Looney Tunes: Space Race

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Looney Tunes: Space Race
Looney Tunes Space Race.jpg
European Dreamcast cover art
Developer(s) Infogrames Melbourne House
Publisher(s) Infogrames
Platform(s) Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
ReleaseDreamcast
  • EU: November 17, 2000
  • NA: November 28, 2000 [1]
PlayStation 2
  • EU: February 8, 2002
  • NA: May 28, 2002 [2]
Genre(s) Kart racing
Mode(s) Single-player, Multiplayer

Looney Tunes: Space Race is a 2000 kart-racing video game published by Infogrames for the Dreamcast and developed through Infogrames' own Melbourne House studio. [3] A version of Nintendo 64 was developed, but it was never released. [4] [5] It was ported to PlayStation 2 in 2002 (under the name "Space Race") with a new tournament mode and different soundtrack. [6]

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Gameplay

Looney Tunes: Space Race is a kart racing game where a player can play as and race against characters in the Looney Tunes series. [7] There are eight selectable characters, from Bugs Bunny to Wile E. Coyote, [8] with 12 race tracks being in the game. [7] Each track has Acme boxes with gags in them that act as power-ups that may be used as weapons against other racers. [7] Gags include things such as anvils, pianos, and black holes. [7] Along the tracks are green canisters, after collecting five of them, a player will be able to use a turbo boost. [7] [8]

Modes featured are single or multiplayer (up to four players) races, Challenge and Acme Events. [9] The PlayStation 2 version got an exclusive Tournament mode. [10] [9]

Development

Looney Tunes: Space Race was first announced in March 1998, [4] the game was being developed by New Wave USA.The game was shown at E3 1999 along with Infogrames other Looney Tunes game for the Nintendo 64, Taz Express . [11] In August 1999, they moved the project to the Dreamcast and development moved from New Wave USA to Infogrames Melbourne House. [3] It was then shown at E3 2000, where it was 70% complete. [12]

Reception

The Dreamcast version received "favorable" reviews, while the PlayStation 2 version received "mixed" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [15] [16] Evan Shamoon of NextGen said of the former console version, "Despite one frustrating design decision, this is a beautifully presented and eminently likable game—and easily the best kart racer on Dreamcast." [32]

Notes

  1. ↑ In GameFan 's viewpoint of the Dreamcast version, three critics gave it each a score of 81, 87, and 82.

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