So the Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy was a huge hit for Activision, and rightfully so. I played through it and had an absolute blast; it was challenging yet familiar, and looked better than YOUR MOTHER’S FINE ASS (edit…
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Shut Up, Scrambles : The Platform Games We Actually Want Remastered.
Tagged with: Billy Hatcher, Bug!, Castlevania, Crash Bandicoot, Cult games, Gex, Goemon, Mischief Makers, N64, Nobody likes you Gex, Opinion, platformer, Silicon Valley, Spyro, underrated games
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GoldenEye 007. Rare (1997) Nintendo 64
If you like retro gaming then you’ll probably be aware that neckbeards will frequently scoff about “GoldenEye being better than those them there Call of Battlefield shooty games” in a bizarrely thick unnatural West Country accent (American’s read yokel). And…
Tagged with: 007, 1997, First Person Shooter, GoldenEye, GoldenEye 007, James Bond, James Bond 007, N64, Nintendo 64, RARE, Retro Gaming, Review
Posted in Nintendo 64
Posted in Nintendo 64
Killer Instinct Gold. Rare (1997) Nintendo 64
Killer Instinct was a pretty solid Tournament Fighter with a combo system added a depth that newbs and pros could all have some fun. It did look like arse, and had a stupid difficulty at the end but what about…
Tagged with: 1997, Combo Breaker, Killer Instinct, Killer Instinct Gold, N64, Nintendo 64, RARE, Rareware, Retro Gaming, Review, Tournament Fighter, Ultratech
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Posted in Nintendo 64
WCW/NWO Revenge, THQ/AKI, (1998), Nintendo 64
WCW/NWO Revenge – also known as a game where you can actually play as Horace Hogan. The dream is real, people.
Tagged with: 1998, AKI Corporation, Hulk Hogan, multiplayer, N64, Nintendo 64, NWO, Retro Gaming, Revenge, Review, THQ, WCW, WCW/NWO Revenge, Wrestling
Posted in Nintendo 64
Posted in Nintendo 64
Clayfighter 63 1/3, Interplay (1997) Nintendo 64
I wanted to hate this game. I thought it had to be shit, I thought it looked like shit, and more importantly I thought since Mortal Kombat games aged badly, that this had no chance. So, Let’s get ready to…
Tagged with: 1997, Bad Mr. Frosty The Fighting Snowman, Blob, Bonker, Boogerman, Clayfighter, Clayfighter 63 1/3, Dr. Kilnklein, Earthworm Jim, Houngan, Ickybod Clay, Interplay, Kung Pow, N64, Nintendo 64, Sumo Santa, T-Hoppy The Battle Bunny, Taffy, Tournament Fighter
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Posted in Nintendo 64
StarFox 64, Nintendo EAD (1997) Nintendo 64.
Corneria, fourth planet of the Lylat system. The evil Andross turned this once thriving system into a wasteland of near extinction…
Tagged with: Andross, Aquas, Area 6, Arwing, Bolse Defense Outpost, Cornerea, Falco, Fortuna, Fox McCloud, Katina, Landmaster, Lylat Wars, Macbeth, Meteor, N64, Nintendo 64, On-rails-shooter, Peppy, Rumble Pak, Sector X, Sector Y, Sector Z, Slippy, Solar, Starfox, Starfox 64, The Lylat System, Titania, Venom, Zoness
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Posted in Nintendo 64
The World Is Not Enough, Eurocom (2000), Nintendo 64
Goldeneye is without doubt one of the finest FPS/stealth shooter games ever made. This is technically its follow up (ignoring other consoles) for the N64. Welcome to The World Is Not Enough….
Tagged with: 007, 2000, Christmas Jones, Elektra King, James Bond, M, Miss Moneypenny, N64, Nintendo 64, R, Renard, Shooter Stealth, The World Is Not Enough, TWINE, Valentin Zukovsky
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Posted in Nintendo 64
Mortal Kombat Mythologies : Sub Zero, Midway, (1997) Nintendo 64
There is no God.
Tagged with: 1997, Beat 'em up, Mortal Kombat, N64, Rectal Bleeding, Retro Gaming, Review, Scorpions Dainty Run, Shower of Shit, Sub Zero, TERRIBLE games of the 32/64 bit era, Utter Trash, Worst Games Ever
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Posted in Nintendo 64
Banjo Kazooie, Rare (1998), Nintendo 64
Rare certainly did love to bite the hand that fed them. Back when Rare were the sole property of Nintendo, everything they made was Nintendo-bait. They had a pop at cartoon racing (the awesome Diddy Kong Racing), they tried their…
Tagged with: 1998, Banjo Kazooie, Bottles, Gruntilda, Mumbo Jumbo, N64, Nintendo 64, platformer, RARE, Retro Gaming, Review, Super Mario 64
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Posted in Nintendo 64
Diddy Kong Racing, Rareware. (1997). Nintendo 64
Everybody had this really ill-advised idea back in the late 90’s that they could create the fabled ‘Mario Kart Beater’, and – knowing everybody loves a trier – some are still having a crack at it today (Sega actually had…
Tagged with: 1997, Diddy Kong Racing, Mario Kart Beater, N64, Nintendo 64, Racing Game, RARE, Rareware, Retro Gaming, Review, Timber Island, Wizpig
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Posted in Nintendo 64
