Let's Look at Every 1-Star N64 Game

[@JohnRiggs]

1-Star NES Games - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHucZWCqf9aUisk 1-Star SNES Games - kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGaTqpyEZ6hql5Y

[@sandy60]

Have you tried that game that has all the Nintendo64 games on it, it actually plays all the games on it very well, you should check it out sometime and I was surprised how well all the games work on it just playing from that sd card

[@jacobcordell2882]

Thank you!!

[@Silky_boi]

I remember renting Superman 64 and vomiting at how bad it was, I told my dad it sucked and if we could exchange it and he doubted me thinking maybe it was too hard for me……. after 10min of him playing it we were back at Blockbuster swapping it for Mario Party 2 😤😤

[@TeruteruBozusama]

Seriously, adults should trust kids more ¬_¬

[@LeonSKennedy7777]

It was a good game! I never understood why internet trolls hate on Superman so much. The difficult trials of flying through rings in the beginning is what most trolls cite… but I was very skilled, so it was easy. And it was meant to train the elite gamers for the tougher trials to come. Modern day games are just movies with occasional button prompts for babies. Veteran gamers from the 64 era like me thrive for the challenge 😉

[@UnclePhil73]

You’re lucky. N64 was one of the first games I bought. Buyers remorse? Hell yeah

[@J.Crooner]

I remember being with my cousins at EB games when Superman 64 came out and when they got it home it was an instant tragedy. They gave the game to me to keep forever after crying about it for two hours straight. They had spent their last $50 bucks on it and got stuck with the game during the Christmas holiday. I ended up taking the game to the pawnshop and trading it for Zelda Ocarina of Time which I couldn't even believe they even had a copy. I couldn't allow that $50 to go to complete waste and lucky for me the pawn shop wasn't aware of how bad it actually was and guess what. That game is still there at that shop today to nobody's surprise.😮😳😳😳

[@CDRiley]

I received it as Christmas present 😢

[@northofnashira2575]

I loved the in-depth and well reasoned presentation of Superman 64. I knew it would be on here, but I did not expect you to pick it apart so thoroughly.

[@rocketgamingfun5624]

I bought the stupid game at target thinking a discounted n64 game for 20 bucks...what a deal. After about 10 minutes i was like forget this. Back to wcw nwo revenge

[@xvx5872]

Uh, I don't know about that. Personally I think it would have been better if he actually did talk about that game on here. I don't believe it deserves to be one star game. More like a 4 at least. But it aint great.

[@jaycerrito3142]

What's more mind blowing about the Powerpuff girls fighting game is that it came out in late 2001. The PS2 was already out for nearly 2 years and both the GameCube and Xbox were just launched at the time and worst of all, it was the last non-sport game on the N64. Yeah, I count Tony Hawk Pro Skater as a sports game. The N64 could've ended on a sour note if there weren't a couple more games after the Powerpuff girls

[@creed8712]

I’m fairly certain Superman 64 currently has the longest running let’s play of it spanning 12 years at this point. Truly a marvel of gaming

[@andrewbloom7637]

I once had "The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction" for the Nintendo 64 as a kid.

[@cerberus144]

I watched someone on Twitch to a blind full playthrough of that Power Rangers game and he and us in the chat were almost peeing ourselves with laughter the whole time.

[@taylorfrench6722]

Is it Thabeast721 by chance? He's doing a challenge to beat every N64 game and played it not too long ago.

[@cerberus144]

@@taylorfrench6722 It was "PATTY" like six years ago

[@SirFragalot]

For the record, according to Tommy Dreamer. ECW chose the acclaim because they needed the money from licensing the ECW name and Acclaim was ready. There was another potential bidder for ECW which was DMA Designs but they were banking on the success on GTA before they would invest into an ECW game which was too late for ECW. You can find out more on the Hard4Games video on the ECW game's prototype.

[@PsychomachineryEBM]

At the time Acclaim got the rights for WWF games, so it was like the obvious choice i think

[@TromaDogg]

@@PsychomachineryEBM They got ECW after they lost the WWF rights to THQ, and then just recycled/reskinned their WWF Attitude engine to create ECW Hardcore Revolution.

[@greenmaillink]

Newsgroups? Man, that's something I hadn't spoke of or heard of in ages. The pre-forum days were a different kind of beast to navigate.

[@DuckAvenger]

I didn't think clay fighter would end up on here I remember enjoying it for a weekend rental but I think part of it was earthworm was in there. But I think it needed more balance

[@dynamic3708]

You got to remember, renting for a day and owning it for weeks after the return policy expired are two separate feelings.

[@riczz4641]

These are literally the games my Dad brought me home while everyone else was getting resident evil or Ocarina of time. THESE!! are the ones I had. Now that I'm older I understand that it is probably because he found them cheap. Still have good memories of them.

[@thenamelessavenger]

Insightful rant on Superman. Some excellent points. Couldn't agree more.

[@bulletmagegaming9206]

I didn't think clayfighers was a 1 star game . I got it for my birthday I think... 1998 and I did enjoy the combos , super moves, humor and level designs .. I thought it looked cool too.. oh well

[@rsoffiatto]

Dark Rift is the second game of the "Trilogy of Terror" of bad fighting games. There is an ongoing series by Matt McMuscles searching for the worst fighting game and the first game of the trilogy, Criticom, is still the reigning champion.

[@kchrules775]

Spider-Man 2000 was one of my absolute favorite n64 games. So I rented Superman 64 expecting it to be just as good. Oh boy, I remember getting so mad at the game I was crying

[@HandsomeDomination]

I borrowed Superman 64 from a friend and I was determined to get past the rings. I did but I never could figure out the next part. And I rented that power rangers game once and got my dreams crushed

[@GoemonFernandez]

I have to be one of maybe 10 people in the world who genuinely loved Supercross 2000. I was shocked to see it in this video 😂 Maybe it's the nostalgia glasses

[@kenterminateddq5311]

ECW: Hardcore Revolution hurts my soul like the late New Jack hurts his opponents with a staple gun. It could've been a good game since WWF Attitude was pretty good and I LOVED ECW.

[@Skios]

There's some very surreal pictures out there surrounding that ECW game. Acclaim was also producing an Olsen twins game at the same time, which resulted in them promoting both games at the same time at E3 -- and some very awkward pictures being taken featuring the Olsen twins standing next to ECW wrestlers.

[@InsaneD602]

Clay fighter was mine and my brothers favorite fighting game as kids we loved it surprised to see it here

[@BitestheStuff]

There really should be a new Batman Beyond game. It'd cool if Rocksteady could make one in the style of the Arkham games.

[@Benjamillion]

I was still in middle school when Earthworm Jim 3D released. It was my first experience going in a game with high expectation only to feel jaded, despite only being a rental. The boss fights are not only unfair, but they repeat with different characters. I only made past the second boss (somehow) and asked myself why I was still playing it. I even went out of my way to write an article on how dreadful it was as a late N64 release. Surprised it even got a PC release after the development hell I went through.

[@rawbmar1166]

What's weird is I loved this game growing up. I was surprised to see so much hate for it.

[@user-ct1md9lw9d]

Like most people on Earth, I never played this game or knew it existed.

[@Benjamillion]

@@user-ct1md9lw9d There was a Game Boy Color game that was surprisingly worse.

[@dinohermann1887]

It even was supposed to release on the PS1, but that version got cancelled for some reason.

[@Benjamillion]

@skanderbeg3889 Most likely Interplay wanted the game to make a 1999 deadline before the year was over

[@meyeboy2]

i really enjoyed clay fighter 63 1/3, it was a really fun game and the secret fighters were funny too, my favorite 2 were the snowman and sumo santa

[@JRock-xv3sk]

Man that Sting/Robocop shirt is super dope. I can still remember watching the ppv and Robocop tearing the door off that cell

[@hombredesilla]

Also loving that shirt!

[@jatdb51t]

I like how you got to superman 64 and said nothing about it because you know it's been beat to death already. Good call!

[@nugboy420]

Lol was hoping for a more in-depth about Superman 64… And I got it and then some. Deep review

[@CrazyHomelessWeirdo]

Is it just me or did Nintendo 64 Graphics overall age poorly? Because I've gone back and played some of the grapes the system had to offer like Perfect Dark unimulators and they just look like tushy not very fun to play and I love old school Graphics as much as the next guy in fact I love 8-bit and 16-bit Graphics even to this day I still look back at the games from back then in Marvel at the graphics. But for the most part when it comes to Nintendo 64 I don't recall there being a lot of great looking games on there. But I will say I played the Conker's Bad Fur Day through emulator and it was freaking gorgeous for an N64 game and even just for a 3D game in general. That's the cream of a crop game right there

[@SlavaPunta]

100% agree. I've concluded that the N64 and PS1 is peak "uncanny valley" for game systems. The hardware was certainly the most powerful to date, but not ready for what they were trying to do (and well behind what PCs were doing at the time). The crisp and polished 2D sprites of the NES and more SNES just feel right. But those blocky first attempts of 3D characters / environments and slower frame rates have not aged well. It wasn't until we hit late PS2 and into PS3 where modern console gaming came into its own. Link to the Past (SNES) = still perfect Metal Gear Solid (PS1) = dear god how did I even play this??? It's the era with the largest gap between game design vs hardware supporting it.... for lack of a better way to say it.

[@goranisacson2502]

I find it a little funny that there's recently been a resurgence in the indie market for games in the style of N64 / PS1... but primarily in horror games. Because that kinda makes sense, don't it? The worlds these early 3D consoles drew up looked like fever-induced nightmares, so what better genre to really examine that style than horror games? Well, that and platforners who use the colorful abstract style to draw up worlds that also look bizarre, but not in a spooky way. So yeah- horror games than can push the uncanny polygon-worlds to the extreme, and bright, wacky blocky cartoon-platformers. That seems to be what game developera want to do with this style. But racing games or realistic games... no. They've left this style faaar behind.

[@jeffb.6642]

haha I like how you just kind of threw in the towel at Superman, like we all know how much that game blows hehe

[@coreeeey420]

The ECW game might not be great to play, but it's totally awesome for having the wrestler wearing an Immolation t-shirt🤘

[@thisisjames4474]

I love how the hockey players just emerge out of the ground before battling for the puck. That's how every hockey game should begin for now on.

[@HikariOblivion]

Powerpuff Girls Him and Seek on the GBA was pretty fun at least, honestly I think it's the best game for that series. Also I remember playing Clayfighter 63 1/3 a lot when I was young. There was this kinda neat feature where you could like, knock the enemy into another stage? And I kept trying to find new places to do that.

[@NotAGarage]

Man I love Earthworm Jim 3D!!!!! It was fun and friendly. It wasn't as hard or adult themed as 1 and 2, but man it has the great N64 Rare gameplay. But Rockstar lol I grew up on ECW Hardcore Revolution is so bad 😭 Anarchy Rulz the sequel was much better. It had even more match types, believe it or not. The Dreamcast version is awesome! I actually enjoy it. Best of the Acclaim games.

[@Punchable-Face]

Superman 64 definitely didn't do any favors for DC... lol 😂 thank you Mr.Riggs for the content, you always remain so positive! thanks.

[@sc3ku]

I actually had a lot of fun with that hockey game!! it’s just a re-release of Wayne Gretsky 98. The bad reviews are really because it was a full-price re-release of a (then) nearly new game. Neither as good as NHL 99, but had great arcade-style gameplay.

[@Blas4ublasphemy]

Exactly correct, kind of like the college version of NBA Jam "College Slam"

[@amdsk8r]

My brother and I loved Olympic hockey - I do remember a lot of icing calls but I still have great memories of it.

[@SidMassiveXM]

I can't believe that I got the Sting/Robocop reference. It's like a nerdom niche within a niche from the early 90s.

[@SNESdrunk]

Hahaha, my brother got me that ECW game as a birthday present sometime in like, 2006. I'm sure it cost him $3 or so

[@gantoris3811]

I'm proud to own three of the games on this list. I'm going to make my kids play them as a lesson in checking reviews before buying games.

[@tw8245]

"Avoid it if you can", I have zero idea why this statement left me in stitches. Something about a man being forced into a situation where he has to play any of these games is hilarious.

[@bredenis5]

As an old school WCW fan I LOVE that Sting and Robocop T-shirt man! 🤣

[@justinfuller2039]

You are my favorite retro gamer channel, keep up the great work buddy !!

[@matthewlane518]

John and his kids make the best vids, personally i like open cart surgery, but I watch all his vids😀

[@thegregbooyah]

Love the Sting/Robocop t-shirt, early 90s WCW was wild

[@SpoonHurler]

The "largest" issue Big Mountain 2000 is Cool Boarders came out in the 90s.

[@FretzlemaniaPod]

Nice Sting & Robocop shirt! What a moment in wrestling lol

[@SamuraiKidMusic]

doesn't even need an explanation for superman 64 lol

[@spindoctor6385]

What is racist about the character? Did he run around saying "I represent all chinese people" or something?

[@NickEnlowe]

Agreed. This is why we can't have real comedy anymore. Why does everybody has to judge everything by Current Year standards? It's annoying.

[@pokey4200]

I don't get it either... I mean the entire game is a parody...

[@spindoctor6385]

@@pokey4200 A lot of people's minds have been completey poisoned. You can type "Is (x) racist" into googles and get many results no matter what (x) is.

[@JohnRiggs]

I've seen a lot of martial arts competitions and not one Asian person has ever yelled 'Pork Fried Rice' before attacking.

[@spindoctor6385]

@@JohnRiggs The asians I know find it hilarious, they do not need a white saviour. I might just stick to the old definition of treating people differently because of their race. If you feel the need to extend it to animated video game characters that is all you. Good luck with that.

[@snbks4ever]

lmao the Superman 64 entry was *chefs kiss* because well what can you possibly say that hasn't been said.

[@mistertagomago7974]

Lol at the Superman 64 review. Legit though feels like everyone focuses so much on how you mostly fly through hoops but jfc thats actually the most decent part. The corridor combat sections were where i felt truly baffled.

[@BillBinder]

I would argue if anything could warrant the title Return of the Joker, the movie this game was based on would be it.

[@SonJWri]

Nice shirt! I remember being a young child and thought that angle was the coolest

[@davidfinley406]

"Superman for the Nintendo 64...Superman for the Nintendo 64" Couldn't have said it better myself, lol

[@zwesley23]

The problem was that every N64 game wanted to be Super Mario 64

[@turboshazed7370]

Even Zelda and Starfox?

[@steviecomebacks5541]

I liked Hardcore Revolution. It had an inferno match which was hysterical.

[@JustinLeeper]

ECW was still its own thing back then; WWE hadn’t purchased it (I know they worked together a bit). After Acclaim lost the WWE license due to shady bribes by Jakk’s Pacific, Acclaim had no choice but to go after ECW - sadly with the same convoluted, aging engine. I did a video on Jakk’s acquisition of the license here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIS4ZZWLfZlnaq8

[@chasonthedon]

Liking this series man, can’t wait for more

[@johnriddlebaugh7436]

I thought Earthworm Jim 3D was more fun to play than MK Mythologies. In fact, Earthworm Jim 3D deserves to get remastered (better graphics, better controls, better camera).

[@JohnRiggs]

I'd be cool with that.

[@CinemaStormz]

I love video game play through and review keep up the good work!

[@louyork8379]

That’s a pretty cool shirt ya got there, Johnny Boy. I like that

[@prcervi]

Superman 64 has an interesting history to it at least explaining why it showed up like that

[@JamesFromRedLedger]

Your choice of shirt is worth five stars

[@mightyauxking6435]

Wait a second. Wasn't Mario a racist caricature of the stereotypical Italian American in the 80s?

[@joaogabrielgama4925]

I Had the Clayfigther and liked. It had some problems like bein to easy and absence of a story background with intro and endings, but besides that war really cool. The stages and all the possibilities on then was great. The charaters too.

[@SansWasTheHero]

Same here. It was a lot of fun to play with friends and laugh at how insane it all was.

[@joaogabrielgama4925]

@@SansWasTheHero Agree. Multiplayer was great.

[@attomicchicken]

Can't believe the sht clayfighter is getting. It's one of my favourite games.

[@Tayra_Reberta]

I actually enjoyed the GBA version of Power Puff Girls. It's a side scrolling shooter

[@zero-theaveragegamer1159]

He says that clayfighter has a racist character but doesn't mention in Big Mountain 2000 the only black character is named Brown. Lol

[@DaBigCheeso]

I loved WWF WrestleMania 2000 and Attitude by Acclaim, but it's hard to argue that the THQ WCW games on N64 weren't much more fun to play. I remember being hyped for WCW Hardcore Revolution until I heard it was basically Attitude with an ECW skin and still somehow less fun so I passed. Didn't play it til almost 20 years later and definitely didn't feel like I missed out.

[@RetroRizer]

RoboCop opens the "steel cage" for Sting!! WCW!! Riggs, where did you get that shirt?

[@MetaLHeade666]

nastalgia might be kicking in but PowerRangers on the 64 was fun for me but I will agree it is awkward as hell to play at first

[@julesbailey6770]

All the games showcased in this video are a total bummer and put you at risk for ED

[@PedroBenolielBonito]

'How many times did The Joker get a return?' Still not as many as the Green Goblin...

[@CarbonatedTurtle]

I'd say this list just scratches the surface of 1 star games. The N64 had some of the most incredible games in video gaming history, but a vast majority of its catalogue just doesn't hold up.

[@goon5544]

I think earth worm jim could be an amazing 3d platformer if done right on modern systems.

[@admiralAlfonso9001]

I like how the video more thoroughly explains why the games are bad without dragging it out

[@williamwright9079]

I remember Sub zero mytho. I rented it a couple of times and really wanted to return to it. Controls were a lil nuts.

[@boobonet9088]

I personally really like Earthworm Jim 3D. It was a game i always tried to beat and had so much trouble with. I get the criticism but I liked a lot of that game. I still play it every few months.

[@jonmashburn6228]

Agreed! I loved playing that game back in the day!

[@DJ_BoomBear]

"this fighting game relied on the combo a little too much" my brother in Christ.

[@briantaylor9285]

A one star Earthworm Jim game? EARTHWORM JIM?? That's just criminal.

[@masterquake7]

I liked EWJ3D except for the boss battles which were awful. I'd give it more like 2.5 stars. Those boss battles really can hamper game progress. I also really liked Clay Fighter 63 1/3 too.

[@adamluce1901]

Love the old school sting tshirt

[@streetmagik3105]

*Tony Schivone voice It's Stiiiiiiing!!!!... and Robocop?

[@красимирдрумев]

John Riggs, i love your channel i love your videos and retro games :) . Hi from Bulgaria :) !

[@ashleynewman3360]

That t-shirt made me POP!

[@templar23]

Hey John, I subscribed to your channel when you were sub 1k. And look at the channel now! I am very happy for you, and I hope you get a great 2023. Greetings from Sweden :)

[@JohnRiggs]

that's a LONG time. Thanks!

[@codyseevers6405]

Love the wcw capital punishment shirt

[@matthewlane518]

Omg I love the sting and robo cop t shirt lol

[@H8llguard]

Love the Sting / Robocop t-shirt !

[@JohnRiggs]

Thanks!

[@nugboy420]

My 12yo daughter loves this powerpuff game.

[@commitredrum]

clay fighter 3/5 stars. I enjoyed it a lot.

[@thrice1987]

I don't know about the 64 version but on the PS1 Jeremy Mcgrath supercross game you had a separate "freestyle" mode with huge ramps where you could do all kinds of tricks.

[@cliffjumper1984]

Sting and robocop shirt? Omg. Nice

[@VVJumparVV]

Happy to see Simon from the yogscast is doing a solo career

[@jessehayes8052]

this video gets an automatic 5 star for the WCW Sting VS Robocop shirt, John you my man have excellent taste in everything NWO 4 Life cause lifes just too damn sweet

[@gabrielesquaratti5709]

wait clayfighter IS good also because the chinese character.

[@AdrianMN03]

Love the video and classic shirt I remember when Robocop showed up on WCW back in the day and was allied with Sting.

[@nychris2258]

Pretty much agree with your list, except Earthworm Jim. Its not a great game but I think its at least two stars.

[@FreddieFraggs]

Yeah i agree. I had it for my n64 back in the day. Went back to it just recently through emulation. I am still quite liking it still after these years.

[@explosionsandstuff7787]

I think the main issue most people have with the Olympic Hockey game is that it's essentially a reskin of the Wayne Gretzky game that came out before it. I've got both and I have to admit they aren't wrong.

[@dittm3r]

Was shocked to see my hometown of Michigan City, Indiana appear.

[@s-familystudios1574]

Somehow surprises me that ECW made one star when Backstage Assault exist. Also, no idea where you got the shirt, but I dig it. -Matt

[@JohnRiggs]

Shirt was from Basement Vault who had a booth at Really Rad Weekend. He might have a sales site on Instagram

[@moogibeans9822]

Backstage assault wasnt the worst wrestling game ever. Is more of a hate meme, is repeated so much that its so bad that people have just accepted it's the worst game ever due to it being said so much. It wasnt a great game, but was at least something different and kinda fun as a novelty. Worth getting cheap Nitro was actually bad an unplayable. Definitely worse than backstage assault

[@s-familystudios1574]

@@moogibeans9822 Between ECW and Backstage Assault, I'd argue that ECW is still better. It, at the very least, was as playable as the other WWF Acclaim games of the time. Assault was both weird in concept and clunky in gameplay. Honestly (despite owning it) I've yet to touch Nitro. May need to try it soon lol.

[@moogibeans9822]

@@s-familystudios1574 Backstage assault was crazy clunky, definitely wouldnt say its a great game :p Would definitely agree that the acclaim engine games are better. They get much too much hate these days imo Nitro is bad :p Even after learning the button commands for moves, youll struggle to even pull them off. Theres alot I still like about the game, but it qualifies as a legitimate bad game imo :p

[@rashira9610]

Interesting that the reoccurring theme was fighting and sports games here. 🤣

[@burtonvigil3481]

The N64 has been relevant since it came out. And Clay fighter 63 and a third is a great fighting game.

[@JohnC19902]

Love the videos, dude. Keep it up and best wishes this year.

[@aldoushuxleysghost]

I remember Clay Fighters 631/3. I remember my exact reaction was "more like Clay Fighters 63 and a turd"