Game Gear Longplay [126] Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament

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Played by: Reinc

Micro Machines is a series of computer and video games featuring toy cars, developed by Codemasters and published on several platforms between 1991 and 2006. The series is based on the Micro Machines toy line of miniature vehicles.

Micro Machines games feature tracks based on household settings: for example, kitchen tables and desktops. The tracks also contain obstacles in the form of household items; often the possibility of falling off the track is a hazard in itself.

Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament featured cars that require different handling techniques for each course and also hovercraft and helicopters. There are different playing modes including "head-to-head", in which each player earns points by driving a full screen ahead of the opponent. TV presenter Violet Berlin features as a playable driver. The MS-DOS version featured a track editor.
A selling point for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive version was the J-Cart, a cartridge including two control ports, thus eliminating the need for a 4-player adaptor. It also included a 'pad-sharing' feature which allowed 2 players to share a single joypad; thus it enabled 8 players to compete simultaneously, on certain tracks.

The Game Gear port doesn�t have many tracks from the original, and many animations are replaced with still pictures. Worst of all, moving hazards, secret bonuses and special track features are absent in this version.

Although vision is very limited in all Micro Machines games, it's still a good party game. -
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