NBA Courtside 2 Featuring Kobe Bryant
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. Yet, despite that, there really isn’t a huge amount to say about it. This is a…
Pro Mahjong Soldier 64: Mahjong Parlor Battle Challenge
The translation of the title is a tricky one. Tsuwamono (ツワモノ) 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”. Anyway, this is another Mahjong game on…
Hanafuda 64: An Angel’s Promise
Nintendo have a long history with Hanafua – they produced cards long, long before video games existed. While it doesn’t directly link to this game, it’s still worth noting. Hanafua is a set-matching card game where you are trying to build “seasons” of…
Earthworm Jim 3D
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. A completely new team handled his jump…
Supercross 2000
The Supercross series had been released on PlayStation for a while, with this being the first one to make its way to the N64. Even so, out of all the games I’ve played before (including multiple ports of PS1 games), this is the…
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 2 was originally a game with the PlayStation in mind. It came on two discs, with heavy usage of large textures and full motion video. So it’s a marvel that Angel Studios, with help from multiple Capcom teams and Factor 5…
Rayman 2: The Great Escape
With how both Rayman 2 and Tonic Trouble were developed by UbiSoft and released so close to each other, it’s amazing how different they are in terms of quality. It seems like the Tonic Trouble team spoke about everything they had trouble with…
NBA Live 2000
Another average sports game. This one doesn’t do much to improve the gameplay of the previous year, and the CPU is far too perfect at the game, being amazing at both offense and defence while you struggle with both. It feels slow, clunky…
Super Robot Wars 64
Super Robot Wars is a series of turn-based tactical games very similar to Advance Wars (or Famicom Wars, as it was originally called). It’s a kind of game that I’m awful at, even when I can read all the stats and options. As…