When I was 8, I was at a game store and could choose exactly one game. I had narrowed my choice down to either Destruction Derby 64, or Beetle Adventure Racing. I had never seen either games anywhere else before, and knew nothing of either one. I will say that I chose DD64, and to this day, I still have the cartridge and feel that I made the right choice. Also, when I was 8, I legitimately expected Destruction Derby 65 to come out. I asked the cashier at the store every time I visited if they had a copy of it. >_>
well, i haven't played this one yet...but i can say that i really love Beetle Adventure Racing. It has loads of alternate routes and shortcuts. it's a really good racer...probably worth picking it up now, as i managed to get it fairly cheaply at a retro gaming show.
I can't help but feel you made the wrong choice. Beetle Adventure Racing is g-r-e-a-t. Tons of secrets in every map, exploration of shortcuts, great multiplayer, good graphics and a steady framerate.
The bad reviews don't bother me one bit. When I was in the early grades in school, my mom and dad dropped by Blockbuster which was around during that time, rented this game and I immediately got hooked. Car #9 was my preferred vehicle. Later I wanted to own it but soon N64 games were taken out of the stores and my chances of adding it to my collection faded but not the memories of playing countless times on The Junkyard. But fast forward to my birthday in 2012, a store in a nearby city happens to keep a large collection of N64 games in stock. Inside I found the game cartridge which is in almost mint condition, finally fulfilling my years long destiny of owning the game. Good times
@@braydenb1581 It still retains everything I've experienced. Even though i'm now an adult, I still continue to have the nostalgic feelings of the old elementary school days of playing the n64 everytime when wrecking cars on The Junkyard and Bayou Run
@@TexarRailroadFurnace that's awesome. I am glad to hear it. I have a lot of n64 games that people dump on nowadays but I'm still in love with. Hexen. Army men. Cruisn USA. Armorines.
Me and my friends would always get a kick when the action happened too fast for the announcer to keep up, lol. "PLAYER 1 HAS THE BOMB!!! PLAYER 2 HAS THE BOMB!PLAYER1HASTHEBOMB!PLAYER2HASTHEBOMB!"
When I first played Bomb Tag. Me, Car #9 vs my brother, Car #31 and a bunch of others opponents would just smash each other like crazy trying to stay away from cars that have a large burning fuse poking out of the engine which looked like RC cars.
I loved this game. It was my first game in the genre. I had a great time, and loved almost every course. Except Midnight Run, or whatever it's called. The spooky cathedral one. I'd always smash into those huge gates. Seems like an awful thing to put in a race track, very unsafe.
I was introduced to the Destruction Dharby series with this game. This game got rented more than once and me and my sister played the hell out of this. When I pulled out my N64 for the first time in 15 years in 2017, this was a game I seeked out. I’ve purged my collection many times of weaker titles and let it go but I currently seek it again after picking up the Flatout games on XBOX.
What I can't understand is, Psygnosis who were owned by Sony were allowed to develop games for the competition?? Can't see that happening nowadays where the emphasis is on console exclusives.
Excellent review as always, Glenn. I just finished the singleplayer career mode (Championship, all leagues) on an actual N64 and got at least some enjoyment for a bit of time out of it. It's fairly quick to get through the whole championship, it took me around 3 hours. Just to add to your points: What threw me most off in DD64 were two things. First, there were massive frame drops on the racing tracks due to a lack of optimisation. We are speaking about an average of 15FPS on an unmodded N64 when there were more than five burning cars around the track. Lowest I had was an average of 9 frames on the snowy track which was unplayable. Second, I the AI programming of the other cars threw me off many times, most noticeably in the arenas. Their programming routine seems to be rather straightforward: Intercept the human player and try to smash into them at all costs. This was such a mind-numbingly simple routine that competitors went absolutely crazy when using the backwards gear in places like the arena; the PCs tried to escape from me like a conversation partner would if you used too much garlic for your food. Try it out, I got a good laugh out of it. All in all, I got some fun out of the game but the ridiculous AI and the massive frame drops overshadowed the experience, unfortunately.
i didnt have a playstation as a kid and i rarely got any new games unless it was for my birthday or christmas. this was 1 of the games i asked my uncle to get me for christmas. i was very happy when i got the game and i had a blast with this game. beat it entirely. but loved it. its defintely an unnderrated game on n64 .
I loved this game when i was a kid and I still love it to this day its a shame the video game studios these days are trying to pander to the Woke B.S yes there are somethings wrong in this world and yes they need to be addressed but when I play video games I play them to escape and get lost in not to be force fed Woke B.S down my throat not to mention the broken games the studioa are putting out these days its sort of dystopian...
I really enjoyed this game as a kid. I had played Road Rash 64 prior, and this felt like something between racing and that. I was a big fan of Mario Kart 64 and Diddy Kong Racing, loved the MK battle mode. In this game, I loved the arenas, but I was also a big fan of the racing demolition. Trying to work with the race mechanics itself was definitely the way to go at the beginning, with the weak cars. I'd try my damnedest to push them into walls and especially hazards to crash them, so I didn't have to beat my car up as much.
I had the opposite response to this game to you, Glenn. I loved it. The tracks are great and so are the arcade physics and point system. I take your point that some races can become dull when seeking the last car. And while a rock or metal soundtrack would have been better suited to the action, the techno tracks help keep the racing tense.
One of the few racing games I’ve seen on this channel that looks like it actually has curved corners. So many games just did 3 or 4 straight sections to make a rough 'curved' corner. I don’t really remember that from at the time.
This game rocks, it is so much fun! There is a down side, though! In the usual video game fashion, it takes a while to learn how to control the car. Also, the other cars(computer operated) have the advantage of going faster and being able to avoid impossible to avoid situations. You can be heading straight for a car, and you're going to hit going 150 mph! You get all pumped, but somehow, the computer's car just goes right around you! It is beyond me. I guess it is just the regular computer gets to cheat thing, but that does suck. But as you get better and get better time in the races, you get hidden cars. That's fun! I liked this game! It's a butt-load of fun!
I don't feel like that AI cheats in this game. I mean, when I'm in one of the starter cars- which the AI always use- it feels like they go the exact same speed as you, no faster no slower. Which can actually be a bad thing at times I guess, especially when the only cars surviving are driving in the same direction as you -_-. As far as Crash avoidance goes, I'd have to say that the AI is NOT particularly adept at avoiding crashes, hehe. In fact, I would say they get themselves in more trouble than they give :P Especially on some tracks like Destruction Junction and Bayou Run where the AIs seem to get completely confused about some parts of the track for reason... Also the thing the guy in the video mentioned about the starter cars being too weak isn't an issue if you know the proper strategy of how to USE your car... that is to say, you have to use your rear as often as possible, and aim for the other cars fronts as often as possible with your rear. This can be done pretty easily on the road tracks by waiting for the other guy to get near you, then immediately use an ebrake turn to pull a 180 and immediately hit reverse to keep your forward speed going then aim for the other guy while driving backwards. Pretty easy. Or at least, it would be if it weren't for... The camera... out of all the things I could not like about the game, its the camera. The third person camera in particular. Doesn't matter if its the close view or far view, I just can't drive with it, which is saying something since my dad bought the game for me when it first came out and I played it consistently for at least 10 years, then played occasionally after that, so you'd think I'd be able to get enough experience with it to be able to use it, but I just can't. It's the same way with Ridge Racer 64. Another thing I don't like about the third person camera in this game in particular is that when you try to look behind you, there is this weird swinging animation of the camera which I've never seen in any other racing game. It's very distracting, slightly disorienting, and overall useless. Why they put that in there I have no idea. If you got people who hate the game to play it with the 1st person camera they would probably enjoy it much more.
I actually really enjoy this game, after only getting it recently. I had no experience with the series at all. While it did have some bad points (a lot of which you stated, but I'd also like to mention the lack of points you earn from rear-ending or t-boning someone) generally I have a lot of fun playing through. It's like what you said about your feelings on the Cruis'n series. It's just great, casual fun.
I thought Destruction Derby and DD2 were rubbish on the PSX, especially compared to Jet Moto or Rally Cross. DD64 seemed more like a mock-up for Burnout than anything. Best thing I can say for DD is that it gave us Driver, which was awesome! Alas, they never made a DD game with Driver's excellent physics.
I loved this game and found it to be more fun than the PS1 Demolition Racer titles. I had an N64 as a kid and had the pleasure of being near a video rental store in the peak of the era. I have played a lot of these games and over time have been able to relive that joy via emulator. In addition I am exploring other titles and your videos are so useful and thorough in a short package. I have been able to weed out the ones I am not interested in and focus solely on N64's best games.
This was a gem from my childhood- My friend had this on PS1, I only played it for about 10 mins, I had no idea that the games had any correlation. My favourite thing about it was the soft-body physics which is quite rare for a game of that time. It was actually really hard to find for me, had to import it from the UK (don't know how my local video shop got hands of it as a rental)
I kinda regret not picking this up at this record store I saw it at a couple weeks ago. I can see why some of the bad parts could get annoying, but it still looks quite fun. TBH none of the Destruction Derby games that have come since can hold a candle to the first one. The slower gameplay with lots of opponents on tight, claustrophobic tracks was really something special.
+Down To Mars hmm you could say that for anything in life though. Like if the soundtrack was just someone smashing a piano I could say it’s bad but someone would say it’s fantastic
Destruction derby64 was my favorite game as a kid. I do not mind the soundtracks even though i am a metal fan, i find it is still acceptable for the time it came out. I was not overly done with odd electronic noises i call it, like Dubstep. Bottom line, very good game for it's time. 5 star rating from me.
You're Dazzle seems to record better than mine...I tried a couple days ago to record Yoshi's Story footage, but the video was really bad (really big pixels).
This game is so awesome. It was my first game based on a demolition derby and not many games had destructible cars back then so it was cool to be able to trash your car. I think i rented this game like 4 or 5 times but never ended up buying it. I honestly can't remember which console i rented it for though (ps1 or n64) because i had both at the time. I need to get this since i noticed its still pretty cheap to buy on ebay. This is a really fun game to play with friends. There is a great sequel for the ps1 and a game called test drive eve of destruction that feels like a sequel for the xbox which is the best of all of the derby games i've seen.
Oh how I love Destruction Derby. It was love at first sight when I played the first one on the demo disc that came with my Playstation. It still is one of my favorites today. The second installment was completely different but good on it's own merit. I just recently picked up the third one and it is yet again different from the others and good. The N64 version however was a game that I picked up to play once, and never gave the game a second thought. Destruction Derby just belonged to the PS1.
JAY FRANCIS yeah I think you've got this the wrong way round... I've not heard an English person call it "deerby" only "daarby" as the guy in the video pronounces it.
@@n64glennplant oh yeah I mean Crete is prolly nice I just thought Gibraltar was very well known about… more importantly tho, you always do really good reviews, you have a great channel here, thank you
I honestly thought searching for the last car made it more of a challenge imo. I also thought the music was a plus, not a minus. Although, I've always been into Electronica stuff (and make stuff inspired from this game, actually). The only point That I agreed with is there is no regular race mode. But even still, it's nice to have a racer game that I can play that is completely different from all the others I have.
I've never played any of the PS1 games (I plan to remedy that), but I tried this the other day. I had quite a bit of fun with it and ended up playing through the lowest level of the championship. I share your criticism that it's too easy to rack up points and get first place in the races by just smashing into the other cars, but I can live with that. My one major disappointment with the game was that they didn't include the option to play pure races where all the cars are going in the same direction and placing first requires beating the other cars. I actually like the tracks, and think that they'd be fun to race on, but these aren't real races. It's just a free-for-all while doing laps on the track. While I found that fun, it would be nice to be able to just race without worrying about slamming head on into a car coming from the opposite direction. I'm not suggesting that they should have included a whole career mode for it, but just the option to set up a single race on any unlocked track would have been nice.
OK, I've now tried the three Destruction Derby games for the PS1 and to be honest, I didn't think much of them. The first game has boring tracks and horrible control. It doesn't support analog controls at all and trying to drive around narrow tracks with the D-pad makes me want to punch the screen. The second game supports the NeGcon controller, which I set up in the emulator. That made the control marginally better although the car handling still sucked horribly. It was like trying to steer a giant block of concrete around the track. I kind of liked Destruction Derby Raw though. At last it was playable. I also tried Destruction Derby Arenas on the PS2, but my system isn't fast enough to properly emulate that one. Seemed like it would be fun if it wasn't in slow motion.
I agree. I wish so much that they'd give you the option just do regular races in this game sometimes. The tracks and cars would be so fun for that. Seems like it would have been so easy to add and previous DD games had races like that in them. Oh well.
Just checked the wiki, they've been owned by Sony since 93. Really a rarity, all I can think is Psygnosis were sort of allowed to do their own thing while Sony settled into their Playstation business properly. lol not much further for me either matey I'm just down the road from you in Doncaster :-)
Wait what? Am I missing something but wasn't the series just barely taking off at this point? I don't remember previous entries before this one at least. On a side not the music wasn't bad, it was techno but it felt 90s techno (if that makes sense) but I enjoyed it as a "nerdy kid" wanting to play this game.
light69 There had already been Destruction Derby released on the PS1 and Saturn and I believe the sequel for the PS1 had been released too, or at least wasn't long after this. The N64 was late to the party of many franchises alas :)
Hehheh I smashed the pixels out of DD1 & DD2 on PS1, having some amazing fun with the yellow Pro Car in DD2...Once getting hit at the exact same time on the front left hand side & right back hand side in the Pit Arena by two other soon to be scrap metal cars thus was spin-launched out of the level into the games wire-frame in the sky for about sixty seconds...Didn't 'av my mem-card to save my yellow Pro Car sky launch replay that day, was furious lol Never played DD64 even though I owned & adored an N64 with Turok 1&2, Perfect Dark, Quake 64, Goldeneye 64, Doom 64, Duke Nukem 64, Blast Corps, Harvester, Mortal Kombat 4, Zelda 64, Super Mario 64, Mario Kart 64, Pilot Wings 64, Lylat Wars 64 etc etc...(sigh, why did I sell that console) but Destruction Derby 2 on PS1 still seems to be the far better title of all the DD's.
AveNullusMajestic like me you'd probably be disappointed if you liked the ps1 DD games - i loved those but this just didnt feel like a DD game much of the time. its not a bad game but more could have been done with the destruction element
Ive never played a destruction derby game. If i need some car mayhem on the n64 i would just play Vigilante 8 2nd offense. Shooting cars is kinda more my style i guess. However i own a sealed copy of this ... maybe i should try it.
My brother and I had destruction derby on the pc and utterly loved it, mainly the bowl championships, going up through the leagues... Built up real rivalries with some of the computer players. So we were buzzing when it finally came to the n64 but I remember being reeeaaaaallllllyyyy disappointed with it. Like the guy says the races were a farce. Shame.
DARBY DARBY DARBY DARBY DARBY DARBY DARBY DARBY
I felt like he was taunting me!
It annoyed me too
destruction DAAAARBY
all about the accents baby!
That's how it's pronounced in England.
british english sounds gay, so shameful
@@Mustangcabrio homophobe
When I was 8, I was at a game store and could choose exactly one game. I had narrowed my choice down to either Destruction Derby 64, or Beetle Adventure Racing. I had never seen either games anywhere else before, and knew nothing of either one. I will say that I chose DD64, and to this day, I still have the cartridge and feel that I made the right choice.
Also, when I was 8, I legitimately expected Destruction Derby 65 to come out. I asked the cashier at the store every time I visited if they had a copy of it. >_>
well, i haven't played this one yet...but i can say that i really love Beetle Adventure Racing. It has loads of alternate routes and shortcuts. it's a really good racer...probably worth picking it up now, as i managed to get it fairly cheaply at a retro gaming show.
Lmao at that last sentence... Man, I love childhood naivety... It's so cute.
I can't help but feel you made the wrong choice. Beetle Adventure Racing is g-r-e-a-t. Tons of secrets in every map, exploration of shortcuts, great multiplayer, good graphics and a steady framerate.
F0nkyNinja also a T rex
beetle is a way better game
This game was a part of my child hood. Remember when you had to just pick a game based off the pictures on the box? Simpler times.
The bad reviews don't bother me one bit. When I was in the early grades in school, my mom and dad dropped by Blockbuster which was around during that time, rented this game and I immediately got hooked. Car #9 was my preferred vehicle. Later I wanted to own it but soon N64 games were taken out of the stores and my chances of adding it to my collection faded but not the memories of playing countless times on The Junkyard. But fast forward to my birthday in 2012, a store in a nearby city happens to keep a large collection of N64 games in stock. Inside I found the game cartridge which is in almost mint condition, finally fulfilling my years long destiny of owning the game. Good times
Texas Railroad Furnace Car#18 here!
I still got that game with that original Box and Manuals!!
I really love this game!
I hope it was everything you remembered.
@@braydenb1581 It still retains everything I've experienced. Even though i'm now an adult, I still continue to have the nostalgic feelings of the old elementary school days of playing the n64 everytime when wrecking cars on The Junkyard and Bayou Run
@@TexarRailroadFurnace that's awesome. I am glad to hear it. I have a lot of n64 games that people dump on nowadays but I'm still in love with.
Hexen. Army men. Cruisn USA. Armorines.
''If you enjoy dropping acid you'll like the soundtrack''
Best part of that game was the "Bomb Tag" multiplayer mode.
hellls yessssss
Me and my friends would always get a kick when the action happened too fast for the announcer to keep up, lol. "PLAYER 1 HAS THE BOMB!!! PLAYER 2 HAS THE BOMB!PLAYER1HASTHEBOMB!PLAYER2HASTHEBOMB!"
Finzz GOTTA GET RID OF THAT BOMB!
When I first played Bomb Tag. Me, Car #9 vs my brother, Car #31 and a bunch of others opponents would just smash each other like crazy trying to stay away from cars that have a large burning fuse poking out of the engine which looked like RC cars.
Finzz Exactly my experience.
I disagree. The main menu music track brings back some awesome nostalgic 64 feelings.
I knew a game named Destruction Derby. I must confess I never heard of a game Destruction Darby.
It’s the cockney version 😉
I loved this game. It was my first game in the genre. I had a great time, and loved almost every course. Except Midnight Run, or whatever it's called. The spooky cathedral one. I'd always smash into those huge gates. Seems like an awful thing to put in a race track, very unsafe.
Mine too, I remember the "american" colored cars the most for some reason.
nobel 11 Lol "Very Unsafe" in a game about smashing into cars head on. XD
Same here
That blue yellow 31 car is almost exactly like Mike Skinners real Nascar 😳😳 looks like that’s where they found the inspiration
I was introduced to the Destruction Dharby series with this game. This game got rented more than once and me and my sister played the hell out of this. When I pulled out my N64 for the first time in 15 years in 2017, this was a game I seeked out. I’ve purged my collection many times of weaker titles and let it go but I currently seek it again after picking up the Flatout games on XBOX.
I see what you did there 😉
Along with Destruction Derby RAW on PS1, the N64 version are one of the best games of the franchise.
I'm glad you guys across the pond can enjoy the fun of cars smashing into each other. I always thought that was a more an United States thing.
I still know some of the Announcer Lines from when I was a kid, even though I didn't know english back then
What I can't understand is, Psygnosis who were owned by Sony were allowed to develop games for the competition?? Can't see that happening nowadays where the emphasis is on console exclusives.
The game that started my lust for acid techno.
Nashrino haha it was quite big here in the uk at the time
I was introduced to this game in its PC version...one the funniest I ever played
i fuckinnn loveddd this game, if it wasnt lost id be playin the heck outta it!
Excellent review as always, Glenn.
I just finished the singleplayer career mode (Championship, all leagues) on an actual N64 and got at least some enjoyment for a bit of time out of it. It's fairly quick to get through the whole championship, it took me around 3 hours.
Just to add to your points: What threw me most off in DD64 were two things.
First, there were massive frame drops on the racing tracks due to a lack of optimisation. We are speaking about an average of 15FPS on an unmodded N64 when there were more than five burning cars around the track. Lowest I had was an average of 9 frames on the snowy track which was unplayable.
Second, I the AI programming of the other cars threw me off many times, most noticeably in the arenas. Their programming routine seems to be rather straightforward: Intercept the human player and try to smash into them at all costs. This was such a mind-numbingly simple routine that competitors went absolutely crazy when using the backwards gear in places like the arena; the PCs tried to escape from me like a conversation partner would if you used too much garlic for your food. Try it out, I got a good laugh out of it. All in all, I got some fun out of the game but the ridiculous AI and the massive frame drops overshadowed the experience, unfortunately.
thanks glenn i just ordered it from ebay cant wait for demo derbys
Ancient memories being brought back to life
i didnt have a playstation as a kid and i rarely got any new games unless it was for my birthday or christmas. this was 1 of the games i asked my uncle to get me for christmas. i was very happy when i got the game and i had a blast with this game. beat it entirely. but loved it. its defintely an unnderrated game on n64 .
I loved this game when i was a kid and I still love it to this day its a shame the video game studios these days are trying to pander to the Woke B.S yes there are somethings wrong in this world and yes they need to be addressed but when I play video games I play them to escape and get lost in not to be force fed Woke B.S down my throat not to mention the broken games the studioa are putting out these days its sort of dystopian...
03:17 Other MP3 players are available from all good retailers
I remember playing this game when I was a kid, along with StarCraft 64 and Pokemon Stadium, good times.
Great review Glenn. Suggestion for next review: something other than a racing title?
I really enjoyed this game as a kid. I had played Road Rash 64 prior, and this felt like something between racing and that. I was a big fan of Mario Kart 64 and Diddy Kong Racing, loved the MK battle mode. In this game, I loved the arenas, but I was also a big fan of the racing demolition. Trying to work with the race mechanics itself was definitely the way to go at the beginning, with the weak cars. I'd try my damnedest to push them into walls and especially hazards to crash them, so I didn't have to beat my car up as much.
I had the opposite response to this game to you, Glenn. I loved it. The tracks are great and so are the arcade physics and point system. I take your point that some races can become dull when seeking the last car. And while a rock or metal soundtrack would have been better suited to the action, the techno tracks help keep the racing tense.
Great review glenn, would enjoy to see either a road rash 64 review or even star soldier vanishing earth
Memories of falling off the maps glitching out and played every day with this game. kid memories in this game i want to get it again
I have been kicked in the balls before... I don't want to relive those memories
One of the few racing games I’ve seen on this channel that looks like it actually has curved corners. So many games just did 3 or 4 straight sections to make a rough 'curved' corner. I don’t really remember that from at the time.
Great review GP! I missed this one when it came out. NASCAR filled my wrecking needs.
This game rocks, it is so much fun! There is a down side, though! In the usual video game fashion, it takes a while to learn how to control the car. Also, the other cars(computer operated) have the advantage of going faster and being able to avoid impossible to avoid situations. You can be heading straight for a car, and you're going to hit going 150 mph! You get all pumped, but somehow, the computer's car just goes right around you! It is beyond me. I guess it is just the regular computer gets to cheat thing, but that does suck. But as you get better and get better time in the races, you get hidden cars. That's fun! I liked this game! It's a butt-load of fun!
I don't feel like that AI cheats in this game. I mean, when I'm in one of the starter cars- which the AI always use- it feels like they go the exact same speed as you, no faster no slower. Which can actually be a bad thing at times I guess, especially when the only cars surviving are driving in the same direction as you -_-. As far as Crash avoidance goes, I'd have to say that the AI is NOT particularly adept at avoiding crashes, hehe. In fact, I would say they get themselves in more trouble than they give :P Especially on some tracks like Destruction Junction and Bayou Run where the AIs seem to get completely confused about some parts of the track for reason...
Also the thing the guy in the video mentioned about the starter cars being too weak isn't an issue if you know the proper strategy of how to USE your car... that is to say, you have to use your rear as often as possible, and aim for the other cars fronts as often as possible with your rear. This can be done pretty easily on the road tracks by waiting for the other guy to get near you, then immediately use an ebrake turn to pull a 180 and immediately hit reverse to keep your forward speed going then aim for the other guy while driving backwards. Pretty easy. Or at least, it would be if it weren't for...
The camera... out of all the things I could not like about the game, its the camera. The third person camera in particular. Doesn't matter if its the close view or far view, I just can't drive with it, which is saying something since my dad bought the game for me when it first came out and I played it consistently for at least 10 years, then played occasionally after that, so you'd think I'd be able to get enough experience with it to be able to use it, but I just can't. It's the same way with Ridge Racer 64. Another thing I don't like about the third person camera in this game in particular is that when you try to look behind you, there is this weird swinging animation of the camera which I've never seen in any other racing game. It's very distracting, slightly disorienting, and overall useless. Why they put that in there I have no idea.
If you got people who hate the game to play it with the 1st person camera they would probably enjoy it much more.
I won this game on Video and Arcade Top 10. Great memories
glenn i think its really cool that you respond to comments and stuff cuz not many youtubers do that keep it up man! :D
OMG i loved playing this game back in the 2000s as a kid along with san francisco Rush 64 and star fox :3
Great memories hey
I actually really enjoy this game, after only getting it recently. I had no experience with the series at all. While it did have some bad points (a lot of which you stated, but I'd also like to mention the lack of points you earn from rear-ending or t-boning someone) generally I have a lot of fun playing through. It's like what you said about your feelings on the Cruis'n series. It's just great, casual fun.
Exactly - although I still prefer the ps1 versions of this :-)
I thought Destruction Derby and DD2 were rubbish on the PSX, especially compared to Jet Moto or Rally Cross. DD64 seemed more like a mock-up for Burnout than anything. Best thing I can say for DD is that it gave us Driver, which was awesome! Alas, they never made a DD game with Driver's excellent physics.
see I was never a big fan of driver myself
I played this game all the time when i was a kid and memories of me jumping out of bounds was my fun too.
i still love this game, i was the only one from my friends who had this and we played it a lot. especially that bombgame.
The graphics have an impressive amount of draw distance. It looks like you can see very far ahead of you.
i liked this game a lot at when it first came out but i have never really felt like revisiting it
It looks rather like Demolition Racer on PlayStation.
This was my favorite game as a kid, playing with my baby sitters kids, brings back memories.
That's what this whole community is about! Bringing back memories of great times :-)
That's awesome! Hope you get it when it arrives! & thanks
Hey Glenn :-) um, I have a little request by Anychance will you do a review of the Mr. backup Z 64 soon?
This game was way better then the ps1 game with the same name.
I think they each have their own strengths 👍
N64 Glenn Plant
idk, i only played the first one on ps1. And I remember being let down by lack of variety and content. Compared to the n64 version
I loved this game and found it to be more fun than the PS1 Demolition Racer titles. I had an N64 as a kid and had the pleasure of being near a video rental store in the peak of the era. I have played a lot of these games and over time have been able to relive that joy via emulator. In addition I am exploring other titles and your videos are so useful and thorough in a short package. I have been able to weed out the ones I am not interested in and focus solely on N64's best games.
This was a gem from my childhood- My friend had this on PS1, I only played it for about 10 mins, I had no idea that the games had any correlation. My favourite thing about it was the soft-body physics which is quite rare for a game of that time.
It was actually really hard to find for me, had to import it from the UK (don't know how my local video shop got hands of it as a rental)
Oh that's odd! You see I would have assumed an NTSC version would be much easier to get a hold of but it'll depend where in the world you are
Australia- I think I have seen it once in stores, other than that, it's quite uncommon
i like more punk for this time of game, for example with burnout 3 , now if it is race like in need for speed i listen rock...
retrovideogamejunkie both awesome genres to have as soundtracks :)
I'm going to pick this one up. I like ramming other cars of the road Road Warrior style.
I kinda regret not picking this up at this record store I saw it at a couple weeks ago. I can see why some of the bad parts could get annoying, but it still looks quite fun. TBH none of the Destruction Derby games that have come since can hold a candle to the first one. The slower gameplay with lots of opponents on tight, claustrophobic tracks was really something special.
The soundtrack bit was stupid. The soundtrack isn't bad, you just didn't like it.
+Down To Mars hmm you could say that for anything in life though. Like if the soundtrack was just someone smashing a piano I could say it’s bad but someone would say it’s fantastic
Destruction derby64 was my favorite game as a kid. I do not mind the soundtracks even though i am a metal fan, i find it is still acceptable for the time it came out. I was not overly done with odd electronic noises i call it, like Dubstep. Bottom line, very good game for it's time. 5 star rating from me.
Glenn, what about another Challange/competition ? ;)
if i got the on release i would of probably been dissaponted however playing it now in short bursts is rather enjoyable
You're Dazzle seems to record better than mine...I tried a couple days ago to record Yoshi's Story footage, but the video was really bad (really big pixels).
This game is so awesome. It was my first game based on a demolition derby and not many games had destructible cars back then so it was cool to be able to trash your car. I think i rented this game like 4 or 5 times but never ended up buying it. I honestly can't remember which console i rented it for though (ps1 or n64) because i had both at the time. I need to get this since i noticed its still pretty cheap to buy on ebay. This is a really fun game to play with friends. There is a great sequel for the ps1 and a game called test drive eve of destruction that feels like a sequel for the xbox which is the best of all of the derby games i've seen.
You should check out "Beam NG.Drive", it has a crazy physics engine. It's not finished yet, but it has come a long way.
Hey buddy...Wrong way!,you are in first place keep it up!, i love that narrator.
Oh how I love Destruction Derby. It was love at first sight when I played the first one on the demo disc that came with my Playstation. It still is one of my favorites today. The second installment was completely different but good on it's own merit. I just recently picked up the third one and it is yet again different from the others and good. The N64 version however was a game that I picked up to play once, and never gave the game a second thought. Destruction Derby just belonged to the PS1.
why is he saying Darby. it's Derby.
+JAY FRANCIS accent :-)
well im from the uk and you're the first iv heard call it that. its not short for Derbyshire.
JAY FRANCIS What? "darby" is the UK way of pronouncing it kid! lol Americans pronounce the word "der-bee", not us! :)
JAY FRANCIS yeah I think you've got this the wrong way round... I've not heard an English person call it "deerby" only "daarby" as the guy in the video pronounces it.
My only rant is who wrote Crete is the key of the Mediterranean?… that physically hurt me
Quite like Crete myself but it’s been over 25 years since I was last there
@@n64glennplant oh yeah I mean Crete is prolly nice I just thought Gibraltar was very well known about… more importantly tho, you always do really good reviews, you have a great channel here, thank you
@@trueneese8080 thanks, never been to Gibraltar - too political there for my liking
glenn u were right the game kicks ass on multiplayer my cousin came over and we did bomb tag n stuff
I honestly thought searching for the last car made it more of a challenge imo. I also thought the music was a plus, not a minus. Although, I've always been into Electronica stuff (and make stuff inspired from this game, actually). The only point That I agreed with is there is no regular race mode. But even still, it's nice to have a racer game that I can play that is completely different from all the others I have.
***** yeah thats one of the strong selling points and i think theres not much else like it around....bar carmageddon 64 which was awful
Cool, I believe I might know a few guys who still has them I can ask if you like Glenn :-)
I've never played any of the PS1 games (I plan to remedy that), but I tried this the other day. I had quite a bit of fun with it and ended up playing through the lowest level of the championship. I share your criticism that it's too easy to rack up points and get first place in the races by just smashing into the other cars, but I can live with that.
My one major disappointment with the game was that they didn't include the option to play pure races where all the cars are going in the same direction and placing first requires beating the other cars. I actually like the tracks, and think that they'd be fun to race on, but these aren't real races. It's just a free-for-all while doing laps on the track. While I found that fun, it would be nice to be able to just race without worrying about slamming head on into a car coming from the opposite direction. I'm not suggesting that they should have included a whole career mode for it, but just the option to set up a single race on any unlocked track would have been nice.
OK, I've now tried the three Destruction Derby games for the PS1 and to be honest, I didn't think much of them. The first game has boring tracks and horrible control. It doesn't support analog controls at all and trying to drive around narrow tracks with the D-pad makes me want to punch the screen. The second game supports the NeGcon controller, which I set up in the emulator. That made the control marginally better although the car handling still sucked horribly. It was like trying to steer a giant block of concrete around the track. I kind of liked Destruction Derby Raw though. At last it was playable.
I also tried Destruction Derby Arenas on the PS2, but my system isn't fast enough to properly emulate that one. Seemed like it would be fun if it wasn't in slow motion.
I agree. I wish so much that they'd give you the option just do regular races in this game sometimes. The tracks and cars would be so fun for that. Seems like it would have been so easy to add and previous DD games had races like that in them. Oh well.
Metallica is always a good choice. What do you go for, puppets or lightning? I would always go for justice but thats just me
Just checked the wiki, they've been owned by Sony since 93. Really a rarity, all I can think is Psygnosis were sort of allowed to do their own thing while Sony settled into their Playstation business properly. lol not much further for me either matey I'm just down the road from you in Doncaster :-)
True they are quite pricey but I'll see if I can hook you up & obtain a cheaper one somewhere or from someone
Great review as always pal ! Did not know DD came out on n64 ! How bad is that !!
When I was a kid I didn't care about video game soundtracks and I surely wouldn't have wanted to listen to metal lol.
Looked as crazy as hell! Still can't beat the unflinching unglitching games of the n64. Great work
Great pick up and play game on the n64. It's better in short spurts imo
Only just found out today gbe was on the 64
Fair point, what about Wipeout?
Wait what? Am I missing something but wasn't the series just barely taking off at this point? I don't remember previous entries before this one at least. On a side not the music wasn't bad, it was techno but it felt 90s techno (if that makes sense) but I enjoyed it as a "nerdy kid" wanting to play this game.
light69 There had already been Destruction Derby released on the PS1 and Saturn and I believe the sequel for the PS1 had been released too, or at least wasn't long after this. The N64 was late to the party of many franchises alas :)
DD2 was already huge on psx and pc
Welcome to...
DESTRUCTION DERBY!!
Animal or hawk? 😆
Hehheh I smashed the pixels out of DD1 & DD2 on PS1, having some amazing fun with the yellow Pro Car in DD2...Once getting hit at the exact same time on the front left hand side & right back hand side in the Pit Arena by two other soon to be scrap metal cars thus was spin-launched out of the level into the games wire-frame in the sky for about sixty seconds...Didn't 'av my mem-card to save my yellow Pro Car sky launch replay that day, was furious lol
Never played DD64 even though I owned & adored an N64 with Turok 1&2, Perfect Dark, Quake 64, Goldeneye 64, Doom 64, Duke Nukem 64, Blast Corps, Harvester, Mortal Kombat 4, Zelda 64, Super Mario 64, Mario Kart 64, Pilot Wings 64, Lylat Wars 64 etc etc...(sigh, why did I sell that console) but Destruction Derby 2 on PS1 still seems to be the far better title of all the DD's.
AveNullusMajestic like me you'd probably be disappointed if you liked the ps1 DD games - i loved those but this just didnt feel like a DD game much of the time. its not a bad game but more could have been done with the destruction element
Never played a Destruction Derby game, so no judgement here.
Ive never played a destruction derby game. If i need some car mayhem on the n64 i would just play Vigilante 8 2nd offense. Shooting cars is kinda more my style i guess. However i own a sealed copy of this ... maybe i should try it.
i love this game
My brother and I had destruction derby on the pc and utterly loved it, mainly the bowl championships, going up through the leagues...
Built up real rivalries with some of the computer players.
So we were buzzing when it finally came to the n64 but I remember being reeeaaaaallllllyyyy disappointed with it.
Like the guy says the races were a farce. Shame.
destruction darby sounds awesome. :P
I love destruction darby 64
Than is about to blow this up
It’s funny that I know you meant to type THAB 😂 I’m a fan too
2 words, Bomb Tag!!
Much more fun than bum tag I tell you
love this game
Come on, music was awesome!
There should be a "correct pronunciation of Derby" counter XD
or a drinking game, though it does taper off after the beginning
Tomato / tomato 🍅 😂
Darby vs Derby ... The ultimate battle !!
on the play station 1 & 2 is my favorites never play it on the N64
you should review dk 64
Destruction Darling
Love how you say Derby :D
Player 2 has the Bomb
i never heard of destruction darby
+ivan Medina it's like derby but British 😁
N64 Glenn Plant im only playing lol.. i just found your reviews.. love them keep it up
+ivan Medina thanks 😬
LOVE IT
Which platforms your preferred way to play DD?
dropping pills not acid at raves, or both
haha :)
"and listen to some metallica"... word!!
+c88rrado 🤘
Only real gs used the starter cars.
lol at least its not Carmageddon 64