Atari Karts

Infobox VG
title = Atari Karts


developer = Miracle Designs Ltd.
publisher = Atari
released = December 1995
genre = Racing game
modes = 1-2 players
platforms = Atari Jaguar
media = Cartridge

"Atari Karts" is a "Mario Kart"-style racing game for Atari Jaguar published by Atari Games and developed by Miracle Designs Ltd. [cite web | url = http://www.miracle-designs.com/products.htm | title = The official Miracle Designs Ltd. website | accessdate = 2007-20-02 ]

The graphics of the game, featuring colorful backgrounds and tracks and a hill effect giving depth to the track, are technically superior to those of "Mario Kart". [cite web | last = Klein | first = Stephen | url = http://members.aol.com/Jagkeeper/reviews/AKARTS.HTML#Graphics | title = A review of the game at the site Jagkeeper | accessdate = 2007-20-02 ]

The game was criticized for its lack of interesting power-ups. Instead of being able to fire projectiles like in "Mario Kart", the only offensive power-up reversed the other player's direction buttons. Another criticism is the fact that a collision with a wall will make the kart fully stop sometimes, which can be very annoying in the harder tracks. [cite web | last = George | first = Gregory D | url = http://www.ataritimes.com/article.php?showarticle=193 | title = A review of the game at the site Atari Times | accessdate = 2007-20-02 ]

The game music was composed in 1994 by Fabrice Gillet in Protracker on an Amiga. [cite web | url = http://amp.dascene.net/detail.php?detail=modules&view=360 | title = The games' music modules on Amiga Music Preservation, a site collecting Amiga music | accessdate = 2007-20-02 ] Both he and the people who created the in-game artwork are not listed in the game's credits at the end of the game. The manual refers to them as the "Miracle Designs Team". [cite web | url = http://www.atariage.com/manual_html_page.html?SoftwareID=2532 | title = A transcription of the game's manual | accessdate = 2007-22-05 ]

Trivia

*Bentley Bear, the main player character of Crystal Castles is a playable character in this game.
*The names of the cups in the game contain various Atari references:
**The Borregas Cup is a reference to the old address of Atari: 1196 Borregas Avenue, Sunnyvale.
**The Tempest Cup's name is a tribute to the classic Atari arcade game Tempest.
**The Miracle Race is named after Miracle Designs, the game's developer.

References

External links

* " [http://www.mobygames.com/game/jaguar/atari-karts Atari Karts] " at MobyGames