The early 3D era of video games was a time when developers were lobbed an entirely new axis and had no idea what to do with it. On top of that, the Nintendo 64 was a strange console. Conservative in its insistence to stick to the cartridge format while everyone else was moving to disc, yet unique enough to create a controller that was innovative and incomprehensible in equal measures. The N64 was an over-engineered mess that alienated developers and publishers.
I love it.
It’s not even because of the many great games that came out for it (the PlayStation admittedly had more), it’s just because it was so strange. It’s a console perpetually trapped in awkward adolescence. It is the cracking, pubescent voice of video games.
I consider myself well-versed in the console, personally owning about 70% of its North American library. I’ve plumbed its depths for its dizzying highs and crushing lows. We’ve all heard of Star Fox 64, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and Mario Party 2, but there are a lot of other great games in the library that deserve their own parade. Here are ten games that you should check out if you haven’t already.
Note that I’m limiting this list to North American releases. This is also not based on any solid data or scientific study. There are more worthwhile games in the library, here are just a few that should be talked about more.
Containing more alien piledrivers than you can shake a steel chair at, Hybrid Heaven is certainly a unique game. On the surface, it’s a very drab title devoid of any personality, but beneath that beats a heart covered in chest hair.
Hybrid Heaven features an almost too-complicated-for-its-own-good combat system that has you and your enemy exchanging wrestling moves in a
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