2012/3/27: Nintendo 64: NHL Blades of Steel 99, NHL Breakaway 98

Postby **VideoGameCritic** » March 27th, 2012, 7:06 pm

I'm always up for hockey. Sorry these two aren't very good.

Viper821 · Postby **Viper821** » March 27th, 2012, 9:16 pm

Total agree with both reviews. I can't believe I actually deluded myself into paying $20 to get NHL Breakaway '98. All I can remember was the very uneven frame rate and how hard getting a basic shot off was. Bottom line: stick with NHL '94 for some old school hockey!

Weekend_Warrior1 · Postby **Weekend_Warrior1** » March 28th, 2012, 2:18 am

Well... NHL 99 on the 64 was pretty good, I thought.

Blueguy1 · Postby **Blueguy1** » March 28th, 2012, 1:53 pm

Any good hockey games on the N64? Guess not. Though unlike the critic I love Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey (1996 original)!

nesfan1 · Postby **nesfan1** » March 28th, 2012, 3:40 pm

As a huge of the original Blades of Steel, it's too bad to hear about Blades of Steel '99.

ShadowAngel1 · Postby **ShadowAngel1** » March 30th, 2012, 4:21 pm

[QUOTE=Blueguy]

Any good hockey games on the N64? Guess not. Though unlike the critic I love Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey (1996 original)!

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There aren't many hockey games on the N64 to begin with:
Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey
NHL '99 (ok, but worse then the PC and Playstation versions)
NHL Breakaway 98
NHL Breakaway 99
NHL Blades of Steel 99
That's it

I guess Wayne Gretzky can be a fun arcade game, but i prefer NHL Rock the Rink on the Playstation or the 2 on 2 Open Ice Arcade game over that.

When it comes to sports games the N64 was really horrible. I think except for ISS 64, ISS 98 and NBA Courtside 2, those were good games.
(of course if you count wrestling as sport, you have a few awesome WCW and WWF games as well)