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Beetle Adventure Racing
Price: £13.98 Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Video Game
Brand: Electronic Arts
EAN: 5030930020699
Label: Electronic Arts
Manufacturer: Electronic Arts
Manufacturer Maximum Age: 216 months
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 36 months
Number Of Items: 1
Platform: Nintendo 64
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Studio: Electronic Arts
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Editorial Review:
In an ironic twist, one of the coolest, most action-packed auto racing games in eons stars one of the world's most sluggish cars. But racers will never sense a lack of speed in Beetle Adventure Racing as they zip, jump, and fall around some of the most original and beautiful tracks seen on the Nintendo 64.
The uniqueness of this game lies in the beautiful graphics and rampant, humorous action (San Francisco Rush). On a Tiki-themed island track, for instance, racers are startled by a roaring T-Rex (clearly a nod to Jurassic Park), and risk a molten demise as the road passes alongside rivers of realistically rendered lava. With unusually long tracks, vertigo-inducing jumps and falls, tons (and tons) of hidden areas and shortcuts, breakable obstacles, and well-placed power-ups, this is a game that just keeps getting better with each play.
Solo racers are pitted against seven other cars in a single race or championship mode, duel against one other computer car, or race against the clock. Multiplayer variations include head-to-head racing for up to four racers, and a Beetle Battle that could easily be its own game cartridge. In this Mario Kart-style mode, racers are armed with mines, rockets, magnets, and shield power-ups that impede the progress of fellow racers attempting to collect a variety of ladybug icons. Those looking for a long-lived gaming experience can't go wrong with this one. --Eric Twelker
Pros: - Gorgeous graphics rival many arcade racing games
- Enormously fun driving action, long, well-designed tracks, many shortcuts and hidden areas
- Excellent car physics
Cons: - No single-player Beetle Battle mode
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - A must buy racer for N64!
For anyone who doesn't know anything about this game, it's best described as a cross between Mario Kart/Diddy Kong Racing and a full-on arcade racer - Top Gear Overdrive comes to mind ...but this is much better!
The whole feel of the game is very solid and could easily be passed off as an official Nintendo game to anyone who didn't know otherwise. The graphics are superb, very cartoon-like, packed with character and are still quite impressive today. The courses are absolutely MASSIVE ... Read More
Rating: - Superb
the best racing game on nintendo, the graphics are very acceptable, even by todays standards of graphics, the gameplay is magic and the tracks are filled with unexpected shortcuts etc.
forget project gotham 3, get this game instead!!
Rating: - Best racing game on Nintendo
This is one of the best ever games ever created and played on Nintendo. If only they would redo it for the Gamecube...
Rating: - SIMPLY THE BEST
THIS IS THE BEST RACER FOR N64 WITHOUT A DOUBT, TOP GEAR RALLY AND MARIO KART DON'T EVEN COME CLOSE TO THIS MODERN CLASSIC, A WONDERFULL MIX OF CARS COMBINED WITH A HEADY ARRAY OF INSANE TRACKS MAKES THIS ONE OF THE BEST GAMES ON THE N64
Rating: - Excellent fun for every one
Truly a unique game, to beat the likes of DIDDY KONG or MARIO KART.It contains many long tracks with fun and excitnting things to discover, it also has a good fun multiplayer, with head to head races and beetle battles, a must buy for racing fans.
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