Blast Corps (Nintendo 64) Mike Matei Live

[@xboxclown8922]

I actually got a lot to say about this game. Blast Corps was very inspiring to me. Yes there's times the difficulty notably spikes. But at the same time it helped you become a better player. You are given a good variety of options to destroy things. Honestly, this game ended up being surprisingly great. I actually would've been upset if it didn't make the line up in Rare Replay, it's that good of a game. Blast Corps is truly amazing in every sense of the word.

[@anonamatron]

This game is really fun and aggravating at the same time. I don't remember how I ended up with this one, but it was one of my first N64 games. Maybe I was just hungry for games and bought whatever looked okay? I don't remember knowing much about it before I got it. I think I bought it, not a gift... anyway... this game was really cool. Kind of long and tedious after a while. I don't think I could play it for six freakin' hours, but it's one I would definitely pop in and go back to often.

[@ramzen89]

I'm pretty eclectic when it comes to my games. I play ones from current all the way back to the 90s. Recently, I played FEAR 2, which came out in 2009 and I still had a blast with it. But for some people, it's all about what's "trending", being "cool" and such. It's like High School really never ended for some people.

[@mikematei]

Love this comment and its so true. I play whatever I want in the moment. Like the other day, I played Pesterminator on nes because I wanted to play a color dreams game. We all know that shit isnt trending. And sure, there are days I play more popular games like Mario. But I dont chase trends like that. I hate that shit. Thanks for the comment and checking out the stream. 👍🏼

[@lightup6751]

Its also odd how people nowadays only look for engine, graphics and visual stimulation. many successful AAA games are fundamentally cinematic movies you play while the game handholds you. I feel in previous times it was always primarily about the gameplay. the game had to be fun first and foremost. the story, graphics and presentation mattered. but it was all about the gameplay.

[@wizardsongs5409]

This game's replay feature is hilarious. Seeing oneself from the perspective of the carrier, all panicked and frantically trying to prevent the explosion. There's something about it that really cracks me up.

[@bezerker99]

"You're just trying to impress me."

[@scifyry]

For the most part, this game really just throws you to the wolves. Good stream Mike.

[@mikematei]

I like that about it.

[@BRIANOCONNOR2003]

I love this game so much 😍😍😍 I used to play it a lot as a kid

[@thatboytoni238]

I used to rent this game almost every other time I went to Blockbuster. I remember thinking it was a Robot Mech game from the cover but it's really not entirely that. I should try it again someday. N64 suggestions I have are the Goemon games! I think you'd enjoy the second 64 one best.

[@artemus2]

There's only one example I can think off the top of my head where I actually like time limits in a game and that's the first 2 Dead Rising games. The timer makes sense in the context of those games and without it there's basically no challenge and it makes the games boring after a while. But, if you really want to, you CAN ignore the timer and just fuck around in the mall, but you wont advance the story and you'll get the bad ending.

[@ClassicQuarterGamePlays]

Hi mike 👋😄 been busy but enjoy the stream blast core 64 great game 🎮 rockon.

[@smilly49]

Blast Corps is such a pinnacle moment for a small team of developers. Straight out of college & those kids at Rare got to use some of the most cutting edge 3d technology for the time. When the developer has fun making the game, the player has fun playing it.

[@AntLeonardi01]

Game is all about learning to use the dump truck properly. You can easily take out the whole map with a single power slide if you do it right.

[@HCN-002OldChannel]

5:21 is a certified “look, Gary, there I am!” moment. Joke aside, I actually did play it earlier today, and I had a lot of fun!

[@grandmasterkupo3272]

Please check out Ex-Mutants on Sega Genesis. Sorry for asking this twice. You're the best man.

[@mikematei]

I’ve tried it before briefly. I just remember it being fairly bad.

[@grandmasterkupo3272]

@@mikematei Thanks for the reply man. I had it as a kid but couldn't remember if it was bad or not. All I remember is the cover art on the cart.

[@cthulhupthagn5771]

@@grandmasterkupo3272 I have issue one of the comic it was based off of. The backstory behind it might be more interesting than the game itself, but maybe if Mike does some digging he might find enough interest to do like a compilation run through some of the game. Basically, this guy wrote the comic on an independent publisher, then it transitioned over to a second publisher and I believe then a third publisher. There might have been a total of 11 comics and I don't know if any of them were just reprints of the older ones. I'm actually a little curious myself is to how something with such a obscure and Mild pedigree managed to get itself a Genesis game.

[@EliteEleven11]

Thanks for uploading these streams to KZbin.

[@TOTSOfDTownl-vx6xn]

Trying to find and unlock all of the hidden extra vehicles were my favorite part of this game. I used to rent it back in 1994 and at that time there were only 3 people that rented N64 games from the video store were I live, and we all knew each other so it was rare for someone else’s save to get deleted. It was awesome!!

[@xyanide1986]

Damn that opening song has a strong aesthetic.

[@holdingpattern245]

I have vague memories of playing this game a lot when I was younger, I remember liking it a lot but always getting annoyed by the dumptruck, I thought it was because the dumptruck is a very tricky vehicle to use, but after seeing this I believe that it was probably because the dumptruck is broken and doesn't work correctly.

[@HoistusMaximus]

It works as intended; just deliberately difficult

[@link15j]

Mike, if u play this again. In the Options, under "more" you can change that stupid, inverted controls. At 5:14:00 you have to use these small sandhills to destroy the buildings. Thats the trick. But no one say that to you in the game. What were they thinking!?

[@tokyobeam1530]

I remember playing this game over and over trying to find all the hidden vehicles and secrets it is my favorite n64 game hands down glad to see you enjoying it!!!

[@deathofkings5633]

That was cool for an old game going across that bridge in the train and seeing the missile truck zipping along the other bridge on a convergent course. Damn good graphics and a dynamic camera for a early 64 game, pretty impressive.

[@chubbycatfish4573]

This was my first or second rental for the N64. I had a lot of fun with it, but never made it extremely far. A modern version could be cool.

[@thefrankiepalmeri]

You're finally playing a good game. Well done, Mike.

[@mikematei]

What games do you want to see me play? Give me a list of what you consider good.

[@thefrankiepalmeri]

@@mikematei Damn. You just hit me with the most loaded question of all time. I'm really just busting your chops to be quite honest. You have good taste for the most part. Minus your aversion to fighting games. I would say, next on your list if you're in the N64 library would be to play 'Mischief Makers' it's probably one of the best games to come out for the system. When I think of more recommendations I will surely chirp about it.

[@mikematei]

So about fighting games. I think fighting games are good and its a good genre. I just dont play them. I’m bad at getting down combos in games like mortal kombat. I cant remember them. And for the street fighter style of games, Im awful at pulling of half circles, quarter circles and all that. Basically, I suck at the games really badly so I dont play them. I think they are cool though. I love the mortal kombat characters and how gory it is. The fatalities are fun to look at, but I can almost never pull them off. As far as Mischief Makers, I played it in a N64 variety stream I did before on this channel. Shake Shake

[@thefrankiepalmeri]

@@mikematei No surprise there. To each their own. Although all the reasons you just stated were my assumptions as to why you don't play fighting games. Now, as an advocate of the genre, I would still implore you to consider this; "Nothing good ever comes easy" (Especially women *lol*) but you get what I'm saying I'm sure. If you're struggling with inputs in Street Fighter, maybe sharpening that skill set can be an entire video series on it's own. Isn't the thrill of life in challenging yourself? You would instantly expand your audience with earnest interest in the FGC and being that you're a true gamer, I really feel you're doing yourself a disservice by rejecting the genre.

[@TheZaius]

@@mikematei Being bad with quarter circle movements is the reason why I primarily use charge characters in Street Fighter.

[@bmwolgas]

Next time you re-visit the N64, since I see you do hacked games, check out some of the custom missions made for Goldeneye. I wrote the very first one nearly 15 years ago - a custom mission in a fleshed-out version of what was only a multiplayer map - the Library. I did much of that work with a hex editor before the Goldeneye Setup editor was ever released.

[@mikematei]

Custom Goldeneye missions would be cool. Maybe down the road I'll look into that. Awesome that you work on hacks like that. I always appreciate anyone with those types of skills. Way over my head.

[@DarmokAtTinegra]

Oh boy, this is incredibly frustrating to be watching rather than playing lol Glad to see Mike enjoying it! It's one of my favorite games on the console. It was a lot of fun unlocking all the different vehicles. At the time, an action puzzler with new 3d graphics was too weird for a lot of people, but BC's small fanbase has been loyal and enthusiastic for 25 years now.

[@andyblanchard6060]

I like watching Mike play games because its nice to know there is someone so much dumber than me out there

[@DirtBoyTrilla]

Okay... Now that you've streamed Blast Corps, you now need to pair it with "Rocket Robot on Wheels"!! Those two games are the ultimate Blockbuster rentals for the N64 generation. Ironically, I bought the copy of Rocket Robot from Blockbuster when it closed.

[@8track822]

First time I've seen Mike go from loving a game to hating it. I don't blame Mike for giving up on playing any more of the game, seeing how complicated it gets.

[@TheZaius]

This is such a frustrating game that I never beat but I still love it. It's puzzle-solving and mastering clumsy controls with a time limit. Tedious trial-and-error. But it's still a classic.

[@aaron1651]

I remember buying this game at Toys R Us.. (I still own it). Anyways, I completely beat it and it takes you to the moon and maybe some other planet also. Can't remember. I did enjoy it as no other game is like it. I always hated using that damn dump truck lol.

[@cthulhupthagn5771]

My brothers and I loved this game, it was a regular and frequent rental. I don't know how far we ever got, I know I got too frustrated with the controls to ever make any progress but my youngest brother I think got far enough to at least get to the second planet or the moon. I don't know. I know that every time we rented it we enjoyed it cuz you always found something else. First you beat the game, then you at the time trials, then the various collectathons, then the hidden crap on the stages. If you could just fix the controls this would have been a perfect game

[@sirkredrum3406]

This is one game that needs to be on Switch Online. I played the shit out of this game as a kid. Some levels are insanely hard, one you can cheese with a glitch at the end.

[@imwalkworse6298]

i remember picking up this game as a rental and the cover art lead me to believe that it was some other kind of game but i ended up enjoying it.

[@Sabkind]

Duuude! Glad someone said Snowboard Kids! Loved that game.

[@KdogPrime]

This was a game I rented constantly from the neighborhood video store. To this day, it's still one of my favorite N64 games.

[@Denjired]

Rented this game a few times when I had a a Nintendo 64. It was fun for a bit but I didn't manage to get very far in it. Still had fun with this stream while I was there. I actually thought that that dump truck mission would cause the fucking finger to make an appearance but I am glad that you persevered and got that level done. Too bad the dump truck and the timed levels means that this game will never make it to your Games I've Beaten On Stream list but that's how it is. Speaking of your Games I've Beaten On Stream list, here are some games that are not on it: Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse Loop 2 (NES): kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZ-VlYagm65gZpY Red Dead Redemption (XBox 360): kzbin.info/www/bejne/l37ZpZ5jjcqSiLM (Link to the last part) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge (Steam): kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXLHlYOgrNuoftE Donut Dodo (Steam): kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6CtgHhujq9pjqc

[@sidargall]

You're the best Mike! Been a fan for years! Great content!

[@mikematei]

Thank you. Come by the streams on twitch sometime

[@sidargall]

@@mikematei Absolutely will do! Never experienced the live version!

[@Cogglesz]

Wow! Mike i played this game back in 99' at a friends place. I always wanted to revist it but it was pretty obscure and couldn't remember the name. Only about 8 at the time. Huge thanks for this seriously! It was one of the last games i'd played from my childhood i was looking for!

[@GamerWordDotNet]

Thanks for the nostalgia and the laughs, Mike!

[@brokenscart7989]

4:24:40 this is the stage where I gave up on this on a recent play through. Wanted to love this game but dam. Really enjoying seeing your pain though, would like to see you go for platinum, haha.

[@Bosstrad]

Pretty confident this is one of the best games ever made ,god it's good and so unique.

[@yorkshireplumbing]

The spinning promotion badge really stands out, looks like super next gen graphics compared to the rest of the graphics in the game.

[@jason-sp8nb]

I never got round to playing this game now Mike can show me thanks Mike 😊

[@spectrorobot7069]

I didn't own this game growing up but bought it a couple of years ago. It's very fun and unique.

[@Nervensaege]

I love this game to this day. I'm gonna watch the whole Video over the next few days.

[@TheZaius]

He finally played Blast Corps!

[@deathofkings5633]

I think he hit the fence with the bulldozer, there was an explosion, one of the supports was knocked off and when he hit the other one it was completely destroyed. That’s how it looked to me.

[@ReapsVsTheWorld1]

Caught this stream live. I loved it. I still want to know how that truck drives at 4:40:37

[@KdogPrime]

The deal with the truck is that you are supposed to get up to high speed and then drift so the bucket hits buildings. Just ramming into things doesn't do much damage. But Mike is right, the controls for the truck are a bit counterintuitive and take some time to get used to.

[@corvo1324]

I’m happy I ended up with a PS1, and avoided these games as a kid. 😭 Seams like resident evil really inspired my taste for movies, games and art.

[@manicdrive85]

the yellow car with one wheel in the front looks like a bike from Extreme G on n64

[@officedullard8722]

Love this game. Getting all Platinums was one frustrating journey though.

[@9Tcrookedteeth]

blast craps

[@sumlin16]

Just Oodles of fun! Wonder if it would control different on Xbox Rare Replay….

[@dravenlee4473]

Such an odd and unique game. I wasn't a big N64 fan but this game stood out for me and was one of the handful of games I bought after renting.

[@dannysummers4591]

i miss when we used to get these quirky sort of one off games

[@rossrobertson674]

This game is my favorite for N64, it's the reason I bought a 64 like 10 years ago

[@mikematei]

Do you like the dump truck stuff

[@iseein4d]

Snowboard Kids is a good game, I’d watch the stream.

[@1stMjolnirMarkV]

This is my all time favorite N64 game!

[@BENLINUZ]

I had this game as a young kid I got it and I thought it would be I dont know something with building construction equipment what I got was something else. I didnt really understand this game too much as a kid and now I see it as an adult and this game is insane........I played it like.... 5 times as a kid and complained to my mom about it.

[@warehousedave7937]

As a person who sells video games, you wouldn't believe how many people call this game and Genesis Contra "Corpse" .... Like a dead body. Dummies like that should join the Marine Core.

[@GamerWordDotNet]

I know how it's supposed to be pronounced but "blast corpse" sounds cooler!

[@matthewb9955]

This game is awesome! I loved playing this with my friends back in the day.

[@Meow_Deity]

Love this game as a child. To bad they never did a remake

[@TheTogoRojo]

1129 4:59:46 the worst level in the game by a wide margin. Reminds me of Superman 64 late game ring levels.

[@Freqhog]

I was really hoping that you would get to the Pac-Man stage called “Gibbons Gate”.

[@silvore64]

This is such a weird coincidence I finally got blast corps in yesterday and I'm happy to finally own it.

[@joshuahodges308]

I’m so mad I missed this stream live I love this game it’s awesome!

[@COZ-1973]

I missed the end of the Twitch stream. Good to see how you got on.

[@kevdog_sauce]

Mike your upload rate is amazing, so much content.

[@TheTogoRojo]

1128 3:21:25 In a van down by the river hahaha

[@BillyReHab3723]

I had this game when I was a kid.

[@Benobot99]

Awesome. I believe it's on rare Replay on Xbox One as well.

[@afterthought55]

You said you were considering a Gargoyles (Genesis) stream but wasn't sure if you liked the game. Any chance you'll do that soon?

[@mikematei]

I was talking about nice looking games on genesis. That was probably the Aladdin stream. I’ve tried it. Love the graphics. The gameplay not as much, so probably not. Love the cartoon though.

[@solofalcon]

blast corps, the game where you stop the wiener mobile from destroying the planet

[@Zerroth]

Played this back in the day. Almost 100%ed it I think.

[@fluttershystayshigh4202]

Shit this game is amazing! i can't believe i never knew about this back in the day, i would have absolutely loved this shit! Good stuff Mike. After watching the entire stream tho i will admit that stupid big red bomb truck does kinda suck the life out of this game, it would have been miles better without all that shit.

[@49erfanaticfromnm30]

I would love to see Microsoft bring this back.

[@jsin1077]

Holy crap i remeber hating this game then one day i was like no I'm gonna sit down and figure it out.... it became one of my favorite games on the 64.

[@jetthehawk6768]

A Fun game, I did play this as a kid.

[@ProdriveGT]

Do you love the N64 most?

[@mikematei]

No. But there are a bunch of games I like.

[@Alfboyz]

This game makes you grow chest hair. Doesn't matter if you are a man or a woman.

[@McBummly]

Damn.. I remember renting this game and enjoying it lol

[@stevencleary3208]

I wanna know where Mike buys that table he slams.. gotta be sturdy as hell

[@ProdriveGT]

Why this game gives me Body Harvest vibes?, Mike you should give it a second chance to that.

[@seinfan9]

I owned this and played it a lot.

[@piratehipster412]

This looks like a lot of fun, gonna have to play this myself

[@wesburnett5309]

My favorite outside of the obvious choices wave runner Rouge squadron doesn't get enough love the GameCube sequel Rouge squadron 2 would be a good stream perfect dark n64 version of resident evil 2 was good

[@lordcolinb]

Awesome another Mike classic

[@ZitiPatrol]

Alas another one of the only good N64 games on that console. The wii had shovelware but mobile games now are the offspring of shovelware

[@Spawn3X5]

This game like the precursor to red fraction guerilla Id like to see Glover that game was a nightmare i didn't know what to do

[@electrominded8372]

I always wanted this game as a kid but didn't somehow

[@Padernoster]

Aww yeah, one of my N64 Favourites :D

[@TheTogoRojo]

1130 40:08 donations for potty mouth hahahah the sighs.

[@JamesJohnson-tr1gu]

Snowboard Kids on N64 next

[@mikematei]

I heard that was good. I’ll have to try it.

[@JamesJohnson-tr1gu]

@@mikematei it's fun once you figure out the controls for doing tricks

[@ZMAN_420]

1080⁰ was a good snowboard game for N64. Maybe he already played it?

[@JamesJohnson-tr1gu]

@@ZMAN_420 1080 was good too, though I felt like gameplay wise it was way more unforgiving, and difficult to pull tricks off

[@ZMAN_420]

@@JamesJohnson-tr1gu One of my friends had it Freshman year 1997 I think maybe 98? IDK Great game though! 👍🏻🇺🇲

[@ZimLuvGigan]

Mike when you separate Pilotwings by console as "versions" ( i.e. implying they are the same game just on different consoles ) it slightly irks me.

[@solofalcon]

kinda forgotten gem, i had it at launch

[@SilentMott]

I love this stupid ass game...I fucking HATE the backlash levels. Fuck everything about that truck.

[@bork750]

You should play Space Station Silicon Valley

[@wesburnett5309]

A TEAM NIGHT RIDER AIR WOLF do u have a favorite I'm assuming u watch or seen the shows

[@ZMAN_420]

Good game Mike. Maybe a no death Superman 64 run?

[@mikematei]

😩

[@supahflykev]

Hey mike have you ever played E.V.O the search for eden on SNES? It's a bizarre but very unique game.

[@B_Chasnika]

I was a dumb ass and traded umk3 for this shit in middle school