Wacky Races: Starring Dastardly and Muttley

Wacky Races/Wacky Races: Starring Dastardly and Muttley is a 2000 racing video game developed by Infogrames Sheffield House and published by Infogrames for the Dreamcast and later for PlayStation 2 in 2001. The game is based on the cartoon series Wacky Races which features 11 vehicles all racing over various landscapes to win first place. The vehicles featured include the most infamous vehicle in the series, The Mean Machine driven by Dick Dastardly and Muttley.

For the 1991 video game, see Wacky Races (1991 video game).
For the 2000 video game, see Wacky Races (2000 video game).
Wacky Races
Enhanced as
Wacky Races: Starring Dastardly and Muttley
Developer(s)Infogrames Sheffield House
Publisher(s)Infogrames
SeriesWacky Races 
Platform(s)Dreamcast
PlayStation 2
ReleaseDreamcast
  • NA: June 27, 2000[1]
  • EU: June 30, 2000
PlayStation 2
  • EU: June 29, 2001
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single player, 2-4 multiplayer

Gameplay

The game includes two modes: Arcade and Adventure. Arcade mode features normal racing across various tracks. In Adventure mode, the player races on tracks to win gold stars or Wacky Trial clocks to unlock more tracks, abilities and challenges. Wacky Trial clocks are rewarded when a race is won in a certain amount of time. These are needed to unlock boss challenges as well. Gold stars are needed to unlock various things such as tracks and areas. They are gained by winning various events. Once 10 gold stars have been rewarded, the Boss Area is unlocked, in which the player must compete against one of three "elite" cars; Professor Pat Pending's Convert-a-Car, the Red Max's Crimson Haybailer, and the Mean Machine. Dastardly and Muttley are the main bosses of the game, with many of their power-ups geared towards attack.

Gadgets include an explosive mine that can be placed along the road, turbo speed, a temporary flying ability, and temporary invincibility. Pink discs known as "Tokens" float along the track. When picked up they fuel gadgets and give the player the option to perform one. Once they are used, they are shot out the back and left for other drivers to pick up.

All the vehicles and drivers from the cartoon are featured in the game; but there is only an eight car grid, preventing them all from racing at once. The vehicles are put into 5 groups, based on their acceleration, speed, and handling. The game features four themed levels, including a desert with Wild West towns and coal mines; snow-covered mountain towns; a Wacky Races version of Mount Rushmore; and a large city with rooftop race tracks.

Voice Cast

Trivia

Wacky Races: Starring Dastardly and Muttley

The game was only released in PAL Regions.

Reception

The Dreamcast version received favorable reviews, while the PlayStation 2 version received above-average reviews, according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[2][3] Greg Orlando of NextGen said of the former console version, "Few will likely remember the short-lived Hanna Barbera cartoon Wacky Races, yet just as few will likely forget this crazy-fun video game translation."[17]

References
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  6. "Les Fous du Volant (PS2)". Consoles + (in French). No. 114. July 2001. p. 136. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
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  17. Orlando, Greg (September 2000). "Wacky Races (DC)". NextGen. No. 69. Imagine Media. p. 103. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  18. Stuart, Keith (July 2001). "Wacky Races Starring Dastardly and Muttley". Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine. No. 9. Future Publishing. pp. 120–21. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
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