<s>
Destruction	B-Device
Derby	I-Device
64	I-Device
is	O
a	O
vehicular	O
combat	O
racing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Looking	O
Glass	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
THQ	O
,	O
under	O
license	O
from	O
Psygnosis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
it	O
's	O
the	O
third	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
series	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
1	O
October	O
1999	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
12	O
October	O
1999	O
in	O
Europe	O
exclusively	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
also	O
the	O
only	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
game	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Destruction	B-Device
Derby	I-Device
64	I-Device
features	O
brighter	O
graphics	O
and	O
a	O
larger	O
variety	O
of	O
content	O
compared	O
to	O
PlayStation	O
's	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
reasonably	O
detailed	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
texture	O
detail	O
suffers	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
's	O
smaller	O
texture	O
memory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Race	O
events	O
in	O
Destruction	B-Device
Derby	I-Device
64	I-Device
have	O
a	O
particular	O
focus	O
on	O
head-on	O
collisions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Destruction	B-Device
Derby	I-Device
64	I-Device
does	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
different	O
competitor	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Destruction	B-Device
Derby	I-Device
64	I-Device
started	O
development	O
around	O
April	O
1998	O
as	O
reported	O
by	O
British	O
magazine	O
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
,	O
claiming	O
that	O
Psygnosis	O
(	O
a	O
division	O
of	O
Sony	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
)	O
was	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
title	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
along	O
with	O
O.D.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
and	O
Formula	B-Application
1	I-Application
98	I-Application
,	O
and	O
coming	O
a	O
week	O
after	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
Wipeout	B-Application
64	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
these	O
games	O
were	O
released	O
(	O
N64	B-Operating_System
versions	O
of	O
O.D.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
and	O
Formula	B-Application
1	I-Application
98	I-Application
were	O
cancelled	O
)	O
,	O
Destruction	B-Device
Derby	I-Device
64	I-Device
was	O
still	O
far	O
from	O
ready	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Looking	O
Glass	O
Studios	O
took	O
development	O
duties	O
,	O
a	O
developer	O
that	O
achieved	O
popularity	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
for	O
its	O
critically	O
acclaimed	O
PC	O
game	O
Thief	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
Project	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
DD64	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
at	O
the	O
Intermetrics	O
(	O
which	O
owned	O
Looking	O
Glass	O
Studio	O
)	O
studio	O
in	O
Redmond	O
,	O
Washington	O
State	O
,	O
USA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Destruction	B-Device
Derby	I-Device
64	I-Device
received	O
a	O
mixed-to-positive	O
reception	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeff	O
Gerstmann	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
Graphically	O
,	O
Destruction	B-Device
Derby	I-Device
64	I-Device
surpasses	O
the	O
old	O
PlayStation	O
games	O
by	O
quite	O
a	O
bit	O
-	O
not	O
that	O
that	O
is	O
a	O
particularly	O
hard	O
thing	O
to	O
do	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameFan	O
's	O
Levi	O
Buchanan	O
praised	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
best	O
racer	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
this	O
year	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
he	O
lauded	O
its	O
"	O
simplistic	O
control	O
"	O
as	O
a	O
remedy	O
for	O
the	O
complex	O
controls	O
that	O
he	O
believed	O
had	O
"	O
ruined	O
the	O
PlayStation	O
versions	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tim	O
Weaver	O
from	O
the	O
British	O
N64	B-Operating_System
Magazine	O
praised	O
the	O
derby	O
bowls	O
and	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
options	O
,	O
calling	O
the	O
Bomb	O
Tag	O
mode	O
"	O
absolutely	O
fantastic	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Weaver	O
called	O
DD64	B-Application
"	O
three	O
years	O
out	O
of	O
date	O
"	O
and	O
ended	O
the	O
review	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
average	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
