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Offline WindyMan

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Micro Machines Return
« on: March 10, 2006, 08:15:32 PM »
The original top-down racer is returing, this time on the Nintendo DS!

MICRO MACHINES returns to video gaming as Codemasters confirms plans for MICRO MACHINES v4    


Revival of classic racing series confirmed for PlayStation®2, PSP™, PC and Nintendo DS™ ­ first game details and screenshots revealed
   


New York (March 10, 2006) ­ ItÂąs been called "the most playable game in the world" and was the party game of choice for a gaming generation - now a MICRO MACHINES video game is set to return to game screens as Codemasters today announces the revival of its classic series.    


A smash-hit series through the 1990s, Codemasters has once again secured the rights to the miniature vehicles for an all-new video game that promises a real return to the MICRO MACHINES gameÂąs much loved, all-out fun, racing gameplay. The property is under license from the Hasbro Properties Group, the intellectual property development arm of Hasbro, Inc.    


MICRO MACHINES v4 game, titled as a sequel to the last MICRO MACHINES game from Codemasters, is now in development for PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, Windows PC, PSP™ (PlayStation® Portable) system and Nintendo DS™. Scheduled for a summer 2006 release, development is back with the team at Supersonic Software, creators of some of the most acclaimed MICRO MACHINES games and more recently Mashed and Mashed: Fully Loaded.    


Mixing miniature mayhem with maximum multiplayer racing, the MICRO MACHINES v4 game will arrive packed with knockabout, breakneck racing in the fastest scale miniatures, complete with explosive weapon power-ups. Letting players loose with hundreds of vehicles, each with distinctive performance abilities, they will be racing their inch-long miniature motors on the wildest tracks where everyday household objects appear immense in size and can become lethal hazards.    


Sport cars, street racers, stock cars, 4x4s, beach buggies, lowriders and muscle cars are just some of the MICRO MACHINES models gamers will be taking out on the improvised tracks around the MICRO MACHINES house, garden and ­ for the first time ­ beyond!    


Fans of classic MICRO MACHINES games will rejoice in the return of some of the series' most popular racing arenas. Spin out around the breakfast table littered with cereal spills, tear through the kitchen, turbo boost around the pool table (while avoiding the treacherous pockets), or hit the gas during the drive around the rim of the bath, carefully negotiating the ferocious waters pouring over the edge of the bath.    


As well as the familiar feel-good environments, MICRO MACHINES v4 game sees the racing world expand further than any previous MICRO MACHINES game. Go beyond the house and garden tracks and discover what itÂąs like to race across house roofs, in the sewers, through supermarkets, museums and even down to the farm, with its danger-packed chicken coop!    


Of course, it wouldnÂąt be MICRO MACHINES without an arsenal of power-ups and weapons to collect and use on the opponents while racing. The MICRO MACHINES v4 game brings all the favorites back, including ­the car-mounted giant hammer!    


With much more unique game content yet to be revealed, the MICRO MACHINES v4 game is set to capture the dynamic, fast, fun gameplay of its classic predecessors when it launches in summer 2006 for PlayStation®2, PSP™, PC and Nintendo DS™.

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Offline Infernal Monkey

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RE: Micro Machines Return
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2006, 08:39:19 PM »
$2 sez the DS version won't have single cart multiplayer.

Offline Nephilim

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RE:Micro Machines Return
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2006, 06:07:31 PM »
I dunno, the psx mag demo's all had 4player

Offline KDR_11k

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RE: Micro Machines Return
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2006, 08:27:17 PM »
Yeah but no singlecart multiplayer means everyone has to buy one to play MP! Imagine the profits!