You mention ISS as a Blockbuster-only release... Wasn't there an Indiana Jones game that was also a Blockbuster-only title? (And IJ and the Infernal Machine, perhaps?) I remember it being sold at my local Blockbuster when they were clearing out N64 stuff for the new, it probably isn't as rare as a soccer game.
Yep, that's the title. Technically it is not a Blockbuster exclusive, but it might as well have been. It was not available in retail stores, but it could be purchased directly from the publisher. I'm guessing very few people actually bought it this way though. The game is also available on the PC.
There are five other Blockbuster exclusives, which are:
ClayFigher: The Sculptor's Cut
The first and most well-known of the Blockbuster exclusives. A boxed copy is believed to have sold for $400 on eBay.
Track and Field 2000
It's exactly the same button-masher as the NES game but in 3D. You think Mario Party ruined controllers? You haven't seen anything.
International Superstar Soccer 2000
Appears to be the rarest NA release but seems to have gone largely unnoticed as such until very recently.
NFL Blitz Special Edition
This game was released late in 2001 and at that point Blockbuster was clearing space for more current games. As such, many copies went unopened and are easy to find on eBay. I paid $10 for mine.
Razor Freestyle Scooter
Same as above. Embarrassingly... I own 30 sealed copies of this. I bought them many years ago with the intention of selling them individually on eBay, but that has yet to happen.
Other than those last two, the boxes and manuals for these games are extremely rare. Blockbuster generally threw out the boxes and the manuals were often stolen or destroyed by customers. They are quite valuable.
What I've never understood is why these games were even created if they didn't intend on them being retail releases. Was the revenue from renting them really worth it?
Wow, thats a great deal. I'm so envious you have Excitebike 64!! Still as awesome as we all remember? I want another!! The closest thing I've seen is MX Superfly for the Cube.
ExciteBike 64 is still the best motorbike racing game ever created. I'm not really sure what that says since there haven't really been very many dirt bike games, and it's up against competition like the abysmal Jeremy McGrath's Supercross World, but fortunately it is also one of the best racing games period. What is still impressive today is the track editor. It might look simple at first but the user-created pieces make for a lot of different setups. I filled up four memory cards with created tracks.
The game actually sells for pretty cheap these days, which is kind of unfortunate because it means the game is under-appreciated. But it also means you can buy the game on the cheap!
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