Category: Game Reviews

Developer: Lucasarts (PC Original) Factor 5 (Port) Publisher: Lucasarts Released: December 15, 2000 Rated: T 5/10 Years ago, I fancied myself a clever little bollocks when I wrote an article for a website discussing the distinct eras of the Tomb Raider franchise and its “what’s old is new again” approach to its 2013 reboot, inspired… Read more

Developer: Kemco Publisher: Ubisoft Released: December 13, 2000 Rated: E 2/10 Sadly, the only video game based on the wildly successful and unique Batman Beyond series, Return of the Joker is a game defined by a pitifully tangible lack of effort. A single-player beat-em-up is already a less-than-ideal format, though not automatically a lost cause.… Read more

Developer: Neversoft (PS1 original)/Edge of Reality (Port) Publisher: Activision Released: November 21, 2000 Rated: E 7/10 Although his record is far from perfect, Spider-Man seems to be one of the more successful comic book characters to make the transition over to video games. Boasting well-received titles both before and after this late-2000 release, Peter Parker… Read more

Developer: MBL Research Publisher: EA Released: October 1, 1998 Rated: E 7/10 I have always known and maintained that NHL 99 is a good game, and in the past few years been able to confirm that it’s certainly the best traditional hockey title on the N64. But oddly enough, I’ve had to realize lately that… Read more

Developer: Rare, Ltd. Publisher: Nintendo Released: November 20, 2000 Rated: E 9/10 Banjo-Tooie is a big game. Relative to the N64, one might very well say it is staggering. The textbook example of aiming for a sequel to be bigger, better, and badder in every way compared to its predecessor, Banjo-Tooie is also one half… Read more

Developer: Rare Publisher: Nintendo Released: June 29, 1998 Rated: E 10/10 The 3D platformer is almost certainly the genre most closely associated with the Nintendo 64, and while the console boasts Super Mario 64 as its inaugural release and its mission statement on this front, only one game from a library of varying quality can… Read more

Developer: Player 1 Publisher: Titus Interactive Released: October 13, 2000 (or August 18? Reference needed) Rated: T 4/10 You may have heard Hercules: The Legendary Journeys referred to, in passing, as an attempt at a Zelda clone. Starting the game, this makes some sense – many controls are executed with a context sensitive A-button, while… Read more

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