Micro Machines
| Developer: Codemasters | Graphics: |
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| Publisher: Codemasters | Sound: |
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| Year: 1993 | Difficulty: |
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| Genre: Racing | Lastability: |
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| Number of players: 2 simultaneous | Rating: |
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The video game adaptation of the famous toy brand. It’s a zany racing game featuring miniature vehicles (motorboats, cars, and even helicopters or tanks). The tracks look like they were drawn by children with chalk on a desk, surrounded by notebooks and spilled ink bottles; on a kitchen table, where the track boundaries are made of famous honeyed puffed cereals; in a bathtub full of foam, between shampoo bottles and rubber ducks…
It’s a shame the game hasn’t evolved much since the 1991 NES version. They even removed the parallax scrolling, the perspective effect that helped distinguish the playing surface (table, desk) from the ground below.
Numerous sequels followed on consoles (the latest ones in 3D). On PC, I recommend Re-Volt (1999).
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