Category: Game Reviews

Developer: Avalanche Software Publisher: THQ Released: November 8, 2000 Rated: E 4/10 The iconic Nickelodeon babies are off to EuroReptarland for their second full-length feature. If you’re not a fan of this early and long-running Nicktoons series, this is your early warning to get off the ride now. Unsurprisingly, this mini-game collection from Avalanche and… Read more

Developer: Paradigm Entertainment Publisher: Video System Released: November 21, 1997 Rated: K-A 5/10 Similar to the genre change instituted by Acclaim’s NBA Jam games on the system, Aerofighters Assault’s first demerit comes from an attempt to bring a now classic series into uncharted, 3D-centric territory. Attempting to change with the times, the Aerofighters series, also… Read more

Developer: Namco (PlayStation Original) Mass Media (N64 Port) Publisher: Namco Released: November 13, 2000 Rated: E 7/10 With expectations largely tempered by prior examples of classic arcade revivals on the N64, and in the era altogether, Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness and its admittedly goofy title probably doesn’t look like it has much going on. And… Read more

Developer: VIZ Interactive Publisher: NewKidCo Released: November 8, 2000 Rated: E 5/10 Although it’s the closest of NewKidCo’s releases on the N64 to something intended for a general audience, Tom and Jerry in Fists of Furry is still mostly held back by an oversimplification to market it to NewKidCo’s usual audience. Which, as you might… Read more

Developer: Kemco (Port) Ion Storm (PC Original) Publisher: Kemco Released: July 31, 2000 Rated: M 3/10 This is one of only a handful of profiles in this book where I feel I really have to collect myself and hold back some of my thoughts, because they all chip away at the same general failure of… Read more

Developer: Ambrella Publisher: Nintendo Released: October 30, 2000 Rated: E 5/10 The last hurrah on the N64 for Nintendo’s love for hardware-based gimmickry, Hey You, Pikachu doesn’t really come through to offer all that much beyond a collection piece for Pokemon fans and completionists. Despite offering an actual start–to-finish experience, what’s contained in the original… Read more

Developer: Silicon Dreams Publisher: SouthPeak Interactive Released: November 10, 2000 Rated: E 4/10 This tagalong addition to round out the soccer selection on the N64 can’t make much claim to anything. It’s nowhere near the accessibility of Konami’s International Superstar Soccer, nor the flashiness and brand recognition of EA’s FIFA. In fact, lack of brand… Read more

Developer: Eurocom (Port), Midway (Arcade Original) Publisher: Nintendo Released: September 30, 1998 Rated: E 6/10 N64 port specialists Eurocom take the wheel on this second Cruis’n release on the N64. The natural progression of “first the United States, then the world” is no surprise, but with more variety in the tracks, more cars to choose… Read more

Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo Released: October 26th, 2000 Rated: E 10/10 Majora’s Mask is like the game Eiji Aonuma sold his soul to make. I play it and I just think of him and the other project leaders standing out at the crossroads, wracked with anxiety on how to follow up possibly the greatest… Read more

Developer: Eurocom Publisher: EA Games Released: October 17, 2000 Rated: T 8/10 It’s tough to tell if we’re past the point where we can call The World is Not Enough the “forgotten” Bond title for the N64. Obviously, when we’re talking about 007 games for the system, any old sense of shorthand for a Bond… Read more