Spiritual Successor: The series actually has a modern day successor under the name "Toybox Turbos", released in 2014.The games had another catch-up mechanic in the form of the game's camera the further ahead the player is, the less they can see in front of them, putting them at a disadvantage unless they had the track memorized.It also featured a rather hilarious, and unintentional, inversion: if you put the fastest drivers in the fastest cars, the speed boost from being behind would be more than the AI could handle, causing the cars to leave the track and fall even further behind. It didn't matter how far ahead/behind they were, however, so if that wasn't enough, there was no further help coming. In the original game, a car that was behind you would be faster than if it was in front of you.Pails and sand castles serve as obstacles, and the tracks are drawn in the sand. Palmtree Panic: The dune buggy levels.No Celebrities Were Harmed: Spider is essentially The Fonz.Level Editor: Included in Micro Machines 2 for the PC, and Micro Machines Turbo Tournament 96 for the Genesis.Level Ate: Several racing environments, from the kitchen to the breakfast table to eating out at restaurants.Ink-Suit Actor: Violet in Turbo Tournament is based off of Violet Berlin, a British journalist who is well known for being a presenter on the show Bad Influence, which talked about upcoming games in the early 90's.Tellingly, neither of them made it through to V3. Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Anyone with a basic knowledge of the English language would assume that is is indeed about small automobiles/aircraft/combat vehicles/whatever they think are "machines".For instance, Jethro, who just happened to be black in the original, seems to be from Jamaica and a fan of reggae. Some of the more boring characters were removed. Divergent Character Evolution: The characters were updated for the re-release.Rally cars, drag racers, Formula One cars, police cars, tanks. The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard: In the first game, particularly the destruction cars, the computers have a considerably faster acceleration than you.Not counting all the new characters brought in the games inbetween. Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Anne, Mike, Joel and Emilio mysteriously disappeared between the original and V3.All There in the Manual: Some lengthy character descriptions and backstories, among other things.
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