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Nov

4

All N64 Games #309: Roadsters

Monday, 04 Nov 2024

Roadsters is very much a refined sequel to Automobili Lamborghini. You can tell it’s built upon the same game engine, and many elements feel incredibly similar – including the very odd mix of realistic and arcade elements.

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Posted by Dean Jones 2 hours ago

Nov

3

All N64 Games #308: Asteroids Hyper 64

Sunday, 03 Nov 2024

Considering that the original Asteroids just consisted of a simple black background with a white outline, it’s a very impressive feat that the N64 version of the game manages to look worse.

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Posted by Dean Jones 18 hours ago

Nov

1

All N64 Games #307: Doshin the Giant

Friday, 01 Nov 2024

The second 64DD launch title was Doshin the Giant, a game that got a bit more attention when the GameCube version came out.

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Posted by Dean Jones 3 days ago

Nov

1

All N64 Games #306: Mario Artist Paint Studio

Friday, 01 Nov 2024

As this is the first 64DD game, I’ll talk a little bit about the device itself. It was an add-on to the N64 which would have provided a slot for a new kind of media.

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Posted by Dean Jones 3 days ago

Oct

31

All N64 Games #305: Worms Armageddon

Thursday, 31 Oct 2024

The PC version of Worms Armageddon is a game that Team17 have never been able to live up to. Many Worms games have come and gone since, yet Armageddon still lives on

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Posted by Dean Jones 4 days ago

Oct

30

All N64 Games #304: Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M.

Wednesday, 30 Oct 2024

When Starship Troopers became a big hit, Acclaim wanted to cash in on its success. Instead of trying to work out a licensing deal, they looked at their comic catalogue and realised one of them was a sci-fi marine comic.

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Posted by Dean Jones 5 days ago

Oct

29

All N64 Games #303: Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness

Tuesday, 29 Oct 2024

Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness is a bit of an odd game. It’s sort of a new game, but also isn’t.

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Posted by Dean Jones 5 days ago

Oct

28

All N64 Games #302: Custom Robo

Monday, 28 Oct 2024

Every now and then, a game I would have never expected to like will surprise me, making me very glad that I’m doing these playthroughs.

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Posted by Dean Jones 7 days ago

Oct

27

All N64 Games #301: Xena: Warrior Princess: The Talisman of Fate

Sunday, 27 Oct 2024

In 1999, two Xena games were released. The PlayStation got a hack-n-slash adventure, while the N64 got a fighting game.

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Posted by Dean Jones 8 days ago

Oct

26

All N64 Games #300: Top Gear Rally 2

Saturday, 26 Oct 2024

While I’ve spoken about Saffire games before, their earlier N64 games had all been ports, making this their first fully developed N64 game (with their second coming out a week after this).

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Posted by Dean Jones 9 days ago

Oct

25

All N64 Games #299: Puyo Puyo~n Party

Friday, 25 Oct 2024

Also known as Puyo Puyo 4 (I can only guess that the ~n is partly due to Japanese superstitions about the number 4), this brings the core gameplay back to Puyo Puyo 2

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Posted by Dean Jones one week ago

Oct

24

All N64 Games #298: Bomberman 64: The Second Attack!

Thursday, 24 Oct 2024

While Bomberman Hero was distantly different to Bomberman 64, being developed as a separate project entirely, Bomberman 64: The Second Attack is a direct sequel.

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Posted by Dean Jones one week ago

Oct

23

All N64 Games #297: Space Invaders

Wednesday, 23 Oct 2024

Like Paperboy, this is another sequel to a classic game that annoyingly just uses the original name – although in this case it’s only outside of Japan, where it was called Space Invaders X.

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Posted by Dean Jones one week ago

Oct

22

All N64 Games #296: Nuclear Strike 64

Tuesday, 22 Oct 2024

The [BLANK] Strike series of isometric helicopter shooters was a big part of my early childhood, playing games like Desert Strike and Jungle Strike on my Mega Drive.

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Posted by Dean Jones one week ago

Oct

21

All N64 Games #295: NBA Jam 2000

Monday, 21 Oct 2024

Sports games evolved as the N64 got older, with more realistic looking players, better animation, smoother gameplay, and better visual effects. NBA Jam 2000 didn’t get the memo.

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Posted by Dean Jones 2 weeks ago

Oct

20

All N64 Games #294: Elmo’s Number Journey

Sunday, 20 Oct 2024

With this, I wasn’t expecting any differences from Elmo’s Letter Adventure and, while the game is mostly the same, I was quite surprised by the actual differences.

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Posted by Dean Jones 2 weeks ago

Oct

19

All N64 Games #293: HSV Adventure Racing

Saturday, 19 Oct 2024

Unfortunately, this is not a sequel or new instalment in the Beetle Adventure Racing series, but rather an alternative version.

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Posted by Dean Jones 2 weeks ago

Oct

18

All N64 Games #292: Namco Museum 64

Friday, 18 Oct 2024

At this point, Namco Museum was a series with multiple volumes on the PlayStation, each featuring six classic Namco arcade games. The six chosen for the N64 are a particularly strong selection.

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Posted by Dean Jones 2 weeks ago

Oct

17

All N64 Games #291: Turok: Rage Wars

Thursday, 17 Oct 2024

Taking a departure from the usual single-player focused Turok games, Rage Wars is focused entirely on multiplayer.

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Posted by Dean Jones 2 weeks ago

Oct

16

All N64 Games #290: Donkey Kong 64

Wednesday, 16 Oct 2024

After doing a great job with Donkey Kong Country on the SNES, Rare were given the job of bringing Donkey Kong into 3D.

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Posted by Dean Jones 2 weeks ago


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