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What was the name of that game? (Kart Racer)

gobassgogobassgo Registered User regular
edited May 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
There was this mid 90's Windows game I remember playing off of a floppy disk. It was a kart-racer, so it probably came out after Mario Kart hit the scene and I remember it having a bunch of animals. In fact I'm pretty sure it was a shameless Mario Kart clone.

Any help?

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  • AwkAwk Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    arrrrg what was the name of that game..... WACKY WHEELS!

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  • gobassgogobassgo Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    holy mother of god I love you.
    <3
    This has been torturing me forever.

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  • exoplasmexoplasm Gainfully Employed Near Blizzard HQRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I lol'd while looking and saw this:

    http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/skunny-kart

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  • AwkAwk Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    sure brings back memories...

    Computer Graphics Memory Disk Space
    Minimum 386 320x200x256 2mb 2.5mb (shareware)
    Max/Rec. 486 4mb 7.5mb (registered)

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    While this thread is live... I remember back when I first got Windows 98, I also got this cool demo of a racing game where you flew a flying car through a canyon. Sound familiar to anyone?

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  • capnricocapnrico Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Raiden333 wrote: »
    While this thread is live... I remember back when I first got Windows 98, I also got this cool demo of a racing game where you flew a flying car through a canyon. Sound familiar to anyone?

    Dunno if it's it, but Slipstream immediately popped into my head when you said that.

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  • RUNN1NGMANRUNN1NGMAN Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Man this really brings back some memories...I used to love those Apogee shareware games.

    http://video.google.com/videosearch?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=wacky+wheels&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=l_P6ScvpN4GEtwfK5KC7BA&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title#

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  • Jimmy KingJimmy King Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    exoplasm wrote: »
    I lol'd while looking and saw this:

    http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/skunny-kart

    I played the shit out of both Skunny Kart and Whacky Wheels back in the day. I loved those games. I might still have the old pc gamer demo disks that had them.

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  • saint2esaint2e Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    My favorite racing game will forever be "Stunts". I wasted many an hour on that game.

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  • Rotting MeatRotting Meat Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    saint2e wrote: »
    My favorite racing game will forever be "Stunts". I wasted many an hour on that game.

    I recommend you check out TrackMania Nations. Stunts lives on, and it's free.

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  • BladeXBladeX Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    saint2e wrote: »
    My favorite racing game will forever be "Stunts". I wasted many an hour on that game.

    Is that the one where you can make your own racetrack and it can have like loops and stuff? If so that was awesome!

    (I can't access almost anything game related at work so the link posted is blocked)

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  • AridholAridhol Daddliest Catch Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I'd like to jump on the thread and ask about another racer from SNES past.
    I remember you could "battle" people while racing and your driver would swing out an arm and try and hit the racer next to you. It was filled with characters but the only one I can remember is a frankenstein character.

    I'm sure it was on the SNES.


    EDIT: Found it! Street Racer

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Racer

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  • NightDragonNightDragon 6th Grade Username Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I knew what the answer was before even opening up this thread.

    I loved Wacky Wheels! So many good old games. Ahhhh, the memories!

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  • DaxonDaxon Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Oh god, if you guys are naming old games here's one that's been bothering me for YEARS. There was this game when I was a kid (95-99ish period) where there was this game and you controlled a tank of some sort. You were meant to destroy the enemy's base or something and you could cut down logs to build rafts and dig holes in the ground to create rivers and stuff to serve as obstacles to your base or something.

    Anyone know it?

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  • exoplasmexoplasm Gainfully Employed Near Blizzard HQRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Wait, my post got borked. I swear when I posted it I linked to a game called Inanimate Racer or something. Basically your choices for vehicles were upside down toy car, a box, and some other stuff that can't move. And they don't move.

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    capnrico wrote: »
    Raiden333 wrote: »
    While this thread is live... I remember back when I first got Windows 98, I also got this cool demo of a racing game where you flew a flying car through a canyon. Sound familiar to anyone?

    Dunno if it's it, but Slipstream immediately popped into my head when you said that.

    Thanks a ton, pretty sure that's it.

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Rotting Meat wrote: »
    saint2e wrote: »
    My favorite racing game will forever be "Stunts". I wasted many an hour on that game.

    I recommend you check out TrackMania Nations. Stunts lives on, and it's free.

    Seconded.

    http://www.gametrailers.com/player/34093.html

    Although it can be pretty hard at times. Fortunately (or unfortunately depend on how you view it), cars can't touch or clip each other, so you can just concentrate on racing and competing for the best time. It's all about shaving the milliseconds off as you go around. The cars are indestructible as well, although you'll find no shortage of places where you can fling yourself off the racetrack.

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