| Crazy Frog Racer | |
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| Developer(s) | Neko Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Digital Jesters |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advance |
| Release | 2005 |
| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Crazy Frog Racer is a European and Australian-only video game developed by Neko Entertainment and published by Digital Jesters. [1] [2] A year later in 2006 a sequel was released, entitled Crazy Frog Racer 2 .
In the PlayStation 2 and PC versions, players race as the Annoying Thing, an animated character, across four tracks to come in 1st place. As they race, there are coins scattered across the tracks that give the player 500 points for each coin picked up, which can be used to buy bonuses during races. There are four modes, each played differently:
In the Game Boy Advance version, players can play as The Annoying Thing along with seven other characters: Big Elk, Dream Boy, Puschel, Rasta Dog, Punk Girl, Mafia Hen, and Toro. Similarly to the 2001 video game Mario Kart: Super Circuit , players race across tracks to win and use power-ups to stop their opponents along the way. Unlike the PS2 and PC version, the GBA version has four modes but no multiplayer:
Crazy Frog Racer received negative reviews with an aggregate review score of 28% by GameRankings for the PlayStation 2 release. [2]
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