We are still waiting on a suitable Amiga AGA emulator with robust recording features before tackling such games.
Hot Wheels: Turbo Racing
Hot Wheels: Turbo Racing, developed by Stormfront Studios and published by Electronic Arts in 1999.
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Player's Review
"High Speed Racing Action. Stunts, speed, and crashes combine for wild racing fun!
• Race over 40 classic Hot Wheels cars - Twin Mill and Red Baron
• First Ever Killer Stunt Moves - 360s, barrel rolls, mid-air spins!
• 11 Hot Wheels Tracks - loop-the-loops, danger changers and more!
• Multiplayer Action - Race against your friends!
• 3 Ways to Win - speed, stunts, or crash cars off the road!
• Shortcuts. Hidden cars, Power ups!
• Hard-Driving Soundtrack - Metallica. Mix Master Mike. Primus and More!
Perform tricks & stunts on your road to victory!"
A fairly short racing game with hot wheels cars and certainly more of what you would expect than with the the follow up Extreme racing game. There are 40 cars to choose from although only 12 shown in the video as there are just too many. The cars used are by no means the best for the track but the most important metric when choosing a car is speed and stunt ability.
While you can destroy other cars the real key to victory is Turbo! Turbo can be collected from power up drops around each track but ideally you will perform stunts to earn turbo. The better the cars stunt capability the faster you can perform the stunts. Overall speed is still very useful though as the opponents are never far behind. The tracks are quite varied and many have hidden shortcuts to find.
In the longplay I play through each tournament while collecting the hidden cars in each track. Between each stage I will show off the stats for each car collected. Once the final cup is completed I show the three unlocked bonus tracks. The game has no real ending so I manually show the credits at the end of the video.
Overall I think this was an easier game than the N64 version but the framerate does chug especially when going around the loops and the loading times are quite long. That last Twin Mill cup though.. the difficulty really ramped up. I really had to time it to make sure thew opponent was in slalom at the same time I collect the hammer to destroy them. Failing this they will turbo off into the distance.
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:42 Demo
------ Hot Wheels Cup ----
00:07:20 Dawn encounter (Unlocks Lakester & Silhouette II)
00:16:33 Command Centre (Unlocks Thunder Roller & Sol-Aire CX4)
00:26:08 Road to Rustwell (Stagefright & Rock Buster)
00:32:57 Cold Fusion (Unlocks Jet Thread & Slideout)
00:41:23 Helicrash (Unlocks Super Van)
00:49:48 Snake River Mine (Unlocks Dragster & Formula 5000)
(Unlocks Bi-Sector, Go Kart, Road Rocket, and Strip Teaser)
----- Secret Car Cup -----
01:00:52 R.M. Sludgeworks
01:09:09 R.M. Test Track
(Unlocks Hotwheels 500, Twinmill, Twinmill II)
----- Twin Mill Cup -----
01:18:36 R.M. Sludgeworks
(Unlocks Rigor Motor)
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01:26:29 Single Race - Serpent Sprint
01:30:22 Single Race - Volcano Blowout
01:35:15 Single Race - Exhaust Pipes
01:40:34 Credits
• Race over 40 classic Hot Wheels cars - Twin Mill and Red Baron
• First Ever Killer Stunt Moves - 360s, barrel rolls, mid-air spins!
• 11 Hot Wheels Tracks - loop-the-loops, danger changers and more!
• Multiplayer Action - Race against your friends!
• 3 Ways to Win - speed, stunts, or crash cars off the road!
• Shortcuts. Hidden cars, Power ups!
• Hard-Driving Soundtrack - Metallica. Mix Master Mike. Primus and More!
Perform tricks & stunts on your road to victory!"
A fairly short racing game with hot wheels cars and certainly more of what you would expect than with the the follow up Extreme racing game. There are 40 cars to choose from although only 12 shown in the video as there are just too many. The cars used are by no means the best for the track but the most important metric when choosing a car is speed and stunt ability.
While you can destroy other cars the real key to victory is Turbo! Turbo can be collected from power up drops around each track but ideally you will perform stunts to earn turbo. The better the cars stunt capability the faster you can perform the stunts. Overall speed is still very useful though as the opponents are never far behind. The tracks are quite varied and many have hidden shortcuts to find.
In the longplay I play through each tournament while collecting the hidden cars in each track. Between each stage I will show off the stats for each car collected. Once the final cup is completed I show the three unlocked bonus tracks. The game has no real ending so I manually show the credits at the end of the video.
Overall I think this was an easier game than the N64 version but the framerate does chug especially when going around the loops and the loading times are quite long. That last Twin Mill cup though.. the difficulty really ramped up. I really had to time it to make sure thew opponent was in slalom at the same time I collect the hammer to destroy them. Failing this they will turbo off into the distance.
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:42 Demo
------ Hot Wheels Cup ----
00:07:20 Dawn encounter (Unlocks Lakester & Silhouette II)
00:16:33 Command Centre (Unlocks Thunder Roller & Sol-Aire CX4)
00:26:08 Road to Rustwell (Stagefright & Rock Buster)
00:32:57 Cold Fusion (Unlocks Jet Thread & Slideout)
00:41:23 Helicrash (Unlocks Super Van)
00:49:48 Snake River Mine (Unlocks Dragster & Formula 5000)
(Unlocks Bi-Sector, Go Kart, Road Rocket, and Strip Teaser)
----- Secret Car Cup -----
01:00:52 R.M. Sludgeworks
01:09:09 R.M. Test Track
(Unlocks Hotwheels 500, Twinmill, Twinmill II)
----- Twin Mill Cup -----
01:18:36 R.M. Sludgeworks
(Unlocks Rigor Motor)
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01:26:29 Single Race - Serpent Sprint
01:30:22 Single Race - Volcano Blowout
01:35:15 Single Race - Exhaust Pipes
01:40:34 Credits
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