Status killerstar Jul 4, 2020
Wait, is this game called Unirally or Uniracers? Pinging @Reset_Tears
Uniracers (1994)
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
3.32 from 138 ratings
276 members have it in their collection · 1 playing now · 38 backlogged · 22 wish listed
How long? · 100% 7h (from 1 logged playthrough)
What do you get if you cross Sonic the Hedgehog with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater?
It might seem an odd combination, but it describes Uniracers perfectly. One of the more successful releases of the Super Nintendo's twilight era, Uniracers mixes platform-based high-speed racing, with crazy stunts and tricks.
The basic idea in most levels of the game is simple. Get …
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What do you get if you cross Sonic the Hedgehog with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater?
It might seem an odd combination, but it describes Uniracers perfectly. One of the more successful releases of the Super Nintendo's twilight era, Uniracers mixes platform-based high-speed racing, with crazy stunts and tricks.
The basic idea in most levels of the game is simple. Get your unicycle from A to B as quickly as possible, and finish ahead of your opponent. It's like Sonic, but with none of those pesky enemies, pointless power-ups and frustrating obstructions. In fact it doesn't sound like much of a game at all...
Here's the key, though. Tricks performed and landed during the race increase your speed. The better the trick, the greater your increase in speed will be.
Also, some levels are set in areas designed solely for stunts. Such levels require you to earn as many style points as possible, by doing tricks. These levels are against the clock, and a set points score, rather than an opponent.
Unicycles are stupid and difficult, and yet fun, once you get the hang of them. Much the same could be said about Uniracers...
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Details
- Developers
- DMA Design
- Publishers
- Nintendo, Playtronic
- Genres
- Racing
- Themes
- Action
- Event
- Summer CES 1994
Release dates
- 1994 (North_America) Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- 1995 (Europe) Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- TBD (Brazil) Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Rating distribution
5 stars
14
4 stars
45
3 stars
54
2 stars
21
1 star
4
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status Reset_Tears Aug 14, 2019
I don't know which is funniest:
- This nonsense game about living unicycles racing along random pipes, all of which strangely looks like an obnoxious Newgrounds Flash game
- The fact it was made by the team that would go on to make the Grand Theft Auto series
- How Pixar (yes, that Pixar) sued them and won the lawsuit, because Pixar happened …
I don't know which is funniest:
- This nonsense game about living unicycles racing along random pipes, all of which strangely looks like an obnoxious Newgrounds Flash game
- The fact it was made by the team that would go on to make the Grand Theft Auto series
- How Pixar (yes, that Pixar) sued them and won the lawsuit, because Pixar happened to make a cartoon about a living unicycle
At any rate, this game isn't what I'd call great, but it is entertaining -- especially if you play against a friend (in which case it becomes a real hoot). You can't see what's five inches ahead of you in this game, so you just have to memorize the courses. And all the while, you're trying to awkwardly slip in a couple flips and spins every second you're not going uphill, because tricks boost your speed in this game. You'll "wipeout" repeatedly, but you'll always bounce back and return to zipping down the pipe a second later. It takes time to get used to, but it strangely works, and could be called a curious precursor to games like Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.
As a one-player game, I'd probably just give Uniracers two stars. But it's really meant to be a multiplayer party experience IMO. That way the bizarre presentation becomes an extra source of amusement, instead of an annoyance.