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Konami is the only company with the gall to remake an N64 game on the N64.

Castlevania: Legacy Darkness may be the first and only remake where the original title appears on the same system. Though it may seem a bit strange to label this game a remake of the first Castlevania on the Nintendo 64, nothing else fits the circumstances. It isn't the same game with a couple bonus features and characters, so Director's Cut doesn't work. Neither do Special Edition or any other type of Edition, as there isn't a single feature to define it from the previous title. Instead, everything about the game, from the level designs to the physics to the graphics, has been altered, tweaked, or improved in some way. The result is an enjoyable, atmospheric adventure, though it isn't without a couple snags.

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There are two terms I see all too often whenever people have a differing opinion about a game. When it's a popular title, it's labeled as “overrated,” and if it's a largely unknown game, then it becomes “underrated.” At first glance, these words appear harmless, simply statements that reflect how one's own rating of a game differs from its median score. However, there's a certain elitist undertone to these terms, one that implies the general opinion of a game is wrong.

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Who knew a golf cart could go 170MPH?

California Speed is just one of many arcade racing games produced by now-defunct Midway. This state-focused racer is like a cross between Cruis'n USA and San Francisco Rush, though it contains the flaws from both games without having any of the elements that made them unique and memorable. It has the finicky control of Cruis'n, the bad music of Rush, and the fog and pop-up of... well, they both have that.

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GameFAQs contest ends in surprise victory

Over the past ten years (2000-2009 to be clear), thousands upon thousands of games have been released. Some great, some terrible, most somewhere in between. Many new systems have launched, old systems have faded, sales records have been broken, and more and more people have gotten into gaming. As difficult as it could be to choose just one game out of the thousands released across over a dozen systems, GameFAQs hosted a user vote-off contest to do just that. Despite the fact that the Nintendo 64 sold a quarter of its rival, it's home to the game that users voted Game of the Decade: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.

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Bowling doesn't translate well into a videogame.

The sport of bowling is a social game, often played with friends when knocking back a few beers. It's a great alternative to an evening movie if there's nothing good playing at the local theater, though the enjoyment of it is mostly dependent on the group. The experience just can't be replicated in a bowling videogame.

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