Category: Game Reviews

Straight-up reviews of officially released games, with a score

  • Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko

    Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko

    Developer: Crystal Dynamics Publisher: Crave Entertainment Released: September 28, 1999 Rated: T 6/10 Gex heads back into The Media Dimension for another series of small-screen parodies, rife with wisecracks and janky platforming. Though not the most deserving based on the quality of his previous efforts, the ability of Gex to market himself successfully and uniquely Read more

  • Ridge Racer 64

    Ridge Racer 64

    Developer: Nintendo Software Technology Publisher: Namco Released: February 14, 2000 8/10 Rated: E Nintendo probably didn’t need another racing title in its library by early 2000, with the genre easily being one of the most prolific on the system, both for its good and bad titles, and offering up just about every interpretation of the Read more

  • Killer Instinct Gold

    Killer Instinct Gold

    Developer: Rare Ltd. Publisher: Nintendo Released: November 25, 1996 Rated: T 7/10 Alongside Cruis’n USA, Killer Instinct Gold was one of the N64’s earliest releases that faced a lot of disappointment on release as an arcade port that simply underwhelmed. Hype building and previewing for a home port of Killer Instinct 2 date back to Read more

  • Asteroids Hyper 64

    Asteroids Hyper 64

    Developer: Syrox Developments Publisher: Crave Entertainment Released: December 14, 1999 Rated: E 5/10 I’m always interested in the progression of the arcade-revival genre that picked up a lot of steam in the fifth and sixth generations. As storage limits increased at home, compilations became more extensive while ports became less compromised, but some of the Read more

  • WWF Attitude

    WWF Attitude

    Developer: Acclaim Studios Salt Lake City Publisher: Acclaim Released: August 31, 1999 Rated: T 5/10 If I were assigning half-point scores on these ratings, WWF Attitude would be a key candidate for a 5.5 rating, if only to denote what it does to hold a leg up on its predecessor, which if you’re reading this Read more

  • WWF War Zone

    WWF War Zone

    Developer: Iguana Entertainment West Publisher: Acclaim Released: August 11, 1998 Rated: T 5/10 After maintaining the lucrative WWF video game license throughout the Hulkamania era on the NES, and into the 16-bit era alongside the New Generation, Acclaim barrelled ahead onto the PS1 and N64 with the hotly-anticipated WWF War Zone, the higher-ups at the Read more

  • Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire

    Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire

    Developer: LucasArts Publisher: Nintendo Released: December 3, 1996 Rated: T 7/10 Patrons at the 1996 E3 got plenty of reason to be excited for the upcoming release of the Nintendo 64, in part due to an impressive recreation of the Battle of Hoth from the upcoming Shadows of the Empire. A fully-3D, free-moving flight across Read more

  • Mario Kart 64

    Mario Kart 64

    Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo Released: February 10, 1997 Rated: E 9/10 Mario Kart 64 is possibly the greatest game in the N64 library that still has to fight the hardest against its own successors. When it comes to expectations of what Mario Kart is, as during time of writing, we are anticipating the release Read more

  • Ken Griffey Jr’s Slugfest

    Ken Griffey Jr’s Slugfest

    Developer: Angel Studios Publisher: Nintendo Released: May 10, 1999 Rated: E 7/10 I suppose it’s always a little disappointing when the yearly update doesn’t add anything big or outright noticeable to the gameplay of your sports franchise, but when the baseline is as good as something like Angel Studios’ Ken Griffey Jr. baseball title, fixing Read more

  • Doom 64

    Doom 64

    Developer: Midway Studios San Diego Publisher: Midway Released: April 4, 1997 Rated: M 9/10 Though it may not have ever been truly forgotten, the modern day appreciation and acceptance of Doom 64 as an essential episode in the history of the franchise was pretty long overdue by the time Nightdive Studios got a hold of Read more