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Here a question.

How long do people think the N64 has left to live?

With games like Perfect Dark, Zelda: The Continuing Sage, Turok 3, A Resident Evil game, Top Gear Rally 2, and a bunch of other wicked games this year. How long will the N64 live for? Specially with the PS2 and Dolphin on the horizon how much longer can the N64 last?

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Tastes great, not filling.
What if things had gone differently? What if the Cuban Missile Crisis or the menace of the Iron Curtain had escalated to the point of massive worldwide nuclear deployment? Why then, we'd be living in an apocalyptic age, driving our artillery-loaded super cars throughout the vast deserts of New North America. My name would be Hugo, and at my side would be some hottie named Bunny, known throughout the land for her beauty and deadly aim. We'd drive around, slaughter a few bad guys, watch the sun set in the yellow sky, and then spend the evening listening to The Beatle (Previously 'The Beatles'; they all survived, but got mutated into one hideous freak). Cursed fallout radiation! And they don't sound as good anymore either! Damn you Yoko!

Thankfully, there was no worldwide nuclear fiasco, and we live in an age where we play video games instead of actually driving missile cars (at least for the people who can separate reality from video games). Vigilante 8 promises and comes through with that amageddonous driving combat trapped in the 70's. It has everything you'd expect… well everything but Bunny. Damn.

The graphics look good, but to have truly shined, the game just needs to be sharper. It does look a bit better with the expansion pack, though. Frame rate stays high throughout, even during the multiplayer sessions. Each of the stages has their own pretty little graphical effects. Snow in Colorado, rain at the Hoover Dam. But the effect in Las Vegas is a different story -- the lame multiple light sources that glare all over the screen are more blinding than dazzling.

Overall, the stages are a hearty good mix. Some are more expansive than others, but there's always plenty of things to blow up. Buildings, bridges, blimps-- you can destroy practically anything! Woo-hoo!

There are 4 heroes (Vigilantes) and 4 bad guys (Coyotes) available. There's the standard mixture of personalities, filled with 70's clichés coordinated with an appropriate 70's automobile. Each of them has some story, but no one really cares. If you play hard enough, you can unlock 2 more Vigilantes, 2 more Coyotes, and an Alien (the Alien has access to the best vehicle: a fully loaded UFO).

Music, like most Nintendo games, is your standard MIDI letdown. Most of the music tries to have a seventies flair (if such a thing exists), and just comes out wrong. MIDI's just aren't as good as the PlayStation's recorded music. The voices are especially annoying, but thankfully, there aren't that many to begin with. One of the benefits of the cartridge is less space for annoying voices.

The control is finely tuned. It takes a bit to get used to, but once you have the hang, its easy to whip out those wild 180 degree turns (no reality based physics model here). The weapons are easy to use and very satisfying. The gameplay is easily the best part of Vigilante 8.

There are several modes of play, ranging from Quest to Arcade. In each of the stages, there's some objective to complete. You can keep going without completing the objective, but you lose points. Even with objectives, there isn't much depth, just carnage and explosions.

In the multiplayer environments, it is often way too hard to see what's happening with the screen divided into quarters. At least when you play two players, you can select between a horizontal or a vertical playing screen.

I also found problem spots in the hit detection. Sometimes, you can drive through another car. Other times, I saw a car poking through the wall of a building. Objects (bridges, buildings) can get in the way of the camera, covering your view. Since these same problems were in the PlayStation version of the game, they should've been fixed in this version.

Vigilante 8 follows directly in the skid marks of the first two Twisted Metals and Interstate '76 for the PC. It may be tons of fun, but is suffers the same problems as the PlayStation version, lousier music, and nothing new has been added to the genre. However, for those of you waiting for car combat on the N64, Vigilante 8 is the best way to get there... actually, it's the only way considering the shortage of games.

These are some cheats that I have found along the way.

A_MOON_GETAWAY Low gravity
FIRE_NO_LIMITS Rapid firing
GANGS_UNLOCKED All vehicles
GIMME_DA_ALIEN Y the Alien
GO_REALLY_SLOW Slow motion
I_AM_TOUGH_GUY Expert mode
JTBT7CFD1LRMGW All levels and characters
LEVEL_SHORTCUT Level select
LIVING_FOREVER Invincible
LONG_SLIDESHOW View ending sequences
MAX_RESOLUTION Ultra-high resolution mode
MISSILE_ATTACK Power-up missile
MIX_MATCH_CARS Same vehicles in multiplayer
POPULATION_OUT No enemies

JTBT7CFD1LRMGW Unlock everything!
Bonus level:
Successfully complete all of 'Y' the Alien's missions in "Quest" mode to unlock a Nintendo 64 exclusive bonus level called Super Dreamland 64. Oohh....dreamy.

Special Moves:

Weapon Special Button Sequence
Interceptor Missiles (homing) Halo Decoy Up, Up, Down, Machine Gun
Afterburner (uses one missile) Up, Up, Up, Machine Gun

Bull's Eye Rockets Road Runner Up, Down, Down, Machine Gun
Stampede (fires in rapid succession) Up, Down, Up, Machine Gun

Bruiser Cannon Cow Puncher Down, Up, Down, Machine Gun
Buckshot (six shells at once) Down, Up, Up, Machine Gun

Mortar Swivel Turtle Turnover Down, Down, Down, Machine Gun
Crater Maker (fires all remaining) Down, Down, Up, Machine Gun

Roadkill Mines Bear Hug Left, Right, Down, Machine Gun
Cactus Patch (fires all remaining) Left, Right, Up, Machine Gun

Note on performing specials:
-You must have desired weapon in arsenal.
-Weapon doesn't have to be the selected weapon.

sorry about that, i don't know what happened then, forget the last couple of words after world, what I MEANT to have said was that you wouldn't need to strap me up and........blah blah blah, because I already think that the Nintendo64 is just, 'Simply the best, better than all the rest, better than anything, than anyone could get!!'

....better than all the rest! I think that even Tina Turner would have at least one product by Nintendo, don't you? I mean they are just 'the mut's nuts' when it comes to computer games and consoles. I have at least one of every kind of Nintendo's different formats, including three gameboys, a NES, a SNES and last but not least, the Nintendo64. I have never bought a single game for any other format or console since I recieved my prized possesion N64, there's no point really. I know that anything that comes from Nintendo is going to be of the highest quality and standard that you can buy around and I think that all of the other consoles like the Greystation and the Creamcast, doesn't even come close to the gameplay, lastability and overall enjoyment that I myself and other gamers experience or have experienced over the last few years, it just doesn't compare. And anyone who says different, is going to find themselves straped to a three-legged chair using several joypad extenders, sat in front of large 63 inch TV with an N64 linked up and over 100 games to play, lets see if that person can resist the temptation to play on it. I think that person would and afterwards that person would say that the N64 is the best, most worth while and best priced and rated( rather underated) console......IN THE WORLD!! time that we've been with

....better than all the rest! I think that even Tina Turner would have at least one product by Nintendo, don't you? I mean they are just 'the mut's nuts' when it comes to computer games and consoles. I have at least one of every kind of Nintendo's different formats, including three gameboys, a NES, a SNES and last but not least, the Nintendo64. I have never bought a single game for any other format or console since I recieved my prized possesion N64, there's no point really. I know that anything that comes from Nintendo is going to be of the highest quality and standard that you can buy around and I think that all of the other consoles like the Greystation and the Creamcast, doesn't even come close to the gameplay, lastability and overall enjoyment that I myself and other gamers experience or have experienced over the last few years, it just doesn't compare. And anyone who says different, is going to find themselves straped to a three-legged chair using several joypad extenders, sat in front of large 63 inch TV with an N64 linked up and over 100 games to play, lets see if that person can resist the temptation to play on it. I think that person would and afterwards that person would say that the N64 is the best, most worth while and best priced and rated( rather underated) console......IN THE WORLD!! time that we've been with

....better than all the rest! I think that even Tina Turner would have at least one product by Nintendo, don't you? I mean they are just 'the mut's nuts' when it comes to computer games and consoles. I have at least one of every kind of Nintendo's different formats, including three gameboys, a NES, a SNES and last but not least, the Nintendo64. I have never bought a single game for any other format or console since I recieved my prized possesion N64, there's no point really. I know that anything that comes from Nintendo is going to be of the highest quality and standard that you can buy around and I think that all of the other consoles like the Greystation and the Creamcast, doesn't even come close to the gameplay, lastability and overall enjoyment that I myself and other gamers experience or have experienced over the last few years, it just doesn't compare. And anyone who says different, is going to find themselves straped to a three-legged chair using several joypad extenders, sat in front of large 63 inch TV with an N64 linked up and over 100 games to play, lets see if that person can resist the temptation to play on it. I think that person would and afterwards that person would say that the N64 is the best, most worth while and best priced and rated( rather underated) console......IN THE WORLD!! time that we've been with

....better than all the rest! I think that even Tina Turner would have at least one product by Nintendo, don't you? I mean they are just 'the mut's nuts' when it comes to computer games and consoles. I have at least one of every kind of Nintendo's different formats, including three gameboys, a NES, a SNES and last but not least, the Nintendo64. I have never bought a single game for any other format or console since I recieved my prized possesion N64, there's no point really. I know that anything that comes from Nintendo is going to be of the highest quality and standard that you can buy around and I think that all of the other consoles like the Greystation and the Creamcast, doesn't even come close to the gameplay, lastability and overall enjoyment that I myself and other gamers experience or have experienced over the last few years, it just doesn't compare. And anyone who says different, is going to find themselves straped to a three-legged chair using several joypad extenders, sat in front of large 63 inch TV with an N64 linked up and over 100 games to play, lets see if that person can resist the temptation to play on it. I think that person would and afterwards that person would say that the N64 is the best, most worth while and best priced and rated( rather underated) console......IN THE WORLD!! time that we've been with

....better than all the rest! I think that even Tina Turner would have at least one product by Nintendo, don't you? I mean they are just 'the mut's nuts' when it comes to computer games and consoles. I have at least one of every kind of Nintendo's different formats, including three gameboys, a NES, a SNES and last but not least, the Nintendo64. I have never bought a single game for any other format or console since I recieved my prized possesion N64, there's no point really. I know that anything that comes from Nintendo is going to be of the highest quality and standard that you can buy around and I think that all of the other consoles like the Greystation and the Creamcast, doesn't even come close to the gameplay, lastability and overall enjoyment that I myself and other gamers experience or have experienced over the last few years, it just doesn't compare. And anyone who says different, is going to find themselves straped to a three-legged chair using several joypad extenders, sat in front of large 63 inch TV with an N64 linked up and over 100 games to play, lets see if that person can resist the temptation to play on it. I think that person would and afterwards that person would say that the N64 is the best, most worth while and best priced and rated( rather underated) console......IN THE WORLD!! time that we've been with

....better than all the rest! I think that even Tina Turner would have at least one product by Nintendo, don't you? I mean they are just 'the mut's nuts' when it comes to computer games and consoles. I have at least one of every kind of Nintendo's different formats, including three gameboys, a NES, a SNES and last but not least, the Nintendo64. I have never bought a single game for any other format or console since I recieved my prized possesion N64, there's no point really. I know that anything that comes from Nintendo is going to be of the highest quality and standard that you can buy around and I think that all of the other consoles like the Greystation and the Creamcast, doesn't even come close to the gameplay, lastability and overall enjoyment that I myself and other gamers experience or have experienced over the last few years, it just doesn't compare. And anyone who says different, is going to find themselves straped to a three-legged chair using several joypad extenders, sat in front of large 63 inch TV with an N64 linked up and over 100 games to play, lets see if that person can resist the temptation to play on it. I think that person would and afterwards that person would say that the N64 is the best, most worth while and best priced and rated( rather underated) console......IN THE WORLD!! time that we've been with

....better than all the rest! I think that even Tina Turner would have at least one product by Nintendo, don't you? I mean they are just 'the mut's nuts' when it comes to computer games and consoles. I have at least one of every kind of Nintendo's different formats, including three gameboys, a NES, a SNES and last but not least, the Nintendo64. I have never bought a single game for any other format or console since I recieved my prized possesion N64, there's no point really. I know that anything that comes from Nintendo is going to be of the highest quality and standard that you can buy around and I think that all of the other consoles like the Greystation and the Creamcast, doesn't even come close to the gameplay, lastability and overall enjoyment that I myself and other gamers experience or have experienced over the last few years, it just doesn't compare. And anyone who says different, is going to find themselves straped to a three-legged chair using several joypad extenders, sat in front of large 63 inch TV with an N64 linked up and over 100 games to play, lets see if that person can resist the temptation to play on it. I think that person would and afterwards that person would say that the N64 is the best, most worth while and best priced and rated( rather underated) console......IN THE WORLD!! time that we've been with

....better than all the rest! I think that even Tina Turner would have at least one product by Nintendo, don't you? I mean they are just 'the mut's nuts' when it comes to computer games and consoles. I have at least one of every kind of Nintendo's different formats, including three gameboys, a NES, a SNES and last but not least, the Nintendo64. I have never bought a single game for any other format or console since I recieved my prized possesion N64, there's no point really. I know that anything that comes from Nintendo is going to be of the highest quality and standard that you can buy around and I think that all of the other consoles like the Greystation and the Creamcast, doesn't even come close to the gameplay, lastability and overall enjoyment that I myself and other gamers experience or have experienced over the last few years, it just doesn't compare. And anyone who says different, is going to find themselves straped to a three-legged chair using several joypad extenders, sat in front of large 63 inch TV with an N64 linked up and over 100 games to play, lets see if that person can resist the temptation to play on it. I think that person would and afterwards that person would say that the N64 is the best, most worth while and best priced and rated( rather underated) console......IN THE WORLD!! time that we've been with