20th February 2015, 9:20 AM
Lately I've been trying to get the rainbow of colors that N64 cartridges came in. Of course, we've all got a gold one or two (or three, if you count the duel color Pokémon Stadium 2). I've also got a yellow DK64 cart, and a red "Robot on Wheels" cart (he's only got the one wheel though, well, maybe internally there's another one, but he can't be said to be "on" that one).
Now, I'm looking for Green, Blue, and Black. To think we could have had a black Perfect Dark, but too many people back then were all "there's already a bunch of black ones, let's have a RED one!" even though thematically red didn't make any sense (and also, retrospectively, there's an overabundance of red carts on that system now too). Rare ended up pleasing no one in that regard because the fans couldn't just agree on the issue. Still an amazing game though.
Anyway, unlike SOME Lego pieces around here I don't collect bad games, so I'm looking for the very best each color has to offer. That basically rules out EA sports games. For black, I'm fairly certain I'll be picking up Turok 2. For Blue, well, TWINE seems a good bet. I didn't think it was as good as Perfect Dark, but compared to a lot of current FPSes, at least it's more clever and a competent Goldeneye clone. That leaves green, and frankly I'm not sure if there IS a good green N64 game outside Rayman 2, which wasn't even an N64 exclusive. Hmm, maybe BattleTanx Global Assault? Anyone know if that was a good game? If so, I've got an outline for my full rainbow.
Oddly enough, Rainbow Six? Not rainbow colored...
Now, I'm looking for Green, Blue, and Black. To think we could have had a black Perfect Dark, but too many people back then were all "there's already a bunch of black ones, let's have a RED one!" even though thematically red didn't make any sense (and also, retrospectively, there's an overabundance of red carts on that system now too). Rare ended up pleasing no one in that regard because the fans couldn't just agree on the issue. Still an amazing game though.
Anyway, unlike SOME Lego pieces around here I don't collect bad games, so I'm looking for the very best each color has to offer. That basically rules out EA sports games. For black, I'm fairly certain I'll be picking up Turok 2. For Blue, well, TWINE seems a good bet. I didn't think it was as good as Perfect Dark, but compared to a lot of current FPSes, at least it's more clever and a competent Goldeneye clone. That leaves green, and frankly I'm not sure if there IS a good green N64 game outside Rayman 2, which wasn't even an N64 exclusive. Hmm, maybe BattleTanx Global Assault? Anyone know if that was a good game? If so, I've got an outline for my full rainbow.
Oddly enough, Rainbow Six? Not rainbow colored...
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)