![]() My name is Victor Salvatore Dellisola IV and I’m a nerd. If you know me, you already knew that. Growing up I was one of those hybrid nerds that enjoyed sports, breaking things and shooting bees nests with airsoft guns as much as burning a hole into my palm playing Mario Party or destroying the Final Four with Mew. Video games were life at one point, and to this day I’ve been known to binge play the shit out of some Xbox (*cough* Fallout, Skyrim, Witcher *cough*). We’re talking pee into a bottle so I don’t have to get up. There was always one gaming system that stood out to me. Nintendo 64. I mean look at the controller… it’s like three bananas trying to Megazord themselves together! ONE CONTROLLER TO RULE THEM ALL! And what… a button on the BACK?!?!? Whaaaaat! It was damn near perfect for baseball games as you had the C-Buttons laid out like a diamond. GLORIOUS! I remember 13-year-old Vic sitting about 3 inches away from the TV screen going blind as he whittled away hours of precious life with the likes of Ocarina of Time and Goldeneye. But the popular games weren’t all I played. Here are 4 N64 games I LOVED that were a little more on the obscure side. Jet Force Gemini – If you took Link out of the forest, gave him some laser guns and introduced characters from the likes of Alien, Star Wars, and Starship Troopers… you'd have Jet Force Gemini. Now it took a while for this game to grow on me, but once it did I was hooked. It’s a Rare game so you can expect great controls. Part shooter, part puzzle solving… it really has it all. The game was as hard as you made it. I remember blowing through it pretty fast, but if you’re a stickler for completing games 100% you’ll have a bit more of a challenge (and will most likely develop a seething hatred for the cute little fluffy crying dickbags known as ‘tribals’). The levels are HUGE A.F. and present some killer stretches. But, three playable characters, a huge arsenal, killer sound effects (cue Banjo-Kazooie garble), a Star Wars-inspired environment and nonstop action made this one a treasure in my collection. ![]() Ogre Battle 64 – This. Game. Rocked. My. Tits! I actually re-discovered it a few days ago and have picked it back up. For a system that didn’t have many RPG’s this might have been the cream of the crop. It was one of the first games that actually made me feel like I was part of the world. All of your decisions influence the way the game world views you and who will/won’t join your cause. Disclaimer: This game is NOT intuitive at all. I don’t even know how I did half of the things I did without the internet. Oh wait yeah I do, Prima’s official strategy guide! LOL. But once you pick up the basics, it’s a blast. HUGE amounts of customization, dragons, knights, castles… A medieval fantasy RPG-gasm. And since there’s no way to get every character or complete every mission in a single playthrough the game is just begging you to play it again. And again. Again again. Vic: “Ok OgreBattle64, that was great! Thanks for taking away 40 hours of my precious adolescent life! I will never forget you Prince Yumil! FOR THE REVOLUTION!” OgreBattle64: “Dude play me again. You didn’t get that werewolf guy and Dio bounced ‘cuz you wanted to fight him!” Vic: “Yeah but Smackdown is on and I have a science test tomorrow… I can’t I…” OgreBattle64: “Do it, you won’t. Screw the test and Stone Cold is hurt anyways.” Vic: “Yeah but…dude, ANOTHER 40 hours?!?!” OgreBattle64: “I’ll give you a siiiiiick random sword drop and a baby dragon on the first board!” Vic: “I love you.” OgreBattle64: “I know.” ![]() Vigilante 8: Second Offense – SAT test question: *Blank* is to N64 as Twisted Metal is to Playstation. Vigilante 8 YOOOOO! This was one of those mindless drive around and blow shit up games. Little plot. No real character development. A 1970’s funkadelic vibe. Just driving around in your vehicle of choice (for me the Mars rover thing driven by a monkey in a space suit). All sorts of neat attachments for your vehicles like water skis, guns n' rockets, special abilities unique to each car, catchy dumb music you catch yourself humming while trying not to fart during the sit and reach test in gym class. Yeah. That’s pretty much it. Mindless fun. Zombie mode activate. ![]() Conker’s Bad Fur Day: And the best for last… Sadly this game has gone missing from my collection. Conker is one of those games you remember exactly where you were and what was going on when shit went down. Like the OJ verdict or 'Force Awakens' trailer release. The first time I realized I could whip out my little squirrel shaft and literally piss on people/places/things I DIEEEEEED. I vividly remember a spit-take of Ecto Cooler all over my TV and surrounding soccer participation trophies. Pretty ballsy of Nintendo to release an ‘M’ rated game as they are usually super family friendly. This game was a puzzle-adventure game, what Banjo-Kazooie would be like if he did nothing but drink and trip on LSD. Parents hated me having it, I couldn’t get enough of it, and it is at least 90% responsible for my real-life character development. I don’t even want to talk about it too much because you should experience the majesty for yourself. Find it. Play it. Love it. #GreatMightyPoo
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