As mentioned last week, I’m now the owner of a Nintendo Wii and said that I’d be doing reviews on Wii Virtual Console games in comparison to the actual cartridge versions of the games.
Well today I’m reviewing Wave Race 64 on the Wii Virtual Console.
Back on March 5, 2008 I reviewed the Nintendo 64 version of Wave Race 64. The game is awesome, so I wanted to try it out on the Nintendo Wii VC.
The Virtual Console version of Wave Race 64 is pretty much exactly the same as the N64 version.
The visuals and game play are perfect, so I won’t be going into a full review again, however I did notice a few things different from the N64 version compared to the Wii version.
Apparently Nintendo did some small modifications to anything relating to Kawasaki. All the in-game Kawasaki banners have been removed and replaced with banners showing Wii and Nintendo DS advertisements instead.
I also noticed that the Jet Skis themselves have also been slightly modified and bear no Kawasaki logos. I’m thinking this was most likely done because of an expired licensing deal.
The funny thing is back in January of this year Kawasaki Jetski was released for the Wii, so it seems Nintendo is back into some sort of licensing deal with Kawasaki.
My personal thoughts on this is Nintendo should put the Kawasaki logos and banners back now and make it 100% like the original N64 version.
I’m sure Kawasaki wouldn’t mind getting a little more advertising love.
I wonder how many other games Nintendo will be doing this with as more Virtual Console games come out? Any thoughts?
Hey Nintendo fans, check out this amazing video I found while surfing around on YouTube:
Apparently this melody was put together for a Senior Cello Recital at James Madison University back in March 2006. I love how classical this medley sounds.
First Person Shooters. You gotta love them, but have you ever wondered where it all started? Wolfenstein 3D.
This great PC game was the biggest thing to hit the video game market in the early 1990s.
Most older, retro and classic gamers will remember back to the days when Wolfenstein 3D was king.
The only question that remains is whether an old computer game makes a good Gameboy Advanced game?
I’m hear to tell you that Wolfenstein 3D for the GBA is awesome and totally rad. How’s that for a classic reaction?
Listening to the sounds of Wolfenstein 3D you might think you were back playing on your old 486 computer with your shareware version.
The sound is an exact recreation from the original. From the bark of the German Shepards to the “Halt Stop!” of the guards every detail of sound is recreated perfectly.
As for how the game plays, it’s exactly like the original. You’ll go around killing various types of Nazis while collecting ammo, treasure, and keys to make it to the next floor and do it again.
No matter how great the port is of the game, no matter how well they stick to the original, there is one question that will have to be answered for this to work.
The Recycled Gaming website is about the classics… basically video games and console systems that came out around the early 1980’s to the late 1990’s for the most part.
However, my gaming roots go back much further. As of this post, I’m 36 years old and started gaming at a very early age. My first system was the Atari 2600.
Anyway, this evening I was poking around YouTube and came across this 2 minute and 26 second video that covers video games from early 1972 to late 2007.
As you can see from watching this video, there is a ton of classic video game history covered. Systems like the Atari 2600, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Sega Genesis and plenty more.
Even PC gaming is covered. Most would freak out about that but games like Wolfenstein 3D, King’s Quest, Quake and Battle Chess are the roots behind games like GoldenEye 007, Super Smash Brothers and the entire Mario franchise.
I hope you enjoyed this video as much as I did. I love the classics and if you’re reading this, I’m sure you do too. Thanks for stopping by and please come back soon.
One of my favorite NES games is Mike Tyson’s Punch Out. I could play this game for hours at a time and I recently broke out my Nintendo Cartridge to kick some butt.
I’m still working on being able to record my own game play to post but for now check out this video of Little Mac giving Mike Tyson a good beat down complete with a TKO in round 1:
Not sure if you caught it but at the beginning of the video is the pass key so you can jump right to the round where you get to fight Mike Tyson:
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Little Mac is my hero… and now to go play more NES Punch Out because Mike Tyson is waiting for the challenge!!
Here’s a great 14 minute, 47 second promotional video from 1997 showcasing the Nintendo 64 console. It also covers Super Mario 64, Pilotwings 64 and Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire.
Just for a small heads up, once you press play on the video, the Nintendo 64 logo will show up spinning for about 20 seconds, then the magic begins.
Now you’re playing with power!
Watching this video just reminds me how cool the Nintendo 64 was and still is for a classic gaming system.
In recent months I’ve really been enjoying my Nintendo 64 and blowing the dust off some of my games.
To really kick things up a notch, this coming weekend I’ve got some friends coming over and we’ve got a Super Smash Brothers tournament all planned out. It should be some good times for sure.
The NES has a ton of classic games, and this list only covers my top 10 favorites, and in no particular order.
Whether or not you agree with this list is a different story! If there is a game you think should have made this list, let me know in the comments.
Megaman II
The second game in the popular series from Capcom, Megaman II had the coolest robots (Airman, Metalman and Quickman… later games had stranger robots like Pharoahman, Dustman and Topman) and the best music in the series (Bubbleman, Woodman and Dr. Wily stages). Megaman didn’t have Rush or the chargeable buster, but the simple gameplay made it worth it.
Contra
Contra’s fast-paced shoot-em-up gameplay makes it addictive. While Konami can have some hit and miss NES games, Contra was one of their better attempts. Best played with a friend, and of course don’t forget the code for 30 lives (which you can also use in Life Force)! Read the rest of this entry »
