29th August 2012, 10:07 AM
I'd say they are of mixed quality, but I like both of the N64 games for sure at least -- Duck Dodgers is somewhat average but fun, and 6/10 average scores or not I definitely like Rally Challenge 2000. It's such a huge, huge improvement over Imagineer's first two N64 racing games, MRC and GT64... and with nine tracks it has by far the most courses of any of their N64 racing games too. Sure it has some issues, most notably that the championship mode is way too difficult (gah, car damage...), but still, not bad. I'm quite pleasantly surprised.
I've also played through the first championship in Sea-Doo HydroCross, and I like that game too. It's got good graphics for a PS1 game, fun course designs with secrets to find and shortcuts, and more. Sure, the game's not that long, with just two championships of eight races each, so just like the first game (Polaris SnoCross, which of course i have for N64) it's a short game, but I did enjoy that one, and I like this one too. Sure, it's average overall (C-grade game I think), but it's fun. The one problem I have is that I find it nearly impossible to do stunts with the analog stick; somehow they just never work. They are possible with dpad, but obviously normal control is much better with analog. Fortunately stunts are entirely optional, and the game's just fine without them. Overall, it's too bad that the N64 version of this (planned for '01) was cancelled -- it's a decent game, would have been nice to see. It even has some wave physics! Sure, it's no Wave Race, because the waves are all small, but... the waves have a little height, at least. That puts it above many other water racing games that gen.
Ivy the Kiwi is definitely good as well. So is Toki Tori (though I knew that of course, given that I have the PC remake already). World Rally Fever, though, isn't that much fun.
And of course, finding such a cheap copy of Mega Man V was pretty amazing...
I've also played through the first championship in Sea-Doo HydroCross, and I like that game too. It's got good graphics for a PS1 game, fun course designs with secrets to find and shortcuts, and more. Sure, the game's not that long, with just two championships of eight races each, so just like the first game (Polaris SnoCross, which of course i have for N64) it's a short game, but I did enjoy that one, and I like this one too. Sure, it's average overall (C-grade game I think), but it's fun. The one problem I have is that I find it nearly impossible to do stunts with the analog stick; somehow they just never work. They are possible with dpad, but obviously normal control is much better with analog. Fortunately stunts are entirely optional, and the game's just fine without them. Overall, it's too bad that the N64 version of this (planned for '01) was cancelled -- it's a decent game, would have been nice to see. It even has some wave physics! Sure, it's no Wave Race, because the waves are all small, but... the waves have a little height, at least. That puts it above many other water racing games that gen.
Ivy the Kiwi is definitely good as well. So is Toki Tori (though I knew that of course, given that I have the PC remake already). World Rally Fever, though, isn't that much fun.
And of course, finding such a cheap copy of Mega Man V was pretty amazing...