Micro Machines V3

Micro Machines V3 (Micro Machines 64 Turbo for the Nintendo 64 port) is a racing video game developed by Codemasters and Novalicious for PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 64, and Game Boy Color.

Micro Machines V3
Developer(s)Codemasters
Novalicious (GBC)
Publisher(s)
SeriesMicro Machines
Platform(s)PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color
ReleasePlayStation
  • EU: March 1997
  • NA: 9 January 1998[1]
Windows
Nintendo 64
  • EU: 1999
  • NA: 24 March 1999
Game Boy Color
  • NA: 13 November 2000
  • EU: 24 November 2000
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Development and release

A Sega Saturn version of the game was demonstrated at the 1996 Electronic Entertainment Expo, at which time Codemasters stated that they were hoping to release the PlayStation and Saturn versions simultaneously.[2] However, in mid-1997 they announced that development on the Saturn version had been halted.[3] An N64 port of Micro Machines V3 was released in 1999 entitled Micro Machines 64 Turbo. This port can let 8 people play simultaneously while using a Pad Share, where one person uses one side of the controller, steering with the Directional pad, while the other player uses the four C-buttons on the N64 or Cross, Circle, Triangle & Square on the Playstation. The vehicles accelerate automatically in these modes. An official micro machines vehicle was packaged with each copy.

Reception

The Game Boy Color and PlayStation versions received favourable reviews, while Micro Machines 64 Turbo received average reviews, according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[4][5][6] Next Generation said that the PlayStation version "may not be the next Formula 1, but it is brilliant in its own right. One of the few truly great multiplayer PlayStation games."[26]

References
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