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Notefrom racketboy: A special thanks goes out to Ack from this roundup of the N64 fighting library. You may remember his journey through the SNES fighting collection (both the good and the ugly) in addition to a number of other wonderful contributions. I hope you enjoy this guide!

No conversation about fighters on the Nintendo 64 could come without this gem, easily one of the defining games of the console. In typical Nintendo fashion, Super Smash Bros. takes a genre that typically scared off more casual gamers and turned it into something that because a favorite in dorm rooms and parties for gamers of all experience levels.

This is more a mecha RPG with a combat system that reminds me of a colorful Bio F.R.E.A.K.S. than a fighting game, but fans of the genre might be interested. Fights are composed in arenas with pre-constructed characters, though storyline is handled in more the standard RPG fare. Players acquire new equipment to load out their fighters, enabling varying attack means and styles.

Before we begin, I suppose I should note that this is personally my least favorite of all the Mortal Kombat games, 2D or 3D. That said, there are a lot of things that Mortal Kombat 4 did right. First, it included Goro, as did all the ports of the game. Second, it brought us a new stage and extra costumes. And third, since it could use FMV for the intro, bios, and endings, it used the in-game engine to do it.

The audio is great, using a lot of bass, and al speech is digitized, though it is unfortunately only in mono. The lighting is excellent, the graphics are well designed, and the game keeps up a consistently high framerate. Control is well implemented, definitely a step up from the test case War Gods, though it still feels like a 2D Mortal Kombat in 3D. Still, a valid title, worth owning by any MK fans who have a Nintendo 64.

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The continuation of the ClayFighter series brings many new characters, 3D environments, another dose of bizarre and irreverent humor, and a strange mix of styles, including a Killer Instinct Gold-esque combo system and Street Fighter style special moves, parries, and super move bars. Arenas are big, multi-room affairs, giving plenty of space for the twelve fighters to duke it out.

Some consider the Nintendo 64 version superior to the PlayStation in this fully 3D futuristic game of cyborg mayhem. Above all else, it does earn its Mature rating. Combat takes place not just on the ground in a circular arena, but also in the air, from up close to long range. Any of the eight main characters and the two boss characters(one of which is playable) can be dismembered or outright killed.

Dismemberment plays heavily into the control system, as buttons correspond to maneuvers with various limbs. Unfortunately, it is this control scheme that makes or breaks the game, and opinions on it are a very mixed bag. I found it enjoyable, but not so much that I keep returning to it.

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This is a Power Stone clone, through and through, though it does its absolute best to stick to the sense of humor of its namesake. Arenas are settings from the animated series, with even the load screens looking like the cartoon title screen. Players must grab various spawning objects such as recliners or cookie jars and hurl them, go man to man with fisticuffs, or use various stage traps to deal damage to their opponents before the timer runs out. Players only start with Tom and Jerry selectable, though by playing through the game, more cartoon characters are unlocked.

At the time of its release, it was incredible looking, featuring interesting character designs, nice stage detail, and water effects that were realistic for the time. The music fits the theme, and Midway was even good enough to include options to let us listen to it; I wish we could still get that in games. A nice practice mode was included, and the game keeps a large cast.

To add to the problems, character design and stage design lack anything to set the game above the pack. This is a case of a good company, Konami, just making a bad game. This is one to generally avoid.

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Basically, if you took a 2D Mortal Kombat, put it directly into 3D, removed all of the characters and plot and threw in a bizarre story about ten people finding magic stones. And while some of the characters are reasonably based on mythic immortals, such as Anubis or a Valkyrie and gladiator, or an Aztec priest or a Pagan witch, there are a few that will raise an eyebrow, such as the cyborg.

Actually, that little snippet came from Wikipedia, in reference to the original title of the magazine, N64 Gamer. I was under the impression that it had just undergone a name change, not died and returned. Sorry about the mix up.

unless Im mistaken, wasnt the n64 version of MK trilogy superior? other than the controls (PS version better obviously) the PS version often froze when you did a move. It has loads of glitches that the n64 version did not have. it could be some other game though.

Nevertheless, Killer Instinct Gold still holds a place in my heart as one of the best fighters of all time. It was fun to quickly pick up and play, and if you were willing to give it some of your time and train, then the game did a phenomenal job of allowing you to continue to increase your skills with complex comboes and parry moves. It never got stale, there was always room to grow, plus the A.I. was good enough to keep up with you when your friends no longer could. I got really good at this game, but the toughest difficulty settings always provided me with a worthy challenge without leaving me feeling cheated.

Saying that Mortal Kombat 4 is the worst MK game is a truly ludicrous statement, there are many, many terrible MK games out there. The hate for MK4 is just one of those irritating fanboy attempts to re-write history as MK4 is actually a pretty good game, which, whilst never gaining critical acclaim still managed to garner positive reviews across the board in magazines of the time. Most of the criticism of the time was actually leveled at the fact that it played too much like the 2D iterations of the game.

Fighters Destiny is a very entertaining fighting game if you spend the time to learn it fully, it starts off feeling a bit stop-start when you first pick it up but the fluid combos are there if you look for them. The nature of the 1-hit knock downs and throws also help to add a real element of tension to 2-player matches.

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