Action Mania (VTech V.Smile) Rapid Race, Backyard Party and Raise a Racket 🦀

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Action Mania is a launch title for the V.Smile Motion.

This game doesn't have a Learning Zone or Learning Adventure, but instead has different categories with two mini-games for each one.

Title Description
Rapid Race A racing game.
1 Street Race You're driving on a road, avoiding
obstacles, collecting stars, and finding the right letter for the shown word.

2 Bobsled Same gameplay as Street Race, but has a bird's eye perspective, and is themed after Bobsledding.

Backyard Party Ball-themed games.
1 Balance It You are balancing on top of a ball, and you need to collect healthy foods while dodging the junk food, and obstacles in the way.

2 Bouncing Ball You balance balls and sort them by color.
Raise a Racket A tennis game
1 Competition You have to time the button press, or controller swing to hit the ball in a tennis match. You cannot manually move.
2 Good Aim Same gameplay as Competition, but instead of 2 players, is one against a goal to aim at.

The V.Smile (stylized as V.SMILE TV LEARNING SYSTEM) is a sixth-generation educational home video game console manufactured and released by VTech. Titles are available on ROM cartridges called "Smartridges", to play off the system's educational nature. The graphics are primarily sprite-based. The console is often sold bundled with a particular game, with most of them having a game called Alphabet Park Adventure. Several variants of the V.Smile console are sold including handheld versions, or models with added functionality such as touch tablet integrated controllers or microphones. The V-Motion is a major variant with its own software lineup that includes motion sensitive controllers and has Smartriges designed to take advantage of motion-related "active learning". The V-Motion and Smartridges however are fully backwards compatible with other V.Smile variants and V.Smile Smartridges, and a V-Motion Smartridge can also be played on V.Smile console or handheld, albeit with limited functionality. However, in 2010, the new and old models of the V.Smile were discontinued. VTech still made games for the V.Smile until at least 2012.

Several versions of V.Smile and V-Motion consoles and handhelds have continued to be sold after newer models are introduced, allowing consumers a wide variety of consoles to choose from (frequently offered in an alternative pink color scheme) without worrying about a lack of backwards compatibility between games or consoles. Some key differentiators between systems and the ability to fully utilize all game functions include the options of a microphone, touch tablet, additional joystick port (for 2-player gameplay), stylus-enhanced controller, or motion sensitive game pad (with V-Motion).

0:00 Intro
0:52 Rapid Race: Street Race and Bobsled
8:33 Backyard Party: Balance It and Bouncing Ball
12:53 Raise a Racket: Competition and Good Aim