Atari Karts
Encyclopedia
Atari Karts is a Mario Kart
-style racing game
for the Atari Jaguar
published by Atari Corporation
and developed by Miracle Designs Ltd.
The graphics of the game, featuring colorful backgrounds and tracks and a hill effect giving depth to the track, are technically superior to those of Mario Kart.
The game was criticized for its lack of interesting power-ups. Instead of being able to fire projectiles like in Mario Kart, the only offensive power-up reversed the other player's direction buttons. Another criticism is the fact that a collision with a wall will make the kart fully stop sometimes, which can be very annoying in the harder tracks.
The game music was composed in 1994 by Fabrice Gillet in Protracker
on an Amiga
. Both he and the people who created the in-game artwork are not listed in the game's credits at the end of the game. The manual refers to them as the "Miracle Designs Team".
The game is well known by Jaguar fans as the one of the rarest games for the system, with some copies going from $75 to more than $100 on eBay
.
Mario Kart
is a series of go-kart-style racing video games developed by Nintendo as a series of spin-offs from its trademark Mario series of platformer adventure-style video games...
-style racing game
Racing game
A racing video game is a genre of video games, either in the first-person or third-person perspective, in which the player partakes in a racing competition with any type of land, air, or sea vehicles. They may be based on anything from real-world racing leagues to entirely fantastical settings...
for the Atari Jaguar
Atari Jaguar
The Atari Jaguar is a video game console that was released by Atari Corporation in 1993. It was the last to be marketed under the Atari brand until the release of the Atari Flashback in 2004. It was designed to surpass the Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and the Panasonic...
published by Atari Corporation
Atari Corporation
Atari Corporation was a manufacturer of computers and video game consoles from 1984 to 1996. Atari Corp. was founded in July of 1984 when Warner Communications sold the home computing and game console divisions of Atari to Jack Tramiel. Its chief products were the Atari ST, Atari XE, Atari 7800,...
and developed by Miracle Designs Ltd.
The graphics of the game, featuring colorful backgrounds and tracks and a hill effect giving depth to the track, are technically superior to those of Mario Kart.
The game was criticized for its lack of interesting power-ups. Instead of being able to fire projectiles like in Mario Kart, the only offensive power-up reversed the other player's direction buttons. Another criticism is the fact that a collision with a wall will make the kart fully stop sometimes, which can be very annoying in the harder tracks.
The game music was composed in 1994 by Fabrice Gillet in Protracker
Protracker
ProTracker is a popular freeware tracker created by Lars Hamre, Anders Hamre, Sven Vahsen and Rune Johnsrud for the Amiga platform. It is amongst the programs that first allowed for widespread creation of music without studio equipment...
on an Amiga
Amiga
The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
. Both he and the people who created the in-game artwork are not listed in the game's credits at the end of the game. The manual refers to them as the "Miracle Designs Team".
The game is well known by Jaguar fans as the one of the rarest games for the system, with some copies going from $75 to more than $100 on eBay
EBay
eBay Inc. is an American internet consumer-to-consumer corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide...
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Trivia
- Bentley Bear, the main player character of Crystal Castles, is a playable character in this game.
- The names of the cups in the game contain various Atari references:
- The Borregas Cup is a reference to the old address of Atari: 1196 Borregas Avenue, Sunnyvale.
- The Tempest Cup's name is a tribute to the classic Atari arcade game Tempest, which also received a Jaguar title, Tempest 2000Tempest 2000Tempest 2000 is a 1994 remake by Jeff Minter of the Dave Theurer 1981 arcade game classic, Tempest. Originally an exclusive to the Atari Jaguar, the game received critical praise for its 3D graphics, soundtrack, and gameplay.-Gameplay:...
. - The Miracle Race is named after Miracle Designs, the game's developer.
- The game was one of the last games released near the end of the Jaguar's short life, with the other being Rayman.
External links
- Atari Karts at MobyGamesMobyGames-Platforms not yet included:- Further reading :* Rusel DeMaria, Johnny L. Wilson, High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media; 2 edition , ISBN 0-07-223172-6...