'''90s Super GP'' is an upcoming

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developed by Greek designer Antonis Pelekanos of Pelikan13 and co-developed and published by

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. The game's graphics and gameplay are styled after 1990s arcade racing games, such as ''

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'' and ''

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''. Under the title ''The '90s Arcade Racer'', it was funded on

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in early 2013 for . It was renamed ''90s Super GP'' in 2016, set to be released for the

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, and

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. However, it entered

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at that point. It is still listed on Nicalis' site with no release date.

Gameplay

The game is planned to contain 12 vehicles, a championship mode, and both local and online

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for up to 2 players.

Development

''90s Super GP'' was developed for about five months pre-

, with its original release date planned to be late 2013. The game was to be made in the

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engine. It was funded on Kickstarter in early 2013 for and initially planned to release on

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, the

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, and

. It was renamed ''90s Super GP'' in 2016, and its platforms changed to the

, and Windows. However, it entered

at that point, with Pelekanos moving on to a different game, ''

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'', a brawler published by Dangen Entertainment. While news site ''

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'' speculated it may have been cancelled, they received no response from Nicalis after inquiring in 2019. It is still listed on Nicalis' site, with no release date.

Reception

Danielle Riendeau of ''

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'' described the game as "looking way, way too good to be a one-person project", calling the Kickstarter goal "relatively modest". She called "the fact that this project exists" proof that "there is a place for nostalgia from every imaginable era and genre of gaming", calling its graphics and gameplay "positively refreshing". ''

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''s Phil Savage characterized the game as "incredibly slick", though "clearly sticking to nostalgia's slipstream". Damien McFerran of ''Nintendo Life'' stated that the site believed the graphics were "bloody amazing" for the time, also saying that "it would be a real shame for this promising racer to vanish forever" if it truly was cancelled. In 2019, James Jones of ''Nintendo World Report'' criticized Nicalis for an

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joke in which they

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that '''90s Super GP'' was coming, while subsequently claiming the tweet may not be true. He wrote that it was "incredibly tone-deaf" and "far too little and much too late", urging them to be accountable to backers.

References

External links

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