| Wacky Races |
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| Release Date | 1992 |
| Original Publisher | Hi-Tec Software Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Action |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Features | AY Sound |
| Graphical Views | Side-view 2D Graphics |
| Controls | Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick, Redefineable keys |
| Screen Movements | Horizontal Scrolling |
| Tie-in Licences | Wacky Races (Cartoon) from Hanna-Barbera Productions Inc (USA) |
| Other Platforms | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64 |
| Martijn's WoS score | 67.6% (17 votes) |
Authors/Contributors
| Fred O'Rourke (UK) | at PAL Developments | - ? | |
| Sean Conran (UK) | at PAL Developments | - ? | |
| Richard Morton (UK) | at PAL Developments | - ? |
Remarks
| This game was originally developed by Enigma Variations Ltd (Robin Holman and Mick Hanrahan). Mick recollects: "Actually, Ive never seen the monochrome released version..... I just remember the first version, shown in the Crash Previews section. Im guessing, the game changed, when the coder and I left the company due to increasing problems with getting payed. I left a little before the coder, Robin Holman (also known as Orb) and as far as I was aware, the game had pretty much been completed on both the spectrum and Amstrad CPC version. Im guessing maybe the publisher requested the coloured backgrounds to be turned monochrome, to make the sprites clearer to see, and to reduce colour clash issues..... although the game looked pretty good in the colour version we'd built." |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | WackyRaces.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K | (None) | English | |
| WackyRaces.z80.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K | (???) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| WackyRaces.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| WackyRaces.gif | 5,324 | Original | Running screen | |||
| WackyRaces.jpg | 386,309 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| WackyRaces_Back.jpg | 416,828 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
| WackyRaces.txt | 2,117 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| WackyRaces.png | 418,982 | Original | Game map | |||
| wackyraces.zip | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Daren (with rollback) | ||
| Wacky Races (1992)(Hi-Tec Software).pok | 136 | Original | POK pokes file |
Magazine References
| BiT | issue #4-1992/Jan | page 5 | - News/Note | |
| BiT | issue #9-1992/Jun | page 5 | - News/Note | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #89-1991/Jun | page 10 | - Preview | |
| New Computer Express | issue #131-1991/May/11 | page 2 | - News/Note | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.4 #38-1985/Sep/19 special "week#3" | page 1 | - News/Note | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #53-1990/May | page 8 | - News/Note | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #69-1991/Sep | page 13 | - News/Note | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #70-1991/Oct | page 13 | - Preview |
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