, 2018Birth of the Smash Spirit |
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Quake II review (N64)Reviewed on October 12, 2016It’s a precarious thing to write a review for a 17-year-old game. How does one judge its graphics, its sound—hell, its gameplay, even? But the latter is something that typically shines through in a game of this age, and allows for an adequate review. I’m happy to report Quake II delivers here--even on the limited N64 console, the gameplay is solid as hell, although not without its faults. |
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Rocket: Robot on Wheels review (N64)Reviewed on March 27, 2012Disclaimer: If you actually did buy Rocket: Robot on Wheels, disregard the first paragraph. |
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Pokemon Stadium review (N64)Reviewed on February 23, 2012If you ever were able to recite all of the original 151 Pokémon from memory, this game is for you. If you ever got into an argument over whether Scyther or Pinsir is the better Bug Pokémon, this is the game for you. If the first Pokémon movie made you cry, this is the game for you. However, if you're still learning the ins and outs of Pokémon, try something else. |
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Pokemon Snap review (N64)Reviewed on January 28, 2012I watched the TV series, I got the games, I collected the cards, I played with the toys, I read the books, and I went to see the movies. (The first movie is still one of the only movies that ever made me cry, and DON'T PRETEND LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.) And even though I missed out on Hey You, Pikachu (oh dear?), I was able to get the other non-RPG N64 Pokémon game, Pokémon Snap. |
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WWF No Mercy review (N64)Reviewed on July 10, 2011It is a timeless wrestling game -- one with a still faithful following, one with a generation of devotees steadfast that it has not yet been eclipsed -- that reminds us how mortal we are. |
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WWF War Zone review (N64)Reviewed on March 28, 2011The World Wrestling Federation was undergoing a major facelift as the late 1990's came around. Ridding itself of the stale, 'family friendly' legacy from the decade before, it stood up to growing competition from both WCW and ECW and began offering a far more cut-throat, near-the-knuckle product. The Federation's last video game release, In Your House in 1996, couldn't have been further removed from this. It was time for developer Acclaim to redeem itself... |
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Body Harvest review (N64)Reviewed on November 07, 2010The N64 library contains a reasonable share of classics, considering the lack of software support compared to the titan that was the Playstation. Many of these classics are well known: Zelda, Mario, Goldeneye, and so on. As in any field of entertainment, though, some classics are woefully overlooked. I direct your eye to Body Harvest, a game that may lack the glossy presentation and heavyweight pedigree of a game like Zelda, but makes up for it with imagination and ambition. |
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Diddy Kong Racing review (N64)Reviewed on July 08, 2010Diddy Kong Racing smartly mimics SMK’s well-founded principles while expanding in different directions. To call it just a go-cart racer gives too little credit. As if it were no big thing, DKR boldly introduces the physics of plane and hovercraft travel to the genre while replicating the slide-turn techniques that separated the wheat from the chaff in SNES carting, casually switching between all three vehicles throughout. You’ll be tearing around the rocky orange cliffs of prehistoric Fossil Canyon, skidding past waterfalls and between the stomping feet of a ponderous Brontosaurus, and in the very next race take to the skies, navigating around snow-capped firs and splitting icy gorges at the Snowfrost Peak circuit. |
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Super Mario 64 review (N64)Reviewed on July 02, 2010A long time ago, in a far away kingdom filled with mushroom hill tops, green pipes, and coins as far as the eye can see, there was a man named Mario. This plumber, sporting a killer mustache, overalls, and a red hat, time and time again saved the Mushroom Kingdom from the diabolical Bowser, a towering turtle that has a huge obsession with kidnapping a princess. Mario had plenty of help during these adventures, but that didn't seem to matter to him, since he was so intent on hogging all the glory... |
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time review (N64)Reviewed on November 23, 2009Isn't it ironic how the "Greatest video game ever made" was supposed to put Nintendo back on top, but instead led them to their inevitable downfall? Despite becoming the most commercially successful Zelda game to date with more than 7 million copies sold worldwide, in addition to being mentioned on virtually every "best of" list imaginable from critic and gamer alike, not even Ocarina of Time could save the Nintendo 64 from suffering humiliation at the hands of Sony. The 'Big N' who once ... |
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Quest 64 review (N64)Reviewed on February 24, 2009The Nintendo 64 has only one great RPG, and it is not Quest 64. |
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1080 Snowboarding review (N64)Reviewed on February 20, 20091080° Snowboarding is a racer and an extreme sports game, but it is never both of those things at the same time, and it doesn’t fare too well with either. |
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Yoshi's Story review (N64)Reviewed on February 19, 2009It says a lot when, after a few replays, I am able to beat Yoshi’s Story in under a half hour, without taking any damage whatsoever. |
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Rocket: Robot on Wheels review (N64)Reviewed on February 18, 2009Developing a game specifically for the N64 was a move that could be viewed as either reckless or cunning. The system’s inability to rise out the shadow of the more commercially successful PSX meant that any exclusive games would have a limited reach by default, but then a good game has a better chance of garnering attention in an altogether less eventful library. Rocket: Robot on Wheels effectively turns both of those theories upside down. It fits squarely into the platformer categ... |
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Tonic Trouble review (N64)Reviewed on February 13, 2009It’s rare for me to be offended by bad character design, but Tonic Trouble’s protagonist makes me want to shoot somebody. |
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Space Invaders review (N64)Reviewed on November 26, 2008No shooter formula is more archaic. No shooter formula holds such nostalgia either. Space Invaders has been a simple concept since its first appearance in the arcades of the late 1970s, a classic dance with death from above. The aliens descend with uniformity and precision, swaying to surface level as a trained squadron with no intention to deviate from the plan. It will work. They believe. Down below dissonance breaks their harmonious, synchronized descent; one lone Earth pilot desperately fires blasts skywards from his roving craft, shifting left and right with the pack, dodging sporadic projectiles and wreaking havoc on their ranks. Will it be enough? |
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Cruis'n USA review (N64)Reviewed on August 15, 2008Cruisin' USA is essentially Rad Racer in actual 3D. That might not sound so bad at first, after all Rad Racer is a beloved classic by many, but unfortunately the days in which a game could appeal to people just by being a racing game have long since passed, and players have grown to expect some semblance of aptitude and originality in the titles they purchase. |
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