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Yes it is.
My brother, kind sole that he is, gave me a bunch of his games, so I've got a few to revesit, and remember just how good they were:
Lylat Wars. Love this game. It's fun. Just need to get the medals on those really tough levels, the ones on the far left route if I remember rightly! Yes you can get to the simple conclusion of the game very easily, but finding the harder routes, and gaining those medals is a great deal of fun too,and will keep me busy for a while!
FIFA World Cup 98. Not the greatest football game to grace the N64, but it offers an alternative to ISS, and at least it has the right player names!
Mario Kart 64: Hoorah! Great fun game. This is the most fun multiplayer racing game ever. The joy of sitting in second place with a red shell, and taking out the leader just before he crosses the finishing line cannot be beaten. It's even more satisfying when it's a mate.
Goldeneye: Another classic multiplayer game. I'd finished the single player game on 'agent' level, and may now find time to try the more difficult levels. Though I suck at FPS, so I probably won't get far!
Super Smash Bros. I've not played this game much, and never the single player, so I'll have fun with this one. My brother hasn't even unlocked all of the characters yet either, so that gives me something to work towards too!
Add to those games two more which he lent me a few months ago:
Zelda: Majora's Mask. I gave him this for Xmas, and now I get the chance to play through it. Haven't had much time for it so far, but when I do get to play it, I'm enjoying it a great deal!
Conkers Bad Fur Day. I've reached the bit with the zombies. Zombies are scarey. I'm crap with the 3D stick. The whole concept of it is beyond me. I just push the darned stick to it's extreme, pushing the cross-hair way off the screen. I need a good few minutes to get used to this, even though I've been playing the N64 for years! But anyway, soon enough I'll defeat those zombies, and move on!
Then there are my own games to keep me busy too.
I won't list them all, just the ones that I'm currently playing:
Mario Party2. I've unlocked all secrets in this game now, including the 'Drivers Ed' game. Still fantastic fun for four,with mini games to give you blisters.
Banjo Tooie. Big huge levels, lots of stuff to find. Great fun.
Battle For Naboo. Again my problem with the 3D stick comes up when trying to follow an enemy ship! Still, I'm making slow progress. I don't ever expect to gain all gold medals though!
Last but not least, my current joy, Mario Tennis. This game is absolutely superb. The single player game is fun, there's plenty of characters to choose from, all varying in skills, and a few secret cups and players to unlock too. The tennis itself is awesome, the physics are spot on, with the type of shot making a real difference, as well as the height of the ball when struck, and your positioning. It's fast paced too, so your reactions have to be spot on. The characters are superb though, each has it's own characteristics, with Wario laughing away, baby Mario crying his eyes out when he loses, and many more, it's great to play. The multiplayer is a blast, especially the doubles matches. There will be many calles of "Crap, that was in!" and the like too. Fantastic, fantastic game.
So there you go. The N64 still rules. In my house, anyway. I have some excellent games to keep me busy for a few more months, until I get myself that 'CUBE.
Top stuff.
My brother, kind sole that he is, gave me a bunch of his games, so I've got a few to revesit, and remember just how good they were:
Lylat Wars. Love this game. It's fun. Just need to get the medals on those really tough levels, the ones on the far left route if I remember rightly! Yes you can get to the simple conclusion of the game very easily, but finding the harder routes, and gaining those medals is a great deal of fun too,and will keep me busy for a while!
FIFA World Cup 98. Not the greatest football game to grace the N64, but it offers an alternative to ISS, and at least it has the right player names!
Mario Kart 64: Hoorah! Great fun game. This is the most fun multiplayer racing game ever. The joy of sitting in second place with a red shell, and taking out the leader just before he crosses the finishing line cannot be beaten. It's even more satisfying when it's a mate.
Goldeneye: Another classic multiplayer game. I'd finished the single player game on 'agent' level, and may now find time to try the more difficult levels. Though I suck at FPS, so I probably won't get far!
Super Smash Bros. I've not played this game much, and never the single player, so I'll have fun with this one. My brother hasn't even unlocked all of the characters yet either, so that gives me something to work towards too!
Add to those games two more which he lent me a few months ago:
Zelda: Majora's Mask. I gave him this for Xmas, and now I get the chance to play through it. Haven't had much time for it so far, but when I do get to play it, I'm enjoying it a great deal!
Conkers Bad Fur Day. I've reached the bit with the zombies. Zombies are scarey. I'm crap with the 3D stick. The whole concept of it is beyond me. I just push the darned stick to it's extreme, pushing the cross-hair way off the screen. I need a good few minutes to get used to this, even though I've been playing the N64 for years! But anyway, soon enough I'll defeat those zombies, and move on!
Then there are my own games to keep me busy too.
I won't list them all, just the ones that I'm currently playing:
Mario Party2. I've unlocked all secrets in this game now, including the 'Drivers Ed' game. Still fantastic fun for four,with mini games to give you blisters.
Banjo Tooie. Big huge levels, lots of stuff to find. Great fun.
Battle For Naboo. Again my problem with the 3D stick comes up when trying to follow an enemy ship! Still, I'm making slow progress. I don't ever expect to gain all gold medals though!
Last but not least, my current joy, Mario Tennis. This game is absolutely superb. The single player game is fun, there's plenty of characters to choose from, all varying in skills, and a few secret cups and players to unlock too. The tennis itself is awesome, the physics are spot on, with the type of shot making a real difference, as well as the height of the ball when struck, and your positioning. It's fast paced too, so your reactions have to be spot on. The characters are superb though, each has it's own characteristics, with Wario laughing away, baby Mario crying his eyes out when he loses, and many more, it's great to play. The multiplayer is a blast, especially the doubles matches. There will be many calles of "Crap, that was in!" and the like too. Fantastic, fantastic game.
So there you go. The N64 still rules. In my house, anyway. I have some excellent games to keep me busy for a few more months, until I get myself that 'CUBE.
Top stuff.
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The Fifa's were all arguably..... samey wheras the ISS games always seemed to have something new apart from the usual updated team list and rosters.
Also the ISS games were more fluent and when you took a shot your player wouldn't always curl the ball like every Fifa games does (ever noticed that?).
Also the ISS games were more fluent and when you took a shot your player wouldn't always curl the ball like every Fifa games does (ever noticed that?).
ISS98 is THE best football game ever invented... 'Cept the real thing of course...
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Wouldn't know anything about that. Today, me and my friend got talking about what we would dojust before we died (don't ask), and he said that he would write a will, giving his PS2 to me, providing I could manage to play Red Faction properly. I've been over to play said game dozens of times, only to find that my fingers just can't adapt to the PS2 configuration.
never really been near any Fifa games since FIFA 98..it was soooo bad. ISS pro evolution on the PSone is still the best football game around by far.
Hmmm I actually like ISS64, always thought they were a good football games. Nothing wrong with the Fifa's just that they were always better on the Playstsation dont you think?
FIFA 98 wasn't that bad. Okay, so the button responses were seriously slow, and the game played like a film with freeze frame always turned on and off, but the fundamental gameplay elements were still there. I liked the indoor arena mode in particular.
I have every sinlge game on your list except for battle for naboo. Personally i believe the 64 is well and truly dead. I've packed it away and my PS2 has taken its place.
I cant Believe you had FIFA:98 in your list. It is one of the worst games i have ever played on the N64. Even more so after playing on ISS. I still cant believe how them idiots at NOM still gave it 90%, when gamesmaster gave it a more realistic 60somthin%
I haven't played on my N64 for over two weeks now. Despite dropping a subject in college, I am suffereing in the games playing division. Nooo!!!!
Thats the great thing about the N64 you can always go back to games and there still as great as ever!
Meka_Dragon said:
Zelda: Majora's Mask. I gave him this for Xmas, and now I get the chance to play through it. Haven't had much time for it so far, but when I do get to play it, I'm enjoying it a great deal!
This game is really good and although it may not be as good as the OOT (it's not as long) it's still a great game and people havn't given it a chance. This game is really addictive I think you'll agree :D
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Meka_Dragon said:
Zelda: Majora's Mask. I gave him this for Xmas, and now I get the chance to play through it. Haven't had much time for it so far, but when I do get to play it, I'm enjoying it a great deal!
This game is really good and although it may not be as good as the OOT (it's not as long) it's still a great game and people havn't given it a chance. This game is really addictive I think you'll agree :D
donught monster.
JAT's and Newbies can't post in the FOG Prime forum because most JAT's and Newbies sometimes fill it with Spam and SR are keeping it clean. You should be able to post in FOG Chat, as soon as your a regular you will be able to post your topic.
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