Killer Loop
{{Short description|1999 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Killer Loop
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| image = Killer Loop Cover.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| developer = VCC Entertainment
| publisher = Crave Entertainment
| platforms = PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Dreamcast, Arcade
| release = PlayStation
{{vgrelease|EU|1 March 1999|NA|17 November 1999{{cite web|last=Kennedy|first=Sam|date=17 November 1999|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/craves-killer-loop-ships/1100-2446926/|title=Crave's Killer Loop Ships [date mislabeled as "April 27, 2000"]|website=GameSpot|publisher=Red Ventures|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001019093032/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_11/17_vg_loop/index.html|archivedate=19 October 2000|url-status=live|accessdate=31 January 2021}}}}Windows
1999
Dreamcast
{{vgrelease|NA|21 July 2000{{cite web|author=IGN staff|date=7 July 2000|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/07/08/igndc-interviews-the-producer-of-magforce-racing|title=IGNDC Interviews the Producer of MagForce Racing|website=IGN|publisher=Ziff Davis|accessdate=31 January 2021}}|EU|25 August 2000}}Arcade
2000
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Killer Loop (also known as MagForce Racing for Dreamcast) is a futuristic racing game released in 1999-2000. It was developed by VCC Entertainment and published by Crave Entertainment.
Demo release
The Hawaii level of this game was released as a demo with the tune 'Coppermine' from the soundtrack to accompany it. The demo was featured on an Official UK PlayStation Magazine free demo disc (number 52) in December 1999. This helped to advertise the game for the PlayStation console.
Development team
Some of the developers who worked on this game (including Tammo 'kb' Hinrichs), whose names appear in the default high scores, went on to form the Farbrausch group of the Demoscene.
Reception
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| GR_SDC = 63%{{cite web|url=https://www.gamerankings.com/dreamcast/913692-mag-force-racing/index.html|title=Mag Force Racing [sic] for Dreamcast|website=GameRankings|publisher=CBS Interactive|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505070041/https://www.gamerankings.com/dreamcast/913692-mag-force-racing/index.html|archivedate=5 May 2019|accessdate=31 January 2021}}
| Allgame_SDC = {{Rating|1.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Ottoson|first=Joe|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=24081&tab=review|title=MagForce Racing - Review|website=AllGame|publisher=All Media Network|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115000126/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=24081&tab=review|archivedate=15 November 2014|accessdate=31 January 2021}}
| CNG_SDC = 6/10{{cite web|last=Steinberg|first=Scott|date=16 August 2000|url=http://www.gamecenter.com/Dreamcast/Reviews/Magforce/|title=MagForce Racing|website=Gamecenter|publisher=CNET|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000916164238/http://www.gamecenter.com/Dreamcast/Reviews/Magforce/|archivedate=16 September 2000|accessdate=25 May 2022}}
| EGM_SDC = 4.17/10{{cite magazine|last1=Hager|first1=Dean|last2=Kujawa|first2=Kraig|last3=Funk|first3=Joe|url=https://retrocdn.net/images/b/b5/EGM_US_133.pdf|title=MagForce Racing|magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly|publisher=Ziff Davis|issue=133|date=August 2000|page=145|accessdate=25 May 2022|archive-date=30 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530061712/https://retrocdn.net/images/b/b5/EGM_US_133.pdf|url-status=live}}{{efn|Three critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the Dreamcast version each a score of 5/10, 2/10, and 5.5/10.}}
| GI_PS = 6/10{{cite magazine|last=Helgeson|first=Matt|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/reviews/review_detail.cfm?ITEM_ID=4892|title=Killer Loop - PlayStation|magazine=Game Informer|publisher=FuncoLand|issue=83|date=March 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001201205100/http://www.gameinformer.com/reviews/review_detail.cfm?ITEM_ID=4892|archive-date=1 December 2000|url-status=dead|access-date=31 January 2021}}
| GameFan_SDC = 50%{{cite magazine|title=REVIEW for MagForce Racing|magazine=GameFan|publisher=Shinno Media|date=25 July 2000}}
| GameFan_PS = 84%{{cite magazine|title=REVIEW for Killer Loop (PS)|magazine=GameFan|publisher=Shinno Media|date=6 December 1999}}
| GamePro_PS = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|author=Lou Gubrious|url=http://www.gamepro.com/sony/psx/games/reviews/3882.shtml|title=Killer Loop Review for PlayStation on GamePro.com|magazine=GamePro|publisher=IDG Entertainment|year=2000|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040920113220/http://www.gamepro.com/sony/psx/games/reviews/3882.shtml|archivedate=20 September 2004|accessdate=1 February 2021}}
| GSpy_SDC = 6/10{{cite web|author=Mad Carl|date=31 July 2000|url=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/games/reviews/magforceracing/|title=MagForce Racing|website=PlanetDreamcast|publisher=IGN Entertainment|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131131844/http://www.planetdreamcast.com/games/reviews/magforceracing/|archivedate=31 January 2009|accessdate=1 February 2021}}
| NGen_SDC = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Lundrigan|first=Jeff|url=https://archive.org/details/NextGen69Sep2000/page/n105/mode/2up|title=MagForce Racing|magazine=NextGen|publisher=Imagine Media|issue=69|date=September 2000|page=103|accessdate=31 January 2021}}
| OPM_PS = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Maruyama|first=Wataru|url=https://archive.org/details/Official_US_PlayStation_Magazine_Volume_3_Issue_3_1999-12_Ziff_Davis_US/page/n167/mode/2up|title=Killer Loop|magazine=Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine|publisher=Ziff Davis|volume=3|issue=3|date=December 1999|page=172|accessdate=1 February 2021}}
| PCGUS_PC = 79%{{cite magazine|last=Vederman|first=Greg|url=https://archive.org/details/PCGamer_April_2000/page/34/mode/2up|title=Killer Loop|magazine=PC Gamer|publisher=Imagine Media|volume=7|issue=4|date=April 2000|page=109|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060315142851/http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2005/07/killer_loop.html|archivedate=15 March 2006|url-status=live|accessdate=1 February 2021}}
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The PC version of Killer Loop received favourable reviews, while the PlayStation version and MagForce Racing received mixed reviews, according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. Jeff Lundrigan of NextGen gave both console versions negative reviews in two separate issues, saying of the PlayStation version: "Six tracks and six vehicles spread over four classes with no two-player mode – you do the math. Although a competent effort, this is the definition of a placeholder title, and you've seen it all before" (#61, January 2000); and later of MagForce Racing: "There's nothing here you haven't seen done before and done better" (#69, September 2000).
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