Bomberman 64

Bomberman 64

Developer: Hudson Soft    Publisher: Nintendo    Release: 11/30/97   Genre: Action The Bomberman series has always been hailed as great because of its raucous multiplayer. But while the multiplayer antics have kept it in high esteem the single player has been...
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Mario Kart 64

Mario Kart 64

Developer: Nintendo EAD     Publisher: Nintendo     Released: February 12, 1997     Genre: Racing The Nintendo 64’s early months were rough.  After a record setting Christmas the reality of the system’s anemic release schedule hit early adopte...
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Disney’s Hercules

Disney’s Hercules

Developer: Eurocom     Publisher: Disney Interactive     Released: July 1, 1997     Genre: Platform Disney’s Hercules is an anomaly. It’s hard to believe now but once upon a time some of the brightest creators in the video game industry dev...
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Star Fox 64

Star Fox 64

Developer: Nintendo EAD      Publisher: Nintendo      Released: 06/30/97      Genre: Rail Shooter      Platform: Nintendo 64 The early months of the N64 convinced me to never buy a new console near launch ever again.  The release schedule ...
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Goldeneye 007

Goldeneye 007

Developer: Rare    Publisher: Nintendo    Release: 08/25/97   Genre: Fps Goldeneye 007 should not have been a success. There were a number of factors working against it. It was released in 1997, two years after the film hit theaters. It was...
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Gradius Gaiden

Gradius Gaiden

Developer: KCE Tokyo     Publisher: Konami     Released: August 28, 1997     Genre: Shooter I’m not much of a fan of mobile gaming but I do appreciate that it has given shooters a second life in the US.  The slow, agonizing near...
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Mega Man X4

Mega Man X4

Devloper: Capcom    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 10/97   Genre: Action As the 32-bit generation progressed I’ll admit to being a bit dismayed. One by one many of my favorite series were making the move to 3d and the results were painful....
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Soukyugurentai

Soukyugurentai

Developer: Raizing     Publisher: Electronic Arts     Released: February 7, 1997     Genre: Shooter I consider myself somewhat of a lapsed shooter fan.  In the 8 & 16-bit era when you couldn’t sneeze without running into a shmup.  But as th...
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Extreme-G

Extreme-G

With the advent of home console 3d the racing genre literally exploded in the late 90s.  It isn’t like today where we are lucky to get a few sim racers and maybe an arcade racer a year.  Racing games run...
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Harmful Park

Harmful Park

Developer: Sky Think Systems Co Ltd    Publisher: Sky Think Systems Co Ltd    Released: February 14, 1997    Genre: Shooter By the mid-90s the shooter genre had a problem: there were too many!  Whether it was on consoles or especially in the...
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