Category: Game Reviews

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

  • Namco Museum 64

    Namco Museum 64

    Developer: Mass Media Publisher: Namco Released: October 31, 1999 6/10 Rated: E The Namco Museum series began only a few years earlier with the first of five volumes released for Playstation in 1996 and 1997, though there’s a good chance retro enthusiasts have only seen two of those volumes in person while perusing the shelves… Read more

  • Tetris 64

    Tetris 64
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    Developer: Amtex Publisher: Seta Corp. Released: November 13, 1998 5/10 The full experience of Seta’s version of Tetris can be a bit difficult to get an idea of nowadays, as it was the only game compatible with the N64 Bio Sensor, an accessory originally included with it upon release. The Bio Sensor would clip to… Read more

  • Stunt Racer 64

    Stunt Racer 64

    Developer: Boss Game Studios Publisher: Midway Released: October 3, 2000 Rated: E 6/10 Cruising their way past the unfortunately low bar of “best Blockbuster exclusive title,” Boss Game Studios loads up another racer that offers something a little different from most of the pack. Stunt Racer 64 forms something of an antithesis to their efforts… Read more

  • Pokemon Stadium

    Pokemon Stadium

    Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo Released: March 6, 2000 Rated: E 8/10 I find that few games are as, for lack of a better term, “misremembered” as the Pokemon Stadium titles on the 64. I don’t say this as if to say that people never actually had a good time with it, or that the… Read more

  • Big Mountain 2000

    Big Mountain 2000

    Developer: Imagineer Publisher: SouthPeak Interactive/Xicat Interactive Released: October 10, 2000 Rated: E 4/10 It’s not often that you come across a game that feels like an also-ran in the N64 library, though it’s almost exclusively a label you’d put on games involving some manner of racing title. But even in the much slimmer subgenre of… Read more