Category: Game Reviews

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

Developer: Point of View Publisher: Midway Home Entertainment Released: November 16, 1999 Rated: T 6/10 Though it was primarily envisioned as a Dreamcast title, having been released for the system’s 9/9/99 launch date, it’s not difficult to see Ready 2 Rumble Boxing occupying the hole left in the gaming landscape by the absence of a Read more

Developer: Rare, Ltd. Publisher: Nintendo Released: November 13, 2000 Rated: E 6/10 I’m not even going to mince words on this one: Mickey’s Speedway USA is easily the weakest title of Rare, Ltd.’s legendary run on the Nintendo 64. On one hand, this feels like a total given, considering that, aside from perhaps Blast Corps, Read more

Developer: Treyarch Publisher: EA Released: March 22, 1999 Rated: E 6/10 The greatest tragedy of Triple Play 2000, in a problem that persists with EA Sports to this day, is that the “real” version of the game is on PlayStation. Despite both being developed by future powerhouse studio Treyarch, the version of Triple Play 2000 Read more

Developer: Avalanche Software Publisher: THQ Released: November 8, 2000 Rated: E 4/10 The iconic Nickelodeon babies are off to EuroReptarland for their second full-length feature. If you’re not a fan of this early and long-running Nicktoons series, this is your early warning to get off the ride now. Unsurprisingly, this mini-game collection from Avalanche and Read more