Wacky Races

ReleasesTo be announced

Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

About

This is a very early mode-7 racer based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon that aired in the late 1960s. The game has a large variety of stages, but there is no collision detection, and the opponent racers are not programmed to stay on the track. It looks like it would have been designed to be a Mario Kart clone, complete with weapons and stage hazards, but none of that has been included in this prototype. There is a near final prototype of the Genesis version of the game, which shares many of the same graphics, notably with the background and cars. The layout of the stages is quite a bit more like Mario Kart in the SNES prototype. Of course, it is entirely possible that the final SNES version would have had the same design as the Genesis version if it was completed.

Developer: Virgin Games
Publisher: Virgin Games
Genres: Racing
Themes: Fantasy, Comedy
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Perspective: Third person