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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.

Posted by Dean Jones 10 hours ago

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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.

Posted by Dean Jones 33 hours ago

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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.

Posted by Dean Jones 58 hours ago

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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.

Posted by Dean Jones 3 days ago

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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.

Posted by Dean Jones 4 days ago

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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.

Posted by Dean Jones 5 days ago

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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.

Posted by Dean Jones 6 days ago

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All N64 Games #289: Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six

Tuesday, 15 Oct 2024

While there were some games based on Tom Clancy’s work before this, Rainbow Six was the first major game that used his name as a brand name.

Posted by Dean Jones 7 days ago

Oct

Rematch Glow Wireless Controller: Boo Hoo hands-on

Tuesday, 15 Oct 2024

We get our mitts on this radical glow-in-the-dark Boo controller! Head inside for more pics, and to see what we think!

Posted by Joshua Phillips 7 days ago

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All N64 Games #288: Rocket: Robot on Wheels

Monday, 14 Oct 2024

When developing their first game, Sucker Punch had a lot of faith in Sprocket

Posted by Dean Jones 8 days ago

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All N64 Games #287: Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue!

Sunday, 13 Oct 2024

There are some amazing film tie-in games, there are some terrible film tie-in game, but for the most part, they’re mainly alright but dull games – and Toy Story 2 is no exception.

Posted by Dean Jones 9 days ago

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All N64 Games #286: Ready 2 Rumble Boxing

Saturday, 12 Oct 2024

A boxing game centred around the famous “lets get ready to rumble” boxing/wrestling catchphrase. This starts off with a song that samples the original line.

Posted by Dean Jones one week ago

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All N64 Games #285: NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC

Friday, 11 Oct 2024

While there have been “NBA Jam” games on the N64, they’ve not been much like the original NBA Jam.

Posted by Dean Jones one week ago

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All N64 Games #284: Elmo’s Letter Adventure

Thursday, 10 Oct 2024

Elmo’s Letter Adventure is a Sesame Street themed edutainment game, and one that’s rather quite bizarre due to how overly simplistic it is.

Posted by Dean Jones one week ago

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All N64 Games #283: 40 Winks

Wednesday, 09 Oct 2024

40 Winks is fascinating more for its cancellation than the game itself.

Posted by Dean Jones one week ago

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All N64 Games #282: NBA Courtside 2 Featuring Kobe Bryant

Tuesday, 08 Oct 2024

This is the best basketball game on the N64, and I don’t expect it to be beaten by any of the ones I’ve got left to play.

Posted by Dean Jones 2 weeks ago

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All N64 Games #281: Pro Mahjong Soldier 64: Mahjong Parlor Battle Challenge

Monday, 07 Oct 2024

The translation of the title is a tricky one. Tsuwamono strictly translates to “soldier”, but from what I can tell, it’s also slang that, in this context, means something like a “strong or stubborn player”.

Posted by Dean Jones 2 weeks ago

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All N64 Games #280: Hanafuda 64: An Angel’s Promise

Sunday, 06 Oct 2024

Nintendo has a long history with Hanafuda – they produced cards long, long before video games existed.

Posted by Dean Jones 2 weeks ago

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All N64 Games #279: Earthworm Jim 3D

Saturday, 05 Oct 2024

Earthworm Jim is known mainly for his two mediocre 2D platformers on the Mega Drive/SNES. These were both elevated due to their style and sense of humour, with lots of new stuff happening all the time.

Posted by Dean Jones 2 weeks ago

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