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November 23, 2018 one Response

Star Fox 64

Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo Released: 06/30/97 Genre: Rail Shooter The early months of the N64 convinced me to never buy a new console near launch ever again. The release schedule wasn’t just bad, it was dire. When you can...

November 2, 2018 4 Responses

Super Mario Kart

Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo Release: 09/01/92 Genre: Racing Super Mario Kart really is an amazing game when you think about it. With its crude Mode 7 terrain and honestly plodding pace it should fail as a racing game....

October 26, 2018 one Response

Pilotwings

Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo Release: 08/23/91 Genre: Simulation There were many gimmicky titles released early in the Super Nintendo’s life. Mode 7 was the new buzzword and everyone shoved it into their games, sometimes haph...

July 27, 2018 No Responses

Illusion of Gaia

Developer: Quintet Publisher: Nintendo Released: 09/01/94 Genre: Action RPG I really enjoyed Soul Blazer back when I played it in 1993. It had an interesting structure compared to the typical action RPGs of the time and was enjoyable because ...

June 18, 2018 No Responses

Cobra Triangle

Developer: Rare Publisher: Nintendo Release: 07/89 Genre: Vehicular Combat Sometimes I miss the days when a game could come along and genuinely surprise me. True, I could completely avoid all information on titles that I am even slightly interes...

June 1, 2018 No Responses

Eternal Darkness – Sanity’s Requiem

Developer: Silicon Knights Publisher: Nintendo Released: 06/24/02 Genre: Action As a Nintendo 64 owner until the very end I looked forward to Eternal Darkness almost as much as Zelda. As one of the proposed last N64 games it was ambitio...

May 25, 2018 No Responses

Goldeneye 007

Developer: Rare Publisher: Nintendo Release: 08/25/97 Genre: FPS Goldeneye 007 should not have been a success. There were a number of factors working against it. It was released in 1997, two years after the film hit theaters. It was...

May 18, 2018 No Responses

Star Fox

Developer: Argonaut/Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Released: 03/23/93 Genre: Rail Shooter I’m not ashamed to admit that I scoffed at Star Fox initially. In 1993 16-bit continued the stride started in 1992 with beautiful 2d games appeari...

February 23, 2018 2 Responses

F-Zero X

Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo Release: 10/27/98 Genre: Racing The Super Nintendo launch brought a number of ground breaking titles. Pilotwings was an excellent showcase of Mode 7 with its simulated 3d environment. But F-Zero was th...

February 5, 2018 one Response

Kid Icarus

Developer: Nintendo R&D1 Publisher: Nintendo Release: 07/87 Genre: Platformer It really is amazing just how forgotten Kid Icarus has been. Aside from its little known Gameboy sequel it took over twenty years for the series to receive a...

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