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Mini Racers
''Mini Racers'' is a cancelled racing video game for the Nintendo 64. The game, reminiscent of ''R.C. Pro-Am'' and ''Micro Machines (video game series), Micro Machines'', was in development by Looking Glass Studios between 1998 and 2000. Despite development reportedly being close to finished, its release was complicated by the closure of its developer, and Nintendo chose not to publish the game, leading to its cancellation. Despite never being commercially released, the game would unofficially leak onto the internet in subsequent years. Gameplay The game involves the player driving a toy car from a top-down perspective, similar to the ''R.C. Pro-Am'' and ''Micro Machines (video game series), Micro Machines'' series of video games. The gameplay primarily entailed driving the car around a given track in efforts to complete a set number of laps - usually 8 - faster than opponents. In addition to gas and brakes, it had a "nitro boost" that allowed for greater distance in going off ram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Looking Glass Studios
Looking Glass Studios, Inc. (formerly Blue Sky Productions and LookingGlass Technologies, Inc.) was an American video game developer based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company was founded by Paul Neurath with Ned Lerner as Blue Sky Productions in 1990, and merged with Lerner's Lerner Research in 1992 to become LookingGlass Technologies. Between 1997 and 1999, the company was part of Intermetrics and was renamed Looking Glass Studios. Following financial issues at Looking Glass, the studio shut down in May 2000. Notable productions by Looking Glass include the '' Ultima Underworld'', ''System Shock'', and '' Thief'' series. History Blue Sky Productions, Lerner Research, and ''Ultima Underworld'' (1990–1992) Co-founders of Looking Glass, Paul Neurath and Ned Lerner, met at Wesleyan University where Lerner was a physics major and Neurath studied environmental science. The two worked together on the game '' Deep Space: Operation Copernicus'' (1987) before Lerner moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |