He liked its graphics but wrote that its music 'isn’t too hot'. He summarised, 'Despite its limitations, this is a great game, but it has a lot more potential.' A reviewer for Next Generation remarked that while the game is a straight port of the PlayStation version, it is an impeccably accurate one.īoulding liked the split-screen multiplayer and called the new capture the flag mode the game's best aspect, but he concluded that 'even these elements may not make it worth a rental'.' S Levi Buchanan praised Destruction Derby 64 as 'the best racer for the Nintendo 64 this year', and he lauded its 'simplistic control' as a remedy for the complex controls that he believed had 'ruined the PlayStation versions'.

However, he found that its 'useful life span is surprisingly short' and he hoped for a track editor in its sequel.

He believed that the game 'has never-before-seen quality that will instantly make it a showpiece game to demonstrate to open-mouthed friends and relatives', and he considered the car damage to be 'especially marvelous-and unprecedented for this sort of game'.

He considered the game's online play to be a high point, and he finished, ' Destruction Derby is a blast, and a welcome change of pace from high-end driving simulations.' Peter Olafson of called the game 'a great simulation' of demolition derbies, and he wrote that the wrecks are 'convulsive and realistic'.

Although he found the game too easy 'even at the toughest difficulty level', he found this to be a minor issue that did not detract from the experience.

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