Author: Mario Sanders

From my count, I actually played 39 N64 games this year, but the rest of them aren’t worth talking about (i.e. they’re a lot of bad racing/generic sports games). 1. Castlevania 64 The Angry Video Game Nerd did such a disservice in the way he talked about this game years ago. Yes, it can be a bit clunky at times and yes, it suffers from N64 camera, but Castlevania 64 is WAY better than I’ve ever seen anyone give it credit for. If given the chance, I think it’s one fans of the system or the franchise should try out.…

[Editor’s Note: Authors were told to approach their game of the year lists however they wanted, including listing their favorite games they personally played this year regardless of release year.] Like 2022, I played many Nintendo 64 games in 2023. I don’t know the exact number because some were repeats from 2022, but 27 of them were different from last year’s list. 27) World Driver Championship The N64 is undefeated when it comes to bad racing games. 26) Beetle Adventure Racing Justin, avert your eyes! I think what Beetle attempts to do is ambitious, but ultimately, I’m just not a…

[Editor’s Note: Authors were told to approach their game of the year lists however they wanted, including listing their favorite games they personally played this year regardless of release year.] Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, I’ve been a fairly active member in a few online gaming communities. In one of these communities, we hold an event called N64 Mania—a weekly race of a Nintendo 64 game in the effort of eventually playing the console’s entire North American library; as of the end of 2022, we’ve played 175 of 298 games. Through my participation in N64 Mania and other…