MRC: Multi-Racing Championship
Multi Racing Championship | |
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Racing | |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
MRC: Multi-Racing Championship, also known as simply Multi Racing Championship (マルチレーシングチャンピオンシップ, Maruchi Rēshingu Chanpionshippu), is a
Gameplay
In Championship mode, the player competes against nine
MRC features ten cars, which are divided into two groups: road cars and off-road vehicles.[3] There are seven different areas for car customization: tires, brakes, suspension, steering, transmission, gear ratio, and aerodynamics. MRC includes three tracks: Sea Side, Mountain, and Downtown. The courses have multiple paths and mirror images can be unlocked.[4]
Development
The game was unveiled at the April 1997 Tokyo Game Show, where it drew large crowds despite publisher Imagineer having only a small booth.[5]
It was the first game from an
Reception
Aggregator | Score |
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AllGame | [2] |
Edge | 7/10[8] |
Electronic Gaming Monthly | 6.125/10[9] |
Famitsu | 26/40[10] |
Game Informer | 8.25/10[11] |
GameFan | 85%[12][a] |
GameSpot | 4.1/10[4] |
Hyper | 74%[13] |
IGN | 6.4/10[3] |
N64 Magazine | (JP) 81%[14] (EU) 71%[15] |
Next Generation | [16] |
Nintendo Power | 3.375/5[17] |
Multi Racing Championship held a 67% on the
Most critics also said the graphics overall were solid but failed to actually impress,[9][4][3][18] and found the announcer annoying.[9][4][18] GamePro argued that despite the game's flaws, it is worth checking out because it was thus far the Nintendo 64's only real alternative to the critically panned Cruis'n USA.[18][b] However, GameSpot and IGN both pointed out that Top Gear Rally and San Francisco Rush would both be out soon and looked more promising than MRC.[4][3] Three of Electronic Gaming Monthly's four reviewers also felt MRC was not as good as the rest of the racing games arriving on the Nintendo 64 in late 1997, and echoed IGN's assessment of the game as distinctly average.[9] In contrast, Next Generation lauded its "wonderful graphical complexity", also praising realism and physics model and considering the game as a respectable rival to Sega racing games.[16]
Notes
References
- ^ IGN staff (September 4, 1997). "MRC on Sale Now Everywhere". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^ All Media Network. Archived from the originalon November 15, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Casamassina, Matt (September 11, 1997). "Multi Racing Championship". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h MacDonald, Ryan (October 2, 1997). "[MRC:] Multi-Racing Championship Review [date mislabeled as "April 28, 2000"]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on July 19, 2009. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^ "Tokyo Game Show Report from Japan". Next Generation. No. 30. Imagine Media. June 1997. p. 17.
- ^ "Infogrames | Infos Societe". www.infogrames.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 1998. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ CBS Interactive. Archived from the originalon December 9, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
- ^ Future Publishing. September 1997. pp. 76–77.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Review Crew: Multi-Racing Champ [sic]". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 101. Ziff Davis. December 1997. p. 192.
- ^ "マルチレーシング チャンピオンシップ [NINTENDO64]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^ "Multi Racing Championship". Game Informer. No. 53. FuncoLand. September 1997. Archived from the original on September 9, 1999. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^ Halverson, Dave "E. Storm"; Cockburn, Andrew "The Enquirer"; Hodgson, David "Chief Hambleton" (August 1997). "Multi Racing Championship". GameFan. Vol. 5, no. 8. Metropolis Media. p. 18. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^ Fish, Eliot (January 1998). "Multi Racing Championship". Hyper. No. 51. Next Media Pty Ltd. pp. 78–79. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ "Multi Racing Championship [Import]". N64 Magazine. No. 5. Future Publishing. August 1997.
- ^ Davies, Jonathan (November 1997). "Multi Racing Championship vs Top Gear Rally". N64 Magazine. No. 8. Future Publishing. pp. 48–53.
- ^ a b c d e "A Race Won (MRC: Multi-Racing Championship Review)". Next Generation. No. 33. Imagine Media. September 1997. p. 130. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^ "Multi Racing Championship". Nintendo Power. Vol. 99. Nintendo of America. August 1997. p. 95. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g Air Hendrix (September 1997). "Nintendo 64 ProReview: Multi Racing Championship". GamePro. No. 108. IDG. p. 84.