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Looney Tunes: Space Race

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Looney Tunes: Space Race
European Dreamcast cover art
Developer(s)Infogrames Melbourne House
Publisher(s)Infogrames
Platform(s)Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
ReleaseDreamcast
PlayStation 2
  • EU: February 8, 2002
  • NA: May 28, 2002[3]
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.[4] A version of Nintendo 64 was developed, but it was never released.[5][6] It was ported to PlayStation 2 in 2002 (under the name "Space Race") with a new tournament mode and different soundtrack.[7]

Gameplay

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Looney Tunes: Space Race is a kart racing game where a player can play as and race against characters in the Looney Tunes series.[8] There are eight selectable characters, from Bugs Bunny to Wile E. Coyote,[9] with 12 race tracks being in the game.[8] Each track has Acme boxes with gags in them that act as power-ups that may be used as weapons against other racers.[8] Gags include things such as anvils, pianos, and black holes.[8] Along the tracks are green canisters, after collecting five of them, a player will be able to use a turbo boost.[8][9]

Modes featured are single or multiplayer (up to four players) races, Challenge and Acme Events.[10] The PlayStation 2 version got an exclusive Tournament mode.[11][10]

Development

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Looney Tunes: Space Race was first announced in March 1998,[5] 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.[12] In August 1999, they moved the project to the Dreamcast and development moved from New Wave USA to Infogrames Melbourne House.[4] It was then shown at E3 2000, where it was 70% complete.[13]

Reception

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The Dreamcast version received "favorable" reviews, while the PlayStation 2 version received "mixed" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[16][17] 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."[33]

Notes

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

References

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  5. ^ a b IGN staff (March 17, 1998). "First N64 Looney Tunes Game Uncovered". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on September 3, 2021. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
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  12. ^ IGN, staff (March 15, 1999). "Infogrames' E3 Lineup". IGN staff. IGN. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
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  17. ^ a b "Looney Tunes: Space Race critic reviews (PS2)". Metacritic. Fandom. Archived from the original on February 20, 2022. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
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