Today in Joystiq: August 10, 2007

by Ross Miller { Aug 10th 2007 at 11:59PM }

Out of sheer boredom, we dusted off our Nintendo 64 and popped in South Park. It's not as fun as we remember it ... and we really didn't remember it being that fun in the first place. Still, as far as licensed products go, it wasn't as bad as it could have been. Check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
Joystiq hands-on: Call of Duty 4 multiplayer
Joystiq Podcast 012 - The Long Con edition
Today's most competitive videos: Super Battle Opera Finals

News
August brings Metroid and Super Metroid to Virtual Console
Age of Conan's last delay wasn't so 'final'
Spot the HDMI-enabled Xbox 360 Premium at retail
EA gets monopoly on Monopoly
Rhode Island AG partners with ESRB for PSA
Religious group sending Left Behind game to troops in Iraq
Silicon Knights' lawyer responds to Epic countersuit
BBC examines 'next-generation' games
BioShock goes gold, Irrational Games becomes 2K Boston / 2K Australia
ESRB hints at Castlevania Chronicles coming to PSN
World in Conflict declares war on PC Sept. 18
NPD survey says gamers unaware of their console's capabilities
Watch a delicious, 15-minute Mass Effect preview
New Mario Galaxy scans show Boo costume, cubed planets
Sony refunding broken PSN games
Sierra unveils Prototype, not the first sandbox adventure
Tak's power of the Juju lands him on TV
Sophie's PSP choice: Wi-Fi or power
Bungie Weekly: Return of the flamethrower and the fourth grenade

Culture & Community
Cheap Ass Gamer subpoenaed by Circuit City
Old Grandma Hardcore plays Overlord (NSFW)
Media Coverage covers review scores, gives 'em an 8.8
Halo Legendary tattoo gets shady

Tags: dailyrecap, southpark

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

chris @ Aug 11th 2007 12:08AM

I liked South Park Rally more than the FPS South Park game. Certainly no Mario Kart or Diddy Kong Racing, but for a laugh it was pretty fun.

3cubed minus 3squared plus1 @ Aug 11th 2007 2:22AM

The multi player battles in th etoy store were pretty fun with the Terrance & Phillip farting dolls.

Rally was okay also.

Zeus the God @ Aug 11th 2007 12:18AM

I still have that game for PC... I might install that sometime... Hehe... Yellow snow and cow launchers...

AlexP @ Aug 11th 2007 1:05AM

Dude, I got it at my local library (public, yes). :V

blooh @ Aug 11th 2007 12:31AM

my sister wanted a party game for the ps1, so i had to get her the south park party one for xmas one year. that game was pretty bad after the first few hours

emmzee @ Aug 11th 2007 12:36AM

My brother and I did the same thing awhile back, playing South Park briefly on the 'ol N64 ... and yeah, it was fun multiplayer back in the 'day but it got old reeeeeeeal fast.

RoboChamp @ Aug 11th 2007 1:55AM

....the turkeys.... too many turkeys... *shudders*

BPM @ Aug 11th 2007 2:03AM

They were just like regular turkeys... Except really pissed off.

This is why man should not try to play God.

oldxskoolxhlywd @ Aug 11th 2007 2:08AM

i liked the game. it was like it was so bad it was awesome. but i was disappointed that it was impossible to beat the game with cheat codes. still fun game for nostalgia.

WiNG @ Aug 11th 2007 2:50AM

just wanna say chef's luv shack for the dreamcast is one of the worst games I ever played in my life

Cluckyx @ Aug 11th 2007 3:14AM

hahaha I loved South Park on the N64, it was just so goofy that it worked.

Now I want to dig up my N64 and play this, thanks Joystiq :D

SkyCroc @ Aug 11th 2007 4:57AM

My friend's mom payed 89.99$ (like 103$ CAN with taxes) for it back then.

mattclarkie @ Aug 11th 2007 7:38AM

I just remember being mauled by turkeys while waiting 5 secs to wee in the snow.

South Park is great. I just wish they had made a Team America Game, that would have been a laugh.

Truepatriot @ Aug 11th 2007 8:09AM

lol the joystiq crew is with everyone else on having NOTHING TO PLAY =(

come on new games come out already =(

i pulled out super metroid to play something
oh and oddworld strangers wrath too.

Mr Khan @ Aug 11th 2007 3:42PM

I've got Strikers: Charged to tide me over until Super Metroid VC

Sure its online without the bells and whistles, but its still fun as hell, and i rarely meet anyone that completely steamrolls me (and its never a total wipeout even then, the really good ones still rarely get more than 3/4 goals on me)