Category: Game Reviews

Developer: AKI Corporation Publisher: THQ Released: November 17, 2000 Rated: T 10/10 Full disclosure: I did not grow up on WWF No Mercy. The only one of AKI Corp.’s wrestling titles I even remember playing when I was young was a handed-down copy of WCW vs. nWo World Tour. Among a smattering of wrestling titles, Read more

Developer: AKI Corporation Publisher: THQ Released: October 12, 1999 8/10 Rated: T The tide turns in the Monday Night War, and the video games follow suit. In spite of positive reviews and sales at the time – clearly the byproduct of the unprecedented success of the era – the superior reputation of WCW’s releases inspired Read more

Developer: High Voltage Software Publisher: Acclaim Released: August 24, 2000 4/10 Rated: E I’ve actually always had a bit of a soft spot for High Voltage Software, as a few games they’ve made over the years like The Haunted Mansion, The Conduit, and the Hunter: The Reckoning franchise make up some of the sixth and Read more

Developer: Player 1 Publisher: Titus Interactive Released: November 17, 2000 Rated: E 4/10 Right off the bat, Blues Brothers 2000 is its own self-contained puzzle box of circumventing biases. The Blues Brothers is a bona fide classic bit of cinema with a great cast and soundtrack. Blues Brothers 2000 is widely considered to be a Read more

Developer: Acclaim Studios West Publisher: Acclaim Released: August 26, 1999 3/10 Rated: E Fumbled. Take every bit of improvement, however small, that Quarterback Club ‘99 made, and throw them right in the garbage. Somehow worse in presentation and oftentimes more unplayable than its inaugural N64 outing, I choose to blame the collapse of Acclaim Studios Read more

Developer: Locomotive Entertainment Publisher: Bam! Entertainment Released: July 12, 2000 Rated: T 3/10 (Note: I would often see this game having a release date in North America around the holidays — November 15, 2000 — but have seen July as an earlier date. I believe this is the date it was made available at Blockbuster Read more

Developer: Iguana Entertainment Publisher: Acclaim Released: November 10, 1999 5/10 Rated: E If your mediocre sports title still manages to sell upwards of a million copies, I won’t hold it against you for taking a “baby steps” approach to your next yearly iteration. Iguana doesn’t reinvent the franchise’s gameplay in following up their successful debut Read more

Developer: Iguana Entertainment Publisher: Acclaim Released: October 24, 1997 Rated: E 4/10 Looking back on the two series’ efforts as a whole for the N64, it seems impossible that Acclaim and the NFL Quarterback Club franchise that made their respective homes on the N64 could have ever competed with the Madden franchise. Pick up any Read more

Developer: Digital Eclipse Publisher: Midway Released: November 14, 2000 4/10 Rated: E Though not as iconic as the evergreen moneymakers Namco was able to bring out with their own N64 package, Midway taps into their own extensive history to deliver a compilation of six classics for the 2000 holiday. While such compilations were becoming ever Read more

Developer: Point of View (Port), Midway Studios San Diego (Dreamcast/PS2 Flagship Version) Released: November 13, 2000 Rated: T 6/10 Midway unfortunately shows their knack for underwhelming follow-ups again with Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 a year on from the original. It’s not necessarily the case that they fumble the ball, just that their standards Read more