
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.


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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mario Golf on Nintendo 64 delivers four courses, 11 golfers and deep-but-approachable play. Camelot's 1999 classic still holds up today.

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.

Jet Force Gemini, Rare's 1999 Nintendo 64 third-person shooter, blends platforming, adventure and bug hunting across 15 nonlinear worlds.

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.

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.

Body Harvest, DMA Design's 1998 Nintendo 64 open-world action game, shipped via Gremlin and Midway after Nintendo dropped it over violence.

Blast Corps, Rare's 1997 Nintendo 64 demolition puzzler, reviewed: eight vehicles, 57 levels, one runaway missile carrier, and a million copies sold.
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