10 AWESOME Video Games That Never Got Sequels
8. Blast Corps
Rare repeatedly knocked it out of the park on the Nintendo 64, firing out hits like Diddy Kong Racing, Perfect Dark, Banjo-Kazooie, Conker’s Bad Fury Day, and of course, GoldenEye 007.
Due to Rare’s repertoire, it’s easy to forget about their earliest work on the system, Blast Corps. In this game, the objective is to secure a route for an approaching nuclear transport unit by destroying anything it may collide into. Players can demolish through buildings with bulldozers, dump trucks, missiles, and mech suits. (Basically, you have to destroy everything to save everyone.)
It may not have been as mind-blowing as other Rare projects, but the innovative concept, fluid controls, and variety in puzzles made Blast Corps… well… a blast. Also, reducing a 20-storey skyscraper into rubble by slamming into it from above never gets old.
Sadly, Blast Corps didn’t hit its sales quota, killing any chance of a sequel. Since Rare as we knew it no longer exists, Blast Corps 2 is pretty unfeasible.
Since technology and motion controls have advanced so far since Blast Corps debuted decades ago, it would be amazing to see how a modern instalment would turn out.