Game Reviews8/10
Pokémon Stadium Put the Game Boy Battles on a Television, and That Was Enough
Pokémon Stadium brought Game Boy battles to the N64 in 3D with an announcer and the Transfer Pak — a companion piece that paid off years of training.
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Category: Game Reviews
Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Pokémon Snap’s photography loop is still the best thing Nintendo ever built around a camera
Pokémon Snap turned photography into a Nintendo 64 game in 1999. A look at HAL Laboratory's rail-shooter camera design and why it still holds up.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Pokemon Puzzle League Turns Match-Three Battles Into a Nintendo 64 Sport
Pokémon Puzzle League hit Nintendo 64 in 2000. A look at its modes, 16-trainer roster, 3D cylinder playfield, and why its chain system still holds up.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber Review — 8.2/10
Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber review — Magnus Gallant, the Chaos Frame, three endings, and why this 1999 tactical RPG still earns an 8.2.
Game Reviews9.1/10
The N64 Mario Tennis Kept Its Best Idea Hidden Behind Two Buttons
Mario Tennis on N64 still proves two buttons can carry a full game. Inside Camelot's shot system, Ring Shot, Piranha Challenge and Waluigi's debut.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Mario Party 3 Ends the N64 Trilogy Without Fixing Its Luck Problem
Mario Party 3 ended the Nintendo 64 era with eight characters, five boards, a divisive duel mode, and over 1 million copies sold despite mixed reviews.
Game Reviews9.1/10
Mario Golf Review: Camelot’s N64 Classic Brings the Sport Home
Mario Golf on Nintendo 64 delivers four courses, 11 golfers and deep-but-approachable play. Camelot's 1999 classic still holds up today.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Kirby 64’s shift to 2.5D costs it the series’ usual precision
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards brought the pink puffball to 3D in 2000 — a 2.5D platformer with Power Combos, six planets, and a very short ride.
Game Reviews8/10
Jet Force Gemini Review: Rare’s 1999 Shooter Still Blends Genres With Strange Confidence
Jet Force Gemini, Rare's 1999 Nintendo 64 third-person shooter, blends platforming, adventure and bug hunting across 15 nonlinear worlds.
Game Reviews7.8/10
The Farm Sim Where the Calendar Is the Real Opponent
Harvest Moon 64 review: a dead farm, four seasons, a stamina bar, and five women to court. Natsume's 1999 N64 classic still holds up at 7.8/10.
Game Reviews7.6/10
Doom 64’s Best Idea Arrives in the Final Level
Doom 64 review: Midway's 1997 Nintendo 64 shooter, its bleak ending, the 2020 Nightdive remaster, Lost Levels, and why it scores 7.6/10.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Body Harvest: A Flawed, Strange Open-World Pioneer
Body Harvest, DMA Design's 1998 Nintendo 64 open-world action game, shipped via Gremlin and Midway after Nintendo dropped it over violence.