If you like racing games (particularly time trials), love unlockables, and don’t particularly care for physics, then Trackmania DS is the perfect game for you. As with the other games in this franchise the goal is to get around tracks as fast as possible, something which is easier said than done, as the slightest spinout or delayed reaction will be enough for you to miss out on that gold medal you are racing for. As a result, the game is all about repetition–racing a track over and over again against a ghost opponent (a timed speed run for you to judge yourself against) until you are learn the track and finish with a result you are happy with. The other side of Trackmania is… Details
Evil Knievel was propelled to the heights of fame with his Snake River Canyon motorcycle jump back in 1970’s Idaho, USA. To the dismay of parents everywhere, adoring children would recreate his jumps using nothing but a pushbike and a home made ramp.
Now, thanks to the innovative team at Excalibur Games, parents need not worry anymore. Thanks to the smash hit of Dare Devil I, Excalibur are back with a faster, smoother, much-improved Dare Devil II. …Â Details
Remember how much fun you had as a kid, pushing a button and watching in awe as your Hot Wheels mini sedan cruised from its accelerator and raced up an impressive loop? The simple things that satisfied in our youth were always covered in a veil of fantasy, though, weren’t they? Once we realized the possibility of having more – more stunts and boosts, more of that adrenaline feeling that the cars could fly off the track at any given moment – we felt disappointed by a one-loop, one-trick pony. Toy companies would be too limited to realize the “asphalt labyrinths” from our imagination, so these virtual raceways would have to settle for a virtual home…..
….TrackMania DS can be thought of as the spiritual successor to Stunts some 20 years later. That’s not to say there weren’t numerous other attempts to offer racing alongside track building, but few seem to do it as well as TrackMania…. Details
The first officially licensed MotoGP title ever for the Nintendo Wii platform, MotoGP turns the Wii remote into a virtual set of handlebars to deliver the definitive two-wheeled racing experience.
The development team’s overriding aim is to deliver an unparalleled handling model that allows access points for gamers of all skill levels and just as importantly provide a challenge to meet each player’s abilities.
MotoGP for Wii puts the player at the centre of the world’s premier motorcycling championship by letting them join a team and compete alongside their sporting heroes in all three race classes – 125cc, 250cc and MotoGP. Recent MotoGP titles had excluded 125cc and 250cc at a cost and Capcom is keen to ensure that all the riders are faithfully represented… Details