Mickey's Racing Adventure

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Mickey's Racing Adventure
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Developer(s) Rare
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Composer(s) David Wise
Platform(s) Game Boy Color
Release
  • NA: November 22, 1999
  • EU: November 25, 1999
Genre(s) Racing, adventure
Mode(s) Single-player

Mickey's Racing Adventure is a racing video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Color in 1999. It was followed by Mickey's Speedway USA in 2001.

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Gameplay

Mickey's Racing Adventure is a single-player racing game with adventure elements. [1] It is played from an isometric perspective and races consist of land or water tracks. [2]

Development and release

Mickey's Racing Adventure was developed by Rare over the course of approximately six months. [3] It is the company's second Game Boy Color game and its extra mini-games are based on classics such as Loco-Motion . [4] It supports the Game Boy Color's infrared port to transmit data between machines. [1] The game was released in November 1999. [4]

Reception

Mickey's Racing Adventure received positive reviews from critics. IGN reviewer Craig Harris felt that it was Rare's "first real quality Game Boy Color-exclusive title" after their "atrocious" Conker's Pocket Tales , [1] while GameSpot praised the number of tracks and characters to choose from, stating that Mickey's Racing Adventure "shows how Game Boy racers should be done". [2] N64 Magazine said that the game successfully combines the exploration aspects of Rare's Diddy Kong Racing with the racing style of R.C. Pro-Am for the Nintendo Entertainment System, but criticised the lack of a multiplayer mode. [7] Game Informer gave the game an overall score of 8 out of 10 noting the game being well designed, especially for a Disney game, and commenting that the game has plenty of racing courses, characters, power ups and vehicle upgrades. [10]

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