Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals
Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals — frequently asked questions
- What platforms is Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals on?
- Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals was released on Nintendo 64, PlayStation.
- When did Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals release?
- Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals was first released on October 1, 1999.
About Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals
Now, experience a Transformers battle you've never seen before! Take command of the Heroic Maximals and Evil Predicons as they struggle for supremacy! More powerful than ever, these cybertronian warriors can convert into 3 modes: beast, vehicle, and robot. Run, blast and transform your way to victory! Crush the competition with the awesome Ultra Blast attack!
Summary via IGDB.
Game details
- Platforms
- Nintendo 64, PlayStation
- Developer
- Locomotive Corporation
- Publisher
- Takara
- Game modes
- Single player, Split screen
- Themes
- Action, Science fiction
- Series
- Transformers
Details via IGDB.
Every version compared
Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release
| Platform | Year | Loose | Complete | Sealed | Period reviews | Built by | Fake risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nintendo 64 | 2000 | $90 | $754 | — | 5 reviews | Locomotive Corporation | Medium |
Release timeline
- Nintendo 64Oct 1, 1999
- PlayStationDec 9, 1999
First release on each platform, from IGDB’s records of this game’s ports and editions. Remakes are separate games with their own pages, so they are not listed here.
We haven’t priced or authenticated the versions without a section on this page yet.
Collector value & authenticity
Nintendo 64 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-22
Other releases and variants
| Release | Loose | Complete | Sealed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese release | $15 | $40 | — |
How often it sells
- Loose: about 2 times a week
- Complete: about 4 times a year
- Sealed: about once a year
Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-22.
Price over time
- Loose
- Complete
A loose copy sold for about $15.00 in Jan 2007, $157 five years ago, and $95 as of Oct 2026.
Show as table
| Month | Loose | Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2007 | $15.00 | — |
| Jan 2008 | $14.44 | — |
| Jan 2009 | $9.97 | — |
| Jan 2010 | $14.95 | — |
| Jan 2011 | $9.57 | — |
| Jan 2012 | $15.00 | — |
| Jan 2013 | $31 | — |
| Jan 2014 | $28 | $263 |
| Jan 2015 | $28 | $407 |
| Jan 2016 | $35 | $290 |
| Jan 2017 | $41 | $275 |
| Jan 2018 | $42 | $395 |
| Jan 2019 | $45 | $262 |
| Jan 2020 | $55 | $430 |
| Jan 2021 | $79 | $621 |
| Jan 2022 | $116 | $729 |
| Jan 2023 | $130 | $715 |
| Jan 2024 | $143 | $693 |
| Jan 2025 | $100 | $807 |
| Jan 2026 | $105 | $542 |
| Oct 2026 | $95 | $750 |
Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.
Release record
| Territory | Date | Cartridge serial | Known board |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 12 July 2000 | NUS-NOHE-USA | NUS-01A-03 |
| Japan | 1 October 1999 | NUS-NTBJ-JPN | NUS-01A-02 |
- Region
- JP+NA
- Released
- 2000
- Authenticity
- Med
A 3D arena fighter that reviewers called botched, and a loose cart priced well above the library median.
Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals is a 3D fighting game based on the Beast Wars cartoon, and the N64 version was developed by Locomotive Corporation. Takara published it in Japan in 1999 as Transformers: Beast Wars Metals 64, and Bay Area Multimedia published it in North America in 2000. The North American release was a Blockbuster Video exclusive that was initially only available for rental. It plays in a flat 3D arena, has arcade-mode endings for each character and an original secret boss, Megatron X.
Reviews were poor. IGN's reviewer called the N64 game a botched take on Virtual On, criticizing the balance but concluding it was not awful.
What the press said at the time
| GameRankings (aggregate) | 48.67% | |
| GameFan | 55% | |
| IGN | 3/10 | |
| Nintendo Power | 6.1/10 | |
| Famitsu | 23/40 |
Undated scores are from the review table in the game's Wikipedia article, limited to reviews of the Nintendo 64 version.
Also on other platforms
PlayStation
| PlayStation | WAVEDGE |
| Nintendo 64 | Locomotive Corporation |
- PlayStation. The PlayStation game is a different design: a top-down fighter in which characters move around 3D battlefields.
- PlayStation. The PlayStation version was developed by WAVEDGE and features alternate story campaigns for the Maximal and Predacon factions.
How the other versions reviewed
| PlayStation | IGN | 3/10 |
| PlayStation | Official PlayStation Magazine | 1/5 |
| PlayStation | Famitsu | 23/40 |
These are the other versions’ scores, not this one’s. Ports of this era were frequently built by different studios, so they do not transfer.
Before you buy
The US cart sells well above the library median loose, and complete copies cost many times more again, so the fake risk is medium: ask for a photo of the board before you pay. The Japanese release, Beast Wars Metals 64, is a separate cartridge and costs far less loose and far less complete.
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