Micro Machines | |
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Mega Drive cover art
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Developer(s) |
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Publisher(s) |
Camerica (NES) Codemasters Ocean Software (SNES & GB) Infogrames (Under the Atari brand name) (PS2, GameCube, Xbox, GBA) |
Series | Micro Machines |
Platform(s) | NES, Amiga, Sega Game Gear, Sega Master System, Sega Mega Drive, MS-DOS, CD-i, SNES, Game Boy, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance |
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Genre(s) | Racing |
Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
Review scores | |
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Publication | Score |
CVG | 89% (Mega Drive) 89% (Game Gear) |
Mean Machines Sega | 94% (Game Gear) 93% (Mega Drive) 93% (Master System) |
Mega | 92% (Mega Drive) |
GamesMaster | 93% (Mega Drive) |
Sega Force | 90% (Mega Drive) |
Sega Master Force | 90% (Game Gear) |
81% (Amiga) | |
CU Amiga | 89% (Amiga) |
The One | 89% (Amiga) |
Amiga Power | 88% (Amiga) |
Amiga Action | 83% (Amiga) |
Amiga Computing | 80% (Amiga) |
Amiga Format | 90% (Amiga) |
79% (Game Gear/Master System) 78% (NES) |
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75% (Amiga) | |
Coming Soon Magazine | 85% (PC) |
86% (Mega Drive) | |
90% (Master System) 90% (Game Gear) |
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89% (Game Gear) 88% (Master System) |
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Mean Machines | 93% (NES) |
Micro Machines is a racing video game developed by Codemasters and originally published by Camerica for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1991. Themed around Galoob's Micro Machines toys, players race in miniaturised toy vehicles around various environments. The game is the first instalment in the Micro Machines video game series.
Micro Machines was developed because Galoob wanted Codemasters to develop a game based on their toy brand, although Galoob and Codemasters encountered legal issues with Nintendo over the game being unlicensed. Micro Machines was ported to several systems, and received remakes for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, and GameCube in 2002. Micro Machines's reception was positive, with reviewers praising the originality and two-player mode, although some criticised the sprites on some versions. A sequel, Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament, was released in 1994, and the series was revived in 2016 with the release of a title for iOS and Android.
Micro Machines is a top-down racing game: players observe races from above. Players race in environments such as breakfast and pool tables, work desks, and treehouses, driving toy vehicles such as powerboats, helicopters, formula one cars, and tanks that can shoot other racers. Courses have a predefined path that racers must follow: if a player leaves the defined route for too long they are sent back to the track. Many have obstacles such as cereal boxes on breakfast tables, and pencil sharpeners on desks.