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 Charlie Smith Klaus Krugel Aki Sun Katie Clark Luis Sanchez Mustapha Gee Ivan Zoomski
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
- Los Angeles: Sandy track, sunny weather. - London: Asphalt track, cloudy weather. - Berlin: Covered with factory metal pipes and asphalt, driven in darkness. - Tokyo: The tracks resembles a huge digital screen, driven at night. - Ayers Rock: Mainly clay surface, the track is partly disturbed by large pools of water. - São Paulo: Mainly grass surface, partly sand and wood, rainy weather. - Delhi: The surface changes between grass, sand and water, bright weather. - Moscow: The surface changes between cobbles stones, ice and snow, snowy weather.
Bonus track:
- 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)
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