Extreme G (N64)

*A review of Extreme G for the N64 which primarily focuses on the single-player experience.* As a futuristic racer, Extreme G is fairly forgiving; should the G-Bike fall off the course it's recovered, and when the shields are low this equates to a greater speed loss when hit by enemy fire, so no elimination in the game. However, there's no sabotaging the race either! Extreme G is a lightning quick racing game, though perhaps too fast for it's own good. The handling is tricky to get a feel for, yet the loss in momentum seems minor when driving against the track barriers. Also, not only is there the obvious fogging, but the frame-rate takes a knock ...  Read the complete review

Extreme G Extreme-G is a futuristic combat racing game played across 12 rollercoaster like tracks. Up to four players pilot high-tech, heavily armed motorbikes in an intense, fast-action racing experience. Extreme-G combines furious Rumble-pack driven combat, imaginative weapons, 12 beautiful tracks over 4 different worlds, and twists, loops, drops, and corkscrews at speeds that will leave you reaching for the barf bag. Well thats what the say on the back of the box but that is completely wrong. The over all graphics for the N64 are disapointing but for this came you have to squint your eye to figer out if it is a moterbike or something eles (ok not that bad ...  Read the complete review

Extreme G Extreme-G is a futuristic combat racing game played across 12 rollercoaster like tracks. Up to four players pilot high-tech, heavily armed motorbikes in an intense, fast-action racing experience. Extreme-G combines furious Rumble-pack driven combat, imaginative weapons, and 12 beautiful tracks over 4 different worlds, and twists, loops, drops, and corkscrews at speeds that will leave you reaching for the barf bag. The graphics for the game aren’t as good as expected, but the gameplay is actually superb for a N64 game. The computer isn't that hard to beat in the beginning but it gets harder through out the races. Even though this game is a bit ...  Read the complete review

It's very rare that I find a game I dislike, but this is one of them. I love racing games generally, and ones like Star Wars racer and Mariokart 64 really show off the power of this console, but as with every machine there are games that seem to have been developed for the sake of having another racing game. This feels very much to me like a game that has been developed just because there weren't enough racing games on the N64. The entire game looks and feels hurried and badly written. The handling of the bikes is abysmal. It take a very long time to get the hang of turning without hitting everything in site. With some games, this is a ...  Read the complete review