{"id":855,"date":"2016-04-30T11:00:52","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com\/blog\/?p=855"},"modified":"2016-04-30T11:22:35","modified_gmt":"2016-04-30T11:22:35","slug":"onm-remembered-345","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com\/blog\/?p=855","title":{"rendered":"ONM Remembered – #345"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Enthusiastic voting by Andrea earned Tamagotchi World its chart position, proving once and for all that democracy is a dangerous tool.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nfrom N64 Magazine issue 13 (March 1998)<\/p>\n

A year after the console’s release, the staff of N64 Magazine got together to decide once and for all (until next year)<\/span> what the top twenty games for the system were. Some of the choices and positions are a wee bit questionable (Yoshi’s Story<\/i> is ranked above Mischief Makers<\/i>?!)<\/span>, but for a console’s first year it’s not a bad little selection. It’s got a hearty variety of genres, with racing games, sports, games, first-person shooters, 2D and 3D platformers and… miscellaneous! It’s a fun and entertaining read, not just for the reviews but the amusing journey towards making their decision. And the various attempts to ditch the Aero Gauge<\/i> cart.<\/p>\n

Today also marks the 20th anniversary of the Nintendo 64’s release in Japan! For all the griping and gurning I’ve done about the console over the past four years, I inevitably have to make that pathetic turnaround where I say I like it, really<\/b>! The jump from 16-bit to fully-fledged 3D graphics was an exciting time for video games, and Nintendo entered it with a heap of gusto and grand ambitions. Their big franchises made the leap in exciting new ways, and even missteps like the 64DD and Yoshi’s Story<\/i> at least showed innovative ideas that you could argue were ahead of their time (though you could also argue what joker thought this was a satisfying follow-up to Yoshi’s Island<\/i>, come on)<\/span>. It also unfortunately marked Nintendo’s fall from its monopoly on the market, its ill regard amongst third-party developers and its reputation as a console for babies… but yo Star Fox 64 was pretty rad, right???<\/i> Totally makes up for all the mistakes, surely.<\/p>\n

Happy birthday, N64! Don’t drink and drive!<\/p>\n

(only after this got published did i realise April 30 2002 was actually the date it got discontinued<\/i> in Japan. it wouldn’t be Random Hoo Haas without glaring fact-checking faults. whoopsy doopsy!)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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