SuperKarts explained
SuperKarts |
Developer: | Manic Media |
Platforms: | MS-DOS |
Released: | 1995 |
Genre: | 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.
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.
- - 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.
- - 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 .[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]
Notes and References
- Web site: Soar Down The Speedway With New Superkarts Software Sensation. https://web.archive.org/web/19961219163812/http://www.gtinteractive.com:80/2tvNIB3j/press/superkarts.html. GT Interactive. December 19, 1996. March 31, 1995. August 15, 2024.
- Chart attack with HMV . . . 163 (June 1995) . May 1995 . 113 .
- Finals. Next Generation. 8. Imagine Media. August 1995. 73.
- Web site: Pelit (1995-05). 10 June 1995.
- Web site: Electric Playground GAME REVIEWS: PC - SuperKarts. https://web.archive.org/web/19970811003536/www.elecplay.com/pc/supkarts.html . 1997-08-11 .
- Web site: Superkarts - PC Review - Coming Soon Magazine!.
- Web site: Le site des anciennes revues informatiques - www.abandonware-magazines.org. www.abandonware-magazines.org.
- Web site: WP Gry - Wiadomości ze świata eSportu, recenzje gier i sprzętu - WP.PL.