I have never heard of it. That's what I love about your channel. Always new discoveries for the viewers. There are so many obscure games on the N64 and you cover pretty much the entire library. Plus playable prototypes/betas of cancelled games.
@@n64glennplant it'd be nice to just keep rolling on a screen like a old rental store. Or end of the world it'd be on hand while playing the 64 (hopefully with solar power) Before I got my smart phone I had to watch/rewatch these reviews only when around internet. Like friends house or library.
@@n64glennplant yes I'd do that if i have to when done. :). No pressure on you at all. I'd just love to support ya tho. Sure alot of other physical collector's would too. I will be able to see pretty much every game through the reviews. I played a 1/4 of games from the library, if that when younger. I did get the 64 day one and it's still my favorite. I plan on getting a CIB collection.
@@n64glennplant What are you gonna do when you run out of N64 games I mean there weren't a whole lot? If you go back to the SNES or NES I gotta say I won't be sticking around I hated the NES when I had it and wanted a SMS then I got a Genesis and so far the only two SNES games I've played Zelda on my GBA SP and Chrono Trigger PS1.
Wow, this takes me back. In the early 90s me and my mom used to play “Bowling” on our Atari, which is probably the earliest video game memory I have. When me and my two older siblings eventually got a SNES for Christmas, she no longer played with us (likely due to the quantum leap from 1 button joystick to 8 buttons + d pad). Fast forward to the late 90s when we finally got an N64, one of our early pickups was Milo’s Astro Lanes. Bowling games with mama bear made a comeback and was a nice return to form.
(Continued, posted by accident, wasn’t finished) It’s funny when you find out one of your childhood video games is kind of obscure. I’ve always kind of taken its existence for granted. Ironically this is one of the few games that I never traded in during the next gen leap. I’m just gonna assume that GameStop offered me pennies for it and I just said, “Fuck that I’ll just keep it then.” Lol. Always enjoy your channel and genuine love of the N64 hardware.
Now this game is a hidden gem on the N64, the game offers a unique take on the bowling genre its setting reminds me alot of the Jetsons cartoon the game has good graphics, gameplay, sound and lots humor and comedy.
When I was a kid, I had an ad for this on my wall because I thought it looked cool. I cut it out of an issue of Nintendo Power, I think. Never played the game, though.
Every time a new review pops up from you, I’m always hit with that, “Oh, yeah! I forgot all about that game!” I never played this back in the day but it looks pretty interesting. If I can find this one cheap, I’m going to pick it up. Great review as always, Glenn!
TH-cam actually recomended something I wanna see haha. I agree with games developers not taking risks and their being too many clones. I suppose its something to do with them prefering to use pre existing game engines to build their own ones around? I dont know a lot about the tech side but thats my guess.
Love your videos! it is great to watch all those N64 games I missed back in the day, not only playing but also reading about them on magazines, thank you really
Super Monkey Ball Bowling minigame was perhaps the most crazy version of Bowling I have ever played. Never played Milo's Astro Lanes but I can admit hearing about the way you can interfere with your opponent's bowling ball via power ups or items, it gives this sort of Mario Sports title feel to it. Better than Wii Sports Bowling more than 10 times over and kinda wished that this crazier version of bowling would have been more popular instead.
This was my absolute favorite game of my childhood - I love watching gameplay and getting those memories back. It helps me not spend hundreds of dollars to get an N64 system and the game again 😅
I used to play this all the time with my best friend when we were young! So much fun. Until his dad died of lung cancer and they moved to Florida. Never got to play it again.
I remember renting this from Blockbuster as a kid! It was a really fun game and I haven’t come across another one like it since. Definitely a unique game.
I think the one thing about this game that intrigued me at the time of release was IGN’s memorable description of the soundtrack as “elevator music on a tropical island.”
I played this for around an hour when I first got it back in March. It was as you said a shallow game. Though I might revisit it for the hell of it after seeing this video, but it will never be as enjoyable to me as Super Bowling on the N64, hell even the SNES Super Bowling too.
Best game ever. 10/10. No other game has ever measured up- in ANY genre. People have killed just to play it once. Entire wars have been fought over who loved it more. There are shrines and temples to it and it became the top religion in the world. I haven't played it.
Great video. Though I think that era was just as bad for clones/generic titles - all the mascot platformers for example which are forgotten today. Now at least we have indie games which is where a lot of the more unique titles emerge from.
Nice reviews. You could make game cube reviews when you're done with N64. Thanks for the reviews! I just buy n64 games after watching your channel about the game. That's why i did not buy Fifa 64.
This game was a pleasant surprise for me. Lots of fun, especially in multiplayer. The power ups can be pretty OP but everyone has the same oppurtunity to get them. This is a game I remember seeing on the rental shelves but never would have picked it up back then.
I actually can only think of Saints Row when I think of GTA clone off the top of my head. And I actually really like Saints Row, its unique enough and is more cartoonish in tone in some ways. While GTA has joke and stuff Saints Row will have missions like vandalizing a rivals turf by using a waste water trucks hole to spray its poopy contents all over. GTA doesn't get that goofy really. I think I like GTA more but I still like Saints Row. And I actually like Red Dead Redemption more than GTA as well, so I prefer wild west style GTA at least a little more. But when it comes to Call of Duty no I have no interest, at least not now, in those games. I have never owned one and only played a demo once on my brothers console. I was drawn to Battlefield but never got it either, but I would be more likely to eventually try that. And you know I like war history and stuff too so its not that I am not interested in the overall idea, its that releasing it every year and calling it something new when its not. The last few Grand Theft Autos have came out several years apart. Red Dead 2 is going to be something like 7 or 8 years. GTA 5 has been the newest version of that for like 5 years now. Rockstar just seems like and are a much more likable company than Activision or EA. The one scenario where I could see trying a Call of Duty game or a few of them is if I did something like this where I wanted to play every game on a system, and I honestly do love modern gaming and I really am not as much of a retro one. So I could see myself wanting to try that for PS3 or PS4. Much like a guy I watch The Mexican Runner who beat every NES game. But I don't think I'd ever have the patience to beat them all, like I would not beat the sports games, and I even like sports but I would have no patience trying to win the Superbowl in every Madden game released and win the World Series in every baseball and so on. I actually am up to a fair amount of games beaten for PS3 and 4, its about a combined 80 right now. This does include remastered PS2 games. But even The Mexican Runner had to play a lot of crappy Arcade ports and outdated Atari like games on his NES crusade. But the PS2 remasters are of good games I didn't play until then, and I loved them, like the Jak and Daxter games,Ratchet and Clank,Devil May Cry and Sly Cooper. So I do like the remasters. Then some PS4 games are games they originally came on PS3 too but again the ones I am getting now are the ones I didn't have for that. Namely Last of Us Remastered, because I don't like horror games and was afraid I wouldn't like it. By the time I decided from what I had heard the version I got was the PS4. And I loved it and discovered it wasn't too scary as I'd thought. SNES had Super Mario All-Stars. No different than a Jak and Daxter Trilogy on one disc. One thing I do dislike is DLC. Its an excuse for them not to finish the game a lot of times. They give you something that wasn't finished when it came out some weeks later. I understand sometimes how DLC is cool, and I have liked a lot of DLC, but I have almost never bought it off the PSN. What I do is I wait and see if there is going to be a version with everything on it. It has paid off virtually everytime. Skyrim,FallOut,again Last of Us,Batman Arkham although I am not big on a lot of its DLC, and too many more to name. There is only one game I remember paying for the DLC from PSN and then the version with it all came out, LA Noire. And the DLC in that is substantial, it adds something like 2 or 3 whole new stories (or cases as they are called) that I really liked. But I was upset and wished I had waited for that version with it all. Plus I hate when its not on the disc as with Fallout 4. So thats why I have not got that yet but I will probably give in when its 25 bucks somewhere. And I can't lie Glenn, this series is what maybe helped ignite that idea to play everything on a system you like. That and The Mexican Runner, but I knew this channel before I had heard of him, actually probably years apart. And I have discovered my passion is the Sony consoles. And I never meant to be a fanboy. I had an Xbox. I liked it. Then I got a PlayStation and discovered just how much more I liked the controller and exclusive games. Such as me not getting Halo when I played it, not seeing why it was so popular. Then loving the ones I could not play on the Xbox. Not saying I wouldn't mind trying some of their exclusives at all. Just rather spend my money on what I know I like right now. Maybe someday I will get into Xbox more too. But I would likely get into Nintendo more first, like look into getting a Switch or something.
okay, now this is like peak N64 obscure games:p
haha yeah very!
I remember playing this when I was real young. I'm glad I never forgot this.
Me too I just remembered and was hoping it popped up
This, my friends, was one of my childhood games. This was a fun one!
I agree, this game was fun. This was also one of my childhood games too
I have never heard of it. That's what I love about your channel. Always new discoveries for the viewers. There are so many obscure games on the N64 and you cover pretty much the entire library. Plus playable prototypes/betas of cancelled games.
Agree
Been trying to remember this game for many many years😭
Totally forgot this game existed.
I'd love a DVD/VHS release of all your reviews when done. Maybe a box set that looks like a 64 game case. :)
haha I won't do that, they are all free on youtube :)
@@n64glennplant it'd be nice to just keep rolling on a screen like a old rental store. Or end of the world it'd be on hand while playing the 64 (hopefully with solar power)
Before I got my smart phone I had to watch/rewatch these reviews only when around internet. Like friends house or library.
appreciate your efforts :) you know you could just download them from youtube and burn them?
@@n64glennplant yes I'd do that if i have to when done. :). No pressure on you at all. I'd just love to support ya tho. Sure alot of other physical collector's would too.
I will be able to see pretty much every game through the reviews. I played a 1/4 of games from the library, if that when younger. I did get the 64 day one and it's still my favorite. I plan on getting a CIB collection.
@@n64glennplant What are you gonna do when you run out of N64 games I mean there weren't a whole lot? If you go back to the SNES or NES I gotta say I won't be sticking around I hated the NES when I had it and wanted a SMS then I got a Genesis and so far the only two SNES games I've played Zelda on my GBA SP and Chrono Trigger PS1.
This was one of the first games my mom ever played with my brother and I when we were kids, this was so much fun
Wow, this takes me back. In the early 90s me and my mom used to play “Bowling” on our Atari, which is probably the earliest video game memory I have. When me and my two older siblings eventually got a SNES for Christmas, she no longer played with us (likely due to the quantum leap from 1 button joystick to 8 buttons + d pad). Fast forward to the late 90s when we finally got an N64, one of our early pickups was Milo’s Astro Lanes. Bowling games with mama bear made a comeback and was a nice return to form.
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It’s funny when you find out one of your childhood video games is kind of obscure. I’ve always kind of taken its existence for granted.
Ironically this is one of the few games that I never traded in during the next gen leap. I’m just gonna assume that GameStop offered me pennies for it and I just said, “Fuck that I’ll just keep it then.” Lol. Always enjoy your channel and genuine love of the N64 hardware.
I rented this game from blockbuster like 20 years ago. I randomly just remembered it and I legit thought it was something I dreamed about lmao
Ah back in the day when you had like 4 games in your entire library...
Hey, 4 better than zero...
Ahhh, this was the game that reminded me of rocket robot on wheels and starshot space circus.
Now this game is a hidden gem on the N64, the game offers a unique take on the bowling genre its setting reminds me alot of the Jetsons cartoon the game has good graphics, gameplay, sound and lots humor and comedy.
I remember as a kid I always played this basic 3d bowling PC game all the time, I would of loved this if I knew it existed
When I was a kid, I had an ad for this on my wall because I thought it looked cool. I cut it out of an issue of Nintendo Power, I think. Never played the game, though.
Maybe it’s now time to check it out!
Remember this game like yesterday
Every time a new review pops up from you, I’m always hit with that, “Oh, yeah! I forgot all about that game!” I never played this back in the day but it looks pretty interesting. If I can find this one cheap, I’m going to pick it up. Great review as always, Glenn!
this game was amazing for what it was and i would consider it to be a rare find
The PAL version of this game (boxed) is worth £77 now. 77! Madness.
TH-cam actually recomended something I wanna see haha. I agree with games developers not taking risks and their being too many clones. I suppose its something to do with them prefering to use pre existing game engines to build their own ones around? I dont know a lot about the tech side but thats my guess.
That's definately a good point. There also tends to be a rivalry regarding engines between major studios, sort of a "ours can do that too!".
I still have this game and I’m glad I do I really love Milo’s!!! I spent hours playing The game. Great review brother I’m inspired to review it myself
One of my favorite games from my childhood. Thank you !
This game was like a freakin fever dream
Love your videos! it is great to watch all those N64 games I missed back in the day, not only playing but also reading about them on magazines, thank you really
Loved playing this game with my brothers as a kid
This channel is gold.
Was hoping for platinum 😂
my cousin had this as a rental back in the day, I was young but i loved this game!
perfect rental title right here
I remember renting this a couple times at blockbuster. This and snowboard kids were some of my favorite weird n64 games.
Super Monkey Ball Bowling minigame was perhaps the most crazy version of Bowling I have ever played.
Never played Milo's Astro Lanes but I can admit hearing about the way you can interfere with your opponent's bowling ball via power ups or items, it gives this sort of Mario Sports title feel to it.
Better than Wii Sports Bowling more than 10 times over and kinda wished that this crazier version of bowling would have been more popular instead.
*Let's go bowling!!*
yes - lets!
This game was buried by critics, even by Nintendo magazine but players love it.
Yeah I think it’s quite a quirky cool title
This was my absolute favorite game of my childhood - I love watching gameplay and getting those memories back. It helps me not spend hundreds of dollars to get an N64 system and the game again 😅
I used to play this all the time with my best friend when we were young! So much fun. Until his dad died of lung cancer and they moved to Florida. Never got to play it again.
Well that’s a sad memory to start the weekend!
*Oooooooooh, Tricky*
Used to have this game, loved it lol
Took me years to realize that I had to speed my ball up to jump the gap on one level....man, this takes me back.
Never heard about this game until now. Interesting video!
glad I could shed some light, thats always been a goal for the channel
I remember renting this from Blockbuster as a kid! It was a really fun game and I haven’t come across another one like it since. Definitely a unique game.
wow that bowling ball dirty mind joke was really ahead of its time
I LOVED THIS GAME
I loved this game so much.
Love love love your videos. What are you gonna do once you finish reviewing every n64 game?
Hey Niko! Let's go astro bowling!
Totally average. A bit like the Jetsons. 10/10 Ign.
I think the one thing about this game that intrigued me at the time of release was IGN’s memorable description of the soundtrack as “elevator music on a tropical island.”
haha you know thats a great way to think of it
I remember reading about this game in Nintendo Power :-)
bringing back some memories for you hey!
I played this for around an hour when I first got it back in March. It was as you said a shallow game. Though I might revisit it for the hell of it after seeing this video, but it will never be as enjoyable to me as Super Bowling on the N64, hell even the SNES Super Bowling too.
My childhood
Such a cool random game to remember 👍
Glenn... I waiting the review of "Tonic trouble"...
soon :)
@@n64glennplant Yay!
Best game ever. 10/10. No other game has ever measured up- in ANY genre. People have killed just to play it once. Entire wars have been fought over who loved it more. There are shrines and temples to it and it became the top religion in the world.
I haven't played it.
You haven’t played it? But what you said was 💯 accurate 😉
Review Flintstones Bedrock Bowling on the PS1
How many more Glenn?
59 or so I think
I rented this from Blockbuster when I was 4.
Great video. Though I think that era was just as bad for clones/generic titles - all the mascot platformers for example which are forgotten today. Now at least we have indie games which is where a lot of the more unique titles emerge from.
And kart racers
I never played this but it looks pretty fun
Awesome review man ! :D
thank you :)
What happens when you review every sing n64 game? Gamecube titles? Playstation?
Nice reviews. You could make game cube reviews when you're done with N64. Thanks for the reviews! I just buy n64 games after watching your channel about the game. That's why i did not buy Fifa 64.
never heard of this one. cool!
Is Roman Bellic in the game?
Milo's astro lane was a ok game in my opinion nothing special but i kinda enjoyed playing the multiplayer.
yeah its one of those games which is kinda Meh but can have its moments
ThaBeast721 is playing this game right now.
Never heard of this one.
Man, just make a video like that but about Ocarina of Time....
haha ive always said Zelda will be the last review
N64 Glenn Plant So Majora’s Mask will be before? Or will you do both in one?
Northernlion bought this?
i loved this game growing up... it was so fun to play lol
And so weird too isn’t it
Pretty good multiplayer imo, would usually have a lot of low scoring games since everyone would screw each other over haha
My first console was a cracked xbox 1st generation, this is the first game i played lol im 17
Is this the dude from did you know gaming?
No I am not 👍
This game looks horrific! I didn’t even know it existed!
@Nintendo Bring this to N64 Online please!
This game was a pleasant surprise for me. Lots of fun, especially in multiplayer. The power ups can be pretty OP but everyone has the same oppurtunity to get them. This is a game I remember seeing on the rental shelves but never would have picked it up back then.
Sweeeet sweeeet content... aahhhhhh
I actually can only think of Saints Row when I think of GTA clone off the top of my head. And I actually really like Saints Row, its unique enough and is more cartoonish in tone in some ways. While GTA has joke and stuff Saints Row will have missions like vandalizing a rivals turf by using a waste water trucks hole to spray its poopy contents all over. GTA doesn't get that goofy really. I think I like GTA more but I still like Saints Row. And I actually like Red Dead Redemption more than GTA as well, so I prefer wild west style GTA at least a little more.
But when it comes to Call of Duty no I have no interest, at least not now, in those games. I have never owned one and only played a demo once on my brothers console. I was drawn to Battlefield but never got it either, but I would be more likely to eventually try that. And you know I like war history and stuff too so its not that I am not interested in the overall idea, its that releasing it every year and calling it something new when its not. The last few Grand Theft Autos have came out several years apart. Red Dead 2 is going to be something like 7 or 8 years. GTA 5 has been the newest version of that for like 5 years now. Rockstar just seems like and are a much more likable company than Activision or EA.
The one scenario where I could see trying a Call of Duty game or a few of them is if I did something like this where I wanted to play every game on a system, and I honestly do love modern gaming and I really am not as much of a retro one. So I could see myself wanting to try that for PS3 or PS4. Much like a guy I watch The Mexican Runner who beat every NES game. But I don't think I'd ever have the patience to beat them all, like I would not beat the sports games, and I even like sports but I would have no patience trying to win the Superbowl in every Madden game released and win the World Series in every baseball and so on. I actually am up to a fair amount of games beaten for PS3 and 4, its about a combined 80 right now. This does include remastered PS2 games. But even The Mexican Runner had to play a lot of crappy Arcade ports and outdated Atari like games on his NES crusade. But the PS2 remasters are of good games I didn't play until then, and I loved them, like the Jak and Daxter games,Ratchet and Clank,Devil May Cry and Sly Cooper. So I do like the remasters. Then some PS4 games are games they originally came on PS3 too but again the ones I am getting now are the ones I didn't have for that. Namely Last of Us Remastered, because I don't like horror games and was afraid I wouldn't like it. By the time I decided from what I had heard the version I got was the PS4. And I loved it and discovered it wasn't too scary as I'd thought. SNES had Super Mario All-Stars. No different than a Jak and Daxter Trilogy on one disc.
One thing I do dislike is DLC. Its an excuse for them not to finish the game a lot of times. They give you something that wasn't finished when it came out some weeks later. I understand sometimes how DLC is cool, and I have liked a lot of DLC, but I have almost never bought it off the PSN. What I do is I wait and see if there is going to be a version with everything on it. It has paid off virtually everytime. Skyrim,FallOut,again Last of Us,Batman Arkham although I am not big on a lot of its DLC, and too many more to name. There is only one game I remember paying for the DLC from PSN and then the version with it all came out, LA Noire. And the DLC in that is substantial, it adds something like 2 or 3 whole new stories (or cases as they are called) that I really liked. But I was upset and wished I had waited for that version with it all. Plus I hate when its not on the disc as with Fallout 4. So thats why I have not got that yet but I will probably give in when its 25 bucks somewhere.
And I can't lie Glenn, this series is what maybe helped ignite that idea to play everything on a system you like. That and The Mexican Runner, but I knew this channel before I had heard of him, actually probably years apart. And I have discovered my passion is the Sony consoles. And I never meant to be a fanboy. I had an Xbox. I liked it. Then I got a PlayStation and discovered just how much more I liked the controller and exclusive games. Such as me not getting Halo when I played it, not seeing why it was so popular. Then loving the ones I could not play on the Xbox. Not saying I wouldn't mind trying some of their exclusives at all. Just rather spend my money on what I know I like right now. Maybe someday I will get into Xbox more too. But I would likely get into Nintendo more first, like look into getting a Switch or something.
Oh wow. Getting into weird territory now. Must be coming towards the end of the list of N64 releases. :(
I don't really like retropunk and I hate bowling (Wii sports trauma) so I think I'll pass 😅