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Friday, June 28, 2013

Throwback Fridays: CTR

For this week's Throwback Friday, we are going to take a look at CTR: Crash Team Racing for the PS1.

Crash Team Racing was in North America on September 30, 1999. It was developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the Playstation. The game sold 1.71 million units in Europe, 2.64 million in North America, and just under 500,000 units in japan. Because of its success it was re-released as a greatest hits, and a platinum hits as well.

The game has a very Mario Kart like feel to it, each driver has their own car, power-up boxes scattered across the twisting track, items that give boost, fire rockets and so on. The game is very solid and has almost perfect controls that allow the gamer to focus on winning the race.

The graphics are, as it is with all older games, outdated; however its cartoony art style keep the game looking crisp, fresh, and enjoyable.

The game has a single player campaign and a multiplayer mode. The single player mode is a campaign where the player must win races  to win trophies and eventually beat the alien Nitros Oxide,

The multiplayer is as one would expect from a kart racing game. Players race around a twisting track as they try to avoid obstacles, find shortcuts, and outsmart their fellow racers and win the prize.Each track is filled with item boxes, and wampa fruit boxes. Item boxes are filled with various items that can be used to win the race. Wampa fruit boxes are filled with (did you guess it?) wampa fruit, the more wampa fruit you have, the faster your cart goes. You can get turbo by running over green turbo pads, acquiring a power-up, or powersliding. There is also a battle mode where player battle each other with the game's power-ups.

All in all this is a really good game. In fact it is my family's favorite game to play with each other. The game is available for download from the PSN store for $5.99 and I highly suggest giving this game a try. If you still have this game, maybe it's time to dig out the PS1 and get a nice dose of nostalgia.

Thanks for reading. Have a nice day!

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