Cruis'n USA [Nintendo 64, 1996] - Gameplay, 2 Players

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Published on December 23, 2023 10:30:04 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nowvP6TSblU

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Cruis'n USA (1994)

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90s Video Games, Episode 204
Cruis'n USA [Nintendo 64, 1996] - Gameplay, 2 Players

Cruis'n USA is branded as the first release of the "Ultra 64" platform collaboration between Midway and Nintendo, although it was based on the Midway V-unit arcade hardware, predating the Killer Instinct arcade hardware which would become the Nintendo 64. The home port was published by Nintendo as part of the deal.

Williams, the developers of the Nintendo 64 version, had to downgrade most of the arcade graphics to accommodate home console hardware. Originally announced as a Nintendo 64 launch game along with Killer Instinct, less than a month before launch day it was pulled from the lineup and returned to Williams for retooling because it did not meet Nintendo's quality standards. Several elements of the game, such as the ability to run over animals, and depictions of Bill and Hillary Clinton, were censored from the Nintendo 64 version. During the last couple of months of development, people sent letters or emails about the censorship.

Jarvis also publicly objected to it: "It seems like they don't have a sense of humor. I don't know what's wrong with these people".

The Nintendo 64 version received poor reviews, but was also commercially successful. Reviews widely criticized the jerky frame rate, poor collision detection, and music, which they said to be both stylistically inappropriate and poorly composed. Next Generation concluded that "this half-hearted, rough-shod conversion is exactly what Nintendo 64 doesn't need".

I personally kind of liked it, my friend didn't like it at all :)

Enjoy the gameplay!

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