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p18-19 Micro Machines 29/11/00 12:26 pm Page 18 If you’re next to your opponent on TOPTOP the edge of a table or a ledge, don’t be shy – knock the gits off. TIPTIP This gets you in front. REVIEWS TurboTurbo StartStart MiniMini MarvelsMarvels Hit the accelerate button at the right time during the starting lights and you get a Turbo Start. (characters)(characters) There’s 32 cars on offer altogether, but you also have to choose a character to drive them. There’s eight wacky characters DAMAGE: . .£24.99 available, and from the ON SALE: . .OUT NOW dreadlocked rasta-man WHO: . .THQ Jethro and the leather TYPE: . .DRIVING GAME Micro jacket Fonzy clone Micro Spider to wacky country clot Dwayne or sexy young lass Cherry, at times. The control is there should be one to simple enough, so this suit everybody’s taste. MachinesMachines V3V3 doesn’t take away from the fact that Micro Machines V3 across a pond to REVIEWER SAUL is a whole loada fun and transformable cars. They all side-splitting laughs. Not look cool too, which is it), loadsa’ cars and some you want a racing game The smallest and coolest because the game itself is probably down to the of the best, most crazily that explodes with fun and particularly comedy-based, radical graphics that jump (and deviously) designed will last you years, Micro cars in the world come but knocking your out of the Game Boy’s tiny tracks you’re ever gonna Machines V3 is it. opponents down a whole screen. These visuals may see in a racing game. So if Saul Trewern screeching onto the world’s or catching them with a be small, but they’re incredibly fast and frantic, cool power-up can be a perfectly formed and smallest and coolest console. and with so much to see right hoot. there’s a massive variety and do during every race, Micro Machines V3 is throughout the game. I Honey, I shrunk the car! you find yourself glued to instantly playable, and even mean, what other game the screen. Not literally, but at first you find yourself has you racing on a snooker few issues back to be driven at break-neck I think you catch my drift. winning a few races as it’s table, then in a science lab you might speeds through a massive so easy to play. Don’t think (Bunsen burners ‘n’ all), A remember we 48 courses based anywhere The Drift you’ll see everything in the then take it outside and fell in love with from the garden to the My drift isn’t all you’re first couple of hours, race around a pond? ‘None’ the high-speed, but oh-so- kitchen to the beach and catching either, as Micro though, ‘cos this game has is the answer to that. serious racing action of the beyond. Sounds like fun? Machines V3 gives you the loads to offer. As I’ve said, wicked TOCA. Originally, You bet! chance to catch some there are 32 cars to play Everything, TOCA was a thrill-a-minute It doesn’t stop at simple wicked air and rocking with, but unlucky for you, Everything racing simulation for the racing either. To become a power-slides. The tracks are you have to earn most of Which is why Micro PlayStation, developed by Micro Machines V3 pro, you laid out with maximum them by winning events Machines V3 is gonna be a the funky dudes from have to make good use of heart-pumping, adrenaline- and races. The cars can be big hit. It’s got everything Codemasters. Well, Micro the various weapons and inducing action in mind, anything from basic – very smart graphics, WotzWotz Machines V3 hails from the power-ups that litter every although the top-down buggies and trucks to tanks totally addictive gameplay TheThe RightRight TrackTrack same funky dudes, but course. This could mean view can make it a little that actually fire shells, (you better flog your couldn’t be more different. smashing a massive hard to see what’s coming from powerboats that skim Pokémon stuff now, ‘cos Where… The menu system proves how cool Micro Machines V3 really is. Where… You see, there’s no tracks comedy hammer on the car you won’t have time for Instead of going for the usual list of options before you start The courses are jam- based on real life, and there in front one minute, laying playing, you see a little car drive down a road that leads to four packed with obstacles that are certainly no Fords or a mine for the car behind different roads with huts on them. Choose which road you want for you either have to jump, Vauxhalls to take control of. the next, and generating a the option you desire and your car follows it, driving through the Instead, this cool top-down force field to knock the car avoid or bash your PulsatingPulsating Power-UpsPower-Ups racer puts you in control of to your side off the table hut and going onto another set for the next menu. Cool or what? There are loads of cool power-ups available for you to trash your foes. These include a hammer to squash opponents into. Take a a huge range (32 in all) of right after that. You see, look at this shot to see miniature vehicles that have Micro Machines V3 is the car ahead, force-fields to knock ‘em sideways and mines to – well, you know what a mine’s for. Look what we mean… out too for the hilarious extendible claw which grabs the racer in front of you and pulls 1 Syrup, slows you down him back too. It’s difficult to aim it correctly, but 2 Knife & fork, solid when properly executed, obstacles it’s a real hoot. 3 Track markers, bumpy 4 Race position - your helmet is indented 5 laps remaining 44 5 2 11 uppers downers summary 2 3 3 Action-packed racing Can be tough Micro Machines V3 is small Cool graphics Too much fun... but perfectly formed. It SCOREZ oozes fun and frantic 93 % SCOREZ Wicked power-ups ...for some too handle 93 % action in equal measures. 18 REVIEWS REVIEWS 19.

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