Virtual Console Dreaming: The Forsaken 64 Update
Forsaken 64 by Acclaim Entertainment
I’ve never experienced Forsaken, but its awesome 90s box art and commercial are forever burned into my brain like radiation poisoning. It’s still the first thing I think of when I hear the word “forsaken” more than two decades later. That’s good advertising.
If this is your first time discovering Forsaken, it’s a first-person shooter with six degrees of movement (practically a dead genre at this point–think Descent). Nightdive (those cool kids I’m always talking about) actually released a remastered version of it in 2018 for modern consoles, but it’s always cool to have more ways to play old games. I’m very curious how it controls with a Nintendo 64 controller.
And, of course, I’m a sucker for all things that have split-screen multiplayer.
Forsaken 64 will be available to Nintendo Switch Online subscribers on September 4th via the Mature 17+ launcher.
Here is my wish list for the service. Since the last update, I’ve added Mario Golf: Advance Tour. If we’re being honest, I thought I’d already included it–but the recent Mario draft on the Button Mash podcast inspired me to take a closer look and correct my oversight.
SNES
Pocky and Rocky 2
Secret of Mana
GBC/GBA
Mario Golf: Advance Tour
Metal Gear: Ghost Babel
Mother 3
Onimusha Tactics
Pokemon Pinball
Tony Hawk misc.
Nintendo 64
Beetle Adventure Racing
Bomberman 64
Bomberman 64: The Second Attack!
Bomberman Hero
Castlevania 64/Legacy of Darkness
Goemon’s Great Adventure
Mischief Makers
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Quest 64
Snowboard Kids
Snowboard Kids 2
GameCube
1080 Avalanche
Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance
Battalion Wars
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
Cubivore:: Survival of the Fittest
Donkey Konga 1-3 (rerelease the bongos!)
Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat
Eternal Darkness
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Geist
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire
James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing
James Bond 007: From Russia with Love
James Bond 007: Nightfire
Killer 7 (if we’re not getting a port of the Steam version)
Kirby Air Ride
Lost Kingdoms
Lost Kingdoms II
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
Mario Kart: Double Dash
Mario Party 4-7
Metroid Prime 2 (if we don’t get a proper remaster)
P.N.03
Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 & 2
Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness
Resident Evil 2, 3, and Code Veronica
Skies of Arcadia Legends (I think this is the one I want the most)
SSX 3
Starfox Adventures
Starfox: Assault
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
Super Smash Bros. Melee
TimeSplitters 2
TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4
Tony Hawk’s Underground, Underground 2, and American Wasteland (if we don’t get remakes)
Turok: Evolution (if Nightdive doesn’t do its thing)
Viewtiful Joe 1 and 2
Wario World
Wave Race: Blue Storm
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom
Thanks for reading.
It’s going to be a slow week at Tactical Reload as I take this opportunity to hang out with my family. I posted an “It’s a Sprint” yesterday covering the first set of September Game Pass departures, so if you game across consoles and are starving to read more of my stuff, check that out.
A few quick other bits of info that deserve your attention for the immediate future–Sony is showing off James Bond gameplay for the first time today and Silksong is out in less than 24 hours.
Until we meet again, go play something–or else.