''Cruis'n World'' is the 1996 sequel to the 1994 arcade racer ''

Cruis'n USA ''Cruis'n USA'' is an arcade racing game originally released in 1994. It was developed by Eugene Jarvis' company TV Games Inc., and manufactured by Midway Games. It is the first game in the ''Cruis'n'' series and features races set in locations ...

''. ''Cruis'n World'' allows players to race on various tracks around the world. The game also features more cars than ''Cruis'n USA''. This game introduced stunts to the ''

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'' series. They served to dodge obstacles, take close curves and so. If the stunt makes the vehicle fly in the air, the game gives the player extra seconds of time. The game also uses small rocket boosts to speed up. The game was later released on the

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in 1998, being the best received of the ''Cruis'n'' ports.

Gameplay

''Cruis'n World'' features the same core gameplay as its predecessor, in that the player races on different tracks under a time limit to reach the goal, passing checkpoints along the way to help extend this time limit. The races take place in different destinations around the world, such as

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, Japan, Australia, China,

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and

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. The cars now have the ability to perform stunts during races such as

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s, which give short speed bursts, and aerial flips, which deduct seconds from the final race time, allowing for the player to achieve a better position in the records' table. Should the player win all stages including Florida, the car would be taken by a

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for a trip to the moon. The Nintendo 64 version adds an extra track on the

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, which is unlocked once the player reaches the end of the "Cruise the World" mode, and also features an exclusive Championship mode, in which players race on circuit tracks set in the game's different stages rather than the arcade's road tracks, competing for points which allow the player to unlock upgrades for the cars. The game supports up to four players using a

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Development

The developers of this game sent artists on a round-the-world trip to digitally capture sights and major tourist attractions. The development of the Nintendo 64 version started in 1996 after the development of the Nintendo 64 version of ''

''.

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had admitted that the ''Cruis'n USA'' port was not good, so they promised the game to be an arcade perfect port.

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took the ''

'' license and decided to spend more time on the game than in ''Cruis'n USA''. In early 1997, Nintendo announced that ''Cruis'n World'' would be coming to the Nintendo 64 in the fall, but the game was silently delayed until 1998.

Reception

The game was displayed at the 1996 AMOA show, where it won the award for Most Innovative New Title. ''

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'' named it a runner-up for Arcade Game of the Year. A ''

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'' critic commented that, like ''Cruis'n USA'', ''Cruis'n World'' has an unsurpassed sense of arcade-style driving, saying that the players can drive fast, knock the cars of the road and get into chaotic multi-car collisions. At the same time, he found this a shortcoming, since the game is very quickly mastered. He praised the track design as being more elaborate and requiring more skill than its predecessor, but said the pop-in remains as bad as before. The Nintendo 64 port was met with mixed reception, as

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gave it a score of 62.76%. ''

'' reviewed the Nintendo 64 version of the game, rating it two stars out of five, criticising the game having minimal technique and difficulty.

References

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