A solid Hexen port on N64. Three classes with very different styles, vertically interconnected levels, medieval puzzles and dark magic. Navigation can lose you and the engine shows its age, but the dark-fantasy adventure has character and real density.
N64 port of the dark fantasy FPS Hexen, where three heroes confront the demon Korax in a cursed medieval world. Published by GT Interactive, released in 1997 in Japan, Europe, and North America. Three character classes, interconnected levels with puzzles, and spells and weapons unique to each class.
Japanese run from September 1997, markedly rarer than the Western versions because a Western dark fantasy FPS found little audience on the NTSC-J market. The cartridge keeps the full content with four-player mode and saw only restricted distribution, making it a highly coveted import. Desirability rests on this pronounced regional scarcity for a genre thinly represented in Japan on N64.
Is Hexen still worth playing in 2026?
Hexen is the N64 port of Raven Software's dark fantasy FPS, in which three heroes of distinct classes face the demon Korax across a cursed medieval world riddled with puzzles. The non-linear structure, blending hub exploration, searching for keys and levers, and melee or magic combat, gives it real depth for the time. The labyrinthine navigation can disorient. For fans of retro fantasy-flavored FPS and demanding exploration, it is a genre classic still interesting to explore.
