Category: Game Reviews
Straight-up reviews of officially released games, with a score
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Tigger’s Honey Hunt
Developer: DokiDenki Studio Publisher: NewKidCo Released: November 1, 2000 Rated: E 4/10 Man, those Hundred Acre Wood folk can throw one helluva party! It’s Tigger’s job to scrounge for “hunny pots” along all of the 2D planes in the forest and bring back as much as he can find. Reminds me of the Christmas episode… Read more
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Cruis’n USA
Developer: Williams Entertainment (Port) TV Games Inc. (Arcade Original) Publisher: Nintendo Released: December 3, 1996 Rated: K-A 5/10 Few titles were as indicative of the perception of the N64 and its status as underwhelming or disappointing amongst its contemporaries as Cruis’n USA, the arcade racer shown off early and often in hype packages and previews… Read more
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Cruis’n Exotica
Developer: Gratuitous Games (Port), Midway Games (Arcade Original) Publisher: Midway/Nintendo Released: October 17, 2000 Rated: E 6/10 Cruis’n Exotica closes out our trilogy/quadrilogy of N64 Cruis’n ports (it all depends if you count California Speed). From what was once a crucial and keynote part of the console’s early lineup, we arrive, somewhat unfortunately, at what… Read more
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California Speed
Developer: Midway Games (Port), Atari Games (Arcade Original) Publisher: Midway Games Released: March 18, 1999 Rated: E 6/10 California Speed, like its cousin, Off Road Challenge, is a Midway racing title that is best not referred to as another Cruis’n game because five Cruis’n releases would seem excessive, both on one console and in arcades… Read more
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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
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Tetris 64
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
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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
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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
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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