
In the case of Nintendo’s console, it was a movement that started with Super Mario 64 and that would go on to be seen in different formats, levels of quality, and magnitudes of ambition in the likes of Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie, Donkey Kong 64, Jet Force Gemini, and even the two The Legend of Zelda games that would be produced for the system.

The most notable adventure and platforming games of the Nintendo 64 days shared one core characteristic: their expansive worlds, which often put players in the middle of wide explorable areas and tasked them with figuring out what to do, sometimes even going as far as giving gamers the freedom to choose the order in which they would deal with the available challenges. During a time when most of the best platformers and adventure games had their sights deeply set on taking advantage of grand environments, The Great Escape stands out from them for using the full extent of its energy towards being straightforward and fun
