Category: Game Reviews

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Developer: Crystal Dynamics Publisher: Midway Released: August 26, 1998 Rated: E 6/10 The only taste N64 owners would get from seminal late ‘90s developer Crystal Dynamics would come in the form of a wise-cracking, couch-potato lizard by the name of Gex. The second Gex title (and first title in the series in 3D), Enter the… Read more

Developer: Angel Studios Publisher: Nintendo Released: May 31, 1998 Rated: E 7/10 Nintendo hands over the reins on their baseball franchise to a third developer in as many iterations, looking to keep things rolling after top-tier output from Software Creations and Rare on the Super Nintendo. From the N64’s US-centric “dream team” of second-party designers,… Read more

Developer: Taito Publisher: Acclaim Released: May 20, 1998 Rated: E 7/10 Though Nintendo’s puzzle requirements had been previously handled by the likes of Tetris and Dr. Mario, Bust-A-Move, aka Puzzle Bobble, was already a major player in the genre by the time the N64 arrived. A big hit in arcades, where Taito had previously had… Read more