Dear Abandonia visitors: Help us keep Abandonia free with a small donation. Abandonia is like an old gaming arcade with only original games. Abandonia helps you have fun four hours and years. If Abandonia is useful to you, please help us forget fundraising and get back to Abandonia.
It's time for some racing. Super Karts is a good arcade game. Which means it's not too realistic, but it's still fun to play.
There are two modes to play in. One is arcade style where you get lives and points by collecting money someone dropped on the track. The more money you collect the better. You will also get money for good racing results, so don't stay too far behind when collecting it.
Another option is a kind of simulation. This one is my favourite. You select either 1st or 2nd part of tournament or you can play the whole tournament. You will have to race and get points for good performance. The one who collects the most points wins. Again you can pick up money to buy upgrades (such as larger tank or better engine…) for the car. This is basically unnecessary on easier levels; however on harder ones you will have to do it. The difference in levels is the speed of the cars and their armour. Cars are much faster on higher levels of play.
Both modes have a pit stop - a marked place where you drive through slowly to get fuelled up and repaired. And both have arcade bonuses to collect (available at pit-stop as well). You can collect turbo (up to 5), super grip (up to 5), oil (your breaking oil). Turbo will make your car go fast and super grip will give you much needed extra grip on tight corners (computer uses these extras as well). Oil is a different matter. By leaking oil to the track you can mess up computers tyre grip. Your opponents will spin around like crazy, but if you leak too much of it on the road, your car will loose breaks and you will loose traction as well, so be careful.
A special feature of the game is that it creates a text based log file on your primary drive. It creates a nice table and you can check for current standings after any race, or all yours and opponent’s lap times.
The game also has network play, and 2 player split screen. However I experienced key- jamming problems in the latter. Maybe if you try to set up different keys….
The game has good sound effects considering its age. Music is nothing special. I usually turn it off. Graphics are good. Playability is high, because it’s for beginners as well as for experienced users. Its weakness is the fact that you can’t play a single race. So I would give a 4 overall.
discuss this game! (13 posts)
