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

Bonus track:

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

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. Chart attack with HMV . . . 163 (June 1995) . May 1995 . 113 .
  3. Finals. Next Generation. 8. Imagine Media. August 1995. 73.
  4. Web site: Pelit (1995-05). 10 June 1995.
  5. Web site: Electric Playground GAME REVIEWS: PC - SuperKarts. https://web.archive.org/web/19970811003536/www.elecplay.com/pc/supkarts.html . 1997-08-11 .
  6. Web site: Superkarts - PC Review - Coming Soon Magazine!.
  7. http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/PC%20Team/pcteam_numero001/054.jpg
  8. Web site: WP Gry - Wiadomości ze świata eSportu, recenzje gier i sprzętu - WP.PL.