Category: Game Reviews

Developer: Iguana Entertainment Publisher: Acclaim Released: April 8, 1999 Rated: E 7/10 I admit, I was a bit surprised during my research to see just how much professional reviews improved between All-Star Baseball ‘99 and its immediate follow-up. It’s certainly a good yearly update, wisely without any major overhauls, but with the benefit of seeing Read more

Developer: Acclaim Studios London Publisher: Acclaim Released: December 9, 1999 Rated: T 4/10 I don’t know if there’s a game that has tricked me as often as Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M. (heretofore referred to exclusively as “Armorines” so I don’t have to type out the acronym with punctuation a dozen times). The first time I played Read more

Developer: Iguana Entertainment Publisher: Acclaim Released: May 27, 1998 Rated: E 7/10 I can confidently say that out of all of Acclaim’s efforts in the world of sports video games during their run, baseball was easily their strongest and most consistent output up until their bankruptcy in 2004. Although the first title under the All-Star Read more

Developer: Angel Studios, Capcom Publisher: Capcom Rated: M  Release Date: October 31, 1999 10/10 The monumental nature of Resident Evil 2 on the Nintendo 64 is twofold: the technical marvel that is its existence on a cartridge-based medium, and the genre-defining genius of the game as a whole. In the formative years of survival horror, Read more

Developer: Rare Ltd. Publisher: Nintendo Released: February 28, 1997 Rated: E 8/10 Nothing like starting as you intend to go on, Rare! As a company handed the reins to some of Nintendo’s most important titles in the mid-‘90s, Rare was certainly shaping up to be a crucial development partner heading into the release of the Read more

Developer: Iguana Entertainment Publisher: Acclaim Released: March 4, 1997 Rated: M 8/10 Even if it’s not immediately apparent how impressive Turok: Dinosaur Hunter is for its time, you only need to look at the rest of the N64’s admittedly FPS-heavy release schedule for the remainder of 1997. Turok was the first game in the genre Read more

Developer: Iguana West Publisher: Acclaim Released: November 30, 1998 Rated: E 6/10 I think I’ve proven myself as being able to put the deserved amount of effort into the N64’s sports franchises and their individual entries. I offer up my assessment of each game in the three American football series as examples. But I was Read more

Developer: Sculptured Software Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment Released: February 26, 1998 Rated: E 6/10 A year on from the N64’s North American release, it’s surprising to think that it was still missing several sports simulations, including any baseball games in spite of a number of them already being released in Japan. And while basketball and hockey Read more

Developer: H2O Interactive Publisher: Nintendo Released: August 11, 1997 Rated: E 7/10 Another title in the tradition of adding the Tetris branding to various puzzle games released by Tetris Company licensees, Tetrisphere is the first Western release in the underrepresented puzzle genre for the N64. And though it shares a little bit of DNA with Read more