Conker's Bad Fur Day (Nintendo 64, 2001)

In the single-player mode, the player takes on the role of Conker and plays the game in a free-roaming environment. Conker can duck and jump a high distance vertically, as well as jump at least twice his height in any direction. Conker can also spin his tail around quickly like a helicopter for a few seconds. Rather than give it an official-sounding name, as is the unofficial 'tradition' in the video game business, Conker just calls it the "helicoptery tail thing". This allows him to jump a little higher, navigate in the air to accurately land, and slow his descent if he is far from the ground. After a few seconds, the tail slows down, and he drops and is not able to do it again until he has landed and jumped again. Besides this, he has few other physical powers. He can swim underwater for a while until he runs out of breath, jog indefinitely and not get tired, and is strong enough to push heavy round objects, which in one of the later levels are a "big bourgeoisie boiler's brass bollocks".

Conker can eat pieces of "Anti-Gravity Chocolate" to regain lost health and incidentally his life bar is represented by six-square chocolate bars. In a parody of similar platformers with unexplained floating pickups throughout levels, they were originally created by the Professor, but he threw them out the castle window when he started a new project. Afterward, Conker can eat up to six of them. There are two types of chocolate; regenerative chocolate and one-time chocolate. One-time chocolate disappears after eaten, and doesn't reappear until Conker reenters the game world. Regenerative chocolate reappears 10 seconds after being eaten. Antigravity chocolate does not provide protection against certain things, such as falls from especially high heights, being hit by spinning blades, or being dismembered in a grinder. However, it does protect against being hit with a heavy object from above, such as a large dollop of feces.

Conker has a limited number of lives. The ability to do this in the context of the game is explained in a cutscene the first time that Conker dies; according to the game, squirrels have as many lives as "they think they can get away with," similar to cats, and the Grim Reaper is willing to grant Conker another chance if he picks up squirrel tails.

"Context-sensitive Zones" allow Conker to do things he could not normally do; he usually pulls a far-too-big thing out of his far-too-small pocket, although sometimes he turns into an anvil and slams into the ground. Zones under beer kegs can give him "drunken" abilities as well. For instance, he is able to stagger around and urinate on stone people and fire imps. Although most zones only work once, some can be used more than once, or even indefinitely. However, most of the context zones lose their purpose after being utilized, even if they are continuously usable. These context-sensitive areas usually take the form of "B-button pads", and sometimes activate while Conker is in mid-air. However, they are always activated by a press of the B button. A light bulb appears over Conker's head when he is in a context-sensitive zone.

Much of the gameplay in Conker's Bad Fur Day features parodies of various movies and games, such as Reservoir Dogs and Super Mario 64.

I wasn't sure about this game. I bought it because I had heard that its script was hilarious, and also that it was a solid 3D platformer. It was probably the most advanced game ever released on the Nintendo 64, and it was one of the last. But I wasn't sure it would impress my fine taste in Nintendo classics.

Well, to put it bluntly the game looks simply fantastic. It's mind-blowing. Conker doesn't look too shabby eleven years later.

Conker is one of the smoothest N64 characters I've ever seen. Textures are surprisingly bearable and the lighting and dynamic shadowing are unbelievable. And it isn't only impressive from a technical perspective--the art direction is inspired and colorful.

You'll be wandering around the vast world of Conker's Bad Fur Day seeking out characters in need and then fulfilling their requests--for money, of course. These don't have much of anything to do with the main story, but each completely unrelated development rolls perfectly into the next. The ending (which I won't spoil) is really, really fitting and very deep for such an offensive and immature game. Well, actually the game is mature. F*ck it.

The controls are tight and responsive. I sometimes wish Conker was as nimble as Mario and swimming controls are too simple for my tastes. (The B-button is held to swim--I prefer tapping the A-button a la Super Mario 64.) On occasion the camera controls, mapped onto the yellow C-buttons, do not work, and sometimes the camera is stuck in an uncomfortable position, but this is quite rare. The analog stick moves Conker, the A-button allows him to jump, and the Z-trigger ducks, crawls, and fires weapons. The B-button does everything else. By stepping on "context-sensitive" buttons lying about on the ground in various places and pushing B, Conker will obtain a new weapon for a brief period. When he hasn't recently done this, pushing the B-button will cause Conker to swat at enemies with a frying pan, Conker's weapon of choice.

Gameplay is wonderfully varied. To be honest, I preferred the simple platforming of the first chapter, but each innovation was gladly welcome. At times later in the game, I became stuck in a particularly difficult spot, but these sporadic challenge spikes were few and far between, much like games of this sheer quality. I came upon a few hilarious bosses, and I came upon some genuinely horrifying and thrilling bosses.

This is not a children's game.

Scattered throughout the marvelous gameplay are brief cutscenes which move the story along. The script is brilliant. CBFD was one of few N64 games to feature full-fledged voice-acting with characters' lips synchronized to the sound. It is, to be concise, astonishing. The acting itself, which was mostly done exclusively by a man named Chris Seavor, is simply brilliant. I dunno how he could have possibly contorted his voice that extensively. The music is catchy and suits the game well. Many areas' music are based on the main theme of Conker's BFD, Windy and Co. As a musician myself, I can say this theme is pure genius.

Once you've finished the main game, you may call over a few of your buddies for a fast-paced blood-bath mode called "multi." The characters and weapons are limited to baseball bats and guns--however, the gameplay is varied, bloody and brilliant.

I love this game. It's already become one of my favorite games of all time. It stands out. It's unique. It's unusual. It's "rare." And it's one of the greatest games of all time.

This is the most graphically defined if not the most graphically disturbing game on the Nintendo 64. This is definetly one of the best looking games on the 64, this can be both a good thing and a bad thing. Although the environment around you looks real nice, that is not saying much when you are surrounded by poo. That's right... poo. This game definetly goes more towards adult humor. From well endowed flowers to singing piles of poo, you will definetly be shocked if not amused.

There really isin't much of story involved to this game. A king spills his milk off of a table that is missing a leg and the only to fix it is to place a squirrel as the missing leg. Meanwhile, Conkers is recovering from a hangover and trying to find his way home to his girlfriend. As Conkers travels across the land, he meets a list of strange and wierd creatures. He even manages to collect some money along the way. There is not much more to the story than this that I can say without spoiling the rest of it.

As I said before, this game probably has some of the best graphics that you will see on the 64. Everything looks great. The water, the grass, the blood, the gore, and the poo. For better or for worse, this game looks pretty good. The sound is hard to score. Although I like the little theme that plays during the main area, I start to gag when I hear the repetitive sound of flatulance playing in the background during another area. The sound often fits in with the graphics, it is good and bad depending where you are. The voice acting is done pretty well. The voices fit the characters perfectly.

This is basically a platform game. You travel around the land doing various things to advance forward into the game. Fighting robot haystacks, defeating a giant pile of singing poo, making cows poop and then killing them with a bull, peeing out fires, killing a huge army of killer teddy bears, and shooting zombies are among the long list of things you must do. This game also shows various things from some famous movies. The Terminator, The Matrix, Dracula, and The Godfather are among the most noticeable. The gameplay, despite how disgusting it can be at some times, is very fun. The only complaint you may have is that Conkers can't take too big of a fall without getting hurt. Other than that, I have no complaints. The controls are pretty simple and easy to handle during all the scenerios. Multiplayer brings even more fun. Most people consider the multiplayer the best part of the game. Invite some friends over and have a blast blowing each other up.

This game is not definetly not for younger children, people with weak stomachs, or people who don't like dirty humor. But if you can handle all types of humor and excessive swearing, can stand blood and gore, and are 17, you should get it or at least try it. I warn you though, a stage made completely out of poo could be too much for some people.

Well, Conker is kind of a rare game to find today, specially in Brazil, where I live. It's always too expensive, due to the fact that is a very good game (for its time) and was one of the last games to be released for the Nintendo 64.
This seller was offering it for a reasonable price and I don't regreat buying it, since I wanted it to complete my N64 game collection and it was a very fun game to play. Furthermore, the cartridge is in very good shape and this is a very unusual game for the Nintendo system and from Rareware. Both companies have always been considered to produce and sell games that have a more childish look and context. But in Conker, that is not the case. Although the look is cute, the dialogues, nonsense story and behaviour of the characters is very rude, scatologic and funny. It's not a game for everyone, though. So be careful and read reviews about it before you buy it.
The kind of humour used in the game sometimes works, sometimes doesn't. It's up to you...

I collect Nintendo 64 games and I didn't have this one yet. I noticed that everyone stated the game was "RARE," and sellers were trying to get at least $25 to $35 for the game. I tried bidding on several different games, but finally got frustrated and tired of everyone out bidding me and I purchased a "Buy it now." I was lucky and found the game for only $18.50, that was the best $18.50 I've spent on Ebay so far. This game is really, really fun and once you start playing it, its hard to stop. The only real draw back to the game is that its slow starting and it doesn't really have a set path to follow, you have to search around to find out where to go for the next level. If you can purchase the game with a strategy guide, I would highly recommend doing so. I go on You-Tube and type in n64 conkers bad fur day walk through and watch actual people playing the game. It gets a little frustrating at times, because they jump around or change the players and sections. I think using a strategy guide book would be a lot easier, I plan on buying one eventually. As far as the game goes, It's pretty challenging, and some of the levels are hard to get past. I like how the game restarts at your last check point and doesn't make you start the whole section all over again. Some of the moves are a little difficult, like jumping and swimming. Now as far as the language goes, I wouldn't recommend this game for little kids. Some of the sounds and scenes are a little over the top. I like this game a lot, and I'm very glad that I bought it. If you don't own it yet, I would highly recommend getting it. Its one of those kind of games you just want to play over and over again, until you complete it or finish it. In my opinion, its well worth the money and I would have probably paid more for it.