I always thought this game had been nothing but a fever dream I had when I was a kid or something. After several attempts at crappily describing the game to google I finally found it lol. Amazing.
"Blast Corps was my first project, though I suppose it wouldn't be considered as a 'big project' these days. During the development of Blast Corps there were never more than seven people working on the game at the same time. Most of the time it was just this core group of four of us, who were mainly graduates. That sort of thing just doesn't happen any more. The concept for the game was something that Chris Stamper (co-founder of Rare) had been trying to get going for years. His famous quote was, 'If you knock down buildings, it will be fun.' Obviously, the challenge for us, always, was finding a reason to knock down buildings. So we came up with what we referred to as a 'Constantly Moving Object.' It helped to channel the gameplay and was used to set a time limit. Our lead artist at the time, Ricky Berwick, was just fantastic. He came up with some really cool ideas for vehicles and we basically retrofitted them into the play dynamic afterwards. My favourite vehicle would have to be Backlash. Its mechanic was borrowed from Mario Kart 64's power slide; it was heavily criticised and I remember defending it for many hours. It was really hard to pull off a successful slide-smash. Personally I found the challenge immensely satisfying." -- Martin Wakeley, lead designer (Blast Corps - N64 - Rare)
@@johnnydesir7092 The truck carrying nuclear missiles has gone out of control and the goal is to clear a path any way possible before it hits anything and goes off. That's the main goal at least.
Ah one of the classics. Simple premise, fun destruction, silly plot, great soundtrack and the chance to go back and 100%. It just doesn't get much better then this.
I was born in 2000 right at the end of the run of the N64 and it’s my favorite console. I just bought this game to add to my collection cause I haven’t played it since like 2010 and I GOTTA RELIVE IT
@@bufflatino5121 I *adore* Blast Corps, grew up playing it and still come back to it, but I cannot in good faith recommend anybody try it if they aren't already used to "early 3D jank" because the game is absolutely lousy with it. Vehicles bounce off of walls and hard objects like they're made of rubber and occasionally get caught on geometry which you have to wiggle out of. Certain stages have puzzle elements that are barely communicated or not at all, like the TNT crate on a remote island in Oyster Harbor, or the scientist in the underground maze with no marked entrance on Argent Towers. The functional but unremarkable driving controls and mechanics are not interesting enough to warrant half the side missions being 4-lap race tracks. Just a few examples that came to mind.
I played the crap out of this as a kid on a blockbuster rental, and didn't know about the backlashes ability to spin around so I always had to use terrain to get it to spin out and hit things with the back, it added an obnoxious amount of challenge to the game, I literally would have recurring nightmares about it.
This is such a good idea for a TH-cam channel I'm so glad that I found this this is awesome Like it's kind of difficult to describe how perfect it is that I found this channel and it's just The title of the channel is self-explanatory and I love it
My same reaction around 2019 finding for the 1st time "Wait a minute, people record and post footage of videogames on the internet?" Something so obvious but I didn't know existed LOL
In the early days of TH-cam they were titled "Let's Play ______" and there were a load of them! They would be only like 10 minutes of gameplay between 50+ videos to finish a game because that's all TH-cam allowed for at the time. Something I hadn't thought of in a long time until now! I made a few on Banjo Tooie, Conker and DK64 but sadly I deleted them for whatever reason when I was younger.
I didn't know it was pronounced "Cores" until I was in my 30's! ...Anyway, this, Goldeneye and Pilotwings were some of my fav timewasters on N64 with housemates, whilst smashing through Software Engineering lectures (hungover) at Uni in the 90's, waiting for Ocarina of Time to be released. Good times :)
Correct. In this instance, it's highly likely that this would likely be pronounced in the singular form, "core". The easiest real-world example that I can think of, is with the Marine Corps. There is only one Marine Corps, and so it is always pronounced as "core". If pronounced as Marine "corpse", they'd likely just laugh at you and then gently correct you
Blast Corps for the Nintendo 64 was released in the United States on March 24, 1997, about 26 years ago, during 1996-97. This was Rare's 1st game for the system.
I remember how much I loved when the JBomb showed up as a vehicle and how much they loved to make you use the Backlash 😂. But it was very rewarding when you finally mastered Backlash!
I have been trying to remember this game for fucking years. My mind had me convinced it was a transformers game or some shit for either ps1/n64 and only just now did I get lucky by finding a site with underrated n64 games. I recognized it instantly. Amazing.
i would get so pissed as a kid when the girl would say “you’re just trying to impress me” 😭😭😭 i would yell at the screen like “no im not i dont care about you!!!!”
I remember going to dinner with my friend and his parents and we had the nintendo power reviewing this when it came out. We kept saying"Blast Corpse" mispronouncing the title and the parents at first were like no you guys can't go get that game, LOL.
I used to love this game as a kid. Sure, it's very over the top. I mean you can literally unlock levels on the moon and pacman style levels. But it's just so unique and creative.
As someone who loved trucks and construction vehicles as a kid, I had a blast (pun intended) driving bulldozers and dump trucks around and demolishing buildings. What kid wouldn't?
I finally found it! Ive been looking for this game from my childhood for at least year but had no clue what it was called. I knew id recognize the gameplay but all i could think to type in was mech warriror this or that. Never would have though to put in blast corps but i found it by putting in mech warrior N64. Mmaaaan, i need to get this game!!
Imagine how confusing this game was. I got it with a save game almost complete so one moment you're a giant robot destroying buildings and the next you're a lone race car with background country music. I mean now it seems... It was just America in a nutshell.
Loved this game as a kid. I even completed every stage with the platin medal, which unfortunately is not really worth the effort since you don't get anything special afterward. I hated the backlash, though. Mastering that thing is really tough. I also loved that you get to do more stuff after detonating the missile carrier. The planetary missions were fun. But who comes up with something like that? "Hey, let's bring a demolition vehicle weighing multiple tons to f*cking Neptune (which, by the way, has no solid surface) to do a race." :D
Second game I owned on the N64, behind Super Mario 64. I was so confused playing because I thought it was gonna be a mech-like action game lol. Half way through I grew to love it.
This game was the equivalent of an ADHD fever dream. If I had to describe the fast paced insanity of the late 90s/early 2000s, this game would be it. Never knew wtf we were doing when playing it either.
Are used to rent this game from Video Update when I was a kid and completely forgot it existed until idubz mentioned it in a video, oh the nostalgia lol, idk if I had any idea what I was doing tho
Guys over here making the dump truck look easy. Man ive been playing this game for 2 decades, soon 3, and i still can not get a grip on that bloody thing.
I remember the severe stress some of these level caused me. Even looking at it today re-triggers some of those sensations and it just makes me nauseous. I was probably to young for the stress so when the vehicle didn't do what you wanted, combined with the stressful music i got pissed. I never understood why this company sent you ut with missile cars and a dump-truck where you had to drift into building to wreck them. I always wondered why they didn't just let me run the bulldozer?! And i got even more pissed over the fact that that nuke truck couldn't just stop. At some point i got a bit sick of the game and never played it again. I was probably 11-12 years old at the time. Looking at it now its crazy how every detail is still so fresh.
I literally remember having to choose between this game and Super Mario 64 at toys r us. After 1 day of playing this I told my mom that we definitely had to take it back and exchange it for Super Mario! Best decision I ever made lol
![Nintendo 64 Longplay [026] Diddy Kong Racing](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/3gPXyMK4Lls/mqdefault.jpg)
![[TAS] N64 Blast Corps "all platinum medals" by WarHippy in 1:16:02.05](/img/n.gif)
I always thought this game had been nothing but a fever dream I had when I was a kid or something. After several attempts at crappily describing the game to google I finally found it lol. Amazing.
Nice Picture
exact same thing here lol
damn...now I don’t feel so alone in this evil world
Likewise!!!!
Thank god it’s not just me
Never beat this one as a kid I had no idea wtf i was doing
You and me both lmfaooo
@@LOofymeisteR you two and me. I had no clue about what to do.
Same!!! I got so bored with it after couple minutes. Could never find any. Building to smash
I knew I was supposed to destroy buildings to clear the path for the truck but I eventually got stuck at some point and never beat it.
totally hahaha
Time to get movin......time......time......Time to get movin.
Love this game, I still have my copy. From the golden age of gaming.
Dude that song brought me wayyyy back!
always love that sound
I loved the metallic effect and lighting on the dump truck, 24 years ago gosh time flies
"Blast Corps was my first project,
though I suppose it wouldn't be
considered as a 'big project' these
days. During the development of
Blast Corps there were never more
than seven people working on the
game at the same time. Most of
the time it was just this core group
of four of us, who were mainly
graduates. That sort of thing just
doesn't happen any more.
The concept for the game was
something that Chris Stamper
(co-founder of Rare) had been
trying to get going for years. His
famous quote was, 'If you knock
down buildings, it will be fun.'
Obviously, the challenge for us,
always, was finding a reason to
knock down buildings. So we
came up with what we referred to
as a 'Constantly Moving Object.' It
helped to channel the gameplay
and was used to set a time limit.
Our lead artist at the time, Ricky
Berwick, was just fantastic. He
came up with some really cool
ideas for vehicles and we basically
retrofitted them into the play
dynamic afterwards.
My favourite vehicle would have
to be Backlash. Its mechanic was
borrowed from Mario Kart 64's
power slide; it was heavily criticised
and I remember defending it for
many hours. It was really hard to
pull off a successful slide-smash.
Personally I found the challenge
immensely satisfying."
-- Martin Wakeley, lead designer (Blast Corps - N64 - Rare)
This was the game for my childhood that I could never remember the name but I still had so many memories of it!!!
The only thing I could remember about this game was the name of that Mech… Thunderfist!!
Same here, back then I swore up and down this game was more like Vigilante 8 or Twisted metal too.
literally one of the best games of all time. Fuck sales numbers, fuck ratings, this was a truly unique game.
Loved this game so much growing up !
But what’s the actual goal of the game ?
@@johnnydesir7092 The truck carrying nuclear missiles has gone out of control and the goal is to clear a path any way possible before it hits anything and goes off. That's the main goal at least.
This game was special. The level select was very unique, could go your own way. A lot of unique side missions, good music, epic explosions.
The game has a 90% average on Metacritic. What are you complaining about ratings for?
You’re just trying to impress me.
No trouble at all.
Whats the joke? WHY IS THIS FUNNY
@@harrypottersucks12 you wouldnt get it
sex ual innuendo
I thought she was super hot and had a nice set of cement mixers 😉
one of my favourite Blockbuster rentals from back in the day. It was a damn good weekend with this!
This was part of my childhood N64 gaming experience. I feel kind of sad how underrated this game is. Guess it didn't get all the love it deserved.
this was that rare hidden gem game you'd always try and rent from blackbuster but it was never fucking there lmao
That’s because I rented it like 10 times lol
bcuz someone stole it
I can’t remember most of my childhood but the soundtrack for this game is embedded in my spinal cord
_"You're just trying to impress me."_
God, my friends and I cringed every time. It was just embarrassing.
One of the best games of the N64. Not sure why it's never been re-released or remade.
It’s rereleased on the Xbox One/Series X/S via Rare Replay
@@Simp4Anya I almost forgot due to it not being a wide release. Could do with a remaster and a sequel.
This things is a horrible monstrosity!
@@PhilipOII247 What a hot take dude. 😂
Ah one of the classics. Simple premise, fun destruction, silly plot, great soundtrack and the chance to go back and 100%. It just doesn't get much better then this.
I'm so glad to find so many people like me here. Hope finding this filled ur hearts with joy like it did me. Blessing to y'all my friends!
Even though I was born in 2006, I still had so much fun with the n64. This will forever be my favorite console to exist
Stay in school kid
@@JohnDoe-yq9rt ok? I'm in highschool now I guess
@@JohnDoe-yq9rt Why did you feel the need to say that?
@@addictedtoRS none of your business
I was born in 2000 right at the end of the run of the N64 and it’s my favorite console. I just bought this game to add to my collection cause I haven’t played it since like 2010 and I GOTTA RELIVE IT
Even though it hasn't aged well at all, I still have many, many fond memories of this game.
*Blast Corps has aged just fine, wtf are you talking about lol.*
@@bufflatino5121 I *adore* Blast Corps, grew up playing it and still come back to it, but I cannot in good faith recommend anybody try it if they aren't already used to "early 3D jank" because the game is absolutely lousy with it. Vehicles bounce off of walls and hard objects like they're made of rubber and occasionally get caught on geometry which you have to wiggle out of. Certain stages have puzzle elements that are barely communicated or not at all, like the TNT crate on a remote island in Oyster Harbor, or the scientist in the underground maze with no marked entrance on Argent Towers. The functional but unremarkable driving controls and mechanics are not interesting enough to warrant half the side missions being 4-lap race tracks. Just a few examples that came to mind.
Rare was the best. No one else (aside from Nintendo themselves) could come close.
Rockstar pretty much blew everyone else out the water
I remember renting this game multiple times as a kid.
I loved this game as a kid, such a cool original concept and it had some pretty cool explosion effects for the time.
I played the crap out of this as a kid on a blockbuster rental, and didn't know about the backlashes ability to spin around so I always had to use terrain to get it to spin out and hit things with the back, it added an obnoxious amount of challenge to the game, I literally would have recurring nightmares about it.
I also just remembered that when I was waiting for Blast Corps to come out I had a dream about tearing it up in the ramdozer
Kiddo is enjoying this tremendously, as am I. We've been watching this over the past few weeks now and we love it!
Thanks for the upload!
Watching nostalgically in 2021... I love that game!
This is such a good idea for a TH-cam channel I'm so glad that I found this this is awesome
Like it's kind of difficult to describe how perfect it is that I found this channel and it's just
The title of the channel is self-explanatory and I love it
My same reaction around 2019 finding for the 1st time "Wait a minute, people record and post footage of videogames on the internet?" Something so obvious but I didn't know existed LOL
In the early days of TH-cam they were titled "Let's Play ______" and there were a load of them! They would be only like 10 minutes of gameplay between 50+ videos to finish a game because that's all TH-cam allowed for at the time. Something I hadn't thought of in a long time until now! I made a few on Banjo Tooie, Conker and DK64 but sadly I deleted them for whatever reason when I was younger.
Far out this game brings back sooooo many memories! I miss being young
This game is legendary. Those who know, have spent many hours with many friends growing up, having a... Blast ;)
It was always funny to me how much destruction you cause, because a truck carrying nukes can’t turn left , right, or brake. 😂
This game is a gem! First game I bought for my 64 along with Mario Kart 64 and Killer Instinct gold
Yay! This game is on the switch now!!!
Man those moon levels and music were so much fun!
Man, this game reminds me of a random day in 2004 in Colorado. Surely nothing bad happened...
Can’t believe people saying this game was bad. It was awesome! So much fun! Challenging!
I know, right? This has to be one of the most underrated N64 games ever.
One of my favorites of all time the nostalgia is killing me here this video game makes me feel old
Agreed - I was 27 when this was released :)
So many memories renting this in my high school days. Would love if it came back
I didn't know it was pronounced "Cores" until I was in my 30's! ...Anyway, this, Goldeneye and Pilotwings were some of my fav timewasters on N64 with housemates, whilst smashing through Software Engineering lectures (hungover) at Uni in the 90's, waiting for Ocarina of Time to be released. Good times :)
lmao putting it that way, BLAST CORPSE sounds like a sick death metal band.
@@MisterButterfingers Ha!, Also makes Cannibal Corpse sound like highly trained military groups of human flesh eaters.
@Falcon "Pronounced" So was I right then ?
@Falcon Gotcha!
Correct. In this instance, it's highly likely that this would likely be pronounced in the singular form, "core". The easiest real-world example that I can think of, is with the Marine Corps. There is only one Marine Corps, and so it is always pronounced as "core". If pronounced as Marine "corpse", they'd likely just laugh at you and then gently correct you
Blast Corps for the Nintendo 64 was released in the United States on March 24, 1997, about 26 years ago, during 1996-97. This was Rare's 1st game for the system.
I remember how much I loved when the JBomb showed up as a vehicle and how much they loved to make you use the Backlash 😂. But it was very rewarding when you finally mastered Backlash!
"Your just trying to impress me"
You know it! -_^
I remember knowing how good these graphics were. N64 was good at pulling off metallic.
Childhood game right here ! Loved this ❤ playing with the brothers. Memories to last a life time
I had no idea what i was doing on this game as a kid but it was so much fun lol
Biggest mistake in My life... not getting payed to demolish entire cities.
in real life it wouldnt be so great some things about no injure someone craps or somthing like that
The nostalgia man ☯️ I thought it was a fever dream I had as a kid trying to beat this game XD good times 🕉️
I have been trying to remember this game for fucking years. My mind had me convinced it was a transformers game or some shit for either ps1/n64 and only just now did I get lucky by finding a site with underrated n64 games. I recognized it instantly. Amazing.
ahh this takes me back, and reminds me of how long it took me to master backlash....seriously that was like pulling teeth
But so rewarding when you finally do!
@@annchovy6 got that right, once you finally crack that one it feels like a whale has been lifting off your back as you drift around like a pro
Jesus. This game. I can't believe I still have my copy. I should pull out the old N64 and do a nostalgia.
Cant believe i forgot about this game. Loved it back then
I have just bought a N64 to relive these games
Beat this game after 3 years of trying ahhh the good times
the most stressfull game of my childhood
wow I always thought nobody played this game
very happy to see this game is not only in my memory alone
i would get so pissed as a kid when the girl would say “you’re just trying to impress me” 😭😭😭 i would yell at the screen like “no im not i dont care about you!!!!”
LOL I just had that quote in my head when I searched for this 🤣
Marvin Heemeyer was just playing Blast Corps IRL.
Thank you for an extremely enjoyable video, with tons of nostalgia :)
I do remember seeing Paul McKenna play this game in Series 6 Episode 15 of GamesMaster.
Good to see i wasnt the only one who absolutely hated the dump trucks main "attack' and just front bumped my way to victory
I remember going to dinner with my friend and his parents and we had the nintendo power reviewing this when it came out. We kept saying"Blast Corpse" mispronouncing the title and the parents at first were like no you guys can't go get that game, LOL.
You tell the gentleman you are blessed not lucky at 2:42:00. I am glad you didn't fail. God Bless.
bought this back then .. wanted to play it so much.. even if i didnt had a n64 on my own at this time.. :D
i never had any idea what to do in this game but it was still the coolest thing ever
I used to love this game as a kid. Sure, it's very over the top. I mean you can literally unlock levels on the moon and pacman style levels. But it's just so unique and creative.
As someone who loved trucks and construction vehicles as a kid, I had a blast (pun intended) driving bulldozers and dump trucks around and demolishing buildings. What kid wouldn't?
Thanks Whoisdisgit
I finally found it! Ive been looking for this game from my childhood for at least year but had no clue what it was called. I knew id recognize the gameplay but all i could think to type in was mech warriror this or that. Never would have though to put in blast corps but i found it by putting in mech warrior N64. Mmaaaan, i need to get this game!!
Imagine how confusing this game was. I got it with a save game almost complete so one moment you're a giant robot destroying buildings and the next you're a lone race car with background country music.
I mean now it seems... It was just America in a nutshell.
0:00 best n64 logo intro. N64 could have had an official boot up screen.
Loved this game as a kid. I even completed every stage with the platin medal, which unfortunately is not really worth the effort since you don't get anything special afterward. I hated the backlash, though. Mastering that thing is really tough.
I also loved that you get to do more stuff after detonating the missile carrier. The planetary missions were fun. But who comes up with something like that? "Hey, let's bring a demolition vehicle weighing multiple tons to f*cking Neptune (which, by the way, has no solid surface) to do a race." :D
Second game I owned on the N64, behind Super Mario 64. I was so confused playing because I thought it was gonna be a mech-like action game lol. Half way through I grew to love it.
My grandpa had this game…I didn’t know what the fuck I was doing on this game either lol…used to switch this shit off so fast and play Mario
Oh god oyster harbor. I could never beat this level when this game came out
Beautiful youth played since childhood Nintendo 64 always had the best video games without a doubt blast corps the best I have played
This was the Nintendo 64 game of it's time.
I 100% completed this game as a kid,even though it was single player, it was fun playing this with friends
This game was the equivalent of an ADHD fever dream. If I had to describe the fast paced insanity of the late 90s/early 2000s, this game would be it. Never knew wtf we were doing when playing it either.
Such a funny game. I had not discovered it until now.
this was one of my favorite games on N64
Half this music could have been in Banjo Kazooie
More like Goldeneye and Perfect Dark.
Same developer.
I could never get the hang of that Backlash 😠
Memories of a theme song time to keep moving OMG what a, memory when I was a kid
The very first game I got for N64, ahh the nostalgia!
i like the music
I feel like I would still as an adult, be very confused at what the hell I'm supposed to do in this game.
Die maps kamen mir als kind so dermaßen groß vor. wtf :D echt gutes spiel ! schade das die grafik nicht grade gut gealtert ist.
Just searched 'N64 Digger Destruction Game'. Nostalgia hit incoming lads 🥺👌
Are used to rent this game from Video Update when I was a kid and completely forgot it existed until idubz mentioned it in a video, oh the nostalgia lol, idk if I had any idea what I was doing tho
Time to get moving!
Time.......time......time....
Yep... Thsts exactly what Neptune looks like... 🙄
I could never get that car out of the frozen ice block underwater 🫤
Quickly destroy everything before the nuclear bomb destroys everything! .. wait ...
Such a cool, fun, original game. Absolutely loved it as a kid
never heard of this game, but I'm going to add it to my n64 one day
I used to LOVE this game!
I don’t think there is a deeper memory in my head then when I just found this game again. I can remember better being in the womb than this game
I could never remember name of this game ,a today after 20 years it just came in to my head😄,i dont know how and why it just came
Guys over here making the dump truck look easy. Man ive been playing this game for 2 decades, soon 3, and i still can not get a grip on that bloody thing.
I remember the severe stress some of these level caused me. Even looking at it today re-triggers some of those sensations and it just makes me nauseous. I was probably to young for the stress so when the vehicle didn't do what you wanted, combined with the stressful music i got pissed. I never understood why this company sent you ut with missile cars and a dump-truck where you had to drift into building to wreck them. I always wondered why they didn't just let me run the bulldozer?! And i got even more pissed over the fact that that nuke truck couldn't just stop. At some point i got a bit sick of the game and never played it again. I was probably 11-12 years old at the time. Looking at it now its crazy how every detail is still so fresh.
Specifically the level at 2:52:51 made me so pissed.
Used to love this game when I was a kid
I literally remember having to choose between this game and Super Mario 64 at toys r us.
After 1 day of playing this I told my mom that we definitely had to take it back and exchange it for Super Mario! Best decision I ever made lol
7:00 to this day i believe i heard this song in a movie, but dont know which movie.
banger of game , so many hours trying to complete this game.
People have said that they find it very similar to ‘Cotton Eye Joe’.
The most satisfying game ever made