Monster Truck Madness 64

"Monster Truck Madness 64: It's What Goes SMASH In The Night"

MONSTERS go bump in the night. Monster TRUCKS go SMASH 24 hours a day. Even more so when they have a TERRIBLE case of madness. Stir up a storm with these big boomin' bangers in 10 tracks, including 2 brand-new ones! Choose from everyone's favorite monsters, including Bigfoot, Snake Bite, the WrestleTrucks team, Monster Patrol, Grave Digger, Boogey Van, and many more! Also watch for everyone's favorite industrial-size helium balloon, the Goodyear Blimp. You can even get powerups to help you make plenty of racket!
Okay, now to get down to the dirt of the deal. As for the graphics, 3D texturing and cameras are great. The only two known graphical bugs are a tiny change in a truck's outline shape at certain camera-zoom levels (for example, Sting's body and tail will be perfectly curved, and then POOF! For a second or two his curves turn straight and rigid), and the occasional automatic camera angling problem. The throbbing musical tracks are superb and sounds are good except for the occasional rapid repetition of the shock-spring sound. The commentator has LOTS of insightful (sarcasm alert) things to say, like, ''When you're ahead, you're still ahead!'' and ''Roll Over Beethoven!'' Stop or slow down for ONE picosecond and he says (with a voice that tells you ''boy am I enthusiastic'') ''WOW! I've heard of stopping to smell the roses but THIS is RIDICULOUS!!'' Upon buying the game, zap straight off to the Audio menu and shut the commentator off or he will enthusiastically burn your ears off. 'Nuff said. As for the physics engine, I have one thing to say: ''Why, Bill! Are you drunk or something? It appears you have driven to the moon! I derive this assumption from the fact that we are really quite bouncy, and we float through the air at the slightest touch!''
All in all, I would have to say that this is a VERY cool game and you probably would like it if you like to see lots of things falling down, flipping over and crashing. Give it a try. There's lots of action and plenty o' loud crunching sounds. There's also a fun happy joyous horn that makes plenty of cheerfully loud noise when you use it. I set mine on rapidfire with my MadCatz controller so I sound like ''WHOPWHOPWHOPWHOP'' or ''EEP EEP EEP EEP'' or whatever my horn is currently saying. As you can tell, I like loud noises and stuff crashing and *SMASH* Hey! What was that?

Reviewer's Score: 8/10, Originally Posted: 04/04/01, Updated 04/04/01