I had this game as a kid on the PC and now I speedrun the game. So needless to say, I've put way more hours into this game than I care to admit. I remember playing this as a child and greatly enjoying it for just being able to explore around (even though I never got past Alleys and Gullies as a child). Now, since I speedrun the game, I have a completely different look at the game, and needless to say, I still find it an enjoyable experience to play the game. One thing that wasn't mentioned in this review is that the N64 version was actually an EASIER version of the game. On the PC/PS1/DS version, the last level required you to have obtained 40 tokens, you take more damage from enemies and your health isn't recharged after each level. On the N64 version, only 30 tokens are required to beat the game and your health becomes a non-issue. As a side note, "You've got a friend in me" is the music for the first level in the game in the N64 version, however all of the other versions use a different, generic soundtrack (which is disappointing), although, I really do enjoy all of the music in this game. The game plays extremely well, and once you've played the game as much as I have, the camera basically isn't even a problem anymore. For anyone playing the game, a good trick to manipulate the camera beyond the two buttons that SLOWLY rotate the camera, just quickly go into, then out of first person mode and the camera will switch to the direction that you are facing. Love this game and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a good time! (For anyone wondering, I estimate that I've beaten this game ~75-100 times, so yes, I know what I'm talking about :P)

I really liked it and played it often as a kid. I never had a memory card though so I would always have to try and beat it in one go

I remember renting this game on the N64 as a kid. I enjoyed it very much. I like how it follows the movie quite well.

I really love this game and have a ton of nostalgia for it. One reason for my nostalgia is because this was the first game that I bought with my own money. Also for me Toy Story 2 was my Mario 64. I know it's hard to believe but I never played Mario 64 as a kid. Toy Story 2 was so much fun for me and my older brother to play through as a kid. Many times my brother would have to help me with some of the bosses and puzzles. I remember being so excited to tell my brother that I had beaten Zerg all by myself. I recently replayed this game again and I still think it holds up extremely well and was still lots of fun.

I know this is old, but id like to share my experience with this game. When I was about 5 or 6, I loved the Toy Story Films(And still do) and on a trip to EB Games, I picked up this title... for ps1. My sister handed me down her N64 in 2001 I think(I was about 4) with DK64, Mario 64, Mario Kart 64, and Paper Mario(and aside from Mario 64, I still have the same cartridges i was handed down) and I absolutely loved them. When I got Toy Story 2 for ps1, it was probably my favorite ps1 game, third from Spyro 3 and Crash 3 as my favorite games as a kid(I still have the original copies of these as well)! My parents divorced and my mom moved to a neighboring city to take care of a sick family member. My dad was reluctant on me taking my ps1 games back to my moms house when I was through visiting because he thought I would forget them there and be sad, so I left them, but when I got to my mom's house, I wanted to play Toy Story 2. I went over to Blockbuster, but they didn't have it for the ps1, just the N64, so I picked it up. Long story short, It was fun, but even as a kid, I noticed how cut down the N64 version was,

Did anyone else have a hard time with the garbage can boss as a kid? I remember I always had to have my sister do it for me since I could never press the button fast enough.

Nice to see Buzz's reflection on the inside of his helmet in the POV shots being lifted to Metroid Prime by Retro.

All the console toy story games are good and are criminally overlooked when talking about good movie licensed games

This may not be the best platformer in the world, but I remember having some good platforming fun with this game.

I love the rat feel of the game where you're a tiny thing and everything is scaled to match. But yeah... That's pretty much where it ends with this game... Great video!

I never beat the rainy stage

I’ve remembered playing this game for my childhood😊

I've been re-watching your older videos ever since you came back and I must say that I actually really do love this game and had it on the N64 back in the day and I even download it for my PS5 recently. Lol

I loved the Toy Story movies, and I loved this game. I played it all the time when I was a kid, and still pop it in every once in a while.

The nostalgia...

Another awesome n64 review bud. Hands down you are the best n64 game reviewer on youtube. I really enjoy toy story on the n64. As you mentioned, it has a few flaws, but to this day still has enjoyable gameplay.

I got this game recently, because I often watch Toy Story with my daughter, and thought it would be a game she would enjoy watching. The gameplay is mediocre, as are the graphics. My instincts were to dislike the game, but the balanced learning curve and the need to explore the vast levels actually drew me in a lot more than I thought it would. I'm only a few levels in, but it's better than I expected.

The reflection of his face on the inside of the helmet was a pretty cool detail in such an older game I think

ohhh Childhood memories

Ah Shit i thought this was going to be a belter! thanks Glenn and yet again you never fail to produce a cracking review

Great review just a shame the N64 and Dreamcast versions appear to be rushed ports even if the Dreamcast is the best version.

i still love this game, I repeatedly completed this game when I didn't own a memory card , looking back at it is still nostalgia to me. mint review plus i had it for the ps1

I did play the PS1 version of TS2 as a kid, and I actually really enjoyed it. I first played it on a demo disc, and then I got the game about a month later. I even saw the movie around the same time, and I enjoyed it aswell, and that was when I was in a theatre with a friend of mine.

Good video well done keep it up you make good videos

I always wanted to remake this game...

im impressed they made it where you could see Buzz's face reflected in his visor in the first person view. the first time i was aware of something like that was Metroid Prime.

Some friends just introduced me to this game a few months ago! It's really pretty decent- better than I expected. The LOD system in the visuals is kind of neat, too (it beats having a thick fog over everything), and there are some nice textures as well, but it would be nice if the important objects would pop into view a little sooner.

Man, those were the good days. Thank you so much for the review, it really brought me a lot of nostalgia. This game just brings me so many good memories from my childhood when life was easy lol :,)

One of my favorite games from that era. First played it on Playstation and are playing the Dreamcast version right now :) Still alot of fun!

I have this game on ps1. And still love it to this day. It was very hard growing up but now it's pretty easy.

I think this game was genuinely great, I loved it back in the day.

Good video i like Toy Story.

Yes I had it when I was a kid, Mom got it for me on Christmas along with Super Smash Bros! I loved Toy Story 2. Looking back some of the platforming later in the game just looks like an absolute nightmare.

i had some special bundle where the game came with a ps1 look usb gamepad for pc. it was great. obviously game pc with clean smooth graphics were ideal. but both ps1 and 64 can hold their own respectively.

I had this on the PSX, Was the first game I ever played and I friggin loved it. Im happy the developers are still around making the LEGO games as well.

I remember I used to actually use the game's draw distance problem to cheese the final boss lol

I like Toy Story 2 I played the PlayStation version but will try N64 version

I loved this game. I replayed it recently on the Vita and still love it.

Man I wish mine still worked. I got mine from blockbuster rental a long time ago when I was like 5? And it on the cartridge it still had the blockbuster sticker on it. Such a amazing game for its time and I remembered it quite well before re-seeing it on KZfaq. All in all I just love the late 90's video games, it just has a special feel to it but of course I was born in 1999 so I didn't get to live it and remember it.

I thought it was cool but when I was five I didn't notice the bluryness!😮

Awesome video remember getting this game at Game trader when I was 4. I loved this game, played it a few months back and it was ok, but it's better than Superman 64. You ought to do a review of that game next lol

thx for reviewing this game i loved it when i was younger but never actually beat it lol

I grew up with Toy Story as a kid. And, the console that I played on the most was the N64, so naturally I had this game and still do to this day. I remember really liking this game as a kid, but also being a bit frustrated that there wasn't much to it. Something I don't think you mentioned in the video is how short the game itself is. Seriously, one of the shortest n64 games I ever played. I still go back to this game, as well as others on the N64 at the age of 15 now. Somehow, the game still intrigues me.

Another game I rented on the N64 back when it came out. As a kid I really enjoyed it. Seeing it now though, for me it hasn't aged too well. There are a lot of N64 games I can go back to today and really enjoy them still, but this game for some reason just doesn't have the same nostalgic value. It was a fun platformer at the time, but you are absolutely right in saying that when compared to games like Mario 64 or DK64 it just isn't very good. Anyway, thanks for the review. Always great to see these old games.

I remember playing this game along with Pokemon Stadium and Mario 64, all great games, but this to me was really a good game, And since capcom did not do it like other disney games this is a gem if you ask me =) great Job Glenn

What music did you have at the beginning? Was it the toy story theme remixed for something? Let me know

I'm curious as to if the analog controls here feel better than on PSX

I think the graphics are actually good. And there is a little detail I noticed. If you aim in first person view you can see the reflection of Buzz' face in the visor, like in Metroid Prime.

Yeah, Glenn, I had this game as a kid. I didn't have the PS1 or N64 version though, I had it on the PC. From what I remember, I enjoyed it quite a bit. My dad had to help me quite a few times in figuring out how to progress through certain areas of the game, but hey, nothing wrong with a bit of challenge. Looking back on it now, it looks like it would be a lot easier to play and finish now that I'm an older, more experienced gamer, but it's nice to know I had some fun with it when I was younger :P

I feel this review is perfect, more or less. This is not a game i would have played without childhood nostalgia powering me through, but for its time, its definitely a solid play. The camera angling is the worst part, but i find it easily circumvented by tapping RB twice to fix the view.

+N64 Glenn Plant I was thinking about buying the N64 version for nostalgia, will it be worth the purchase if I grew up with the PS1 version?

Better controls and official Toy Story music in the first level instead of a generic aggressive melody makes the N64 the better version imo

I had a lot of fun playing this game with my kids.

Still really enjoy this one just as much when I was young . Would rent this from Blockbuster a few times , my sis and I got pretty far never finished the game .

I had the PS1 version as kid and this along with A Bugs Life seem to go into a category of games that i like playing but no one else does, maybe it is childhood but also I NEVER saw this game in the negative way I heard about it in 1999

Do you think you'll move on to a different system once you finish reviewing all n64 games? Like playstaion?

It's not the most challenging game but it has a lot of fun puzzles. You can finish it pretty quickly if you do the bare minimum but there is so much more you can do with this game. The camera is a little annoying but you can always change the camera views..

i used to have this game as a kid an i used to love it a lot. I thought just exploring the world was the best part. I remember half the time i had no idea wheere i was going or what i was doing

I had this game when I was a kid. I remember it was fun, but got repetitive and difficult. I never finished it. I bought the N64 version on eBay so maybe I'll finally finish it.

This was one of my favourite PS1 platformers back when I was a kid, it's not as good as Spyro or a masterpiece like Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, but Toy Story 2 was definitely a fun game to play, especially since I was a massive fan of the movies and wanted my fix of playing a good Disney game.

You should have played some of the music so we could...ooooh right hahaha

My cousin had this for PlayStation and we spent hours and hours on this game. I'd like to pick up the N64 version just to have it for my collection. Thanks!

This is probably what I'd call a guilty pleasure sort of game. I adore Toy Story and nothing felt better than running through Andy's Room completing objectives. My only complaints were some platforming faults (especially in the alleyway level) and the later stages begin to look too gray and dismal that they lose the more attractive appeal of the earlier stages. I still like playing it though and its a perfectly satisfying game to own.

To this day this is the still the best Toy Story game you could ever play! Sure, future games look better they're all minigames!

I remember playing it and enjoying it very much,the 1st level was so hard to me,the farthest i had gotten was the construction site but now thanks to Emulators and the homebrew channel on the wii im hopefully gonna go back and try to beat it,because who doesn't love some toy story :D

I saw it in the '99 Christmas JCPenney catalogue and I reckon I will buy a complete copy on eBay just because of that, considering the fact that the gameplay will not live up to the hype this title had back then. Certainly the box, or rather the spine, will look cool in my collection!

I had this on the Dreamcast as a kid and loved it but I never finished it because it was so hard

I have the playstation version and I absolutely love everything about it. I am a huge toy story fan however so I suppose the environments and characters make up for the downfalls. Good review it's surprising that the n64 version isn't superior!

One of the best platformers

5:03 Wait when could you fight Zurg? I played through the game about three to five times and never once fought him. Is this a N64 only thing?

When I first played this I was able to overlook the flaws of this game and still enjoy it. One thing I feel is better about this port then the rest is better controls.

I remembered enjoying this game as a kid (still have the cart). Haven't played it since then, though. Probably wouldn't be as good as I remembered xD

I played it on my grandma's Play Station, and I liked it a lot, I might track this down for some nostalgia

I had the dreamcast version, the store sold it to me with the console and i enjoyed that game way more than i think. Not the best platformer ever made but a solid one

I wish they made a version for the DS like they did with Mario 64. I was about to buy a DS just so I can play those two. Maybe I should just buy a Nintendo 64 instead

I did used to have this game (not any more though) and as far as I remember it, it was okay. I perfered Mario 64 and Banjo-Kazooie but it was playable.

Dat space level was the shit

It was alright. As the PC version or N64 version some things got repetitive especially the music. What about the game after goldeneye on the N64 do you review that game?

Woahhhhhhhhhh (heard buzzes fall alot as a kid 😂

I played this game as a kid but I never played the PlayStation version but rather the N64 and man was the game pretty great for the most part! I loved the 3D platformer feel to the game, the controls, the music, and that's it. However, I don't like the visuals as they're kind of blurry, I don't like how the characters don't talk much, and I don't like how Woody wasn't in the game but now I understand that Buzz is supposed to rescue Woody from Al much like he did in the movie. I also don't understand why both Stinky Pete and Jessie aren't in this game either. I also hated the fact that the game doesn't have a save feature for you to save your game when you come back to playing it much like in games such as Mario 64, Banjo Kazooie, and DK 64 but rather you need an expansion pack to save your game instead of the game asking to save it for you (ugh, how frustrating). Lastly, I knew there was a PlayStation version but I didn't know the N64 version was just a direct port from the PlayStation version and plays the exact same but with worse graphics and the characters don't talk during the cutscenes and instead there's pictures as visuals for the cutscenes.

I played this on the dremacast and pc great game !

This game was the shit when I was a kid. I never beat it because I sucked at videogames and had a short attention span.

i love this game religiously i even speed run it now.

This game just got a rerelease on the PlayStation 5 a year ago.

I liked this game for its level design. Al's apartment for the win.

I had very fond memories of this game growing up I'm growing my n64 collection up and I still haven't re purchased this one yet :( Totally worth it It's at a local store for $6

I don’t remember having any problems with this on the Dreamcast

I grew up with the PS1 version. Loved it. Now I will add the N64 version to my collection and play through it. 🐳🐳🐳

I recently picked this up for 6.99. Haven't played the game yet but I'm planning too soon! :D

I got the dreamcast version of this game

I remember playing the play station version at my uncles house and I used to play it a lot but I couldn't get that far because we did not have any memory cards

I loved this game on my N64 when I was younger and now I can play it on my PS3 or PSP for $6

I did complete the N64 version when I rented it when I was 9. I own it on n64 now. I do like the Playstation version better. ps1 looks a little better and playstation is smoother and SOUNDS so much better. I have the game on Dreamcast too but there is a weird issue with the controller where buzz does not walk straight forward. The PC version looked the best but having to good of a gaming machine now days wont allow the game to run :(

Very good review. I'd like to see RE2, that's the game that when I seen my friend playing it on his PS1 I regretted buying N64 over PS1. I'd like to see how that one differs from the PS1 version.

You should review Duck Dodgers. That game was so fucking good!

I had the playstation version of this and never really got on with it. I think with the games that you mentioned (super mario 64 and banjo kazooie) around ,my expectations of platforming games at the time was of a high standard. This probably tainted my view of toy story 2.

my cousin gave me her copy but i cant get past the first level since i dont have a memory card.

I had the N64 Version and I enjoy playing this game so much. But I couldn't save because I didn't have a memory pack. So what I did in order to beat the whole game, is I played for 4 hours straight until I got to woody.

this was another one that I had trouble saving the game. I don't know what I was missing back then but I could never save the games.

Loved it as a kid, first played it when it came out on the 64 and I got it ffor the PC, and years later I heard the PS1/PC versions were superior so I currently own the PS1 version^^