Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six - Nintendo 64 Review - HD 

This game used to scare the crap out of us as kids. You die so suddenly sometimes that it would always catch us off guard and scare us.

my mate and myself chucked the cartridge in the console 1 morning just to see what the game was like... we played it so much the n64 actually overheated and the game froze. the only time we stopped playing was to let the console cool down. Only game that ever did that to my console... needless to say.. we enjoyed the game very much!

I had so much fun playing the co op mode with my friend. We would fail a mission and the next day eating lunch at school, we would strategize how we would try the mission again. We couldn't wait to get out of school and try it again. Planning for the mission was half the fun

The planning wasn't just a mini game, it was meant to plan your and your teams route so that when you start the mission your npcs already know where to go. It also shows on your mini map the route you had chosen for yourself, kinda like a GPS.

this is one of my favorate games on the system, its quick deaths and tense atmosphere kept me at the edge of my seat and i actualy found it to be scarrier than many actual horror games.

This channel brings on so much nostalgia for me, takes me back to playing these games as a kid, good times man. Thanks for the vids

Hi Glenn. Loving your channel. R6 was up at a local retro game shop, and this video definitely encouraged me to pick it up. Appreciate everything you do mate

The Dreamcast version of this game is literally just the PC version. Very good port of it.

My brothers and I rented this game from Family Video back in late 1998 and we couldn't stop playing it. It was super fun, realistic for it's time and nothing the world has ever seen before on consoles. We liked it so much we split our chore funds to purchase the game. Going back and playing it now, it isn't what I remembered but I still had a bit of fun. Love your videos, man.👍

Loved playing this co-op back in the day with my buddy

The fact that Rainbow Six originals from 1998 R6 to Rogue Spear and Rainbow Six 3 are still online in 2022 is crazy. Good times!

This was the first Tom Clancy game I've ever played and I really enjoyed it. After playing a lot of other first person shooters on the N64 it was kind of a nice change to play something that really requires you to plan everything out before you start a level. It makes it slightly more satisfying when you beat each level.

I really liked the game on the pc!

Hugely nostalgic to this one. I played the coop mode with a childhood friend. Though I swear there was music during the missions, albeit subtle and sparse.

This game was my childhood here, I loved it. Me and my dad would play this all the time and we played it well, I was like 13 and it brought so much patience, strategy and repetition. Only because it wasn't easy on the hardest difficulty, lol obviously. I will buy a N64 just for this game.

I actually found the planning mode to be one of the most enjoyable things in the game. Really put your own strategies to the test

When I first picked it up I was too young to appreciate it. The menus and options were completely alien to my blood-soaked doom and quake playing mind. Later however, I got really good at it and I grew to love it.

I remember playing this on a PS1 demo disc back in 2000 and didn't really think much of it. It honestly startled me when I tried to play it, only to have my ass handed to me pretty swiftly.

I did a weekend rental of this game when it first came out. By Sunday I was so in love with it, I was convinced to go ahead and buy it. Then I suddenly beat it....i was shocked to see the credits roll after only like 9 missions. Way too short of a game.

This game felt so real as a kid....I loved planning your teams route and I feel likes games today don't capture the vibe this game had.

Hi Glenn, glenn here from Dublin . Been watching your channel for a while now and love it. Very nostalgic. keep up the good work

Even though the graphics aren't great I can't help but enjoy how they look. Also I love the audio in this game, as a kid it made this game intense.

i loved how you could make plans and that your AI companion could actually help you! it's so rare games have I support which is actually useful!

I like your reviews for the old n64 games I can't wait to see what's next.

Had it since I was rather young but the older I got enjoyed it more and more! This and Perfect Dark were amazing for me, having a twin means co-op games are extra loved.

Fond memories of this game. Very engaging and deep for it's time.

I had the PS1 port of Rainbow Six and remember the controls being a total mess.

i love the Rainbow Six games, been a fan since RS3 on the PC, i was kinda shocked when i heard that the first game got an N64 port and didn't cut any of the gameplay mechanics, considering the PS2/Xbox ports of RS3 were simplified a whole lot. Usually N64 ports tend to be kinda lacklustre, but they really impressed me with this one, especially considering that the PS1 version of RS1 was just outright horrible.

Despite beign a more "limited version" of the original Rainbow Six the Nintendo 64 version is quite fun with good graphics, gameplay, sound and variety of mission customization

this was my first go at R6 back in the day. played the shit out of it

I loved Rainbow six when It came out. The one shot klls and the team planning yada yada was something I had never seen before. I remember reading about it in Nintendo Power and being pumped. it did not disappoint. Didn't really care much for the series after this entry though sadly

I remember playing the PC demo for this, back in the day from some PC Gamer or Computer Gaming World demo disc. Absolutely could not wrap my head around the squad-based mechanics and got wrecked, constantly. Could never understand the hype. My first, and last, Rainbow Six game lol. XD Perhaps I'd have a different impression today as an adult though

How many times i played this game with my best friend in the middle of the night? God it was such a great experience. Cant believe its almost 15 Years ago. Man i become old.

I have always been a console gamer but there are a small handful of PC games that I played and loved growing up, Rainbow Six was one of them. I loved the game and it made me fall in love with tactical shooters. I love shooters of all kinds but tactical shooters will always be my favourite. There is just something so satisfying about flawlessly executing a mission that you spent hours planing out.

Been watching this channel videos all day and it's really making me miss the N64 gaming era, so many good games for the console.

Remember buying it on release and giving up fairly quickly. Can't remember why exactly. I think I missed not seeing the weapons and hands?

I played this game exhaustively. I didn't have pc games so for this to come to the N64 was a joy. Also it was one of the first Tom Clancy games, paving the way to an incredible series of franchises I still can't get enough of.

Never played it on N64, but definitely played it on the PC. The strategy mode is what I did the most but got pretty decent at doing the missions myself. It took several weeks of dying over and over to switch from Unreal's run-n-gun style to this VERY strategized mode of play. Thanks for the video!

Its really interesting how different this is from the ps1, it started on a different level for it

1 of the best n64 games back in the days

I picked this up the Game Boy Color port of this game to review. I have no idea what to expect but I'm intrigued :)

you should live stream yourself playing some of those N-64 games

Hey Glenn! It's Big Herm from Dublin. I actually recently played this game a couple of months ago. It's pretty unique in the N64 Library and a decent game up until...that stealth level... Fuck that level...

Beat it in 1 rental as a kid, beat it co-op with a friend in another rental soon after, then bought it about a year ago!

Playing this game in split screen is some of the most fun I had on the N64. If you're looking for a fun splitscreen game check it out.

I can remember that I played the crap out of it on the 64 when I was a kid 😁 so much fun!

I'll be playing Firewall Zero on PSVR very soon but this game started my love for tactical shooters. Can't wait to actually lean around corners and shoot people.

I remember owning and playing this on PS1 quite a bit. The learning curve felt quite steep coming off games like Goldeneye and Turok an the graphics on the PS1 were downright terrible, but I remember this game as quite a satisfying experience after getting the hang of things. I think I played Roque Spear on PC, though I never really felt the urge to pick up any other installment in the series.

Had the ps1 version growing up. Just recently got the n64 version and man what a difference

My brother rented this one once. I always thought it was the most realistic and tense FPS on the N64, and liked it for it. However, I never rented it again as I had other games on the plate at the time. Ghost Recon for GameCube is a worthy successor I might add.

Just played through this again in 2022 and read every briefing and piece of intel for each mission which I don't think I bothered to do when I was younger. Surprised to find quite an interesting story about a virulent, weaponised strain of Ebola. There's even a mission where terrorists have taken over the US Capitol building. Truly, ahead of its time.

Played it on the PC and it was incredibly hard for my age xD

I still have it, and I still haven't beaten it.

i played this game on ps1 at night in an attic. It was a really quiet and tense experience. I was 5

I remember trying to play this when I was 10 and I didn't understand tactical shooters.

Had many great memories with this game. Simply awesome. You know what? I think I'm gonna go play again. (5 minutes later...) Not exactly how I remembered it...lol

I just bought this game at a flee market, this game is fun and was ahead of its time, this was before Socom. As a kid i didn't really like tom Clancy titles, I know play them as an adult and appreciate this game for the N64. Controls aren't so hard to get used to. As a child i can see myself getting frustrated. I really wish this had split screen multiplayer

This game is one of the most memorable I grew up with. My cousin picked it out and we would play all day and as far into the night as we were allowed. In fact, we played it so much it froze up all the time and the console would be very hot, but we would just hit reset and keep playing. For the time it was a beautiful game as far as graphics and the environment. No other N64 games ever matched up to it. We never did the planning part, just manually controlled the teams to complete the mission. Even playing by myself I would get one team so far ahead into a strategic position and switch to the other to catch up or flank. I remember his mom was really against violent games and we would get in trouble for turning on the blood feature. So basic by today's standards, but back then it was something to marvel at.

I loved this game so bloody much as a kid :D Played it originally on 64.

I liked the mission planning aspect of this. My friend and gaming partner of the time much preferred run and gun titles. So this didn't see as much play as I would have liked.

I remember playing this with my brother!

Love this game. Playing it now

I grew up playing this game, was always a rainbow six fan now today 2019 I'm playing rainbow six siege

This is a much more confident review than the original.

great game for the n64 and fantastic series

I'd wanted when I first heard about it for PC/Mac, but my family's computer was too slow to run it. The N64 version was a godsend, and I loved the crap out of it. It was one of the few games I could get my brother to play with me, and I probably completed most of the game doing co-op with him. One thing about it though is that I remember the box (NTSC version) having an Expansion Pack emblem on it, but I'm pretty sure this game had no enhancements for it.

I absolutely loved the Rainbow 6 Series (while it was still a tactical shooter so up until R6:3 Athena's Shield) on PC and I feel like I would never give that kind of tactical shooter a chance on any other system. With that bias, though, I must say that the game on the 64 looks pretty good INDOORS as you noted. Outdoors it looks horrendous when even the PC version looked kind bad outside. But the controls don't look half bad. I have your playlist of videos playing in the background as I study though I have specific videos I go back to watch purposely, such as this one. Thanks for the plenitude of great content you have.

How is it the shitty game reviewers have millions of subs *Glares at you James Rolphe* and you don't? You are fucking brilliant Glenn and as you know I hated my N64 yet you make me want to watch so don't change mate you are the best!!

I've never played this game, but it's starting to remind me of the SOCOM games on PS2.

Sounds like a great game with a good story ! Cheers glenn

This game was super fun! Made way for socum navy seals on Ps2 for me ..... Great upload

I enjoyed this game so much. Subsequent Rainbow Six games did not hook me nearly as well.

I used to pretend that I was Robocop when I played this. Who am I kidding, I still do.

You need to do conker bad fur day review

I swear I caught a glitch in this game back in the day. Cant remember the level but there was a bad guy that always would kill you if you went a certain way down the hallway. He would even shoot you through the wall.

The more straight forward approach from GoldenEye and Perfect Dark's gameplay steered me away from this game. Still a great review Glenn. Can't wait to see you do a review of Mischief Makers.

I can't get into this game now. I feel like this is one of those games that if u didn't play back in the day then u probably won't enjoy it enough to beat it

I just heard that this game exists and immediately had no doubt in my mind that it's probably one of the best on N64

No expansion pack support, I guess the manual was wrong.

R.I.P. Tom Clancy

This version is much easier then the PC version and I recalled it not being a bad port at all. As for the lack of deathmatch, if you played it on the PC back in the day you knew it wasnt so much of a deathmatch as more of either a last man standing or last team standing layout. Very, very tense stuff back then but honestly I think it was a smarter choice for the n64 to dump it.

i remember not liking this game at all. My brother did play through it for a while but i remember the controls being really akward.

really made me appreciate the vegas games on xbox growing up playing this and really enjoying it…and man did vegas have a badass face scan 😅 put on my michael myers mask and it looked so good on the first scan…never took it off…so if you got one shot by michael myers across the map on kill house with a silenced mk. 23 that was me 🤣

I'm glad i have a flash cart now makes binging these videos easier on the wallet lol

Any opportunity to play with Ding Chavez is appreciated.

I used to play this on co op mode with my brother all the time

It was one of my first shooters, and I absolutely miss the complexity the original game had to offer, as well as Rogue Spear and RS3. I am sad to see that today, its modern title is not much more than a Counter Strike-like multiplayer only twitch shooter with a little atmospheric destruction as a theme. Same thing for Ghost Recon and Splinter Cell; all watered down to where the game play is barely distinguishable from the originals.

Good review

Hey, so is this game exclusively for N64 and PC? because i recently bought Rainbow Six for playstation, and it's not the same :(

Biggest criticism of R6 in magazines around release was the lack of deathmatch as far as I can remember. Inevitably it was compared to Goldeneye, and the other 4 player FPSes - though these were essentially THE appeal of the N64, I'd argue. Rare were the smartest developer on the console right? So they end up shoving 4-player FPS into Conker, DK64, Banjo Tooie, almost everything post-Goldeneye. Rainbow 6 is a great game but was probably a really bad choice for a port to consoles as that planning mode is just made for a mouse. Still seems insane to me that Starcraft was ported to the N64, for the same mouse-centric reason. Most people with a 64 had broken controllers from Mario party by this stage anyway, so precision was a joke

can you review Elmo's Number Journey Glenn.

great review Glenn

could you imagine a 4 player squad co-op mode?

YO WHAT THIS WAS ON THE N64 OF ALL THINGS?

I had this as a kid, if I remember right the cartridge was black??

I'm usually into games like this, especially if Tom Clancy is on the box but I have the option of playing this on the PC so I think I'll stick with that. Not to harp on the N64 but I have a feeling this is the case where the PC version is simply superior.

Dis was 1 great game hard to get boxed des days

At the time I hated this game as golden eye was so good.. but now I think so much went into that small cartridge.

MAN DOWN! MAN DOWN! WE NEED SOME BACKUP! NOW!

Destroys the hack job psx port for sure.