Micro Machines 2 Turbo Tournament

[GazzaGarratt 11,037]

This was game was the ultimate party fun. My personal favourite out of the Micro Machines series, Turbo tournament was a fun, exciting game that had some amazing tracks and great gameplay. The league system was an intense afternoon well spent after school; 4 leagues, 4 racers in a league, 4 races in a season, top got promoted with the bottom getting relegated. Such a bitch getting to league 2 and having a nightmare and getting relegated because you got knocked off the Toilet race with the speed demon dragsters.

The J-Cart was a great feature, ahead of the multi-tap era on PlayStation. It was seriously hammered with friends coming round laughing and trying to knock each other off or into the solid beans at the dinner table race. Had to be careful not to push the controllers too hard otherwise the game would freeze and you'd had to restart.

Spider was the main man, his cool shades and his neat GIF moves meant no-one came close to being chosen after him.

The boats were the hardest to drive for me; sliding round corners just wasn't possible and unless you slowed down it was into the barriers and wiped off the map early doors. Great social game, beautiful graphics and music around the menus. The only improvement I wished for was a save feature on the league format. It used to take me all day to get to League 1 and then having to turn off without giving it my all before bedtime was soul destroying.

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When playing this on the N64 with mates, can't remember which version of MM but think it was 3, I'd laugh so much I'd wet myself a little.

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Hope the new one is decent too!

[tronic44 3,642]

What. A. Fucking. Game.

 

So hyped for the new one coming out! The fact you could build your own maps was quite simply mind blowing back then and on the Mega Drive! Mental.

 

Don't even get me started on the extra controller slots on the cartridge, my mind actually melted as a kid.

 

If the new game is anything like the old one then it'll be a success, if it's not it'll be a massive disappointment. The one thing they've done right already is the price, they haven't bullshitted everyone and stuck a £40 price on it. It's £20, done, sorted, excellent.

[Findmartin 235]

I loved this too. @GazzaGarrattand I played it last month when I went round and the 1v1 mode was really fun. Think I will pick the new one up if some of you guys do too as £20 is a fair price

[crispymorgan 1,054]

I got Micro machines turbo tournament 96 from CEX for £3.  Well worth keeping an eye out.  I keep hearing stories of magnificent bargains from people going to car boot sales and picking up old NES systems and the like.

[GazzaGarratt 11,037]

23 hours ago, crispymorgan said:

I got Micro machines turbo tournament 96 from CEX for £3.  Well worth keeping an eye out.  I keep hearing stories of magnificent bargains from people going to car boot sales and picking up old NES systems and the like.

 

Nice work mate, if I'm honest it geniunely feels a better game when you play the game via the cartridge rather than an updated suped up version of it.

 

Even just playing with the old Mega Drive controllers gives that warmthness to this game that you can't get from new controllers.