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Forsaken 64 for Nintendo 64
Forsaken 64 for Nintendo 64 is a futuristic shooter in which you fly a hovering bike through abandoned facilities. Earth has been devastated by a failed experiment and its automatic defence systems still fire at intruders. As a mercenary, you confront those machines and other scavengers. You do not ride along a fixed road: you can move forwards and backwards, rise, descend and dodge sideways. A safe route can therefore also lie above or below an enemy.
Each mission gives you a specific objective. You collect items, protect a target, destroy installations or eliminate opponents. In an escort mission, for example, you must help a cargo pod through dangerous passages. You use primary weapons alongside missiles and mines; power-ups can improve your armament. Shields absorb damage, but once they run out, your bike's hull is at risk. Staying oriented is therefore just as important as accurate shooting.
You play the campaign alone; there are also local matches for two to four players in split-screen, each with their own controller. Computer opponents can participate too. To save progress at the available save points, you need a Controller Pak, which is not included as standard. An Expansion Pak is not required.
Region and language
Our Nintendo 64 games are PAL editions, unless stated otherwise. This product contains a loose cartridge for the European market. A box is only included if explicitly stated in the product details. We note any different region in the product details. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
With Forsaken 64 for Nintendo 64, you receive a loose cartridge. A box and manual are not included unless we explicitly state otherwise in the product details. This is the standard way we supply this copy.
The history of Forsaken 64
Acclaim released Forsaken on several platforms in 1998. Probe Entertainment made the PC and PlayStation releases; Iguana Entertainment UK developed Forsaken 64 for Nintendo 64. That distinction matters, because the cartridge received its own levels, enemies and a different mission structure. The shared core remained an armed hovering bike able to move freely through three-dimensional spaces. The Nintendo console version is therefore more than the same campaign with a different controller.
In an original developer interview, Probe explained that the difference was deliberate. Someone already familiar with Forsaken on PC should be able to discover different content again on Nintendo 64. The N64 team gave the campaign varied mission objectives, from collecting objects to protecting a cargo pod. The manual also describes how performance in the first mission influences the subsequent path. Replaying can therefore produce a different series of challenges.
Local matches let players and computer opponents share the same arenas, with rules built around kills or survival. In 2018, Nightdive Studios released Forsaken Remastered, bringing content from the original Nintendo 64 version together with other material. The higher resolutions, new automap and online matches of that rerelease are not on this cartridge. Here, you play the original Iguana adaptation with its own missions, controller settings and Controller Pak saving.
Similar games for Nintendo 64
Quake II likewise combines futuristic weapons, enemy facilities and local matches on Nintendo 64. Its marine usually stands on a floor, with jumps and underwater sections providing variety. Forsaken 64 lets your hovering bike continually move up, down and sideways. You therefore also need to recognise passages above you and consider which direction an enemy might shoot at your bike from.
Quake shares fast shooting, hidden supplies and the importance of dodging on Nintendo 64. There, you explore military bases and dark castles on foot, while Forsaken 64 has you explore tunnels from a freely hovering bike. Quake limits local opponents to a two-player duel. In Forsaken, up to four people can play on the same television and you can also add computer opponents.
Lylat Wars also has you fight enemies while flying and steer your vehicle between attacks on Nintendo 64. Many missions follow a fixed route, alternating with battles in an open area. Forsaken 64 focuses more on navigating corridors and rooms yourself. You can hover, fly backwards and dodge sideways to reach a mission item or opponent from a different angle.
GoldenEye 007 shares separate mission objectives and local matches on a split screen on Nintendo 64. Bond's objectives call for walking, aiming and sometimes acting carefully around guards and equipment. Forsaken 64 replaces the spy with an armed hovering bike and places greater emphasis on spatial orientation. Where Bond takes stairs, your bike can move straight up towards a passage.
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter likewise has you dodge enemies, collect heavy weapons and investigate confusing areas on Nintendo 64. Its jungles and ruins require precise jumps and keys that open new passages. Forsaken 64 chooses hovering movement and separate objectives such as protecting or destroying. Turok concentrates on one player; Forsaken adds local matches with people and computer opponents to its campaign.
