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Platform
Game Boy Color
Genres
Racing
Developers
Velez & Dubail
Publishers
Infogrames · Gradiente
Release date
June 9, 2000
Languages
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 English · 🇪🇸 🇲🇽 Spanish · 🇫🇷 French

Summary

The Game Boy Color version of Wacky Races lets you pick from eight cartoon‑inspired cars, each with its own quirks – the low‑acceleration but lightning‑fast Army Surplus Special, the well‑handled Arkansas Chugga‑Bug, and the sleek Compact Pussycat, to name a few. As you race, pink Wacky Tokens float around the tracks; collecting them fuels each vehicle’s unique gadget set, which is split into defense, speed and attack options like bubble gum traps or exploding pumpkins. Beat the championship and you unlock the three boss rigs – the Crimson Haybailer, Convert‑A‑Car and the infamous Mean Machine driven by Dick Dastardly and Muttley – each packed with even flashier tricks. The title offers four modes: a solo Time Trial, a multi‑track Championship, a two‑player link‑up, and a Super Gadgets screen that lists every weapon you can earn. All of this is wrapped in the wacky, cartoon‑style circuits that fans of the original TV series will instantly recognize.

Edited by Maya Carter

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