This game boasted a hi-res mode before the Expansion Pak even came out, and while it was hard to compete with the likes of Gran Turismo, World Driver Championship was as close as you could get to a proper racing-sim on the system.įactor 5's debut on the system, and a real showcase for the Expansion Pak. A variety of new and familiar Star Wars vehicles are. You must lead the resistance against the vile Trade Federation while Queen Amidala pleads Naboos case before the Senate on Coruscant.
Of the four, Rogue Squadron proved to be the most popular and was further enhanced by use of the N64 Expansion Pak. Two bits of related news the 4.0 release of GlideN64, the most-compatible High-Level-Emulation graphics plugin for N64 emulators: but more interestingly, this story about the struggle to reverse-engineer the GPU microcode used in Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine and Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo that have eluded developers for decades. Star Wars: Episode 1, Battle for Naboo gives gamers the chance to jump into a starfighter cockpit and take part in the battle for Naboos freedom. Cruisn' USA), but I'm unsure which would win the top spot. LucasArts developed or co-developed four Star Wars games for the Nintendo 64: Shadows of the Empire, Rogue Squadron, Episode 1 Racer, and Episode 1: Battle for Naboo. Star Wars: Episode I - Battle for Naboo on the Nintendo N64.
Certainly there were way more lookers than there were duds (i.e. but was it really? I've seen some very nice, clean looking, if not high-resolution games run on the Nintendo 64. Describe your system: - Operating System (be specific): Ubuntu 9.10 - Machine type (32-bit or 64-bit): 64bit - Mupen64Plus version: 1.99.2 - Plugins used: default (see below) Describe the problem: When trying to emulate Star Wars Episode I - Battle for Naboo, the emulator freezes at the scrambled title screen. "This looks like an N64 game" is often a phrase I've seen people throw around in jest, as if muddy visuals, fog, and poor IQ are always synonymous with the system.