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.
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Tag: retro gaming
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 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.
Game Reviews9.9/10
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Review: The Standard at 9.9
A review of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Nintendo's 1998 N64 classic, and why its time travel and ocarina songs still set the standard.
Game Reviews9.4/10
Super Mario 64’s design still holds up, even where its camera doesn’t
Super Mario 64 at 30: how Nintendo's 1996 N64 launch title defined the 3D platformer with 120 Power Stars, Peach's castle and the endless stairs.
Game Reviews8/10
Nintendo’s launch-window flying game made a virtue of three aircraft and a license exam
Pilotwings 64 launched with the Nintendo 64 in 1996 alongside Super Mario 64. A look back at its three flight events and its tiny map of America.
Game Reviews9.3/10
Paper Mario’s flat world hides a surprisingly deep RPG underneath
Paper Mario launched in 2000 after Square passed on it. Intelligent Systems built a turn-based RPG with action commands and eight partners that still holds up.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Mario Kart 64 traded tight handling for four-player chaos, and the trade was worth it
Mario Kart 64 review: eight characters, 16 tracks, three engine classes, and a multiplayer mode that still holds up decades later.
Game Reviews8.5/10
F-Zero X Review: Thirty Machines, One Energy Meter, and a Framerate That Keeps Its Promise
F-Zero X review: the 1998 N64 racer with 30 machines, an energy meter that doubles as a boost gauge, and a framerate that never breaks.
Game Reviews8/10
Yoshi’s Cookie Holds Up Because It Never Tries to Be More Than a Puzzle Game
Yoshi's Cookie review: Nintendo's 1992 tile-matching puzzler for NES, Game Boy and SNES, rated 8/10 for its simple, addictive rotating-line gameplay.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Top Gear 2 Still Wants You to Race the Same Tracks Again
Top Gear 2 hit the SNES in 1993 with 64 tracks, 16 countries, damage diagrams and a punishing tire budget. A retro review of Gremlin's racing sequel.
Game Reviews8.9/10
Super Mario All-Stars Review: Nintendo’s 16-Bit Compilation Still Holds Up
Super Mario All-Stars put four NES Mario games on one SNES cartridge with 16-bit graphics, save files and a battle mode. Why it still holds up.