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Mickey's Racing Adventure

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Mickey's Racing Adventure
Developer(s)Rare
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Composer(s)David Wise
Platform(s)Game Boy Color
Release
  • NA: November 22, 1999
  • EU: November 25, 1999
Genre(s)Racing, adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Mickey's Racing Adventure is a racing video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Color in 1999. It was followed by Mickey's Speedway USA in 2001.

Gameplay

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Mickey's Racing Adventure is a single-player racing game with adventure elements.[1] It is played from an isometric perspective and races consist of land or water tracks.[2]

Development and release

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Mickey's Racing Adventure was developed by Rare over the course of approximately six months.[3] It is the company's second Game Boy Color game and its extra mini-games are based on classics such as Loco-Motion.[4] It supports the Game Boy Color's infrared port to transmit data between machines.[1] The game was released in November 1999.[4]

Reception

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Mickey's Racing Adventure received positive reviews from critics. IGN reviewer Craig Harris felt that it was Rare's "first real quality Game Boy Color-exclusive title" after their "atrocious" Conker's Pocket Tales,[1] while GameSpot praised the number of tracks and characters to choose from, stating that Mickey's Racing Adventure "shows how Game Boy racers should be done".[2] N64 Magazine said that the game successfully combines the exploration aspects of Rare's Diddy Kong Racing with the racing style of R.C. Pro-Am for the Nintendo Entertainment System, but criticised the lack of a multiplayer mode.[6] Game Informer gave the game an overall score of 8 out of 10 noting the game being well designed, especially for a Disney game, and commenting that the game has plenty of racing courses, characters, power ups and vehicle upgrades.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Harris, Craig (2 December 1999). "Mickey's Racing Adventure". IGN. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Trueman, Doug (28 April 2000). "Mickey's Racing Adventure Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  3. ^ "The Tepid Seat - The Game Boy Color Team". Rareware. Archived from the original on 17 April 2001. Retrieved 17 April 2001.
  4. ^ a b Harris, Craig (29 October 1999). "Mickey's Racing Adventure". IGN. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  5. ^ Baker, Christopher Michael. "Mickey's Racing Adventure". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Mickey's Racing Adventure". N64 Magazine. No. 38. February 2000. p. 26.
  7. ^ "Mickey's Racing Adventure". Nintendo Power. No. 127. Nintendo of America. December 1999. p. 162.
  8. ^ "Mickey's Racing Adventure". Nintendo, le Magazine Officiel (in French). No. 23. M.E.R.7. February 2000. p. 50.
  9. ^ "Mickey's Racing Adventure Review Score". Archived from the original on 2019-04-09.
  10. ^ "Mickey's Racing Adventure Review". Game Informer. April 25, 2000. Archived from the original on October 19, 2000. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
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