Most of this video is a grossly hyperbolic modern take (the kind of material that feeds revisionist history), but the biggest head-scratcher is how anyone can discuss Carmageddon 64 and fail to mention the zombies being replaced by generic little dinosaurs in the international versions. That is the first thing to discuss when exploring the game's stunning history with bad censorship.
Vigilante 8 encouraged conflict resolution through violence? So I guess Link talked it out with Ganon and Samus came to an understanding with mother brain.
I feel like you’re really padding each segment out by trying to list reasons the games sparked debate. Some of these are just bad. Blues Brothers 2000 did not spark “discussions on integrity” of licensed games. That just sounds ridiculous.
A lot of evidence there for why we need to stop listening to "critics". Also, I'm convinced half of these mentioned controversies and discussions around whatever hot topics are just made up and/or have been rewritten and misrepresented by people editing this information online in modern times to suit their own ideologies and agendas. I was there in the '90s playing these games, and I don't recall half the level of controversy for most of them you mention here, and certainly not talk of stuff like "cultural appropriation" and so on. Who knows, but I don't trust half of the "facts" I read online these days, especially anything from "critics" and such. Either way, it's all overly sensitive trumped-up nonsense.
With all respect, this dude did a nice search of videogames for the N64 and videofootage of them (which is hard to come by), but every comment in every game is filled with today´s agenda. I mean, it´s like saying that there was controversy with The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, with Ganondorf being black, like saying is a racist game or some bs like that. I don´t recall controversies of this kind, Turok 3 was a masterpiece for the time, Jet Force Gemini had a lot of violence and dismemberment of the ants, nobody said anything about them, there was controversy that the blues brothers game was only for rental in blockbuster, like a Clayfighters game and a Hercules one (if I remember correctly). It is better to look yesterday´s game with yesterday´s eyes. Let us be grateful that we were able to enjoy them at the time :-)
If you think people TODAY are "senstitive", in 90s they said videogames make kids shoot up schools, they had bloody Doom and Night Trap developers testify in front of boomers in congress. And don't get me started on conservatives trying to cancel Mass Effect for a sideboob. There's a lot of manufactured non-scandals now though, but mostly by online wingnut grifters, not GOVERNMENT.
Well of course you don't remember the controversy. You were 12. That aside, just like today specific controversies were only in the news for a day or two before moving to the next thing. There WAS a very loud and angry group of conservatives trying to say games caused violence, kids will go crazy, lose their attention spans. And there was a much smaller group who cared about social issues like representation of minorities and women. It was on the news many times, it was talked about by politicians in DC. Congressional representatives held inquires where they questions people involved. You probably don't remember the controversy around a lot of things, because why would you?
@@eddybrocato2722what?He is literally talking about criticisms given by people of "yesterday" and a bunch of what he says is "yeah this game sucked on n64, but not on PC and people hated that." Like look at the section on forsaken 64. And The next section was Turok, "the game was really violent and some people didn't like that." And then mentioned the native American portrayal, which is not new. You have to be 12 to think people weren't talking about that since before you were born. Misrepresentation of other cultures has been a discussion forever, Hollywood been doing it since black and white movies. It's like you guys really think nobody out there was offended by stuff just because a lot of folks were racist. A whole lot of other people were aware of society and it's issues. If we're all supposed to work together in a society then we are only as good as how we treat our weakest and those with the least societal power. It's also hilarious you think getting n64 footage is hard. You must not be very into videogames.
Viewing turok in turok 64 as a character intended to represent the average native american would be like playing duke nukem 64 and assuming duke was intended to represent the average white american male Kinda silly. Also I believe most of these criticisms were retroactively tied to these games
My N64 library consisted of games like Castlevania, Doom 64, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, and the South Park games. Even back in the 90s, I never understood why everyone thought the N64 was a "family friendly" console. Heck, I even had Resident Evil 2 on the N64!
They absolutely said that in front of US congress, the level of censorship in Nintendo of America was insane, it's always surprising as a European finding out how insane United States are with their puritanism.
@@KasumiRINA Europe and Australia have suffered far, far worse censorship in video games than America throughout the years. One of the craziest examples not mentioned in this video is the PAL version of Carmageddon 64, where the zombies were replaced with generic dinosaurs. The game still received a mature adult rating, despite having no legitimate violence or gore whatsoever.
I loved playing Conker's bad fur day a lot on my best friend's N64, given that i didn't played it on release and i got to play it back in high school around 2008 or so and we had a blast with it. We use to recite most of the dialogue word for word just for fun every now and then, that game was just something else even if it was rated M for Mature.
I remember renting Carmageddon 64. I was pissed about it having zombies instead of people. I think I rented South Park that same day too. Was not a good day.
You forgot about Ocarina of Time, considering its Islamic imagery. Eventually, the 3DS version gets rid of all of the Islamic imagery, also affecting Dampe's Cavern. Also, you forgot to mention these features: Carmageddon 64 has a widescreen mode that can be toggled when the game is paused, but it is presented letterboxed, and you will have to use the Zoom format on your widescreen TV. For improved visual clarity, I recommend S-Video cables. South Park, Forsaken, and Vigilante 8 all have 4-player split screen modes not on their PlayStation counterparts. Same can be said for Hydro Thunder, 007: The World Is Not Enough, and Gauntlet Legends (despite having same-screen multiplayer) to name a few.
The widescreen mode in Carmageddon 64? That's not worth yakking about. Letterboxed widescreen was normal back then. What he should have mentioned is the zombies being replaced with generic little dinosaurs in the PAL version of the game (in Europe and Australia), and yet it still received an adult rating despite the total lack of legitimate violence or gore.
Very underrated game as it gets shadowed out by banjo kazooie and twooie not to mention that it came out during the end of the systems life as the GameCube was around the corner and Nintendo wanted to push out the old and bring in the new.
Most of these games are specifically rated M. Mature 17+. Conker's Bad Fur Day's box art specifically said the game is not for anyone under age 17. Even Shadow Man has a warning on its box art. What did people expect? Sure, I've heard many didn't look at the ratings or understand them completely. But surely some did.
Dude, SHADOW MAN. I remember this. I very briefly came across this game actually back in the day, and the game was in English for some reason (I'm from Austria, and back then, I was very far away from understanding the language) so what I understood from it was very basic level. Even then, the fact that it had like serial killers in it, Jack the Ripper and whatnot, surprised and even kinda shocked me at that point. I knew Mario Party and Mario 64 of course, there was a WWF wrestling game, Mario Kart, Zelda Ocarina of time, Pilotwings and then some sport games that my dad and granddad liked, but I never did back then. That was basically the entire roster I knew. And now there was a game with like real-world serial killers in it. I think that was probably the first time I actually felt that a game was scary. I would later even go so far as to make games with one of the RPG maker softwares back then (I think I was 12 or 13 at that point, so at the time I had played Shadow Man, I was probably around 10 or so, or younger) that followed that principle, going on different routes that would lead to real-life serial killers, and I got inspired by that one South Park episode that had Ted Bundy and the other two. I remember clearly that I made several versions with both them and also different versions with Jack the Ripper, each. I even went as far as to combine the "story" I had in mind for those with books we had to read from school, like novels and whatnot, fiction. If I liked the plot, I would just insert Jack the Ripper into it, and then re-create my idea through RPG maker into a "game". That was shortly before I got into back then Macromedia Flash and would just make flash movies and games, for a little while. Man, Shadow Man had an intense impact on me through a period where it was still my childhood into well into my teens, when I dabbled with making games myself. When I eventually revisited it, emulating it on my own PC way more than 10 years later after my first contact, it felt so unbelievably unreal. And it even still felt scary. I was thinking like "Oh man, I'm a grown adult now, yet I remember this exact same feeling of fear that I felt as a child", it was just so wild. And over something as silly as a video game. I do realize just how crazy this sounds just typing it out. But man, it felt so intensely to me. And really. I'm thankful for it. It shocked me, at first. But it lead to so much good stuff, if just for my creative growth. It will hold a special place in my heart for me.
Thought you were going to mention the grave advertisement stunt with Shadowman, I think the game was great and definitely was one of the better Acclaim titles.
one of my favorite consoles ever. ps2 wins but N64 is up there. i remember when i first got a N64. i got super motion sick while playing Super Mario 64, much like i had previously playing DOOM and Wolfenstein 3D. I got used to it after a few days (i had to take breaks about once per hour or i would literally hurl). I wish i hadn't sold that console when the PS2 came out. i had the "smoke grey" N64. i spent a lot of hours playing that thing. but....once GTAIII was released, i had to go for the PS2 because i had played GTA and GTA2 (masterpiece of a game) on PC and i was all in on Rockstar back then. i played that same PS2 for 12 years, especially San Andreas, which is my favorite game of all time to this day. loved that thing. what a machine.
The south park game was terrible. Not fun. Difficult. Poor gameplay. Didnt involve the south park universe enough. It was based on like part of a single episode. Badd graphics too.
Yeah they made that game only knowing I think a little bit of season 1, so they had very few things to go off of. It's kinda like that one older Simpsons game on the NES.
I believe that this “controversial” list is of North-American opinion. Here at the Netherlands and United Kingdom critics and players are milder. We expected that South Park gonna be a little immature. Same as for Carmageddon, the discussion already melted down because of the PC-version being a lot earlier. Critics loved Shadowman over here so the gory content was pushed aside. Turok in some countries the enemies were replaced by lesser violent ones (same as Carmageddon) Holy Magic Century was spot on with your list so nice on! And Conker also, but I have to say we did’t talk about a lot because it was at the end of N64-lifecycle. The rest of the list is rubbish but I found this video very interesting to watch. Still subscribed on this channel and look forward for the next videos. 🇳🇱
Thank goodness we got games like Postal, Manhunt, and Hatred as limit pushers (and each Mortal Kombat more graphic than the last) so that no one cares about "mature" videogames anymore. So silly watching old footage of congressional hearings over night trap and light gun games. 😂
These are really quite hilarious. Imagine the entitlement people walked around with insisting that something like Carmageddon just isn’t a Nintendo game, it can’t be on there. Or Blues Brothers fans, “sorry developers, you can’t attempt to make money in the free market because we don’t jive with Blues Brothers 2000.” Lmfao.
Wait, wait, wait wasn't Turok the first third party game released for the N64 in the West? How could the N64 be viewed "so strongly" as a kids console when the only games so far would be Super Mario 64 and Pilotwings?? Plus people should have known about Turok since it would be a launch title. Also that Shadowman scene 🤣 ...oh no.
I don't care what critics and fans say, I love Quest 64. It's not perfect but it's a good game in my opinion. Either way, I enjoyed the video. Liked and subscribed.
I dont remember much controversy at the time except paying 60 to 80 bucks (Mid ninties money) for games that were mediocre or horrible. Turok was great and conker was the most outlaundish. I would say that you never lived during that time.
Conker's bad fur day is still pretty controversial. I hear many people say it sucks. And many other people who love it. I personally think it's a 6/10 game though
For me, the southpark game story mode was just dressing for what was essentially a party battle game. Somehow I missed Turok being a native American, but I didn't actually own it myself. I only watch my friends playing portions of it. I am guessing there must have been cutscenes or other story elements that emphasized that he was native American that I completely missed because I never saw my friends playing those portions of the games, or was it something you would only get if you were familiar with the source material it was based on/read the game manual?? The 90's were a transitional time for games and parenting a child who games. I think this highlights how parents were extra "pearl-clutch" yet ultimately highly disengaged despite this. Its not the game publisher or console manufacturer's fault that you 1. do not understand the ESRB rating system and 2. are completely disengaged from what media your child consumes until you happen to see them playing the game and become outraged. Outraged for what? They probably didn't drive themself to the store or purchase it with their own money. They needed a parent to do that! I swear parents in the 90's could buy a rated R slasher movie on VHS titled something like "Killfest 1999" or something extremely obvious like that and then be mad at movie studios for making a movie with violence and murder rather than confront the fact that they are just shitty parents apparently lacking in common sense and the movie rating system!
Nintendo had the "family friendly" image at the time, and parents naively assumed that every game on a Nintendo console must be kid friendly despite the ESRB ratings being out by then.
It's so funny looking back at some of these games now, they are so tame to what you see today. Quest 64 is a weird one. There's a Japanese version that was released after the North American one, which fixes some issues (including adding a better ending). It's still not as good as normal rpgs of the time, but it's not super bad.
Nintendo systems have had violent content dating back to the NES, anyone worried about a game like Forsaken appearing on the 64 really needs to get a clue.
I’m all for freedom is speech and art. Make whatever games you want as long as it isn’t racist or prejudice. Just make sure the right audience sees it. Like, I don’t see any controversy over the fact that Nintendo has “anime hentia harem.” Which if you wanna make it, whatever. My problem is that, if I didn’t have parental locks on to stop games being bought, my 6 year old could see that and get it. That doesn’t sound very “family friendly to me”
turok was awesome and that is coming from a real Native American and everyone on the Rez that I know that played the game loved it. I think that the complaints only came from "Critics"
the biggest controversy for me was not releasing Earthbound 64! I held on to that damn system forever while being told it was on it's way! I am still made at Nintendo! haha
a lot of talk about “sparking broader discussions” yet almost no proof of that or any real research cited. it seens like this guy just took his opinions and msde them sound like facts
There was hardly non of this bollocks in the U.K. mags for reviews From the sounds of things you may have stumbled across the cancer critics that thrive and increased a metric ship ton more today started in America in the 90’s
Im sorry you chose to describe technical issues and disappointed fans as controversy. You will never get them to watch and listen to the video. Its painfully obvious a lot of people did not watch the video and just want to go "nope, people weren't sensitive little babies back then! We had racism, sexism, and bad games and we liked it!"
this is THE LAST video of yours I will watch because I am sick and tired of the "Who will think of the children" angle and violence. parents should be paying more attention to their children. i have met parents who say mario is extremely violent.
The South Park game running on the engine of Turok 2 is an example of why I believe X6 is far, far worse than X7, because X7 was built from scratch, X6 was built on top of X4 just like X5.
Most of this video is a grossly hyperbolic modern take (the kind of material that feeds revisionist history), but the biggest head-scratcher is how anyone can discuss Carmageddon 64 and fail to mention the zombies being replaced by generic little dinosaurs in the international versions. That is the first thing to discuss when exploring the game's stunning history with bad censorship.
Vigilante 8 encouraged conflict resolution through violence? So I guess Link talked it out with Ganon and Samus came to an understanding with mother brain.
I feel like you’re really padding each segment out by trying to list reasons the games sparked debate. Some of these are just bad. Blues Brothers 2000 did not spark “discussions on integrity” of licensed games. That just sounds ridiculous.
Take a shot every time the claim that Nintendo consoles are family-friendly is mentioned.
Sintendo is CERTAINLY not family friendly.:/
Aaand now I need a nap
@@dddoriannn1473 I'm drunk already.
YOU GOT some crown Royal?
I got South Park for my 11th birthday. My siblings, all our friends and I all loved that game!
Here we go. Games that are controversial even if they're not
I don't think half of these "discussions" actually happened.
The forsaken 64 portion was like 90% made up. I was there
@Zvasra me too. Remember the commercials? "The future is forsaken" well they were kinda right.
I feel like a lot of these “controversies” would have been avoided if parents read the rating on the box for the game
This but tbf Nintendo cash cow was Mario my mom almost threw my snes over mk😂😂😂
A lot of evidence there for why we need to stop listening to "critics".
Also, I'm convinced half of these mentioned controversies and discussions around whatever hot topics are just made up and/or have been rewritten and misrepresented by people editing this information online in modern times to suit their own ideologies and agendas. I was there in the '90s playing these games, and I don't recall half the level of controversy for most of them you mention here, and certainly not talk of stuff like "cultural appropriation" and so on. Who knows, but I don't trust half of the "facts" I read online these days, especially anything from "critics" and such.
Either way, it's all overly sensitive trumped-up nonsense.
Same, I was there, too. No one talked about any of this stuff.
With all respect, this dude did a nice search of videogames for the N64 and videofootage of them (which is hard to come by), but every comment in every game is filled with today´s agenda. I mean, it´s like saying that there was controversy with The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, with Ganondorf being black, like saying is a racist game or some bs like that.
I don´t recall controversies of this kind, Turok 3 was a masterpiece for the time, Jet Force Gemini had a lot of violence and dismemberment of the ants, nobody said anything about them, there was controversy that the blues brothers game was only for rental in blockbuster, like a Clayfighters game and a Hercules one (if I remember correctly).
It is better to look yesterday´s game with yesterday´s eyes. Let us be grateful that we were able to enjoy them at the time :-)
If you think people TODAY are "senstitive", in 90s they said videogames make kids shoot up schools, they had bloody Doom and Night Trap developers testify in front of boomers in congress. And don't get me started on conservatives trying to cancel Mass Effect for a sideboob. There's a lot of manufactured non-scandals now though, but mostly by online wingnut grifters, not GOVERNMENT.
Well of course you don't remember the controversy. You were 12. That aside, just like today specific controversies were only in the news for a day or two before moving to the next thing. There WAS a very loud and angry group of conservatives trying to say games caused violence, kids will go crazy, lose their attention spans. And there was a much smaller group who cared about social issues like representation of minorities and women.
It was on the news many times, it was talked about by politicians in DC. Congressional representatives held inquires where they questions people involved.
You probably don't remember the controversy around a lot of things, because why would you?
@@eddybrocato2722what?He is literally talking about criticisms given by people of "yesterday" and a bunch of what he says is "yeah this game sucked on n64, but not on PC and people hated that." Like look at the section on forsaken 64. And The next section was Turok, "the game was really violent and some people didn't like that." And then mentioned the native American portrayal, which is not new. You have to be 12 to think people weren't talking about that since before you were born. Misrepresentation of other cultures has been a discussion forever, Hollywood been doing it since black and white movies. It's like you guys really think nobody out there was offended by stuff just because a lot of folks were racist. A whole lot of other people were aware of society and it's issues. If we're all supposed to work together in a society then we are only as good as how we treat our weakest and those with the least societal power.
It's also hilarious you think getting n64 footage is hard. You must not be very into videogames.
I'm gonna see that Shadow Man dancer in my nightmares, I just know it. RIP my sleep, and also my apples.
Haha, you win best comment!
And poops...
Conker's Bad Fur Day was not only controversial, but had good gameplay & controls. Perfect game for partying college kids.
plus the cartoonish graphics didn't age horribly unlike old games attempting to look more mature.
@lyricjam39 Very true. Plus, it allowed you to control the camera angle with the yellow C joystick.
Viewing turok in turok 64 as a character intended to represent the average native american would be like playing duke nukem 64 and assuming duke was intended to represent the average white american male
Kinda silly. Also I believe most of these criticisms were retroactively tied to these games
Here's a list of all the Nintendo 64 games that nobody has ever objected to:
"Because the Nintendo 64 was considered to be a family friendly console" x10
Besides Goldeneye 007, Turok was definitely one ofthe best shooters at that time, I loved all 3 games on the N64
My N64 library consisted of games like Castlevania, Doom 64, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, and the South Park games. Even back in the 90s, I never understood why everyone thought the N64 was a "family friendly" console. Heck, I even had Resident Evil 2 on the N64!
I kinda liked War Gods for what it was: a beta test for Mortal Kombat 4 and a rough draft of their 3D fighting game engine.
Man, I miss the N64 days😢 SHADOWMan needs to be rived.
I think I mostly watch these videos to see how many times they'll mention that Nintendo is "marketed toward families" or meant to be "family-friendly"
They absolutely said that in front of US congress, the level of censorship in Nintendo of America was insane, it's always surprising as a European finding out how insane United States are with their puritanism.
@@KasumiRINA Europe and Australia have suffered far, far worse censorship in video games than America throughout the years. One of the craziest examples not mentioned in this video is the PAL version of Carmageddon 64, where the zombies were replaced with generic dinosaurs. The game still received a mature adult rating, despite having no legitimate violence or gore whatsoever.
WTF was that video clip before The Shadowman segment
I still have the trauma of Quest 64. I won the game, but it was me being stubborn.
QUEST 64 IS HORRENDOUS UNACCEPTABLE TRASH!
I loved playing Conker's bad fur day a lot on my best friend's N64, given that i didn't played it on release and i got to play it back in high school around 2008 or so and we had a blast with it. We use to recite most of the dialogue word for word just for fun every now and then, that game was just something else even if it was rated M for Mature.
I remember renting Carmageddon 64. I was pissed about it having zombies instead of people. I think I rented South Park that same day too. Was not a good day.
At least you got zombies in your Carmageddon 64! Spare a thought for us poor Aussies and Europeans who got generic little dinosaurs instead.
You forgot about Ocarina of Time, considering its Islamic imagery. Eventually, the 3DS version gets rid of all of the Islamic imagery, also affecting Dampe's Cavern.
Also, you forgot to mention these features: Carmageddon 64 has a widescreen mode that can be toggled when the game is paused, but it is presented letterboxed, and you will have to use the Zoom format on your widescreen TV. For improved visual clarity, I recommend S-Video cables. South Park, Forsaken, and Vigilante 8 all have 4-player split screen modes not on their PlayStation counterparts. Same can be said for Hydro Thunder, 007: The World Is Not Enough, and Gauntlet Legends (despite having same-screen multiplayer) to name a few.
The widescreen mode in Carmageddon 64? That's not worth yakking about. Letterboxed widescreen was normal back then.
What he should have mentioned is the zombies being replaced with generic little dinosaurs in the PAL version of the game (in Europe and Australia), and yet it still received an adult rating despite the total lack of legitimate violence or gore.
Conkers bad fur day was and still is my favorite game of all time
Yeah, that game obliterates.
Very underrated game as it gets shadowed out by banjo kazooie and twooie not to mention that it came out during the end of the systems life as the GameCube was around the corner and Nintendo wanted to push out the old and bring in the new.
Most of these games are specifically rated M. Mature 17+. Conker's Bad Fur Day's box art specifically said the game is not for anyone under age 17. Even Shadow Man has a warning on its box art. What did people expect?
Sure, I've heard many didn't look at the ratings or understand them completely. But surely some did.
Dude, SHADOW MAN. I remember this. I very briefly came across this game actually back in the day, and the game was in English for some reason (I'm from Austria, and back then, I was very far away from understanding the language) so what I understood from it was very basic level. Even then, the fact that it had like serial killers in it, Jack the Ripper and whatnot, surprised and even kinda shocked me at that point. I knew Mario Party and Mario 64 of course, there was a WWF wrestling game, Mario Kart, Zelda Ocarina of time, Pilotwings and then some sport games that my dad and granddad liked, but I never did back then. That was basically the entire roster I knew. And now there was a game with like real-world serial killers in it. I think that was probably the first time I actually felt that a game was scary.
I would later even go so far as to make games with one of the RPG maker softwares back then (I think I was 12 or 13 at that point, so at the time I had played Shadow Man, I was probably around 10 or so, or younger) that followed that principle, going on different routes that would lead to real-life serial killers, and I got inspired by that one South Park episode that had Ted Bundy and the other two. I remember clearly that I made several versions with both them and also different versions with Jack the Ripper, each.
I even went as far as to combine the "story" I had in mind for those with books we had to read from school, like novels and whatnot, fiction. If I liked the plot, I would just insert Jack the Ripper into it, and then re-create my idea through RPG maker into a "game". That was shortly before I got into back then Macromedia Flash and would just make flash movies and games, for a little while.
Man, Shadow Man had an intense impact on me through a period where it was still my childhood into well into my teens, when I dabbled with making games myself. When I eventually revisited it, emulating it on my own PC way more than 10 years later after my first contact, it felt so unbelievably unreal. And it even still felt scary. I was thinking like "Oh man, I'm a grown adult now, yet I remember this exact same feeling of fear that I felt as a child", it was just so wild. And over something as silly as a video game. I do realize just how crazy this sounds just typing it out. But man, it felt so intensely to me. And really. I'm thankful for it. It shocked me, at first. But it lead to so much good stuff, if just for my creative growth. It will hold a special place in my heart for me.
Thought you were going to mention the grave advertisement stunt with Shadowman, I think the game was great and definitely was one of the better Acclaim titles.
You are talking about the Shadowman sequel
one of my favorite consoles ever. ps2 wins but N64 is up there. i remember when i first got a N64. i got super motion sick while playing Super Mario 64, much like i had previously playing DOOM and Wolfenstein 3D. I got used to it after a few days (i had to take breaks about once per hour or i would literally hurl). I wish i hadn't sold that console when the PS2 came out. i had the "smoke grey" N64. i spent a lot of hours playing that thing. but....once GTAIII was released, i had to go for the PS2 because i had played GTA and GTA2 (masterpiece of a game) on PC and i was all in on Rockstar back then. i played that same PS2 for 12 years, especially San Andreas, which is my favorite game of all time to this day. loved that thing. what a machine.
The south park game was terrible. Not fun. Difficult. Poor gameplay.
Didnt involve the south park universe enough. It was based on like part of a single episode.
Badd graphics too.
Yeah they made that game only knowing I think a little bit of season 1, so they had very few things to go off of. It's kinda like that one older Simpsons game on the NES.
THE REAL CONTROVERSAY: How the heck are those textures so BLURRY?
I believe that this “controversial” list is of North-American opinion.
Here at the Netherlands and United Kingdom critics and players are milder.
We expected that South Park gonna be a little immature.
Same as for Carmageddon, the discussion already melted down because of the PC-version being a lot earlier.
Critics loved Shadowman over here so the gory content was pushed aside.
Turok in some countries the enemies were replaced by lesser violent ones (same as Carmageddon)
Holy Magic Century was spot on with your list so nice on!
And Conker also, but I have to say we did’t talk about a lot because it was at the end of N64-lifecycle.
The rest of the list is rubbish but I found this video very interesting to watch.
Still subscribed on this channel and look forward for the next videos. 🇳🇱
Thank goodness we got games like Postal, Manhunt, and Hatred as limit pushers (and each Mortal Kombat more graphic than the last) so that no one cares about "mature" videogames anymore.
So silly watching old footage of congressional hearings over night trap and light gun games. 😂
To be fair everything named Blues Brothers 2000 was an affront to God himself.
These are really quite hilarious. Imagine the entitlement people walked around with insisting that something like Carmageddon just isn’t a Nintendo game, it can’t be on there.
Or Blues Brothers fans, “sorry developers, you can’t attempt to make money in the free market because we don’t jive with Blues Brothers 2000.”
Lmfao.
Wait, wait, wait wasn't Turok the first third party game released for the N64 in the West?
How could the N64 be viewed "so strongly" as a kids console when the only games so far would be Super Mario 64 and Pilotwings?? Plus people should have known about Turok since it would be a launch title.
Also that Shadowman scene 🤣 ...oh no.
There's nothing I consider controversial about the N64, but that's not the case with modern games.
The controller was quite controversial if I recall.
V8 Vigilante Is the way I read the Cartridge...The multi-player was awesome!
They're only controversial because theyre on Nintendo lol. These wouldn't be mildly controversial if Nintendo grew up. Even today
I don't care what critics and fans say, I love Quest 64. It's not perfect but it's a good game in my opinion.
Either way, I enjoyed the video. Liked and subscribed.
I dont remember much controversy at the time except paying 60 to 80 bucks (Mid ninties money) for games that were mediocre or horrible. Turok was great and conker was the most outlaundish.
I would say that you never lived during that time.
Conker's bad fur day is still pretty controversial. I hear many people say it sucks. And many other people who love it. I personally think it's a 6/10 game though
I'm sorry. WHAT. A 6?!?! IT'S EASILY A 10/10
For me, the southpark game story mode was just dressing for what was essentially a party battle game. Somehow I missed Turok being a native American, but I didn't actually own it myself. I only watch my friends playing portions of it. I am guessing there must have been cutscenes or other story elements that emphasized that he was native American that I completely missed because I never saw my friends playing those portions of the games, or was it something you would only get if you were familiar with the source material it was based on/read the game manual??
The 90's were a transitional time for games and parenting a child who games. I think this highlights how parents were extra "pearl-clutch" yet ultimately highly disengaged despite this. Its not the game publisher or console manufacturer's fault that you 1. do not understand the ESRB rating system and 2. are completely disengaged from what media your child consumes until you happen to see them playing the game and become outraged. Outraged for what? They probably didn't drive themself to the store or purchase it with their own money. They needed a parent to do that! I swear parents in the 90's could buy a rated R slasher movie on VHS titled something like "Killfest 1999" or something extremely obvious like that and then be mad at movie studios for making a movie with violence and murder rather than confront the fact that they are just shitty parents apparently lacking in common sense and the movie rating system!
Were you part of the debate club? This has to be where all the debates took place.
The relatively small group of vocal pearl clutchers carry far too much weight when it comes to game development.
Southparks final autobot boss was the cheapest boss of all time
"... especially on the N64."
It's so weird that no one had a problem with these games on other systems.
Nintendo had the "family friendly" image at the time, and parents naively assumed that every game on a Nintendo console must be kid friendly despite the ESRB ratings being out by then.
It's so funny looking back at some of these games now, they are so tame to what you see today.
Quest 64 is a weird one. There's a Japanese version that was released after the North American one, which fixes some issues (including adding a better ending). It's still not as good as normal rpgs of the time, but it's not super bad.
Quest 64 would be better if they reduced the encounter rate by 10x and increased the xp by 10x.
That encounter rate was infuriating.
Nice video mate!
Nintendo systems have had violent content dating back to the NES, anyone worried about a game like Forsaken appearing on the 64 really needs to get a clue.
Forsaken 64 was my first Nintendo 64 game. It was boring and my friend traded me for a better game.
I'm surprised Doom 64 or MK Trilogy or MK 4 wasn't on this list.
I’m all for freedom is speech and art. Make whatever games you want as long as it isn’t racist or prejudice. Just make sure the right audience sees it. Like, I don’t see any controversy over the fact that Nintendo has “anime hentia harem.” Which if you wanna make it, whatever. My problem is that, if I didn’t have parental locks on to stop games being bought, my 6 year old could see that and get it. That doesn’t sound very “family friendly to me”
quest 64 still stings. most disappointing rental of my entire life.
also, forsaken 64 rivaled goldeneye on 4 player versus. highly underrated.
turok was awesome and that is coming from a real Native American and everyone on the Rez that I know that played the game loved it. I think that the complaints only came from "Critics"
CONSOLE*
ITS NOT AN IP, ITS A VIDEOGAME*
We all knew Conker was gonna be on here
came for Conker
stayed for
Conker
Best for last
the biggest controversy for me was not releasing Earthbound 64! I held on to that damn system forever while being told it was on it's way! I am still made at Nintendo! haha
Did you ever get around to playing Mother 3?
Killer Instinct was ported to SNES with blood and everything. What are talking about?
Or even one bit of evidence that to iraq to the dinosaur under sparked all these controversies in nineteen ninety eight I don't remember any of that.
I liked the Blues Brothers game at the time
These claims would be more believable if you cited your sources.
Read the description of the video
a lot of talk about “sparking broader discussions” yet almost no proof of that or any real research cited. it seens like this guy just took his opinions and msde them sound like facts
There are sources in the video description
Ah the light ...
There was hardly non of this bollocks in the U.K. mags for reviews
From the sounds of things you may have stumbled across the cancer critics that thrive and increased a metric ship ton more today started in America in the 90’s
Im sorry you chose to describe technical issues and disappointed fans as controversy. You will never get them to watch and listen to the video.
Its painfully obvious a lot of people did not watch the video and just want to go "nope, people weren't sensitive little babies back then! We had racism, sexism, and bad games and we liked it!"
this is THE LAST video of yours I will watch because I am sick and tired of the "Who will think of the children" angle and violence. parents should be paying more attention to their children. i have met parents who say mario is extremely violent.
Bye!
It's hilarious to me that these were controversial at one point... and now we have games like Postal.
Why do you say ten like that?
Why does it bother you so much?
Not bothered but interested
All of the ones is reguards to content sound like a bunch of Karen's that don't have the literacy skills to read the ESRB rating.
SNEStaglia time
Blues Brothers game how died and said they wanted that.
The South Park game running on the engine of Turok 2 is an example of why I believe X6 is far, far worse than X7, because X7 was built from scratch, X6 was built on top of X4 just like X5.
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