Superman 64: The Restrictions Behind the Worst Game Ever Made
Everyone already knows Superman 64 is bad. It shows up on every worst-games list ever assembled. In fact, it holds an actual Guinness World Record for it, and thirty seconds…
Doom 64 Ends With the Hero Choosing to Stay in Hell Forever. Almost Nobody Talks About That.
Doom 64 isn’t a port of the PC games. Here’s how Midway built it from scratch, where the Unmaker weapon actually came from, and how a 2020 remaster turned its unsettling ending into official Doom canon.
Beetle Adventure Racing Started Life As A Cancelled Need For Speed Game
Beetle Adventure Racing is one of those Nintendo 64 games that everyone who played it remembers, and almost nobody talks about anymore. This alien Beetle racer with secret shortcuts has…
GoldenEye 007’s Best Feature Wasn’t Supposed to Exist
Every N64 owner from the era has the same GoldenEye 007 multiplayer memory: four controllers, a CRT split into quarters, and one house rule everyone had, no Oddjob, because his…
Pokemon Stadium Comes Home, and Someone Else’s Name Is Still On It
Picked up a copy of Pokemon Stadium for the N64 Project this week, Transfer Pak included, from my local game store. No online listing, no shipping wait, just a Saturday…
Stop ‘N’ Swop Was Never Supposed to Work, and I Think That’s Why I Love It
Every N64 kid has a Stop ‘N’ Swop story, and mine starts in Wozza’s Cave. Freezeezy Peak has this room with a big alcove sealed off by a wall of…