9. Rocket: Robot on Wheels (N64)
A calm platformer featuring a robot named Rocket who must save Whoopie World (a theme park that's about to open) from the wrath of a destructive raccoon named Jojo. Rocket: Robot on Wheels won't win any awards for narrative genius or originality, but it's a pleasant experience and if you're after a 3D platformer from the era, you could do far worse than this one from Sucker Punch Productions — who would go on to greater things on PlayStation with Sly Cooper, the Infamous series, and Ghost of Tsushima.
8. Goemon's Great Adventure (N64)
This sequel took the character and colour of the original and threw in a bonus co-op mode for another wonderfully entertaining platform adventure with an off-the-wall Japanese flavour. There's an argument to be had over which is best, and we tend to lean towards the original, but they're both fine games.
7. Donkey Kong 64 (N64)
There are some who blame the collapse of the collectathon 3D platforming craze on Donkey Kong 64, and while it's hard to argue that Rare perhaps went a little too far with the huge number of inconsequential collectible doohickeys, it's a game which turns everything up to eleven and there's something admirable about its unapologetic everything-and-the-kitchen-sink approach.
With five playable Kongs (you know them well), huge worlds, and an abundance of minigames (including emulated versions of the original arcade Donkey Kong and Ultimate Play the Game's Jetpac), DK64 was one hell of a value proposition back in 1999 and we think it probably deserves re-evaluation after decades of bashing. C'mon Cranky, take it to the fridge.