Category: Game Reviews

Developer: EA Canada (Original) NuFX (Port) Publisher: EA Sports Released: November 4, 1998 Rated: E 7/10 Similar to their only NHL output on the system, EA opts to give N64 owners the sloppy seconds treatment with their first basketball release, though they at least wouldn’t abandon the system just as quickly. A conversion of the Read more

Developer: Midway (Arcade Original) Eurocom (Port) Publisher: Midway Released: June 23, 1998 Rated: M 6/10 Well, it didn’t kill the series. Mortal Kombat 4 arrived in arcades in 1997. By that point, Ed Boon and Midway had mostly prepped their roadmap of 10 “Dos” and 500 “Don’ts” of 3D Fighting Game development from Midway’s own Read more

Developer: Midway (Arcade Original), Eurocom (Port) Publisher: Midway Released: May 20, 1997 Rated: M 3/10 On some level, you have to appreciate a willingness to not send your flagship franchise out to die by not releasing a 3D iteration without a test run first. A practice later enacted by Ubisoft with Tonic Trouble releasing ahead Read more

Developer: AKI Corp. Publisher: THQ Released: October 26, 1998 Rated: E 8/10 With the success of WCW vs. nWo World Tour and Virtual Pro Wrestling 64 providing more than enough foundation for a follow-up, the next move was likely obvious to anyone who has gotten their hands on the best wrestling game to date. All Read more

Developer: Z-Axis Publisher: Activision Released: November 30, 1999 Rated: E 6/10 From Robotron to Asteroids and in-between, the retro revival that began in the latter half of the ‘90s, mostly composed of the biggest names of the pre-Nintendo generations, was well-represented on the N64. Space Invaders comes to us from future Dave Mirra developer Z-Axis, Read more

Developer: Asmik Ace, AKI Corp. Publisher: THQ Released: November 30, 1997 Rated: K-A 7/10 Fresh off of debuting their original wrestling engine with the original Virtual Pro Wrestling for the PlayStation (localized in the west as WCW Vs. The World), AKI Corp. and Asmik Ace transitioned to the N64 for their next collaboration with the Read more

Developer: Midway Games Publisher: Midway Games Released: November 7, 1997 Rated: E 6/10 For the arcade racing aficionados who perhaps thought that Cruis’n USA wasn’t worth their attention, Midway’s other prolific arcade conversion would arrive a year later in the form of the first San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing. Localized entirely and hyper focused down Read more

Developer: Rare, Ltd. Publisher: Nintendo Released: October 11, 1999 Rated: T 7/10 Jet Force Gemini occupies quite possibly the most unique position in Rare’s extensive legacy on the N64. Not beholden to a larger, multi-game franchise like Banjo, not a game which utilizes another company’s IP or characters, like Donkey Kong, and not separately praised Read more

Developer: Traveller’s Tales Publisher: Activision Released: November 16, 1999 Rated: E 7/10 I feel like many Disney adaptations, for good reason, fall into the habit of representing something of the “stock average concept” of a video game for their times. In the 8 and 16-bit eras, mostly Capcom-published efforts accounted for a set of almost-exclusively Read more

Developer: Racdym Publisher: Atlus Released: February 1, 1998 Rated: E 7/10 The N64’s first brush with the extreme sports craze that produced dozens of snowboarding titles in the latter half of the ‘90s, Snowboard Kids boasts the setting and premise of a fast-paced downhill trickfest, but actually plays a lot more like a number of Read more