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| Title: |
BC
Racers |
| Released: |
1995 |
| Genre: |
Cart
Racing |
| Developer: |
Core
Design |
| Publisher: |
U.S.
Gold |
| Regions: |
USA,
UK, Japan |
| Availability: |
Rare |
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Also known as Stone
Racers in Europe
Racing games are a
staple of most 32-bit consoles, but not the 32x. In fact, there are only
three racing games in the entire 32x game library, and two of them suck.
BC Racers attempts to combine
the fun of Mario Cart (the Super Nintendo classic that rates
as one of the best racing games ever made) with characters and settings
reminiscent of “The Flintstones”. The premise is promising and intriguing,
but the presentation and execution is fatally flawed. The graphics are
bland and the scaling is extremely choppy, demonstrating little 32-bit
power. Two players can compete against one another in split-screen mode,
but the added burden of handling two separate playing fields seems to over
burden the processors, causing distracting slowdown. The control is unresponsive
and awkward, and much of the track design is quite poor. The second track,
set at night and illuminated by your character's headlights, is nearly
impossible to finish simply because you can’t see where you’re going. Some
of the character design is interesting, and each pair of characters has
a different set of nifty “weapons” to use, but it’s not enough to save
this game. We've heard some people are quite fond of BC Racers,
but we have difficulty recognizing the appeal. The cover art is nice, though.
BC
Racers was originally conceived as a continuation of the
Chuck
Rock platform game series (much like the Super Mario World
and
Mario
Cart connection) but the bloodline was cut, leaving
BC Racers
to
stumble on its own (Chuck Rock and Chuck Jr. make an appearance in the
game as one of the racing teams.) Avoid this one unless you're looking
to get a complete collection.
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The Sega CD port of
BC Racers has better music than its 32x cousin, but fewer
colors. Everything else looks and plays about the same. |
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The 3DO port of BC
Racers is surprisingly worse than the 32x version, with even choppier
graphics. The CD sound is better, much like the Sega CD. Everything else
remains about the same, other than the uglier box art. |
Notice the interesting
differances in box art between the three console versions. The 32x cavegirl
is dressed in a skimpy yellow bikini and is showing quite a bit of skin.
Her Sega CD sister is still breasty, but covered in a more demure green
one-piece. The 3DO woman has the same big hair, but appears to be older
and possibly an alcoholic.
