System: Nintendo 64
Genre: Platformer
Banjo Kazooie is a classic Rare collectathon with googly-eyed vegetables and silly voices, but that's why I love it (the opening of Nuts and Bolts is a brilliant parody). The whole 3D thing was still new enough for me to be blown away by it at the time but a recent XBLA replay confirmed that my glasses aren't too rose-tinted at all. It seems surprisingly short and simple these days but the levels are classics and it's a lot of fun. My favourites are Click Clock Woods and Freezeezy Peak (best Christmas level ever) though I absolutely love Gruntys Furnace fun too, it's such a clever idea. It's also notable as the first game I played with controller feedback, though I can't believe we actually wasted money on a rumble pak.
