You didn't play many N64 games, did you?

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I love the game but I don't think a sequel would do well in today's console space unless it were a cheap digital downloadable title.  And even then I have reservations that they'd actually be able to recreate the sublime gameplay the original offered.

I wondered how long it would take for someone to get their cackles raised. 

The short answer is that i played a lot of them for short periods of time (except Mario Kart -still playing and GoldenEye).  It's all about preferences and most of my time when N64 was launched was spent working or playing on a PC.  Shortly after the launch I joined the Marine Corps and didn't always have the ability to have a console with me.  But, it was easy to bring PC software along and use a PC here or there...  For some reason, the Genesis was the hot thing on the base in Japan where I was stationed for a couple of years.

Then it's probably not a good idea to generalize the entire catalog based on your intentional play style towards those games...or any games.  It's not about getting cackles raised, it's about correcting a patently incorrect statement.    The N64 didn't have very many short burst play period games (though it was loaded pretty good with racing games which can naturally be played in short bursts).   Those style games were still largely reserved for handhelds and arcade titles.   They didn't really hit the home consoles in a big way until the Wii.

US bases in Japan (and other OCONUS locations) were largely extensions of the US market or at least certain licensed distributors.  This often led to some strange popularizations of games, music and movies.  It was more about what was most avialable than actual demand.   When where you stationed there?

Oh I loved that game, I wish Nintendo could put it on the VC eShop :3
Yeah, I would to see a new version. XD

Totally agree. We need more TPSes that aren't dark, gory and filled to the brim with meathead douchebags overloaded on steroids. Wish I still had this game.

I'd love a Blast Corps remake or sequel... as long as Rare itself didn't handle it. They aren't even a shadow of what they once were during the glory days of the late SNES and N64 eras.

That picture of Chrono Trigger in your OP looks a lot like Blast Corps for the N64.

I could never handle the Backlash very well. Which is unfortunate, since it's supposed to be the best vehicle in the game once you get the hang of it. I got around that limitation just fine until the bonus stage where you can only use the backlash to demolish all the buildings in 40 seconds. Many a tear of rage was birthed that week...

I didn't generalize the entire catalog, i gave my personal impression of N64 games.  It can't be patently be incorrect for anyone to say that as all game reviews are based on personal opinion and can't be right or wrong.  Obviously, your opinion is different than mine and it is probably based on a different set of circumstances than mine.  Like I said, most of my exerience with the N64 in it's earlier years was in 1-2 hours periods on someone elses console.  I had a Megadrive(Genesis) for about six months and sold it before I rotated back to the states.  I was in Okinawa from 1989-1992, about 2 years and 3 months.  Most of the video gaming in Okinawa was based on off base electronics stores that sold a crapload of games that were extremely unique(no internet back then obviously).  I did get my N64 when i got back to the states though - still have it. 

Blast Corps was awesome.

The N64 was such an awesome console, that even smaller, lesser known games like this were absolutely great and better than most of the stuff put out today. Yes, I have fond memories of this game, it was one of the first I had for the system and it's still neatly stored in it's box right here on the shelf. It got quite hard in the later levels and I wasn't very good with the dump-truck and the buggy (the vehicles where you'd drift into objects, the robots were my favorite), but I have finished the game. The bonus levels on the moon and stuff were a blast.

I could play it right now if I wanted to, so I wouldn't need a remake. A Blast Corps 2 though? Maybe, but a lot would need to be done, the game wouldn't have enough content by today's standards and I don't know if unconventional concepts like this would be welcomed in today's market.