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| SuperKarts | |
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| Developer(s) | Manic Media |
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| Platform(s) | MS-DOS |
| Release | 1995 |
| Genre(s) | Racing |
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 tracks is partly die Strecke wird gelegentlich von großen Wasserlachen gestört, driven in darkness.
- 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 cobblesstones, 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 .
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." Next Generation gave the game four stars out of five, and stated that "SuperKarts offers a perfect blend of strategy and arcade action."
Reviews
- Pelit (Jun, 1995)
- Electric Playground (Nov 17, 1995)
- Coming Soon Magazine (Jul 25, 1995)
- PC Team (Apr, 1995)
- Imperium Gier (Oct 10, 1998)
References
- "Soar Down The Speedway With New Superkarts Software Sensation". GT Interactive. March 31, 1995. Archived from the original on December 19, 1996. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
- "Chart attack with HMV" (PDF). Computer and Video Games. No. 163 (June 1995). Future plc. May 1995. p. 113.
- "Finals". Next Generation. No. 8. Imagine Media. August 1995. p. 73.
- "Pelit (1995-05)". 10 June 1995.
- "Electric Playground GAME REVIEWS: PC - SuperKarts". Archived from the original on 1997-08-11.
- "Superkarts - PC Review - Coming Soon Magazine!".
- "Le site des anciennes revues informatiques - www.abandonware-magazines.org". www.abandonware-magazines.org.
- "WP Gry - Wiadomości ze świata eSportu, recenzje gier i sprzętu - WP.PL".
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