Wacky Races

For the unreleased Sega Mega Drive game, see Wacky Races (Mega Drive).

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Wacky Races

System(s): Sega Dreamcast

Publisher: Infogrames North America (US), Infogrames (EU)

Developer: Infogrames Sheffield House

Distributor: Tec Toy (BR)

Licensor: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Hanna-Barbera, Heatter-Quigley

Peripherals supported: Jump Pack, Race Controller, Visual Memory Unit, Dreamcast VGA Box

Genre: Racing

Number of players: 1-4

Official in-game languages:

English

Français

Deutsch

Español

Italiano

Nederlands

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	2000-06-28^[1]	$39.9939.99^[2]	T-15113N
DE	2000-06-30	DM 9999^[7]	T-15106D-82
ES	2000-06-30^[8]		T-15106D-60
FR	2000-06-30		T-15106D-09
UK	2000-06-30^[3]^[4]	£39.9939.99^[5]^[6]	T-15106D-05
ES/IT	2000-06-30		T-15106D-60
DE/NL	2000-06-30		T-15106D-82
AU	2000-07-21^[9]
BR	2000		197346

Non-Sega versions
PlayStation 2

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Wacky Races is a Sega Dreamcast game based on the TV show of the same name. It was released in 2000, and should not be confused with other Wacky Races games for the NES or computers of the early 1990s, or the PlayStation/Game Boy Color/PC title of the same name that Infogrames also published. It was later re-released for the PlayStation 2 the following year as Wacky Races: Starring Dastardly and Muttley.

The game is cel-shaded, and sees the player compete against other drivers from the series around a selection of tracks. Unfortunately, despite there being eleven racers in the show, only eight can compete at one time.

Gameplay

Racers

Every racer from the Wacky Races television show can be controlled in the Dreamcast game, though some need to be unlocked.

	The Slag Brothers in the Boulder-Mobile (1)

	The Gruesome Twosome in the Creepy Coupe (2)

	Professor Pat Pending in the Convert-A-Car (3)

	Red Max in the Crimson Haybailer (4)

	Penelope Pitstop in the Compact Pussycat (5)

	Sergeant Blast and Private Meekly in the Army Surplus Special (6)

	The Ant Hill Mob in the Bullet Proof Bomb (7)

	Lazy Luke and Blubber Bear in the Arkansas Chugga-Bug (8)

	Peter Perfect in the Turbo Terrific (9)

	Rufus Ruffcut and Saw Tooth in the Buzz Wagon (10)

	Dick Dastardly and Muttley in the Mean Machine (00)
	In the show, Dick Dastardly always finished last, if the car even finished at all, however in the Dreamcast game, it is fully possible to break tradition and win.

Magazine articles

Main article: Wacky Races/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #132: "July 2000" (2000-06-06)
also published in:

GamePro (US) #143: "August 2000" (2000-0x-xx)^[10]

Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (UK) #11: "No. 11" (2000-07-13)
also published in:

Computer & Video Games (UK) #226: "September 2000" (2000-08-16)^[11]

Print advert in Next Level (AR) #18: "Julio 2000" (2000-xx-xx)

Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (UK) #12: "No. 12" (2000-08-10)
also published in:

Computer & Video Games (UK) #225: "August 2000" (2000-07-12)^[12]

Artwork

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Ação Games (BR)

50

^[13]

Arcade (UK)

PAL

75

^[14]

Click! (PL)

47

^[15]

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

87

^[16]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

75

^[17]

Dreamcast Monthly (UK)

PAL

80

^[18]

DC-UK (UK)

PAL

60

^[5]

Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

PAL

93

^[6]

Dreamzone (FR)

PAL

70

^[19]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[20]

Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)

78

^[21]

Fun Generation (DE)

PAL

82

^[22]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[23]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

88

^[24]

Gamers' Republic (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[25]

GameWEEK (US)

NTSC-U

58

^[26]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

60

^[27]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

78

^[28]

Neo Plus (PL)

70

^[29]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[30]

Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

PAL

70

^[31]

Play (PL)

86

^[32]

Sega Magazin (DE)

NTSC-U

74

^[7]

Strana Igr (RU)

68

^[33]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

83

^[34]

	73
Based on 25 reviews

Wacky Races

Dreamcast, US
Cover
Manual Inlay

Dreamcast, UK
Cover
Disc

Dreamcast, FR
Cover
Disc File:FousDuVolant-DC-FR-Manual.pdf Manual

Dreamcast, DE/NL
Cover
Disc

Dreamcast, IT/ES
Cover
Disc

Dreamcast, AU
Cover
Disc

Dreamcast, BR
Cover

Technical information

Main article: Wacky Races/Technical information.

References

↑ http://www.ebworld.com/ebx/categories/homepages/dreamcast.asp (Wayback Machine: 2000-07-06 20:54)
↑ Press release: 2000-06-27: Infogrames Sends Wacky Races, the Zaniest Prank-Pulling Cartoon Racing Game Skidding Into Stores This Week
↑ http://www.chipsworld.co.uk/detProd.asp?ProductCode=2116 (Wayback Machine: 2004-01-26 23:51)
↑ http://www.amazon.co.uk:80/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/300725/ (Wayback Machine: 2002-08-29 17:36)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 DC-UK, "July 2000" (UK; 2000-06-09), page 76
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 9" (UK; 2000-05-18), page 48
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Sega Magazin, "September 2000" (DE; 2000-07-31), page 19
↑ http://www.centromail.es/top/ficha.asp?codmail=14791&codprov= (Wayback Machine: 2001-09-17 03:57)
↑ http://www.gameswarehouse.com.au/longpage.asp?gameid=4298 (Wayback Machine: 2002-01-02 11:28)
↑ GamePro, "August 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 101
↑ Computer & Video Games, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-16), page 12
↑ Computer & Video Games, "August 2000" (UK; 2000-07-12), page 62
↑ Ação Games, "Outubro 2000" (BR; 2000-xx-xx), page 53
↑ Arcade, "July 2000" (UK; 2000-06-20), page 74
↑ Click!, "17/2000" (PL; 2000-08-17), page 25
↑ Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 126
↑ Computer & Video Games, "July 2000" (UK; 2000-06-14), page 88
↑ Dreamcast Monthly, "July 2000" (UK; 2000-06-08), page 66
↑ Dreamzone, "Juin 2000" (FR; 2000-06-xx), page 100
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 2000" (US; 2000-08-08), page 157
↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 296
↑ Fun Generation, "09/2000" (DE; 2000-08-23), page 56
↑ GameFan, "Volume 8, Issue 9: September 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 20
↑ GamesMaster, "August 2000" (UK; 2000-07-12), page 80
↑ Gamers' Republic, "August 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 60
↑ GameWEEK, "July 3, 2000" (US; 2000-07-03), page 17
↑ MAN!AC, "09/2000" (DE; 2000-08-02), page 59
↑ Mega Fun, "09/2000" (DE; 2000-08-02), page 49
↑ Neo Plus, "Wrzesień 2000" (PL; 2000-xx-xx), page 45
↑ Next Generation, "September 2000" (US; 2000-08-15), page 105
↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "July 2000" (UK; 2000-06-08), page 80
↑ Play, "Luty 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 20
↑ Strana Igr, "Mart 2001 1/2" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 64
↑ Video Games, "09/2000" (DE; 2000-08-02), page 75

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[:File:DCUK_11.pdf_p76-5] 5.0 ^5.1 DC-UK, "July 2000" (UK; 2000-06-09), page 76

[:File:DreamcastMagazine_UK_09.pdf_p48-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 9" (UK; 2000-05-18), page 48

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_82.pdf_p19-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Sega Magazin, "September 2000" (DE; 2000-07-31), page 19

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20010917035730.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.centromail.es.2Ftop.2Fficha.asp.3Fcodmail.3D14791.26codprov.3D-8] ttp://www.centromail.es/top/ficha.asp?codmail=14791&codprov= (Wayback Machine: 2001-09-17 03:57)

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[:File:GamePro_US_143.pdf_p101-10] GamePro, "August 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 101

[:File:CVG_UK_226.pdf_p12-11] Computer & Video Games, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-16), page 12

[:File:CVG_UK_225.pdf_p62-12] Computer & Video Games, "August 2000" (UK; 2000-07-12), page 62

[:File:AcaoGames_BR_156.pdf_p53-13] Ação Games, "Outubro 2000" (BR; 2000-xx-xx), page 53

[:File:Arcade_UK_21.pdf_p74-14] Arcade, "July 2000" (UK; 2000-06-20), page 74

[15] Click!, "17/2000" (PL; 2000-08-17), page 25

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_102.pdf_p126-16] Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 126

[:File:CVG_UK_224.pdf_p88-17] Computer & Video Games, "July 2000" (UK; 2000-06-14), page 88

[:File:DreamcastMonthly_UK_10.pdf_p66-18] Dreamcast Monthly, "July 2000" (UK; 2000-06-08), page 66

[:File:Dreamzone_14_2000_Final.pdf_p100-19] Dreamzone, "Juin 2000" (FR; 2000-06-xx), page 100

[:File:EGM_US_134.pdf_p157-20] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 2000" (US; 2000-08-08), page 157

[21] Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 296

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_56.pdf_p56-22] Fun Generation, "09/2000" (DE; 2000-08-23), page 56

[:File:GameFan_US_0809.pdf_p20-23] GameFan, "Volume 8, Issue 9: September 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 20

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_097.pdf_p80-24] GamesMaster, "August 2000" (UK; 2000-07-12), page 80

[:File:GamersRepublic_US_27.pdf_p60-25] Gamers' Republic, "August 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 60

[:File:GameWEEK_US_2000-07-03.pdf_p17-26] GameWEEK, "July 3, 2000" (US; 2000-07-03), page 17

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_2000-09.pdf_p59-27] MAN!AC, "09/2000" (DE; 2000-08-02), page 59

[:File:MegaFun_DE_2000-09.pdf_p49-28] Mega Fun, "09/2000" (DE; 2000-08-02), page 49

[29] Neo Plus, "Wrzesień 2000" (PL; 2000-xx-xx), page 45

[:File:NextGeneration_US_69.pdf_p105-30] Next Generation, "September 2000" (US; 2000-08-15), page 105

[:File:ODM_UK_09.pdf_p80-31] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "July 2000" (UK; 2000-06-08), page 80

[32] Play, "Luty 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 20

[33] Strana Igr, "Mart 2001 1/2" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 64

[:File:VideoGames_DE_2000-09.pdf_p75-34] Video Games, "09/2000" (DE; 2000-08-02), page 75

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Wacky Races

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Racers

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Artwork

Physical scans

Technical information

References