I had no awareness of the movie it was based on, but I enjoyed the game immensely. 1997’s GoldenEye was always one of the games we rented. My family did not own any gaming consoles when I was a kid, but every summer, my parents would rent a Nintendo 64 from the local video store and a few games for me and my siblings to enjoy for a week. Phil Hornshaw, Senior Writer GoldenEye (N64) At the time, Perfect Dark was truly a next step in console shooter evolution, even if it was held back by the absence of a second analog stick on the N64’s controller. Great, fascinating maps like a multi-story parking garage, weirdo weapons like the Farsight and the Laptop Gun, the ability to take on bots in multiplayer matches–it all expanded the N64 shooter experience in phenomenal ways to create a couch co-op experience beyond the likes of just about anything else. The follow-up to GoldenEye was bristling with great ideas that pushed the FPS genre forward during its nascent console years. What GoldenEye started on the N64–the creation of a truly excellent multiplayer first-person shooter on consoles–Perfect Dark ran with. Chris Pereira, Senior Editor Perfect Dark (Nintendo 64) But that won’t stop me from dreaming of having access to the defining wrestling game of my childhood on a modern console. Sadly, given the rights issues with a licensed game like this–just the WWF name alone might pose problems–a re-release on Switch Online (or elsewhere) seems highly unlikely. With a more extensive create-a-character, a single-player Championship mode with branching storylines, a huge slate of match types and wrestlers, and matches that could take place in backstage areas, No Mercy was brimming with variety, making it a dream game for wrestling fans. It expanded on the foundation established over previous beloved games like WCW/NWO Revenge and Wrestlemania 2000. Gabe Gurwin, SEO Editorįor my money, there was no better era for wrestling games than the N64 days, and the best of those games was WWF No Mercy. Developer Rare’s acquisition by Microsoft has probably killed any chance of another game–though you can play a DS version–but it’s a must-have addition to the Nintendo Switch Online lineup. With a more open layout, support for karts, hovercraft, and airplanes, and even a story to complete when not racing against friends, Diddy Kong Racing was a more complete and varied offering than Mario Kart 64. But those people are wrong, because Diddy Kong racing actually surpassed it–at least when compared to the Nintendo 64’s Mario Kart 64. In fact, some may argue that no other kart racer can compare to Mario Kart.
Since it effectively kicked off the genre in the early ’90s, the Mario Kart series has been the king of kart racers. Below, we’ve picked some of our favorite missing Nintendo 64 and Genesis games, including ones that seem like surefire additions and a few that we’ll probably be waiting forever to see on the service. Presumably, like the NES and SNES offerings on NSO, more games will be rolled out over time, and there are several notable omissions from this initial batch that we want to see included with a future update. The Nintendo Switch Online subscription service is getting a new tier, dubbed Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack, and it includes access to a sizable selection of Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis games.