SuperKarts
{{Short description|1995 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
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| title = SuperKarts
| image = SuperKarts cover.jpg
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| developer = Manic Media
| publisher = {{vgrelease|PAL|Virgin Interactive Entertainment}}{{vgrelease|NA|Williams Entertainment}}
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| platforms = MS-DOS
| released = 1995
| genre = Racing
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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 {{flag|United States}}
- Charlie Smith {{flag|UK}}
- Klaus Krugel {{flag|Germany}}
- Aki Sun {{flag|Japan}}
- Katie Clark {{flag|Australia}}
- Luis Sanchez {{flag|Brazil}}
- Mustapha Gee {{flag|India}}
- Ivan Zoomski {{flag|Russia}}
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
- {{flag|United States}} - Los Angeles: Sandy track, sunny weather.
- {{flag|UK}} - London: Asphalt track, cloudy weather.
- {{flag|Germany}} - Berlin: Covered with factory metal pipes and asphalt, driven in darkness.
- {{flag|Japan}} - Tokyo: The tracks resembles a huge digital screen, driven at night.
- {{flag|Australia}} - Ayers Rock: Mainly clay surface, the tracks is partly die Strecke wird gelegentlich von großen Wasserlachen gestört, driven in darkness.
- {{flag|Brazil}} - São Paulo: Mainly grass surface, partly sand and wood, rainy weather.
- {{flag|India}} - Delhi: The surface changes between grass, sand and water, bright weather.
- {{flag|Russia}} - Moscow: The surface changes between cobblesstones, ice and snow, snowy weather.
Bonus track:
- {{flag|Indonesia}} - 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 .{{cite web|url=http://www.gtinteractive.com/2tvNIB3j/press/superkarts.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19961219163812/http://www.gtinteractive.com:80/2tvNIB3j/press/superkarts.html|title=Soar Down The Speedway With New Superkarts Software Sensation|website=GT Interactive|archivedate=December 19, 1996|date=March 31, 1995|accessdate=August 15, 2024}}
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."{{cite magazine |title=Chart attack with HMV |magazine=Computer and Video Games |publisher=Future plc |issue=163 (June 1995) |date=May 1995 |page=113 |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/7/7c/CVG_UK_163.pdf#page=113}} Next Generation gave the game four stars out of five, and stated that "SuperKarts offers a perfect blend of strategy and arcade action."{{cite magazine|title=Finals|magazine=Next Generation|issue=8|publisher=Imagine Media|date=August 1995|page=73}}
Reviews
- Pelit (Jun, 1995){{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/pelit199505/page/n31/mode/2up|title=Pelit (1995-05)|date=10 June 1995}}
- Electric Playground (Nov 17, 1995){{Cite web|url=http://www.elecplay.com/pc/supkarts.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970811003536/www.elecplay.com/pc/supkarts.html |archive-date=1997-08-11 |title = Electric Playground GAME REVIEWS: PC - SuperKarts}}
- Coming Soon Magazine (Jul 25, 1995){{Cite web|url=http://www.csoon.com/issue6/kart.html|title = Superkarts - PC Review - Coming Soon Magazine!}}
- PC Team (Apr, 1995){{Cite web|url=https://www.abandonware-magazines.org/erreur404.php|title=Le site des anciennes revues informatiques - www.abandonware-magazines.org|website=www.abandonware-magazines.org}}
- Imperium Gier (Oct 10, 1998){{Cite web|url=https://gry.wp.pl/recenzja/super-karts,441,1.html|title = WP Gry - Wiadomości ze świata eSportu, recenzje gier i sprzętu - WP.PL}}