Dudley of Yesterzine | Nintendo Official Magazine Issue 75 - Yesterzine 34 - "Toddler Looking for Attention" @Yesterzine | Uploaded October 2021 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
The N64 was having trouble following up a strong start in the UK. But in July 1998 a Rare produced cartoon platformer, a blockbuster arcade conversion and.... a preview of a Rare produced cartoon platformer promised a 2nd wind.
Is the cartoon platformer good enough? Does an arcade conversion cut it as a genre in 1998? And why did the 2nd cartoon platformer take 3 years, 2 name changes and one massive tonal shift to see a release?
Guest Reviewer : If you need her, you'll find her.
A tip of the fin to Coffeehound RetroSharka for some much needed research assistance. Find out what happens when she does it for her own videos at youtube.com/c/coffeehoundretrosharka or check in on twitter @sharkabytes
See the full look at 12 tales here - youtube.com/watch?v=dDnvVbdEs7c
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Bonus Fact for Scrolling : Rare were bought by Microsoft a year after Conker and have been predictably largely exclusive ever since. Their first thing for MS was that Conker remake and if you want to torture yourself it's in the Rare Replay pack and works on every released Xbox version. There's essentially no difference in the single player.
Also yes, I twice got the name of the game technically wrong, there's no "and". I KNOW.
The N64 was having trouble following up a strong start in the UK. But in July 1998 a Rare produced cartoon platformer, a blockbuster arcade conversion and.... a preview of a Rare produced cartoon platformer promised a 2nd wind.
Is the cartoon platformer good enough? Does an arcade conversion cut it as a genre in 1998? And why did the 2nd cartoon platformer take 3 years, 2 name changes and one massive tonal shift to see a release?
Guest Reviewer : If you need her, you'll find her.
A tip of the fin to Coffeehound RetroSharka for some much needed research assistance. Find out what happens when she does it for her own videos at youtube.com/c/coffeehoundretrosharka or check in on twitter @sharkabytes
See the full look at 12 tales here - youtube.com/watch?v=dDnvVbdEs7c
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Bonus Fact for Scrolling : Rare were bought by Microsoft a year after Conker and have been predictably largely exclusive ever since. Their first thing for MS was that Conker remake and if you want to torture yourself it's in the Rare Replay pack and works on every released Xbox version. There's essentially no difference in the single player.
Also yes, I twice got the name of the game technically wrong, there's no "and". I KNOW.
