What's the worst game you've ever played? That's the question of the day, and a fairly common answer to that question for a long time has been Quest 64 (Imagineer, 1998). But does Quest deserve to be in that conversation? What is it actually like as a game, outside of the memes and reputation? That's what we're exploring in this episode, and to do so, I brought on the man doing his part to heal the conversation around Quest, "bad" games, and the Nintendo 64 in general, Mike aka Quest64Official. As always, no spoilers for a while- enjoy!

Guest info: Mike aka Quest64Official

• Follow Mike on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/quest64official.bsky.social

TIMESTAMPS

• 0:00 Beginning
• 0:16 Introductions
• 4:50 Our Histories with Quest 64
• 14:44 Top-Level Thoughts
• 22:35 Story Setup and the Adventure as Story
• 28:32 The Solo RPG Experience
• 40:24 Big Dungeons
• 44:39 Character Building
• 49:19 Combat
• 1:06:25 Visuals and Music
• 1:15:59 Who Should Play Quest 64?
• 1:24:34 Quest64Official and the Power of Memes
• 1:32:50 Spoiler Wall and Patron Thank-Yous
• 1:34:34 Spoilers- Favorite Sections and Story
• 1:50:20 Spoilers- Challenge Runs and Different Play Styles

Music used in the episode is credited to Masamichi Amano. Tracks used: Holy Magic Century, Holy Plains, Highlands, Battle, Dondoran, Final Battle, Staff Roll

Cover art by Jack Allen- find him at https://linktr.ee/JackAllenCaricatures

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