10 Forgotten Nintendo 64 Gems You Need To Play In 2022

10. Glover (1998)

Glover is a weird game: a platformer with a distinct twist, the player controls an anthropomorphic glove accidentally brought to life by a wizard. Though the plot is nebulous at best, this sentient glove begins a quest to save that wizard from the clutches of an evil piece of handwear named Cross Stitch.

This may sound ridiculous—and that’s because it is—but Glover was actually a really fun game. The player is tasked with guiding a shapeshifting ball through a series of levels, and it is as imaginative as it is engaging.

This ball can morph into a bouncing ball, golf ball, and a bowling ball among other shapes, and it adds a cerebral element to the platforming. Certain balls are more adept at certain things, and it is up to the player to accurately read the situation.

Glover isn’t exactly a game for everyone: the controls take some getting used to, and the plot, whimsical as it may seem on the outset, is bizarrely dark in places. Yet, there’s just something about playing as a handless glove which warrants dusting off the old N64.