Fighting Force 64 (1999). Play Free Online

Summary

Fighting Force 64 sprang from Core Design’s ambition to craft a 3‑D rival to the classic Streets of Rage series. After a rejected pitch to Sega, the studio teamed up with ten EA Japan programmers and comic‑book artist Marc Silvestri to flesh out a story centered on the mysterious Dr. Zeng—a character inspired by the real‑life Heaven’s Gate cult. An experimental “Battle Arena” mode was prototyped but ultimately scrapped before the game hit the 1998 E3 demo floor. The N64 version, released in 1999 under the casual title Fighting Force 64, lets players pick one of four distinct fighters—Hawk, Mace, Alana, or the hefty “Smasher”—each with unique strengths, from raw power to acrobatic kick combos. Aside from fists, players fling anything from soda cans to car engines, and can branch between a downtown precinct, a mall, a subway, and even a Coast Guard base. Crave’s launch shipped slightly sharper graphics and more generous life counts, earning average reviews while moving a respectable 596 k copies in the U.S. and crossing the one‑million mark worldwide.

Storyline

In Fighting Force 64 you control one of four operatives, each drawn into a showdown with the deranged Dr. Dex Zeng. Zeng, a criminal mastermind, once forecast the world’s end for the year 2000, but when the apocalypse didn’t happen after New Year’s Eve 1999, he blamed a glitch and resolved to trigger the disaster himself. The mission kicks off with a police cordon sealing off Zeng’s office skyscraper, then thrusts you into a chaotic shopping mall, a cramped subway, and a fortified Coast Guard base. Each locale tests the team’s firepower and teamwork as they battle Zeng’s army. The final confrontation crowns the assault on Zeng’s island headquarters, where the heroes must stop his world‑ending plan once and for all.

Edited by Maya Carter