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I've bought both Beetle Adventure Racing and Shadow Man based on GAF recommendations in the past, but I just don't see it...

Shadow Man is a horrible game today. Clunky tank controls, boring brown graphics, stiff and awkward animations, bad framerate, hilariously bad story. I think that sums it up. I couldn't play it for more than 30 minutes.

Beetle Adventure Racing is way better than Shadow Man from a gameplay perspective, but it still didn't click with me for some reason. I've only played it once since I bought it and haven't felt like playing it again either.

Edit: I suspect Beetle Adventure Racing is WAY better once you play it with your friends. I guess that's where the fun is in that game. Only played it by myself so far.

 

[Boerseun]

^BEST version

Heck no! Best graphics, yes. But the N64 version contains NO MUSIC. How in the heck Duke Nukem 3D/64 is supposed to work without its mood-setting musical score no one will ever know.

 

[Branduil]

Beetle Adventure Racing was awesome.

 

[Dr Zhivago]

Heck no! Best graphics, yes. But the N64 version contains NO MUSIC. How in the heck Duke Nukem 3D/64 is supposed to work without its mood-setting musical score no one will ever know.

8 meg cart + the amount of speech in the game = no music other than the title screen.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Mischief Makers.

 

[InternHertz]

This one is multi platform, but how about

Shadowman
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/1/198601_42870_front.jpg

Don't know if it counts as "lesser known" but I'm 1000000% ok with that choice, it's really one of my favorite games of all time. The mood, the voice acting, the length, everything is this game is absolutely incredible.

 

[Holy Order Sol]

I used to play that shit like there was no tomorrow.

 

[evilromero]

I just had to come in here and post my impressions of Hybrid Heaven. I'm actually really enjoying the game so far, despite the obvious flaws it may have. Strangely enough this game was shit on back when it was released for its bland environments, touch controls and repetitive level design. But despite all that I love the atmosphere and the turn-based combat. There's also something hypnotic about the game that makes it particularly engrossing. It really makes me wonder what a Metal Gear game would have been like and whether this studio could have pulled it off.

 

[babuchy]

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil and Shadowman

 

[Mik2121]

Jesus, what's going on in this thread?

Turok? Shadowman? Goemon? I thought we were talking about the "lesser known games". Unless anything not Nintendo or first party game automatically became "lesser known" all of a sudden.


I'll go with Re-volt. And that South Park (FPS) game. It was so stupid.. haha :_)

 

[Neo Child]

I hate that they made the chameleon look like an actual (cartoony) chameleon in the second game. I miss the weird, blue space alien thing from the original.

QFT. Chameleon Twist 1 was great, amazing music, especially at the end credits (up there with Mario 64 end credit music). CT2 was... I didn't even bother playing it all the way through, thought it was too shit.

 

[VeryGooster]

I am watching Giant Bomb's Quick Look for Sega Rally Online and reminded me how much I loved this game on N64:

 

[Mike M]

I am watching Giant Bomb's Quick Look for Sega Rally Online and reminded me how much I loved this game on N64:

My friends and I discovered that there was no collision detection underneath the cars in that game. There was a particular track where there was a fence at the top of a hill, and it was possible to get enough air at the top of the hill to get your front tires over the fence and get stuck on it.

We then discovered as we tried to scootch down the length of the fence that the game would randomly freak the fuck out and send the car flying through the air, spinning like a jet engine turbine way out into the water. You could seriously get into the double digits for airtime.

I don't think we spent any time at all actually playing the game properly once we found this out.

 

[carlo6529]

we just listing every non nintendo game?

 

[The Lamp]

Yes, as said, Glover was amazing.

 

[Celine]

Yes, as said, Glover was amazing.

What about Glover 2 ;-)

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Hybrid Heaven. Battle system was amazing.

Seeing a giant horse mutant put my character in the sharpshooter for the first time was pretty cool too.

 

[lordy88]

Loved this game.

Oh my god yes. Playing this with 4-way multiplayer is absolutely ridiculous. The goalies are the worst in the world, knocking people over is ridiculous, and the mechanics are loose as all hell. The recipe of a perfect arcade multiplayer game.

 

[Totobeni]

MRC, only 3 tracks ( also mirrored tracks) but it was the best racing game on the N64,nothing even dare to touch it,it mixed off road and sport vehicles on one track, it was Motorstorm before Motorstorm, it was so good.

 

[Boney]

I loved Chopper Attack. Game was pretty damn awesome, imo.


Oh and Aerofighters Assault everybody seemed to hate but I was craving any kind of flight simulator for the N64

This is one of the worst games I've ever played.

What the hell is wrong with you!

 

[YakiSOBA]

This thread is full of nostalgia for me! I recognize most of the game covers from when I would browse the stores or read EGM lol.

 

[UFRA]

I know I'm LTTP, but damn...OP - Beetle Adventure Racing was one of my favorite N64 games!! Glad to see some other people appreciated it.

Edit: On this page I see Top Gear Rally as well!! Oh man, another favorite! I also had Top Gear Rally 2.

 

[evilromero]

This is one of the worst games I've ever played.

What the hell is wrong with you!

I always watch a YT playthrough before I buy and this game looked like dogshit lol. Sorry to say guys. But the other stuff is gold.

 

[Boney]

I always watch a YT playthrough before I buy and this game looked like dogshit lol. Sorry to say guys. But the other stuff is gold.

seriously, all the love it's getting here is making me sick.

Got this and Mortal Kombat 4 for one christmas... worst christmas ever

 

[N4Us]

Even near the end of the 64's life people were still sending in snapshots to Nintendo Power from the custom painter.

 

[Dizzy]

Heck no! Best graphics, yes. But the N64 version contains NO MUSIC. How in the heck Duke Nukem 3D/64 is supposed to work without its mood-setting musical score no one will ever know.

The other versions are all too dark though, at times you see 3 steps ahead of you an everything else is pitch black. Pain in the ass in multiplayer.

Plus there's the new secret areas, and the plasma cannon >>>>>> devastator.

Makes up for the music IMO.

 

[DidntKnowJack]

Oh God, I loved Top Gear Rally. Probably spent more time with that racer than any other on the system. At the time, the graphics were top notch.

Hey, remember when they used to released actual rally games? Like...all the time?

I'll say it again, fuck this generation.

 

[Storm Prelude]

This game needs a sequel.

So original and fun, even replayed it a few years back to be sure. But after how badly S&P SS did on wii I don't think it will happen.

Another fun game I liked was Glover, but I'm not sure if it was good or just nostalgia. Gonna have too hook up the 64 sometime to replay it.

Absolutely THIS.
I require a sequel too. Or at least a remake on the 3DS.

 

[Discotheque]

Iggy's Recking Balls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEo8kxfWplg

Lol I remember this game. It was so stupid, this and Mission Impossible I seemed to love for some reason.

 

[brb]

Sucker Punch's finest

 

[hebrew hammer]

glover and mission impossible were two of the mosst overhyped awful gamess made.

 

[DidntKnowJack]

While this isn't a game I loved, in fact it was a fairly mediocre entry in the series, I thought it deserved a mention. I'm not even sure if I remember correctly, but wasn't it basically a port of the original game with a few new courses mixed in?

At any rate I remember being underwhelmed, but at least it did have 4 way split screen and analog control.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4nh9nztM6g

 

[eXistor]

I think we can all agree on one thing: most N64 box arts were ugly as hell.

 

[Totobeni]

glover and mission impossible were two of the mosst overhyped awful gamess made.

I think Mission Impossible was loved mostly because it was unique on N64, it's crap, but it's unique crap like no other games on the system with stealth,slower paced story driven, doing secret agent action in some embassy, wearing people's faces..ect

 

[Wool]

Starcraft is well known, but I don't know many people other than my brother and myself that would spend all afternoon playing splitscreen multiplayer starcraft on N64. I shudder to think about how it bad it would feel if I tried playing it nowadays, but I did not have high standards back then.

 

[AlphaTwo00]

[IM G]http://oi51.tinypic.com/sdd56p.jpg[/IMG]

While this isn't a game I loved, in fact it was a fairly mediocre entry in the series, I thought it deserved a mention. I'm not even sure if I remember correctly, but wasn't it basically a port of the original game with a few new courses mixed in?

At any rate I remember being underwhelmed, but at least it did have 4 way split screen and analog control.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4nh9nztM6g

Outside of the terrible loading (almost 10 seconds for audio decompression), it was far more stable than any other Wipeout game back then.

 

[Totobeni]

Outside of the terrible loading (almost 10 seconds for audio decompression), it was far more stable than any other Wipeout game back then.

Wipeout XL on Saturn was better.

 

[Granger Danger]

This thread leaves me with an irresistible urge to shake my fist in the air and curse Nintendo for the utter lack of N64 releases on the Virtual Console. So many awesome titles still missing from the line-up, it's just deplorable.

 

[nephilimdj]

Quest 64 pic

I loved this game, and am really disappointed no one else posted it. =[

Spoiler

My mom rented it from blockbuster back in the day, and we didn't have the controller pack so we could never turn in the system off or save.... never got past the last boss

It was really good, was a fun 6 hours

 

[X05]

God, I sucked at that game when I was little, but I just kept coming back.

I had that game, and traded it for a StarFox 64 copy that was unable to save.


Needless to say, I got the better end of that deal.

 

[AlphaTwo00]

Wipeout XL on Saturn was better.

Saturn? Wipeout XL? It could be, but that's even more rare than a dodo bird.

 

[Deleted member 30609]

I remember loving Glover. I'm scared to actually go back and try it again though.

 

[Moz La Punk]

I had that game, and traded it for a StarFox 64 copy that was unable to save.


Needless to say, I got the better end of that deal.

Um, we all had StarFox 64 copies that were unable to save.

 

[MatthewB92]

Had so much fun with this game!

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

 

[r4z4]

Most of these are well known

Wetrix is the right answer!

 

[shadowsdarknes]

Hell Yes! Awesome game.

 

[Night_Trekker]

Hybrid Heaven. Hybrid Heaven. Hybrid Heaven. Hybrid Heaven. Hybrid Heaven. Hybrid Heaven. Hybrid Heaven. Hybrid Heaven. Hybrid Heaven. Hybrid Heaven. Hybrid Heaven. Hybrid Heaven.

Spoiler

Hybrid Heaven.

 

[Cday]

Starcraft 64

Starcraft is well known, but I don't know many people other than my brother and myself that would spend all afternoon playing splitscreen multiplayer starcraft on N64. I shudder to think about how it bad it would feel if I tried playing it nowadays, but I did not have high standards back then.

Me and a friend played the hell out of it and had a blast even though it was borderline unplayable. What is awesome is it contains Brood War as well as regular Starcraft. We tried to play it again recently and still had some fun until the N64 froze.

 

[moozoom]

This is the first thing that crossed my mind, I still have it. I absolutely love the character design and the animation was very good. I'm still puzzled this was even released in France at the time.