Status Jusfei Aug 4, 2021
Attempted all 5 Stages
- ... and did pretty poorly. Whoops.
- ... So I just went to check out a gameplay video to see all tracks.
My thoughts:
When people think of Kart racers, they'd probably think of Mario Kart first. It's really neat to see how this lesser-known title is one of the "grandfathers" of kart racers with how it …
Attempted all 5 Stages
- ... and did pretty poorly. Whoops.
- ... So I just went to check out a gameplay video to see all tracks.
My thoughts:
When people think of Kart racers, they'd probably think of Mario Kart first. It's really neat to see how this lesser-known title is one of the "grandfathers" of kart racers with how it presents full looping circuits with rollercoaster elevation changes in sprite-based pseudo-3D (Similar to OutRun / Hang On). For a game released in 1988 before the SNES was released, this is mind-blowing! Not to mention considering this is classic SEGA we're talking about, the game has an INCREDIBLE jammin' soundtrack with resemblance to Turbo OutRun's soundtrack.
That being said, I find this game really hard to approach for me. The camera is really close to the kart's bumper, making it hard to see sharp curves ahead unless you have the track memorized. Also, the camera angle tilts heavily on turns, which I find disorienting. Not to mention, I find the game's steering to be rather twitchy.
Still, I appreciate the game for what it did, and I'll definitely continue to listen to the soundtrack including the amazing arrangements on the music album release (link).