Mission: Impossible was announced in May 1996 as one of the first Nintendo 64 games, half a year before the console's launch. 📰

Because the yet unreleased N64 was a relatively unknown platform when production started, the development was marred by an overestimation of what the console could do, resulting in the game not materializing as intended. Mission: Impossible was initially envisioned as an ambitious PC game. Versions for...

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Donkey Kong 64 initially was conceived as a 2.5D platformer similar to Country before reworking it into a more open-ended game using the engine from Banjo-Kazooie. 🍌

It was also originally reported as an intended release on the 64DD add-on, but transitioned to cartridge while the 64DD was delayed and eventually canceled. 💿

During development, Rare discovered the Nintendo 64's memory retained data for several seconds after a cartridge's removal. They...

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Turok: Dinosaur Hunter is a first-person shooter video game released in 1997 for the Nintendo 64 and PC as an adaptation of a comic book series of the same name. 🦖

The developers had to push the Nintendo 64's graphics capabilities to its limits, and were forced to compress or cut elements to fit the game on its 8 MB cartridge. ⬇️

At the time, publisher Acclaim Entertainment was in financial jeopardy. The company was a major publisher...

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Having introduced the character in Super Mario World, Nintendo decided to develop SMW 2: Yoshi's Island starring Yoshi, with the aim of making it more accessible. ⛰️

Partway into the development of Yoshi's Island, Donkey Kong Country was released, resulting in its computer-generated graphics becoming the norm for SNES games. It was too late for the designers to incorporate such a style into Yoshi's Island. Instead, they pushed the hand-drawn style further. 🎨

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1991 Metroid II: Return of Samus for Game Boy introduced several features that became staples of the series like Samus' Space Jump, Spazer Beam and Spider Ball. 🪐

The game features enhancements from its NES predecessor that include easier controls, allowing Samus to crouch while firing at the same time and jump while shooting straight down. ⬇️

Progressing is not controlled by items as in the other games but by killing a certain number of Metroids. 💥

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Shaq Fu is a 1994 fighting game for the Sega Genesis and SNES. Professional basketball player Shaquille O'Neal is the player character. 🏀

The Genesis version has five more playable characters and three more stages than the SNES version. Both contain a hidden button sequence initiating a blood code in the spirit of Mortal Kombat.

Shaq Fu was met with mixed responses upon release, though it has since come to be considered one of the worst video games ever made.

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Turrican, initially released for C64, was ported to the Game Boy in 1991. The Game Boy version was developed by The Code Monkeys and published by Accolade. 🌌

The game's music composer, Christopher Hülsbeck, gained broad popularity for his work on the Turrican series, including the sequels Turrican II and Turrican 3, Mega Turrican for the Mega Drive and Super Turrican and Super Turrican 2 for the SNES. 🎼

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1992's Super Mario Kart for the SNES is the first game in the Mario Kart series. Selling 8.76 million copies worldwide, the game went on to become the fourth best-selling SNES game of all time. 📈

The game was praised for its innovation and use of Mode 7 graphics. It is seen as having been key to expanding the Mario series into non-platforming games. 🏁

Super Mario Kart began as a multiplayer prototype of the 1990 SNES game F-Zero...

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