''Woody Woodpecker Racing'' is a 2000 video game published by

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and developed by Syrox Developments, based on the

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The New Woody Woodpecker Show ''The New Woody Woodpecker Show'' (titled ''The Woody Woodpecker Show'' on-screen) is an American animated comedy television series based on the animated short film series created by cartoonist and animator Walter Lantz. It was developed by ani ...

'' (and the

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created by

Walter Lantz Walter Lantz (April 27, 1899 – March 22, 1994) was an American cartoonist, animator, producer and director best known for founding Walter Lantz Productions and creating Woody Woodpecker. Biography Early years and start in animation Lant ...

). A

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version was originally scheduled to release on April 3, 2001. In 2023, the Dreamcast source files were compiled into a playable format.

Summary

Similarly to other mascot kart-racing games, such as

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and Crash Team Racing, the game involves Woody and eight other characters racing on sixteen race-tracks inspired by real world locations, like Las Vegas and Japan. The game features four modes: a single-player Quest mode, score-based World Championship mode, time-trial mode, and single-race mode. Players can choose from four vehicles, including: jalopies, all-terrain vehicles, stock cars, and racers.

Reception

''Woody Woodpecker Racing'' received "generally unfavorable" reviews according to aggregator

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. Giancarlo Varanini of ''

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'' gave the game a 3.6 of 10.

References

2000 video games Cancelled Dreamcast games Game Boy Color games Kart racing video games Konami games PlayStation (console) games Racing video games Universal Interactive games Video games based on Woody Woodpecker Video games developed in the United Kingdom Video games scored by Matt Furniss Windows games Woody Woodpecker Multiplayer and single-player video games {{racing-videogame-stub