20 Essential N64 Games You Must Play Before You Die

13. F-Zero X

Before Captain Falcon became famous for punching his Nintendo brethren in the face with fiery abandon in the Smash Bros. series, the retired racer and bounty hunter was known as the poster boy for the futuristic F-Zero series.

Not that anyone could really blame you for not knowing the man's petrol-headed origins; Nintendo has seemingly opted to neglect the franchise for over a decade, relegating its characters and incredibly well-designed aesthetics to a mere cameo status.

Imagine combining the WipEout, Destruction Derby and Burnout series into one insanely-fast, surprisingly difficult racer, and F-Zero is essentially what the result would be.

My god, was Death Race mode fun.

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