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| Yep, this is Burnout 1. |
Platform: Gamecube and N64
Session fun rating: 8/10
My brother and I had a bit of a nostalgia moment today when we played a bunch of older games. First up was the original Burnout on Gamecube. While the graphics are a little rough by today's standards, it's really the primitive gameplay that was most interesting. The boost was only used when full, there was a checkpoint timer like an arcade game and the crashes were cool but nothing close to even looking like the Burnout that we know and love today. It was still fun though. Then there was a few minutes of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 from the Sonic Mega Collection.
Jumping back in time to the N64, we found ourselves playing Top Gear Rally (a family classic), Wipeout 64, Wave Race 63 and last but not least, 1080 Snowboarding. We loved that game so much back in the day and I kind of don't see why anymore. The graphics are good, surprisingly, but the trick mechanics are completely crazy. Doing a 1080 involved lots of R trigger presses, a couple of B button presses, at least three full circle motions on the analog stick and one very time sensitive Z trigger press. In the end, I only managed a 900 but my bro landed a few 1080's in the half pipe.
