10 Shortest N64 Games!

[@billcook4768]

Something to ponder: The N64 was terrible for fighting games. But had a number of fantastic wrestling games.

[@Fortefyre]

That's a great point!

[@The_13th_Hussar]

Damn straight!

[@lawrencemcstephens308]

I know, right? I was so disappointed at the mediocre to terrible quality of the fighting games on the N64! I grew up in the early to mid 1990s, when Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat ruled arcades. Just a few short years later, N64 should have gotten some bangers, if they hadn't ruined their relationship with Capcom, who was still rocking the arcade, Sega Saturn and PlayStation with great Marvel and other fighting games. Considering the amount of fighting games on the N64, it is especially disappointing that there weren't really many good ones, except for Mortal Kombat Trilogy. I mean, with such garbage as War Gods, Mace: The Dark Age, Fighters Destiny, and Clay Fighter, it is stupefying!

[@Fortefyre]

Lowkey, I love War Gods LMFAO

[@lawrencemcstephens308]

@@Fortefyre Yeah, I listed it in my games I thought were garbage on N64, then seconds later, I heard you say you thought it was the best one, haha! That's okay, brotha, everyone has games they really like that others don't. There have been a few games you've (with my particulars) called not good. I still think GoldenEye is one of the best N64 games, and one of the few I currently own since re-purchasing an N64 a couple of years ago!

[@TT-jl1qs]

You need to do a longer video about Nintendo Power, GamePro, and EGM. Most people don't realize how important it was to have the magazines back in the day to play these games in the pre internet days.

[@Fortefyre]

Absolutely! That episode series is starting next week. I'm going to cover the Nintendo Fun Club, then transition to Nintendo Power

[@TT-jl1qs]

That would be super cool. If you need help with any of your research let me know. I own most of the magazines since I was a kid and probably read more of them than I played the games.

[@bildo1977]

@@Fortefyre”Help me, Doc!” “Join the Nintendo Fun Club today, Mac!!!”

[@stephenthomas1492]

Indeed. I still remember going to the magazine racks at grocery stores and pouring over those code-breaker vault volumes. Not proud of myself, but I remember tearing out pages of some of those magazines at the stores.

[@joeboo8626]

Lo Fi polygon count, small roms, and fog. If you were around for gaming in 1996 this system was still impressive. Can you imagine spending $59.99 to $69.99 to get one of the games on this list, though? That is like $120-140 today. N64 games were too damn expensive to be so short.

[@Fortefyre]

And to look like that in some cases.

[@themidcentrist]

The worst part about buying games in the NES, SNES, and N64 era IMO was spending $49.99 - $69.99 for a game that was a blind buy. As memory serves internet video game reviews weren't really a thing in 1996, you had to rely on word of mouth and maybe magazines if you were lucky. N64 Superman would have sold far fewer copies if people had been able to check it out on Metacritic. I agonized over what game to get with my NES control deck and fortunately blind bought Mega Man 2, but it could have just as easily had been Uncanny X-Men.

[@martinkerrmusic]

This generation of games was so ugly! Give me nicely drawn 16-bit sprites over ugly 64-bit polygons any day.

[@GavinMasters]

Agreed! Sadly, these are the growing pains of going from 2D to 3D. N64 is kindly like those awkward high school pix of ourselves, all lanky, zitty and braces-y. XD

[@Fortefyre]

Much like Gavin said, it's growing pains for a transitional period, I feel the PS1 had the same goofy aspects.

[@jeffdaigle5487]

Wasn't Xena the spin off of Hercules? I'm almost positive it was, but I could be wrong. Have an awesome day bro and peace out!!!

[@chrissnider5864]

I was thinking that too actually

[@Fortefyre]

Yes it was lol.

[@tidepoolclipper8657]

In regards to fighting games on the N64; the original Super Smash Bros. and Killer Instinct worked out well on the N64. Although Super Smash Bros. is quite short and would've qualified here.

[@Fortefyre]

It almost made the list!

[@jeffm5056]

Xena Warrior Princess was actually a spinoff of Hercules. If I recall, she was a side character that occasionally showed up. And once the producers noticed that Lucy Lawless was incredibly hot, and leaving their core audience overdrawn at the spank bank, they created a whole show for her.

[@Fortefyre]

I find that later fact to be quite relatable lmfao.

[@GavinMasters]

I can think of an N64 Fighting Game I'll swear by: Mortal Kombat 4! At the time, it was the best one to date, before the franchise started sliding downhill. Loads of fond memories of playing it with friends.

[@Fortefyre]

I still laugh my ass off when I see the cutscene with Scorpion and Subzero and he just says "Arright"

[@TheLemonyBard]

Maybe you should do one for games that are short, but are genuinely good. That’s not an insult to the list, this video is great, but as an adult with adulty things I have to do it’s good to see shorter games that are worth my while. A few of these are definitely in that category, but a few definitely aren’t.

[@tidepoolclipper8657]

Like Super Smash Bros, Killer Instinct, Mario Party 2, Mario Party 3, Rush 2, and Cruis'n World.

[@Fortefyre]

Absolutely, I can!

[@TheLemonyBard]

@@Fortefyre that would be rad, thank you!

[@WreckSeven]

To this day, I'd still prefer using the N64 controller for FPS games than anything else. The stick is incredibly accurate, so long as it hasn't been loosened to all hell by crazy overuse. Steel bowls, sticks, and replacement gears can certainly fix all that, if you can both find them in stock and want to pay the often high prices for them.

[@Fortefyre]

Mine are rather loose lol. I haven't thought about replacing them. Might look into it!

[@SorcererLance]

Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction... I remember renting it and then returned it that same afternoon

[@Fortefyre]

Oh jeez!

[@coddmodd]

Kevin Sorbos is badass, and earthworm Jim is too. Absolute gold.

[@Fortefyre]

I could never get into any of the Earthworm Jim games as a kid lol.

[@EonEsper-Kriz]

Actually, Kevin Sorbo's Hercules was first and Xena was the spin off, lol.

[@Fortefyre]

Yeah yeah lmfao. I have to eat that mistake lol.

[@EonEsper-Kriz]

@@Fortefyre no worries, it's an easy honest mistake that isn't even a big deal at all. ;)

[@BusyMEOW]

Yoshis Story was too short and seemed like it was made for kids, I rented it once and kept thinking if I was playing it the right way because it seemed too easy without any challenge. Also that first Tetris like puzzle game is just a reskin of "Dr Robotnick's Mean Bean Machine" for the Megadrive/Genesis. 🙂

[@Fortefyre]

This is true! Yoshi's Story almost made the list. I feel it might have if I left out Puyo Puyo.

[@dank2171]

It was 24 scavenging hunting levels. Beat 4 times and play every level. It's like 3-5 hours. Not long but nit terrible

[@jamesmason3079]

Love your stuff, man. Keep up the cool content.

[@Fortefyre]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@pharmcat8484]

Jokes on you, I never realized ClayFighter was horrible.

[@Fortefyre]

I can't stand it lmao.

[@DongCorleone]

Hey, Sesame Street Elmo's Number Journey took me YEEEEEARS to complete! I just unlocked the mystery that is 2+2 and BOOM, over!🤣🤣🤣. Cheers Sir

[@Fortefyre]

LMAO. I straight up was HARD set on believing 2+0 = 0 in Math Blaster yesterday lmfao.

[@WarioSaysSo]

I have another experience with Clayfighter 63 1/3 on the N64. Me and my lill brother played the heck out of it back in the day against each-other as we liked the overall character roster and claymation. Sure the game offers not much beyond that with no stages or characters that you can unlock and SAVE, and the game's story could have been further developed allong with character endings, but we had fun. Why you could not save Earthworm Jim and Boogerman after unlocking them was frustrating to evreytime repeat the process, and Jim was my fav character (!)

[@Fortefyre]

I never liked Clayfighter :P

[@WarioSaysSo]

@@Fortefyre Yeah I can understand !!!

[@Fortefyre]

I mean it has it's novelty, I can't deny it that. Unique art-style too.

[@WarioSaysSo]

@@Fortefyre Amen to that! Like I said before, they could have done more work for it and I believe the game would have recieved a warmer response.

[@sidneyvandykeii3169]

Clay fighter needs an appearance in the next Mortal Combat game. I don't care what character, as long as it's not Hilda.

[@agentchris1482]

Bad Mr frosty would be so perfect in mortal kombat lol

[@UltimateGamerCC]

Clayfighter is such an underrated series, i hate how it got disregarded by most just because it was claymation, i personally always liked that animation style.

[@sidneyvandykeii3169]

@UltimateGamerCC Clay Fighter is garbage. But it was a great idea that that started mediocre and needed improving. Instead the series actually got worse as time went on.

[@chrissnider5864]

​@@agentchris1482So......you think YOU'RE the king old cold Subzero???

[@UltimateGamerCC]

@@sidneyvandykeii3169 i dont see it as garbage, but then again i could be of the minority.

[@spicytrashpanda]

Superman 64 was the shortest by far. Boot up, load stage 1, realize you'd rather sit on a cactus, turn it off. Play time 2 minutes

[@joeboo8626]

Good one. I get the same feeling playing most of Nintendo Switch online latest releases. One dud after another not worth playing for more than 2 minutes.

[@Fortefyre]

FACTS.

[@rayphoenix7296]

I think Star Soldier Vanishing Earth should have been on this list. That game is really good but it is short as hell. It is also the only known vertical shooter on the N64.

[@Fortefyre]

THAT ALMOST MADE IT.

[@pharmcat8484]

I keep trying to watch this video, but then I go watch the Buck Bumble theme.

[@Fortefyre]

Boom to the beat to the boom to the bass. Boom to the beat to the bumble!

[@tidepoolclipper8657]

When it comes to the Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and gaming systems further up ahead of them, go ahead and have the different region games grouped together considering you rarely see gaming systems have drastically different names by then. As for Game Boy, PlayStation handhelds, WonderSwan, and Neo Geo Pocket handhelds; their names are basically the same worldwide or never left Japan. Although you may want to keep the box arts in different region videos as otherwise the Japanese box arts would dominate. Though it has become more common for box arts to be shared worldwide.

[@Fortefyre]

That's exactly how I planned to do it. It just makes more sense.

[@LarryStevenson223]

I would love your idea for cut content and hidden code. Great video, nice funny script. Thumbs up

[@Fortefyre]

Coming soon!

[@jamesreece9502]

You feed us knowledge cakes with humor icing. Thank you. Produce!😄

[@Fortefyre]

I'm stealing that lmfao.

[@bildo1977]

I couldn’t help myself with the “In Soviet Russia” joke in one of your previous videos when you talked about Tetris. 🙃

[@Fortefyre]

I wouldn't expect anything less :P

[@Kiekie2018]

You should definitely make the video about hidden things/ Easter eggs especially older systems like genesis 🙏

[@Fortefyre]

Added to the list!

[@NewportBox100s]

I've always loved Clayfighter. Always

[@Fortefyre]

I've always hated it :P

[@UltimateGamerCC]

as a Gamer, one of my pet peeves is when a Game doesnt have enough meat on it's bones to sate my hunger. i definitely believe in the longer a game is, the better that it is. now that doesnt mean that i'm unreasonable when it comes to expectations for length of playtime, but if a game is of a particular genre that is not nearly as beefy as other games in said genre, then i'm gonna have a problem.

[@Fortefyre]

Which is TOTALLY a reasonable response. Luckily in the future, there will be a significantly higher standard for content.

[@jva2722]

I figured 1080 snowboarding would be on there. Had what? 5 or 6 races total on the hardest setting

[@Fortefyre]

It almost made the list.

[@pharmcat8484]

Yes to the hidden lore videos.

[@Fortefyre]

Sounds good!

[@Aleta-zw5bu]

the idea of hidden stuff in game files is great, if you ever do that you HAVE to mention the ryan toy review kart game incident

[@Fortefyre]

Oh the dead face? Haha, you bet.

[@the89gmc]

A series about cut material and hidden things sounds like it would be interesting to me.

[@Fortefyre]

I added it to the list. Tons of people asked for it.

[@chrissnider5864]

Tell me if you've done this, but how about a top ten Horror themed games?

[@Fortefyre]

I don't believe I have, but that's quite a BROAD spectrum. I'll add it to the list, it might be a reoccurring series like the Top RPGs I've played to date. If you can meet me halfway with that, I'll add it to the list.

[@timothypitcher7996]

Chameleon Twist and its sequel only had 6 stages. That's rather short when compared to most other 3D platformer titles in the N64 era.

[@WizardoftheGhost]

The Japanese version on chameleon twist has a lot more and different content

[@timothypitcher7996]

@@WizardoftheGhost That's interesting to know.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

@@WizardoftheGhost wow, so Japan screwed us again. damn it all, Hiroshima was almost a century ago. stop blueballing us on Video Games, Japan!

[@Fortefyre]

That's the ONE game I always saw at Blockbuster and never messed with, same with Izzy's Wrecking Balls or whatever it was called.

[@orinanime]

Hercules wasn't a spin-off of Xena. Xena was the spin-off. Hercules was made first.

[@Fortefyre]

This is true LMAO

[@orinanime]

@Fortefyre not that it really makes much of a difference to the show itself. I just felt compelled to point it out.

[@metabolizm4438]

Folks, it’s very simple! Why would Fortefyre want to play badass tough games such as Goldeneye or Duke Nukem when he has his all time nes masterpiece, The Little Mermaid? 🤣It’s simple logic! It’s only right to dislike those two well renowned games when you can sing kiss the girl out loud while swimming around as Ariel in an amazing 8 bit water world. Leave the man alone and let him enjoy a real game. Well, according to him. 🤣😝 Sorry man, I can’t help it. 🤣🤣 Great videos! Outstanding work! 💪

[@Fortefyre]

I WANT TO BE, WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE...

[@metabolizm4438]

😂

[@Marc_Araujo]

Mortal Kombat 4 is the best fighting game on the N64...if we don't count Super Smash Bros.

[@Fortefyre]

I would choose SMB any day though lol.

[@bildo1977]

Back in the day, I made the mistake of getting a Nintendo 64. My justification was 64 bits is better than 32 (Saturn and PlayStation). I spent a long time only owning up to three games for it. I grew very despondent on the continued unappealing releases on the N64. A friend of mine had a PlayStation, and I was envious of all of the games that I couldn’t play on the N64 Then eventually I purchased a refurbished PlayStation from Funcoland along with Die Hard Trilogy, Final Fantasy VII, and a memory card. I started playing video games again thanks to my purchase! A whole new library of games were available to rent! PlayStation had the games that I wanted to play! That being said, I’m pretty sure that you would have a much more difficult time finding 10 game to put on a “Shotest PlayStation Games” list because CD’s can hold much more of a game.

[@Fortefyre]

I never heard of FuncoLand, we had Babbages and EB Games lol.

[@richfutrell753]

That one thing you said in the Puyo Sun review. Same here. I hate that game cuz I'm colorblind, but I love the regular GameBoy version.

[@Fortefyre]

We need to get you those chrono glasses so you can enjoy some puyo puyo lol.

[@RwnEsper]

I'd love to see some cut content videos; please provide sources for them though!

[@Fortefyre]

I'll try my best :)

[@orinanime]

War Gods is pretty good... But I think the best fighting game on the N64 is Flying Dragon

[@Fortefyre]

Ooh! Might need to check that one out!

[@orinanime]

@@Fortefyre it's two games in one. One traditional arcade style fighting game, and one SD chibi style fighting game with RPG elements. It's my favorite fighting game for the N64 and my favorite entry in the Flying Dragon franchise

[@miketompkins2312]

I would love to see some videos on hidden information!

[@Fortefyre]

I'm gong to add it to the list!

[@tidepoolclipper8657]

The original ClayFighter is decent that's really where the IP should've been left off at as the sequels were sloppy in comparison.

[@Fortefyre]

I just never really got into it tbh.

[@billmartovich9009]

I played through 7th Saga a number of times, attempting to see the different storylines that each character has. It was rough. Brainlord was never anything that seemed interesting to me. All that being said, Produce! was like some kind of independent developer who somehow had a bunch of games released in multiple regions. As much as anyone says bad things about LJN or Rockstar, I feel like Produce! is the company that death flags a game right out of the gate.

[@Fortefyre]

Oof, the variables of betrayal would be wayyyy to much for me. Produce! I feel lucked out like everytime with getting the money to make a game.

[@richfutrell753]

Xena was a spinoff of Hercules.

[@Fortefyre]

I learned that from YOU! LOL

[@dscottplays4700]

What do you mean "before Kevin Sorbo went off the rails"? Did I miss something?

[@Fortefyre]

He went like ultra radical cowanunga fuck the world on Twitter lol.

[@pharmcat8484]

When does wrestling just become brawling?

[@Fortefyre]

Yes.

[@richfutrell753]

Bro...Xena was a spinoff of Hercules.

[@Fortefyre]

Oh was it? Xena was better anyway:P

[@innerdemonpat9027]

Umm wasn't xena a spin off of Hercules???

[@Fortefyre]

It was lol. I goofed.

[@innerdemonpat9027]

@Fortefyre either way they were both great shows 😀

[@ljs1668]

Whatever. Sorbo is awesome. I like him even more now.

[@Fortefyre]

You can go off the rails and still be awesome :P

[@kevinblalock765]

Id love to see the hidden content video.

[@Fortefyre]

Added to the list!

[@Trigger200284]

How can you not like goldeneye... I have never met a single person that doesn't put that in their top 5 N64 games...

[@LemonTree9280]

I also hate it....just my preference

[@Trigger200284]

@@LemonTree9280 how old are you? cause there's no one my age that hates that game, it was revolutionary when it came out.

[@LemonTree9280]

@Trigger200284 haha, 44, right in my wheelhouse. My personal experience was, of my 5 person friend group, I sucked at the game the most, then the other 4 just got so good I couldn't compare. So I always ended up playing tetris or mario golf on my GBC while they played Bond for hours

[@josephvoorhees1418]

😂😂😂​@@LemonTree9280

[@UltimateGamerCC]

nothing personal, but i am also one of those people who do not like Goldeneye. tbf i dont even care for James Bond in any capacity. far as FPS goes i'd rather play Perfect Dark or even Turok.

[@newmula5045]

MK Trilogy was playable on 64 😂

[@Fortefyre]

It was also an ambitious mix.

[@Denon-m2s]

Xena was the spinoff. She appeared in Hercules first and fans liked her so much they created Xena Warrior Princess. Hercules was not the spinoff

[@Fortefyre]

Yeah I got corrected a few hours after the video posted :P

[@lucrativesoundsent.1274]

Wow! Thanks for clarifying! I always thought the other way around!

[@mikeburkhart8336]

Castlevania Legency was short,and in my opinion the worst Castlevania game I've ever played(And I've played a lot of them...) Konami just took Castlevania 64,removed half of it,add a short new level or two. Then gave us a silly werewolf character to play as,he had NO main weapon,he just went around clawing at enemies. Dumb,boring,and short

[@UltimateGamerCC]

short in a sense, but it gave us Four Characters to beat the game as, also from what i hear, some of them have different stages/story beats. so at least there's replay value.

[@mikeburkhart8336]

@UltimateGamerCC The werewolf was the main game,two of the other characters (Reinhart and Carrie) were just in a rehash of Castlevania 64,and the Knight was just finding children in some of the levels.

[@Fortefyre]

Oh boy, Castlevania Legacy lol.

[@bildo1977]

Regarding WCW: Backstage Assault…. Holy 💩! Stevie Ray looks like white wrestler with brown paint on his body! Wow, this game sucks!😮

[@Fortefyre]

It's pretty rough lmao.

[@dank2171]

Shortest games... fighters should not be on this list. Puzzles and fighters are design for replay. I click on video as curiosity of short narritives.

[@Fortefyre]

Well, the good news is, I make other variances of this episode as a variety. There's a good chance you might see non-fighter.

[@WizardoftheGhost]

U know what is a really short game but is so hard u just try the same spots over and over? Sub zero mythologies....that game is impossible even with gameshark lpl

[@Fortefyre]

Sadly I own that.

[@WizardoftheGhost]

U make fun of ballz 3d yet i had sega channel as a 7yo and played the heck out of ballz 3d. My fav game was general chaos on sega channel that and mutent league hocky

[@Fortefyre]

Oh no, I actually don't mind Ballz 3D lol.

[@superdave8561]

For real? You only did three genres. Puzzles racing and fighting. All three of those genres were made to play with friends. All fighting games have 8 to 10 fights and can be beaten in 20 minutes. By the way MK 4 or KI Gold would be well better to play then war gods. Once again racing games are only there until you get all the races unlocked. And puzzle games don't exactly have an ending. because the moves are randomized. It's about skill and drop rate. Not length of time.

[@Fortefyre]

*shrug* It's how I perceive it.

[@speedrunmaynard5916]

Smash bros

[@Fortefyre]

Yeah I could see that!

[@richfutrell753]

That chess game is friggin gross

[@Fortefyre]

Haha it so is!

[@brianmegaman]

I’m not going to subscribe to you because you cuss if you quit cussing I will subscribe to your channel.

[@kaineray47]

That is up to the Creator not the viewer. Nothing wrong with your opinion, but giving an ultimatum isn't da way.

[@brianmegaman]

@ go away and leave me alone

[@brianmegaman]

No cussing is wrong and it is rude.that is why I am not subscribed to his channel.

[@Fortefyre]

That's a fuckin' shame.

[@brianmegaman]

@@Fortefyre sorry but that cussing words like fuc# don’t want me to even subscribe to your channel. You should not even cuss over video games at all it is rude and not right. Now goodbye.