Jet Force Gemini (N64) Review - 20 Years Later
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- Does Jet Force Gemini still hold up nearly 20 years later? I just replayed the entire game, and here are my thoughts on Rare's obscure 1999 bug blaster.
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Seeing 20 years later of this makes me sad.. i loved this so much. I literally remember this game like yesterday. I wish I could be a kid again
Right there with ya
You guys don't have to be kids to have fun. You never had to be in the first place. Don't you remember wishing you were older so you could do cooler stuff? Now you can do everything.
same man :) i love this game
@@anthony3822 I do also :)
You can Take lsd
I don't care what people say about this game, I still love it.
It definitely has never gotten the appropriate level of appreciation it deserves.
Dude, this was one of my favs. The storytelling, the graphics, the guns, the enemy, the way every character has his own special skill, the nice environments in the levels. Pff soo many memories
@@LtMarduunk I missed out on Rare's platformers like Banjo-Kazooie and Conker's Bad Fur day, but I did play plenty of GoldenEye, Perfect Dark and Jet Force Gemini.
Yup yup, I can still play this game and have tons of fun. To bad Rare just abandoned it. I thought with Rare Replay they would have at least made something
Absolutely I got it when it first came out and had a lot of fun with it.
Another game that never got the love it deserved was "Eternal Darkness" on Game Cube ,that game was amazingly awesome.
I would loooove to see a modern remake of this. Clean up the controls, upgrade the graphics somewhere near modern spec. The Metroidvania, puzzle game, and shoot-em-up elements will still hold up, although there is definitely room to expand on them.
They should make a super Nintendo 64
It's coming put soon in the nintendon switch. Not a remake I guess but the same game. I am so excited 😂
Drop it free to play give us some new items to power us up I actually would get with this
And remove the Tribal collection requirement. It's the reason why I never beat the game. I had all of the spaceship parts except for the one you received for getting all of the Tribals.
Still one of my all time favourites.
Definitely one of mine as well. I miss Rare dishing out one great game after another.
Good Old Days Gaming Quite so. Btw, thanks for the great video.
Dan Fennessey same dude
Dan Fennessey same dude
@@GoodOldDaysGaming Late 90s and early 2000s were the golden era of gaming imo. The creative juices were absolutely flowing...ps1/n64 and ps2/gamecube/xbobx era, plus all the great PC games coming out.
The only modern games that recreate that feeling are fromsoftware games ie dark souls series/bloodborne/sekiro
So glad you mentioned the soundtrack. Over 20 years later and I still have most of these tracks in my regular music rotation. Easily one of the top 5 soundtracks of its era.
I still use some of the tracks (specially the boss one) for my ttrpg campaigns lol
I sunk hours into this game and did 100%, loved it! When I mentioned it to friends at school, they were like "Jet Force what? Never heard of it." 🙄
I think it was intentionally over shadowed by DK64 on Rares end.
Such an amazing game. I've never in my life had as much hype for a game as I did for this one. I remember seeing the previews for this on the "hot newz 64" vhs tape, I must have watched it at least 100 times haha. Going back and playing it now, it's not nearly as hard as I remember, when I was a kid I got stuck on all the bosses for ages, especially the final boss fight, that one took me weeks lol.
Bro same I watched that vhs with that goofy guy over and over and over lol. Easily the game I was most hyped for in my entire life. And boy did it not disappoint.
This game and Perfect Dark easily have the best sound track of any game of the era don't @ me
Lets not leave DK64 off lol
It's very good but you can't beat Koji Kondo
Turok 2 baby
@@latiaos11 Sorry but that old fart's music doesn't compare to Jet Force's.
@@latiaos11 Can’t beat OoT. Impossible.
I’m 36 and my cartridge STILL WORKS! Sometimes I pop it in to play, and sometimes I just let it sit there and jam music for me while I do other things.
I will never forget this game i played when i was like 12-13.. im 30 now and can still remember everything in detail!
Same. I think I started playing it in 6th grade and I’m 33 now
I must’ve been in the fourth grade. 30 now
This game is so fantastic. I beat it as a kid when it first came out with no walkthrough. Everything felt so epic. Plus the multiplayer was so much fun, both co-op and versus.
Hands down the most memorable game out of all I've played on n64. I literally searched up the game on youtube found this vid watched it and felt the memories. Oh boy the reminiscing... WHO REMEMBERS THE ZOMBIE MAP WHERE YOU FIRST FINE TRI-ROCKETS?! XD
Yes! The map with the zombies that you are thinking of is called Tawfret.
The arcade was my favorite
😂
I remember finally finding a tribal I couldn't find only because it threw it's hammer at me from off screen to get my attention. That was brilliant.
EdwardERS Haha great!
rare were geniuses when it came to minute details in their games, especially with the limited tech they had back then, like some stuff they did i feel you dont even see these days in terms of pushing the hardware. some drones twitching when killed with flies surrounding them was also a nice touch.
"Juno wears special armor that protects him from temperatures as hot as lava,"
Cool.
"Vella's lungs have been implanted with a device that allows her to breath underwater and in toxic environments indefinitely,"
Weird, but alright.
"Lupus the Dog has rocket legs."
SOLD!
REMAKE THIS GAME FOR THE SWITCH NOW, NINTENDO!!!
Well, at least it's coming to NSO soon
I always assumed Juno could walk in lava because he was the only one wearing pants.
I absolutely love this game. My only issue with it is having to get ALL the tribals to complete the game. Great review bro
Yeah, I really hate that part to all the back tracking to find all those trials is annoying I almost gave up on the game and almost never completed it, but really liked the new areas to explore.
One of my top 10 all time games. A lot complain about finding the tribals but I never thought it was bad it encouraged more exploration and added to the game length
Anthony check it out on rare replay if you can, they added modern controls which allow you to aim and run around at the same time. completely changed the game for me
Abolutely love this game! What memories. My son's almost old enough to be able to play it co-op with him.
This comment is a little too wholesome for a youtube comment section.
I occasionally play Perfect Dark co-op with my daughter... I just ordered this, so this should be a blast....
this game has co-op?
I’ve been looking for a new game like JFG for 20 years
Word
This game was the first game i ever played and it is much much better on rare replay. Just change the control scheme if you play like that.
Man I have been playing N64 only this last month. It was so bad emulated control wise. Controls are fine enough with a real N64 controller on the real system. But yeah I'm sure atm the Rare Replay is the best for quick replays. I have heard some parts arent very hard which is a downside for me. Overall I'm surprised I got used to these controls again
Y2K Savior yea the modern control scheme on rare replay completely changes the experience, biggest issue for me were the shooting mechanics but being able to aim and move simultaneously brings it from a 7 to a hard 9 imo
This was one of my favorite games of my childhood. I used to draw fan art and all that stuff for it. I even tried to create a pitch for a sequel hoping I could send that to Rare and have them use my ideas. I really wish they'd make a remake or a sequel.
Great review of a true and criminally underrated classic... JFG is still one of my favourite N64 games ...I remember playing it for the first time back in 99, reaching Mizars palace with all three characters and feeling dissapointed the game was pretty short... Oh boy was I wrong!
And THAT soundtrack! 😍😍😍Pure bliss.. I still listen it from time to time today.
EDIT: When my bro was playing Jet Force and I picked up the second controller and shot with lloyd or Floyd (can't remember) my child mind was fkin blown.
Jet Force Gemini,
Body Harvest,
Star Fox,
DaiKatana,
Forsaken,
Pokemon Stadium,
Turok 2,
Army Men: sarges heroes,
Dark Rift,
Fighters Destiny,
Hey you pikachu,
WWF No Mercy,
and Spider-Man made my childhood
Ever Misichive Makers? Add it to the list your welcome 😁
I still remember when it came out in 1999. The graphics were awesome, the OST was even better. It took a lot of work to finish it (damn it was hard!!!). No doubt this one goes to my top 3 games of N64 and to my top ten of all times.
20 years later and people still get this wrong: if you kill a tribal, you dont have to restart the whole level just backtrack the area till you get to the door/entrance with the red and green lights on the sides.
The definitive jet force gemini review. Good job. Especially like your description of the controls. They take getting used to but once you do it feels good moing down some bugs.
Great Review! Loved playing this game when it came out. One of my favorite features ,as a kid, was the ability to play multiplayer levels with one player as the robot. Hours of fun collecting bug heads!!!! and good point about that sound track. I never realized how good the music was, but you are right, that was some great music.
This was on of the funnest games I ever played in my life
The ss anubis track is the best. I used to play all the tracks on constant loop cuz theyre that good
For my money it has the best soundtrack of any n64 game. Rares composers were always on another level.
i vividly remember getting this game. it was between this and pokemon snap and i have not had a single regret for my choice every since.
I first played this game when I was about 6 years old but I never finished it cause I thought it was so dang difficult especially the boss fights,20 years later I come to find out you can play it if you buy the rare replay and now it is time to finish what I started!
Did you finish it?
@@MrAndresm900 no lol
I almost did not play this. I was REALLY longing for a third-person space game of this kind, but my first impression when I saw it briefly was not good, so I almost did not buy it. But I was drawn to its space science fiction setting, so I got it anyway. I disliked it for the first hour, mostly because the control scheme felt strange. But after I got used to it, my love for this game just grew and grew. It is amazing, and I am always searching for something else like this, but I have not been successful. It succeeds at being cute and charming and violent and atmospheric at the same time. A perfect game for me!
I honesty looked up this video because I was thinking about the music.
Excellent review! This was one of my favourite games when I was a wee guy. The music segment in particular was tickling my nostalgia bone. Thank-you for the upload.
This is one of my favorite games of all time. The music especially is absolutely fantastic! I still go back and play this game every once in a while.
Please god if you are out there, a sequel or remaster would be life fulfilling. Just imagine, this, but modernized, with way more bugs to shoot, maybe more gun options but not really, and way more graphic blood, guts, gibs, doodads, you name it.
Oh snap, I just subscribed.
I love that you featured both the SS Anubis and the Eschebone theme--those are the exact songs I think of when I think of epic video game music. And the Water Ruin theme I heard you used earlier in the video. Ahhhh I loved this game so much.
22 years later and the music still gives me the chills like back in 2001 when I first played this game 💙
Those were the good old times💙💙
I remember playing split screen multiplayer with my brother with this game. Damn takes me back
Yes!! Loved shooting each other xD and reading radar map
Possibly the best game on the n64. The worlds are massive with tons of secrets, both mandatory and not, the music makes Robin Beanland one of the best composers in rare and thats saying something! You should also bring up the difficulty as this game is a behemoth in that aspect. Gone are the managable difficulty of dkc and banjo-kazooie, this pushes the difficulty to its length without going battletoads on our asses.
It is the best in my opinion.. and so is the soundtrack.. atmospherically, every stage makes you feel like you are really there.. at least it did in 99
Great review! We just covered Jet Force Gemini too when we compared it to Metal Arms, in our last video. This game is definitely one of our all time favorites!
Don't forget the multiplayer mode where you can battle each other 1v1 like Golden eye, man my and my brother played that mode alot
Still one of my all time favorites. Rescuing those bears was a tough task. Got stuck on the mantis battle and final boss. They should remake this game with updated graphics or maybe a sequel. I wouldnt mind if they added in a few new enemies and weapons too. Maybe even some skill perks.
lotta remakes dont capture the original atmosphere of the game, i prefer the low poly look. this games aesthetic stuck with me as a kid all the way to now. only thing i wished they fixed were the controls which they did on rare replay and now its just short of perfect
This game was a gem, i feel that your comment on the graphics is pretty accurate, saying it wasnt too apealing even at the time, but i wish you mentioned some of the other aspects of multiplayer in this game, like that robot you could use to play adventure mode as 2 player and the battle arena, back in the day that was value in content, not many adventure games allowed you to play coop in any way and not every adventure game had a multiplayer mode included
This is true. I loved finding those hidden totems in each level and unlocking new multiplayer characters. In hindsight, I wish I brought it up as well.
I somehow beat this without a guide as a youngster. I remember thinking that guy was joking about saving ALL the Tribals and the difficulty I had with Mizar at the end. The dam on that electricity is crazy!
Crazy this game wasnt popular. All of my friends and I played this game, and loved to play multiplayer split screen, whether it was co-op or versus.
Having co-op is amazing for any game, and we even had it BACK THEN
This and LOZ were my go to N64 games. I played it at a friend's house when I was 8 and had to have it. I still go back and play it when I can. Trulyp an underrated Rare game
same here. but the games came when i had 13 year old. JFG and OOT the best console games i've had in N64 between 1998 to 2004.
I still found fun in the game, but finding the damn Tribals did drive me nuts. Especially in one level where I found the last two completely by accident by throwing a flare. Damn dark rooms.
Wow, I've never seen your videos before, but that was a fantastic review Bill! You really have a knack for this that made the video consistently informative and engaging - awesome stuff =D
I still get the Rith Essa music playing in my head 25 years later. Fit the stage perfectly.
OMG I haven't played this game since I was 4 and I still love it to this day! Such an amazing game! 10/10 No matter what lol
I love this game so much. One of the 8 N64 cartridges I owned. Never got to beating it though.
PlayBlast same and even now i have yet to beat it :/
Kulima I'm gonna beat it one of these days
so glad to know people love this game. Yes a few forgivable rough spots but it has such an epic feel and is a very wortwhile time once you adapt to it's requirements. Spot on review
Very underrated game I was born in 99 so I never got the experience of all the cool classics when they first came out, the first console I ever played was the Ps1 I started at two years old it's quite a suprise when I look back on it because I use to play with my older brother, then the second console I played was the N64 in 2002 the first two games were super mario 64 and WCW nwo revenge, third I played the Gamecube in 2003 when my brother's father bought it for him as a Christmas gift, oh and 03 was also the same year when we first got Jet Force Gemini and Rampage, Ps2 was the fourth console I played and really had fun with my childhood with that, I still play a couple of new games here and their but they just don't interest me as much as the older games, great review and I still love this game.
I grew up with the Ps2 and all the handhelds. The old games back then were good. But honestly modern games now are even better, great graphics and framerates. I honestly would rather have higher framerates now, something that old games couldn't keep up with.
While we played tons of GoldenEye back in the day, we played Jet Force Gemini even more! :)
I tried to show this game to some friends of mine but they fell asleep so i guess it's not for everyone. However, i love this game so much because of the dramatic music and the slightly mature theme. I think a lot of people are still waiting for a sequel with modern technology
Zafire Dragoon I tried showing some friends too but their complaint was about dated graphics and blah blah..this game is a gemm man. This game was bought by mistake at blockbuster for .99 and it was the best buy I've ever had
@@notsosure5924 I hate when people think lowly of a 15+ year old game just because of it's graphics. It was the best they could do at the time.
I will continue my campaign of asking Rare to bring this game back whenever they tweet something.
sadly doubt that would ever happen. the original already went way under the radar even for how good it was, and i already know a new one would be half assed and not at all the same vibe this game gave off
One of my favorite games of all time.. Me and my dad played this game casually for about 4 months before we 100% completed it after several campaign restarts. He's in his 60s now and I hope someday me and him can play this again.
Coming to Nintendo Switch Online in December!
I remember renting this from the video store on a rainy weekend when I was a kid and being like meh.. I was probably too young for the control scheme, I think I need to give it a second chance ! Thanks for the review.
Excelent review, im actually looking to buy a n64 to play all the good games included that
I remember having a VHS tape from Nintendo Power advertising this game. I wish I still had that tape, but at least I still have my original cartridge and the Player's Guide buried deep in my closet.
Ahhh i remember coming home from school, pouring myself a stiff Sunny D glass and hitting up the Ant Disco to unwind lol
I just bought the cartridge. I missed playing this and can never comfortably play it on emulation software or the Wii (Not64, more like Notworthit64). I gotta have that authentic experience. I have the console again and I still own the box, instructional manual, and strategy guide+poster for it. I was holding out for an Everdrive, financially that will probably never happen. So I bought Jet Force Gemini for the N64 for way less and now I own it, it's in the mail but I own it; a part of my life will be complete again. I am so excited to play this, just watching the footage for it has me hyped, so much that I'm spending a good chunk of time typing this out. Great job on the video, I appreciate the format and the presentation, thank you!
I remember having a lot of fun turning the drones against each other by friendly fire, it has been a long time since my last playthrough!
The Music is like if Star Wars was composed by Danny Elfman.
It's hard not to compare this to Star Wars, doesn't bug (get it) me, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. There are even things that make me wonder if Lucas or someone he was working with played this game while working on the Prequels.
This was the most mysterious game I ever played. I got far but never beat it. Felt so immersive and funny. And one of the the first games I can think of with different planets you could go to
The expert control scheme in this game is absolutely perfect.
The use of holding R to switch to tank control mode and using the C buttons to move was so forward thinking and really makes the game.
It’s also really nice that you can jump while strafing, especially when running. Not possible on the normal control scheme due to button assignments.
Expert feels so fluid and well designed. You’re used to it by the end of level 1 if you mess about just a bit.
I’ve played through the game with both normal and expert controls many times, expert is the best.
I literally never thought of this game again until a video recently showed off the box art. Last time I played this game I was 4 years old
This game was my life when i was a kid
Same here bro!
How much time I spend in SS Anubis only for the fking music God damn I love this game so much
This game was ahead of its time for sure
My god the music was amazing 🤩 Great Memories
lol, dat music hype. 10/10 review.
The 2 player coop with Floyd is legit
LOVED THIS GAME! AND MISCHIEF MAKERS!
The music & sound effects were really on another level. The one you highlighted, the SS Anubis music, easily one of the best too.
Jet Force Gemini is one of my favorite games on the N64. I will always love it.
Omg my mom bought us this game randomly and we absolutely loved it we lost it a year later when we moved to a new house (along with our Sega and all but one of our Sega games, Street Fighter 2) but I never forgot about it. This game and A Haunting are two great games that don’t get talked about enough.
One of my favorite games from RARE, the music is so good!
I know I late to the comments section here but damn, that was a really great review. In depth, honest, unbiased, and concise. Thanks for not wasting my time and for the work put in for a REAL review. Subbed. 🤨👍
I dodnt realize thos was such a late release in the 64's span. I remember this being a contra (lite) for my N64, because as a kid the controls were challenging for me, and I would die a lot but I pushed through because it had so much fun playing it. With the perfect auto aim system, varied arsenal, and the super jump/jet pack action, I could just run around and blast bugs all afternoon despite all the restarts. Great job on the video.
I can still play this game today and still have a lot of fun.
One of my all time favourites. Thanks for the video. So many good memories with my brother playing this game.
This was a really good game for its time! I gotta admit! When I was a kid this game was my go to, never could figure it out though when I was little I couldn’t find all 12 parts for the space ship 🚀. I love this game so much I’m gonna buy it and play it
Honestly, this game would be fantastic with modern controls and better graphics. It feels like a predecessor to Ratchet and Clank in some ways.
Music "Easily 10 / 10"? That's quite a praise for a soundtrack that rarely gets mentions on its own. 🤔
The first game I played for N64. A family friend gave me and my brothers an N64 in October 99. But the console didn't come with a game so my big brother Melvin went to GameStop and bought JFG. The game was awesome
Loved this game, but that damn mantis boss man. I remember seeing Adam Sessler from Xplay said on TV once one of his most memorable moments playing was this game and that boss. He got stuck on it too and had to get his friend to play and blew all the ammo down to the puny infinite pistol and got so excited and anxious and finally beat it, "that was my most intense moment and I wasn't even playing". I yelled YES ME TOO because I also had to get a friend to beat it the first time. MEMORIES.
That intro blew my mind back in the day ❤ I was ready for adventure in the load out screen . That music is awesome and made me feel ready to kick butt 🎉
I got to the end but i didnt bother saving all the tribals. I collected so many tribal heads lol
It's a masterpiece. A remake or sequel that stayed true to the OG would be amazing.
One of the best games ever made. Still can play it and never get bored.
Great review! I have noticed that i have totally forgotten about this game... i never heard of it anymore and im pretty surprised alot of people arent too fond of it!
-As a teen when this got released, had an amazing time playing it with my brother and friends!!!
This is one of my favorite games on N64.
The soundtrack did an excellent job of making you feel like you were playing through a war zone which is not something that I would typically experience when playing an arcade shooter.
I bought this game about 6 months ago, and I still haven't beat it. Though I don't use UA-cam videos. I'm about halfway through. Funny story, I found out about this game in a Nintendo Power exclusive VHS tape promoting the game along with DK64. lol
This is still one of my all time favorites
God... I sunk so many hours into this game when I was 12 years old... I couldn't recall it much for some reason, I just remember that I did quite enjoy it and played it a TON but I don't believe I ever managed to collect ALL the tribals... But the music, I really forgot how good it was.
I've still got the OG N64 cart I had my parents buy me in 2000. According to it, I've logged over 40 hrs into 1 save file, but that's probably mostly with me constantly revisiting old areas and stuff.