Monster Truck Madness 64 - Nintendo 64 Review - HD

[@Clydesdale87]

One of my all time favourite games on the N64! But you forgot some important points: - First Person camera View with Wheel, etc. - Stupid AI (you can win the later races very easy if you know the shortcuts) - AI can`t use Power Ups - the snow-weather is really cool because the track is complete white after a few laps and you must know the track - the realistic handling is the best, because the trucks feel how trucks and not toys how in newer monster truck games

[@cxx23]

Sorry that I'm 5 years late, but I love your comment. This game is one of my childhood favorites. My brother and I used to basically live in these levels, and I haven't played many games since that rivaled the feeling of these trucks. I'd say the monster trucks in GTA 5 have similar physics to this game, which is amazing that MTM64 was so ahead of it's time. In my inner childs opinion of course.

[@WrecklessEating]

Loved this game as a kid. Spent many nights with friends playing it.

[@madisonjones2714]

Me too! The nostalgia is real with this one!

[@MrBlack-wt5er]

I liked (king of the hill) mode in this game and the nwo truck!

[@SkyMarshallArts]

Did not know this was on the 64. Strange. I played it to death on Windows 95 back in the day though. That rock theme played in the first stage in this video is burnt into my mind. Your reviews are amazing btw, Glenn. Crazy in-depth.

[@frankwest6984]

Definitely, I loved it on Windows! I miss this game.

[@----.__]

Nearly made me fail college! Loved me some monster truck madness. _"Roll over Beethoven!!"_

[@chipweber8116]

Put so so so so many hours into this on Windows as a kid. That theme song lives in my head forever lol

[@jukeboxdude]

This is the only game my dad ever played with me growing up. He didn't play much, but made up for it by taking us to real monster truck rallies as they were still very popular at the time. The driving physics are very funky, but once you figure it out it's quite enjoyable. The map designs and lack of invisible walls keeping you from exploring made it even more fun just to play around on. Friends, family, and I had the most fun just running all over the maps and of course, Summit Rumble.

[@344wishes]

I’m surprised so many people have fond memories of this game. When I picked it up a few years ago and tried it, I noticed very quickly I couldn’t even control the truck. I get that it’s supposed to resemble a realistic feel with how the truck moves but I couldn’t even keep in on the track. I’ve never played a racing game with such broken controls.

[@TopperRico]

That mini game looked a bit like Rocket League.

[@rgb8289]

A bit 😂 it’s identical

[@Bearder]

Loved this game, friends and I had a ton of fun with the soccer and king of the hill modes. Played those modes more than the races in the end.

[@XxxXxx-br7eq]

Same here me and my friends played the heck out of the King of the Hill mode. I love this game and was shocked to see it at the very bottom of one of the worst games in a recent video I watched that rank every N64 game from worst to best.

[@JcaliforniaJ]

What always blew my mind about this game was that the box was gorgeous and yet the cart was plain as you can get.

[@xWORLDxCHAMPIONx]

Box? Cart??

[@braydenb1581]

I have a real awesome memory of my dad with this vampire. My cousin owned this on PC and we used to play with the psychics engine by ramming deches at full speed to trip out the game and you'd bounce all over like 100 ft in the air. One day on a family trip there was an arcade monster truck game on a hydrollic system. Dad and I went inside. He drove for a bit and it was bumpy and fun then I realized it was this old pc game. So I took over and rammed a ditch. We spent the next ten minute flipping so much we basically got a high off of it. When we got out the operator was so confused on what the hrll we were doing in there. I told him and the line up of people kept copying us. I miss my Dad.

[@Thanksforwhat]

The summit rumble mode is my favorite part, I seriously wish there were more arenas. We rented this once or twice in the 1990s, I got it cheap from ebay

[@71dembonesTV]

This game is a cool novelty item just because Microsoft was involved with an N64 game. That strikes me as quite unusual

[@NodakSavage]

How so? They weren’t nowhere near in the home console game at the time and probably seen it as a nice way to make a little side money from the console gamers.

[@71dembonesTV]

@@NodakSavage True, but, you'd think because they weren't in the home console market; they wouldn't waste their resources on making a venture into it. You wouldn't see Nintendo making PC software back then...

[@NodakSavage]

@@71dembonesTV you’re not wrong. But Nintendo never really have tried to hard to be more than what they are. Where as Microsoft would just as soon take the world over. I don’t think Microsoft would even be in the console market if Sega hadn’t thrown in the towel after the Dreamcast honestly. Let’s not forget that Microsoft literally had their name stamped on the Dreamcast.

[@ksldfhjlkdsj]

I used to be wild about some monster trucks. Not sure if you had it across the pond but Monster Truck Madness was a BIG deal here at the time, my dad used to take me when I was a kid and man it was something in person. Seeing the Gravedigger truck on here just brought it all back, They would kill the lights so the arena was pitch black and have it plow thru a wall and tear the course all to pieces with strobe lights and pyrotechnics going off. It would be all I could think about for weeks! I had all the games too. I was so excited when I got the original Win95 one and heard the same corny ass guitar riff you'd hear at the rally in my computer speakers. This one was pretty amazing too. Totally agree with some of your criticisms like the controls but I honestly would have still loved this even if it kinda sucked. I was just tickled to death at the inclusion of rocket launchers and WWF themed trucks. 90's kid heaven right there!

[@n64glennplant]

Funnily enough not far from where I live they used to do monster truck shows but it never really took off even when “extreme” was a big thing here with like jackass, wwf, xgames etc

[@ksldfhjlkdsj]

@@n64glennplant Monster Jam had it's day but kinda tapered off here after while too. I think the post-9/11 rise in fuel prices probably had a lot to do with the decline plus people kinda started writing it off as just a hillbilly thing and it mostly went out of style and I guess turned into something smaller. I'm not really sure how 2,000 Horsepower behemoths crushing cars goes out of style in a place like the USA, I'd totally still go. Also, I'd pay good money for something like this on a current system with modern physics and graphics. That'd be a lot of fun I bet.

[@Lamtitude]

Multiplayer on the hockey, soccer, or king of the ring games were the best! I never really liked the racing aspect of it. In the mini games it would get so intense because you never knew what the physics engine was going to do. Sometimes you would slam into someone and they would be launched 50ft in the air and leave them helpless to stop you. My specialty was king of the ring. So much so that my friends stopped wanted to play the game anymore. It’s almost a guarantee that I will win. We’ve even changed controllers because they were convinced that player 1 was given some sort of advantage in the sense that I would almost never get blown away by other trucks when they hit me. We even swapped trucks or I would let them chose my truck and play as player 2, 3, or 4, but I would still beat them most of the time. I wish they had a rerelease of the N64 version on newer consoles so I could play online.

[@TVindustries5000]

the rumble mode was a blast with 2 players. my friend and i rented this game way back when and thats all we played

[@matthewfarmer2903]

I borrowed this game for about 2 weeks and thought it was bad ass. Such a surprisingly good game. The handling is VERY difficult for an arcade style like game. The multiplayer was fun.

[@n64glennplant]

Yeah the handling is nuts, I’d have liked a much more arcade like feel too

[@XxxXxx-br7eq]

Look up a video that rates every N64 game from worst to best and then see this game in there like bottom 5 or 10 I believe it's ridiculous

[@matthewfarmer2903]

@@XxxXxx-br7eq how is this game even near the bottom?

[@joshgoodwin6682]

dude i got this game as a kid right before moving to the other side of the state i played it religiously i loved and still love this game

[@dylanflowers8116]

This game was fun in the day I liked how you could race monster trucks but my favorite mode was king of the hill and bumping other trucks off the platform

[@PoyoPancakes]

I have some fantastic memories with this game.

[@TekMoliGy]

This game looks freaking awesome. I would have gone crazy for this game when i was a kid if i had known about it.

[@M1XART]

Sadly you did not show game`s mot impressive visual effect. Snow setting actually makes snowflares fall independingly covering the dry land slowly but surery during gameplay. Just imagine seeing something like that on Zelda.

[@Diecastbuffet]

I remember getting this game in 2002,maybe 2003. I was too young to experience the N64 in its prime, but I remember one day my parents bought me the clear orange N64 used. (before it was popular popular) It arrived later at night because the postal service ran late that day oddly. I remember playing this game SO MUCH. One of my favorite ever from the N64!

[@christophermathis9486]

Thanks for another great video Glenn. This was one I was waiting for. Putting in a request for Roadsters!

[@kitsunemetal]

This game was pretty good for its time and i played this a lot i loved how they put in wcw wrestler names.

[@hotdoggington6962]

The racing I could take or leave, the special modes are where it's at. King of the Hill was AMAZING!

[@Larry]

Surprised there was never a top down GTA 64 for the system. You could just imagine what it would look like in your head. Then again, there has NEVER been a GTA game on a home Nintendo console.

[@filipmartinez1162]

Larry Bundy Jr GTA 2 came out on 64, PS1, AND Dreamcast.

[@F0nkyNinja]

There was a GTA 64 in development but it was never released. It was reported in magazines to be shown off at E3 1999 but it never did. Probably Nintendo that said no.

[@64-Bit-Gamer]

Until now.

[@brandonwombacher2559]

I think there was a GTA game planned for the N64 but it was cancelled and scrapped

[@brandonginsburg3120]

@@brandonwombacher2559 Well, aw scrap.

[@polop2301]

my friend had this game on n64 , we'd spend hours and hours playing it. this game was legit.

[@RobiticDuck]

Used to play the pc version of this game. Recently saw a copy of this game for the N64. Excited to pick it up.

[@GamerNRetro]

Loved this game as a kid. Especially the multiplayer arena type games.

[@Culby123]

Want to grow your collection slowly but surely? Every time Glenn plant uploads a review, buy the game. I am up to 32 from his videos alone. Thanks

[@n64glennplant]

+nick culvert glad i could help in my own small way :)

[@Stampistuta]

nick culbert I do the reverse, buy the game then watch the review while it's posted.

[@SeltsamerAttraktor]

63 here, I mostly go by what he reviews positively.

[@nobel11]

I would have loved to have seen Unirally 64

[@filipeconstancia9251]

ahh this intro music, played so much this game.

[@stevenhay7147]

not seen an upload for a while good to see ya back :)

[@n64glennplant]

+Steven Hay I've been uploading :)

[@MrBlack-wt5er]

Yes this does boil down to a great game, with friends this is still playable today and the racing is just fine for one play through..

[@PlungerMettaur]

I remember just sitting in a snow map and watching the snow rise in real time. I thought that it was the coolest thing ever

[@raffaerr2263]

I played it as a kid, i loved the appearance, music and especially the vehicles. But the controls were something i couldnt bear as a kid.

[@metalgenocide4310]

Loved playing this with 3 other people! Played the crap out of the king of the hill mode and sports modes

[@traxus12]

Somehow the rolling terrain geometry and floaty physics remind me of Starsiege: Tribes or the first Halo footage at Macworld '99.

[@n64glennplant]

I’ll have to go back and look at that

[@wrathovgod5099]

this is one of the few underrated games on the N64, almost all reviews were negative... the controls are bad but it doesn't ruin the game, there are also a few less glaring issues... graphics and sound are above average... I rate this 6.5/10

[@mr.orange2179]

Iplayed this once, it was an outstanding game, king of the hill multiplayer was addicting...

[@n64glennplant]

its not bad but not great, the floaty controls really didn't help it

[@lurkerrekrul]

I'd like this game better if there was some actual gravity. No matter which truck you pick, it feels like you're driving on the moon.

[@n64glennplant]

Yeah it’s a bit too soft for my liking

[@tootyuk]

cool review Glenn, you wouldn't know it had licensed wcw trucks!

[@HandlebarOrionX]

Since you're a fellow wrestling fan, (or once were,) what do you think of Lucha Underground? It's seriously good.

[@n64glennplant]

+Orion Ake (Handlebar-Orion X) i havnt watched much of it personally so dont have any solid opinions on it yet

[@peppylafew116]

I use to play this game on pc everyday. Either I was to little to realize they had weapons or the pc version was different from the 64 version.

[@UBR_MXMU]

What port was better??? I felt the n64 (I have that one) was a bit fast paced for me but fun

[@ninguynl]

I've played MTM on the PC back in the day and picked up this one for the 64 for cheap. But how true is it to the original PC games in terms of tracks etc?

[@Clydesdale87]

The PC version (MTM 2) had more tracks, no weapons and a better looking damage of the trucks. Some tracks are in both versions.

[@ninguynl]

I indeed didn't remember the weapons, but other than that it's mainly cut down in contents. Still okay... Thanks for the info :)

[@GameplayandTalk]

I always avoided this one but it actually looks like it's kind of fun. I'll fire it up on the Everdrive sometime and give it a shot.

[@Stampistuta]

I just got this game sent to me for free alongside some games I bought off e bay, happy to here of the WCW trucks. Need to get playing this game.

[@mario64remix]

I would have loved to see Midtown Madness on 64. Probably a bit to ambiguous though.

[@VampireLord1024]

Monster trucks are pretty badass.

[@n64glennplant]

I think so too

[@VampireLord1024]

@@n64glennplant Sweet.

[@Stefandorf]

Do Perfect Dark next time. It's about time ;) You did all the populair and triple-A N64 games, except PD.

[@n64glennplant]

+Jonkhuis Horrorhuis I'm waiting for some equipment upgrades first before i can get around to doing some of those games

[@Ryo]

i really want to play this game with my buddies, even with the downsides it looks really fun

[@Grimgrind1]

You should do another top 5 horror games for a top 5 Friday. I personally find DOOM 64 to be quite scary at times. Alot of people consider the darkness a flaw though with the music the overall gameplay puts you way more on edge compared to the earlier PC releases at the time. Watch your step is very hard to keep your cool.

[@gifthuizlikegod]

I think this game would've been perfect if the handling of the trucks was adjustable. Beginner-intermediate resembling an arcade racer, and advanced having the handling the game ended up with, even so, it's still loads of fun. I got it when it came out in 1999 and still pop it in once in a blue moon. Summit Rumble mode makes it imho

[@n64glennplant]

+Matthew Mitchell yeah the handling is so damn tricky

[@jdaykin73]

Did you hear about WWE Crush Hour on the GC? I think that's a combination of all those things.

[@n64glennplant]

Yeah it is/was

[@zumo2076]

where can I find that one song where before you select your car I think it takes you threw a little preview it's a soft little tune

[@kx250fforlife]

I used to play the shit out of this with my brother back in the day when I was like 8. I think we would free roam and get the spring and try and jump as far as possible.

[@IrishTortillaCody]

Play with steering wheel and peddle attachments for the ultimate drift racing experience

[@Fellipe2k5]

Excelent video Glenn!

[@outerspaceman7534]

I rented this and had a lot of fun. I used to use the NWO truck.

[@nismoau]

Lighting engine definitely looks impressive for a Nintendo 64 game.

[@adamphillip5305]

The Screamer games would have been great additions to the N64 racers.

[@conflicthorizon]

The PC game was fantastic! You can still download stuff for it today. It was more of a sim and didn't have weapons. The N64 game wasn't that great.

[@deita.x29]

I loved this game and I would do the glitch clip I found when I was like seven and thought it was the coolest thing cause you could go into a pyramid like structure I think idk maybe it was a cube

[@bumpndump9643]

it looks very interesting, do you know if the game has macho man truck ?

[@n64glennplant]

+Nicolas Cortés it sadly does not :(

[@u4n273]

Was this a NTSC-only release?

[@Cpt_crabhammer]

I'd love to see you review Mischief Makers

[@Valnoten]

I just played it...and I cant seem to figure out if it is possible to reverse the truck? :P

[@jordanh6439]

AIDYN CHRONICLES

[@CasinoprideOCtech]

Rockstar Games!!!!!!

[@markheaton]

I never played the N64 version but I did play it on the PS1

[@nathanmcdonald610]

+LORD MANC This game was never on PS1. The game you're probably thinking of was called Thunder Truck Rally, (Another great Monster Truck game of the day). But the MTM series only saw life on PC and N64's.

[@n64glennplant]

+LORD MANC could be hardcore 4x4 which was an early ps1 release?

[@markheaton]

***** i got this game confused with Monster Trucks on the PS1 it was a different game just with a similar name

[@tylerchristian75]

Very first game I ever played

[@Spolodaface]

Rocket League: Prologue

[@Daniel__Nobre]

"Roll ooooover Beethoven!"

[@ilcool90]

Not a title that will end up in my game collection

[@PlayerOPS]

This review is wonderful, a madness

[@n64glennplant]

a macho madness - digit!

[@CoolDudeClem]

Monster Truck Madness 2 on PC (which this game seems to be trying to imitate) was much better, better graphics, better sound, better everything.

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

I grew up with the PC version of Monster Truck Madness 2. It's a good time, but man the A.I is so braindead, or at least it is in my current installations with it.

[@stonecoldsteverharvey7862]

Summit rumble was so much fun

[@Alexzw92]

Where was this game when i was a kid?!?!

[@HighClassWalkthroughs]

Love this game bad controls though.

[@AguyinaRPG]

Which Microsoft game would I have wanted? Age of Empires, obviously :

[@GTFour]

I had no idea this was from the Microsoft pc game

[@Vvardenfell_Outlander]

I would have loved GTA2, but the PSX version would have probably beat the pants off of it with its full radio.

[@stevenatorbensonica4653]

6:22 rocket league anyone?

[@Bladeslingersgamepreserve]

I have the PC game so I think I will stick to that.

[@truckfreak4537]

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME DOWN AND DIRTY RACING

[@n64glennplant]

+Eric Blatz yes, yes I think I am

[@cptvendetta5668]

Is it two players

[@silvereloking6149]

nWo 4 life 🤘

[@n64glennplant]

Yoooo

[@insanesmoke9375]

Very frist game ever played as a kid.

[@mrflamewars]

Wanna see some biiiig, chunky pixels? Play the original Monster Truck Madness in software rendering mode. Early DirectX games all looked like that and they were all hilariously ugly.

[@ABlackFalcon]

Yeah, this is a frustrating gamer. It's not terrible, but I don't think it's that good either. The draw distance is awful and makes the game harder than it should be, for one thing... and while I did fine the first Monster Truck Madness game for PC okay at the time, neither one are great. I agree, the 'it's not a sim but isn't an arcade game either' control scheme is kind of hard to get used to. Also, and you don't mention this, the developers were so lazy that they didn't bother to include controller pak saving! It's password only, on the N64! What were they thinking...

[@Matto-5000]

Bad bad game. Wanted to like it so bad when i was 11 in 2002. Still have it.

[@ElectroPotato]

Microsoft Flight Simulator 64 would be cool

[@HelpfulHuntersGuild]

Its not really surprising to see wrestling themed trucks because.. well they were all real monster trucks lol

[@XxxXxx-br7eq]

You want to hear something ridiculous there is a video on KZbin that ranks every N64 game from worst to best I believe there are about 296. Let's face it there are a decent amount of kind of crappy games on the system although I do love it and think there are more good games than most people think. But they have this game in like the bottom five or maybe bottom 10 which is silly

[@alumineonxxx3603]

Team Fortress Classic would be a great game on the N64 (I think that's rockstar)

[@adamphillip5305]

Wasnt that Valve, the ones that made Half-Life

[@alumineonxxx3603]

i dunno

[@CuppaKofe]

BY THE MANY MOONS OF JUPITER, THE DUNGEON OF DOOMS MONSTER TRUCK IS FAR SUPERIOR TO HOGANS!

[@kevinjacome877]

He just say rockstar like it was nothing

[@alvstar84]

Did you ever play WWE Crush Hour on PS2? Pile of poop but another game that bought wrestling and driving together.

[@n64glennplant]

Never played it but I heard it was pretty poor

[@ilcool90]

Regarding Microsoft: flight simulator

[@twistedaxles9126]

Imagine if this game secretly used the engine from the cancelled GTA 64 game (since this game was made by Rockstar)

[@n64glennplant]

Would be Cool

[@twistedaxles9126]

@@n64glennplant i wonder if anyone has tried to find that out.

[@joshgoodwin7642]

finally