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Atari Karts
Race around colorful tracks as one of several cartoony characters in the Atari Jaguar's sole kart racer.
Overview
Atari Karts is a kart racing game developed by Miracle Designs (Company) and published by Atari for the Jaguar (Platform) on December 22, 1995.
Like other kart racers at the time, Atari Karts features a similar pseudo-3D and gameplay style to Nintendo's 1992 SNES game Super Mario Kart (Game) (replicating that game's "Mode 7" effect). Players race around tracks as one of several colorful characters (one of which is Bentley Bear (Character), the hero from Atari's 1983 arcade game Crystal Castles (Game)), using various power-ups and speed boosts while avoiding hazards.
The studio, Miracle Designs, later made a 3D spiritual successor with the NUON game Merlin Racing (Game), which itself was split into three PS1 games (Rascal Racers (Game), XS Airboat Racing (Game), and Miracle Space Race (Game)).
It was later included in the 2022 compilation Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration.
Racers
The game includes eight characters to start with by default, each with their own advantages and disadvantages in both speed and handling:
- Regius - A chicken.
- Skully - A skeleton.
- Pulpito - An octopus.
- Miz Tress - A human.
- Bentley Bear (Character) - A bear.
- Vulky - An alien.
- Ptarmigan - A snowman.
The game also includes four boss characters, each of which can be unlocked by winning specific Miracle Race challenges:
- Haratari - An alien creature in samurai armor and the Beginner Challenge boss.
- Pum King - A pumpkin-headed creature and the Warrior Challenge boss.
- Firebug - A wolf/demon/creature and the Miracle Challenge boss.
- Miracle Man - A superhero and the Jaguar Aces Challenge boss.
Stats
Each of the 11 playable racers have different stats based on their max speed, acceleration, and handling:
| Name | Max Speed | Acceleration | Steering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regius | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| Skelly | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Pulpito | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| Miz Tress | 3 | 7 | 5 |
| Bentley Bear | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Vulky | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| Ptarmigan | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Haratari | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Pum King | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| Firebug | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Miracle Man | 8 | 6 | 8 |
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- Name
- Atari Karts
- Release Date
- December 22, 1995
- Platform
- Jaguar (Platform)
- Developer
- Publisher
- Genre
- Driving/Racing (Genre)
- Theme
- Fantasy (Theme)