Software:SuperKarts
SuperKarts is a kart racing video game developed for MS-DOS by Manic Media in 1995.
Plot
The player plays as characters from different countries and races on circuits from those characters' home countries.
- Kevin Moore
United States - Charlie Smith
UK - Klaus Krugel
Germany - Aki Sun
Japan - Katie Clark
Australia - Luis Sanchez
Brazil - Mustapha Gee
India - Ivan Zoomski
Russia
Tracks
Every driver has a home track according to the country of origin. Each of these tracks has two variants. This means that the game features 16 race tracks and one bonus track
- United States - Los Angeles: Sandy track, sunny weather.
- UK - London: Asphalt track, cloudy weather.
- Germany - Berlin: Covered with factory metal pipes and asphalt, driven in darkness.
- Japan - Tokyo: The tracks resembles a huge digital screen, driven at night.
- Australia - Ayers Rock: Mainly clay surface, the track is partly disturbed by large pools of water.
- Brazil - São Paulo: Mainly grass surface, partly sand and wood, rainy weather.
- India - Delhi: The surface changes between grass, sand and water, bright weather.
- Russia - Moscow: The surface changes between cobbles stones, ice and snow, snowy weather.
Bonus track:
Indonesia - Krakatau: The surface changes between mainly stones, partly there's a viscous substance, maybe lava, the skies are crimson as lava.
Development
The game was developed by Manic Media Productions, a company based in Oxford, England .[1]
Reception
In the United Kingdom, the game topped the monthly all-formats sales chart in April 1995. Computer and Video Games said it is a Super Mario Kart lookalike that is "not as good as that seminal piece of software, but damn good fun with up to eight players on a network."[2] Next Generation gave the game four stars out of five, and stated that "SuperKarts offers a perfect blend of strategy and arcade action."[3]
Reviews
- Pelit (Jun, 1995)[4]
- Electric Playground (Nov 17, 1995)[5]
- Coming Soon Magazine (Jul 25, 1995)[6]
- PC Team (Apr, 1995)[7]
- Imperium Gier (Oct 10, 1998)[8]
References
- ↑ "Soar Down The Speedway With New Superkarts Software Sensation". March 31, 1995. Archived from the original on December 19, 1996. https://web.archive.org/web/19961219163812/http://www.gtinteractive.com:80/2tvNIB3j/press/superkarts.html. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
- ↑ "Chart attack with HMV". Computer and Video Games (Future plc) (163 (June 1995)): 113. May 1995. https://retrocdn.net/images/7/7c/CVG_UK_163.pdf#page=113.
- ↑ "Finals". Next Generation (Imagine Media) (8): 73. August 1995.
- ↑ "Pelit (1995-05)". 10 June 1995. https://archive.org/details/pelit199505/page/n31/mode/2up.
- ↑ "Electric Playground GAME REVIEWS: PC - SuperKarts". http://www.elecplay.com/pc/supkarts.html.
- ↑ "Superkarts - PC Review - Coming Soon Magazine!". http://www.csoon.com/issue6/kart.html.
- ↑ "Le site des anciennes revues informatiques - www.abandonware-magazines.org". https://www.abandonware-magazines.org/erreur404.php.
- ↑ "WP Gry - Wiadomości ze świata eSportu, recenzje gier i sprzętu - WP.PL". https://gry.wp.pl/recenzja/super-karts,441,1.html.
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