Nagano Winter Olympics '98
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Nagano Winter Olympics '98, known in Japan as Hyper Olympics in Nagano (ハイパーオリンピック イン ナガノ, Haipā Orinpikku in Nagano), is a multi-event sports game from Konami. It is based on the 1998 Winter Olympics and features 10 Olympic events including skating, skiing, luge, bobsleigh, slalom, curling, halfpipe and snowboarding. The game is part of the Track & Field/Hyper Sports series and would be the last licensed Olympic video game released on a Nintendo home console until Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games about nine years later.
From Wikipedia's article Nagano Winter Olympics '98
Keyboard controls
| N64 | Player 1 |
|---|---|
| Stick | ↑↓←→ |
| A | X |
| B | C |
| Z | Z |
| L | A |
| R | S |
| C buttons | IKJL |
| D-pad | TGFH |
| Start | Enter |
Hotkeys
- 1 Quick save state
- 2 Quick load state
- 3 Change save slot
A gamepad with an analog stick plays much better than the keyboard.
Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).
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Keyboard controls
| N64 | Player 1 |
|---|---|
| Stick | ↑↓←→ |
| A | X |
| B | C |
| Z | Z |
| L | A |
| R | S |
| C buttons | IKJL |
| D-pad | TGFH |
| Start | Enter |
Hotkeys
- 1 Quick save state
- 2 Quick load state
- 3 Change save slot
A gamepad with an analog stick plays much better than the keyboard.
Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).
1.5 Wake me up when it's over
GameRankings 48%
Review scorecard
- Graphics 1.5 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Sound 1.5 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Control 1.5 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Fun Factor 1.5 out of 5 Overall fallback
Overall fallback: GameRankings 48%. Overall source The same 48/100 overall rating fills missing categories using the face scale; these are not separate category scores.
What the reviews talk about
Key wordsfuntoughsimplisticboringmediocreexciting
What the critics said
GameSpot described the resultant gameplay as "about as tough as answering a phone when it rings" and summed up the game as "an unmixed bag of terrible, underdeveloped games whose feeble, undernourished gameplay comes down to timing one or two button taps, not just per race, but per event".
— GameSpot, 1998
Crispin Boyer wrote in Electronic Gaming Monthly that "Most of NWO '98's 12 difficult events are neither fun nor exciting, and much of the blame falls on the uninspired control setups."
— Electronic Gaming Monthly, 1998 (Crispin Boyer)
Next Generation called the PlayStation version "a mixed bag. The graphics and sound are great, and about half of the events are dead on, but the rest rarely rise above mediocrity. All multi-event discs have clunkers, though, and the fun delivered by other events makes this game worth a look in the end."
— Next Generation, 1998 · about another version
From the Reception section of Wikipedia's Nagano Winter Olympics '98 article.
Scores
- 67 GameFan 67%; 59%
- 65 Nintendo Power1998 6.5/10
- 63 Famitsu 25/40
- 60 Edge 6/10; 5/10
- 60 Hyper 60%; 60%
- 55 Game Informer 5.5/10; 5/10
- 49 Electronic Gaming Monthly 4.5/10, 5/10, 4.5/10, 5.5/10; 4.625/10
- 42 IGN1998 4.2/10; 3/10
- 40 AllGame 2/5
- 35 GameSpot1998 3.5/10; 3.3/10
- 32 N64 Magazine true; 32%
- 85 GameRevolution1998 B+ · other versions
- 60 Next Generation 3/5 · other versions
- 40 Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine 2/5 · other versions
From the review table in Wikipedia's Nagano Winter Olympics '98 article.
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