Wacky Races (2000 video game)

Wacky Races is a racing videogame, developed by Appaloosa Interactive for PC and PlayStation, and by Velez & Dubail for the Game Boy Color, and published by Infogrames in 2000. A remastered version of the game, called Wacky Races: Starring Dastardly and Muttley, was released for Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 on the same year.

Wacky Races
Developer(s)Appaloosa Interactive (PC, PS)
Velez & Dubail (GBC)
Publisher(s)Infogrames
Platform(s)Game Boy Color, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
ReleaseGame Boy Color
  • NA: June 2000
  • EU: June 30, 2000
Windows
  • EU: September 2000
  • NA: January 15, 2001
PlayStation
  • EU: September 16, 2000
Genre(s)Racing game 
Mode(s)Single-player, multi-player

The games use the story and characters from the American series Wacky Races created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The eleven racing cars compete against each other across circuits inspired by the cartoon.

Gameplay

Each vehicle has its own characteristics, strengths and weaknesses, resulting in a wide variety of driving styles. For example, the Army Surplus Special, driven by Sergeant Blast and Private Meekly, has low acceleration but high top speed. The Arkansas Chuggabug, meanwhile, has moderate top speed but very good handling.

As in Mario Kart, each competitor has gadgets and weapons to fight their way to first place (such as bubble gum, exploding pumpkins, and land mines). The player must accumulate tokens scattered around the tracks in order to use the vehicle's specific gadgets. These gadgets are divided into three categories: defense, speed and attack.

At the end of the championship mode for the first time, the player has access to the Mean Machine owned by Dick Dastardly and Muttley, with superior gadgets.

The game has four game modes: Time Trial, Championship, Multiplayer, and Super Gadgets. The latter offers a detailed list of all the gadgets available in the game.

Reception

The PC version received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[4] In Japan, where the PlayStation version was ported for release under the name Chiki Chiki Machine Mō Race (チキチキマシン猛レース, Chiki Chiki Mashin Mō Rēsu) on July 26, 2001, followed by the Game Boy Color version on November 22, 2001,[14] Famitsu gave the former a score of 21 out of 40.[6]

References
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  6. "チキチキマシン猛レース [PS]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  7. Provo, Frank (June 26, 2000). "Wacky Races Review (GBC)". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
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  9. Lopez, Vincent (February 5, 2001). "Wacky Races (PC)". IGN. Ziff Davis.
  10. pilou (August 11, 2000). "test: Les Fous du Volant". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Webedia. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
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  12. Bickham, Al (November 2000). "Wacky Races". Official UK PlayStation Magazine. No. 64. Future Publishing. p. 132. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  13. Hill, Steve (November 2000). "Wacky Races". PC Zone. No. 95. Dennis Publishing. p. 80. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
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