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The third-person shooter follows three protagonists – the twins Juno and Vela, and their dog Lupus – who form a galactic law enforcement team. Jet Force Geminiĭepending on who you speak to, Jet Force Gemini is either considered an underrated gem or one of the worst examples of an overlong collect-a-thon on the Nintendo 64.
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That feels like a real shame for one of the zaniest titles of the Nintendo 64 and, hopefully, it will get a futuristic update someday. The title spawned a 2D Game Boy Colour remake and a later Playstation port, but didn’t generate enough sales to ever get a proper sequel.
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The game isn’t quite as finessed as the likes of Banjo-Kazooie, but made up for it with its imaginative and funny gameplay. You play as Evo, a robot who’s smashed to pieces but can use his remaining microchip to possess random animals and use their different skills to solve puzzles and advance through each level. The ship suddenly reappears in the year 3000, when it’s discovered the animal cargo has merged with the station technology, creating creatures such as rocket-powered penguins and a fox on wheels. Space Station Silicon Valley begins in the distant future of, er, 2001, when a space station housing animals mysteriously vanishes after being launched into orbit. Space Station Silicon ValleyĪnother of DMA’s early projects was one of the strangest – but most imaginative – 3D platformers of its era. Whether it’s a direct sequel or a spin-off, it’s certainly something to watch out for. It was recently reported that Xbox’s new studio, The Initiative, is working on a game set in the Perfect Dark universe as part of its mission statement “to do new things (and old things) in new ways”. There have been attempts to revive the franchise, but 2005’s middling prequel Perfect Dark Zero didn’t quite stand up to its predecessor, and the original game introduced a lot of interesting features that could do with a revival on a modern console. Even with the help of the RAM booster pack the game was a challenge for the Nintendo 64 to run, with a frame rate that dropped perilously low if too many things exploded at once. Perfect Dark felt bigger than GoldenEye, but that was partly the problem. Considering it was released in 2000, the game was way ahead of its time, with a creative variety of gadgets and fun, split-screen Counter Operative mode where one player took the role of a random enemy while the other tried to finish the campaign as the main character. How do you follow-up a game like GoldenEye 007? The answer for Rare was Perfect Dark, a sci-fi shooter that ended up becoming one of the most ambitious titles on the Nintendo 64.
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With Pokemon Snap getting a sequel, perhaps the Stadium series could be set for a revival. However, a modern sequel could work if it lent more heavily into the mini-games, which would fit well with the Switch’s co-op capabilities. In an era when you can see 3D monsters wandering about freely in their natural habitat in Pokemon Sword and Shield, it’s questionable if there would be the same demand for a Pokemon Stadium game now. Stadium was also notable for its memorable mini-games, including the Ekans hoop toss and a Lickitung sushi-eating contest, which were playable by up to four people.
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As well as brawling with the creatures available in-game, Pokemon Stadium also came with a transfer pack that let you emulate your Game Boy on the TV and even transfer Pokemon caught in Red and Blue over to Stadium to see them battle in chunky 3D, polygonal glory. While many people are over the novelty of watching Pokemon battles take place in three dimensions, back in 2000, it felt groundbreaking.