Interstate '76 for Consoles

User Rating: 9 | Vigilante 8 N64
Okay, maybe it's not exactly Interstate '76 but it's obviously a spin-off from the game. The game features the same 70's soundtrack, almost the same characters (with some huge introductions), and the same style of car combat. However, they replaced the huge story with more of a traditional car-combat system, which is really fun.

This game is arena/action based, so don't expect to look for hidden blue keys or anything like that. Most of the time, you travel through map after map, annihilating each opponent until you're declared winner. Each character has a different ending, so it's fun to go through all of the characters.

There's a good variety of maps in the selection but the kicker is the maps are all pretty good. Maybe one or two won't be to your preference but there's not one that you're going to want to skip, like most maps in today's games. The character selection is pretty good too. Every vehicle has it's own strength and weakness, just like every other game, but the specials on this game are just incredible. For instance, one of my favorite vehicles is the camper truck with it's bee attack. It's completely silly to think bees could harm a metal 2-ton rolling machine, but hey, it's a video game!

The graphics in this game, are pretty good, given they're Nintendo 64 graphics. The one thing that stands out over the PSOne is the extra map, which is sometimes tagged 'Nintendo Land', although it has nothing to do with Nintendo rather than it's a reason to buy it on their system other than the PlayStation.

The controls are really easy to use. It's one of the good games that makes the N64 tooth-controller great to use. It really feels like you're driving with one hand on the wheel and one hand on a weapon selector.

I'd say if you love car combat, you're going to love this game. It's really fun and will keep you busy for a good while. You can also pick this up on Xbox Live Arcade as a 800 MS point download. It's fun, but I still think the original is a bit better, mainly because it has more features.