Product description
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Catch The Magic!
Experience the thrill of WALT DISNEY WORLD Quest - Magical Racing
Tour and find all the missing pieces of the Fireworks Machine.
Speed around 13 raceways based on popular WALT DISNEY WORLD Theme
Parks and Water Parks, including: Space ain, Test Track at
Epcot and Rock 'n' Roller Coaster.
This item is complete and includes game, game case and manual.
There is minimal wear to the labels or manual. Bonus downloadable
content may have already been redeemed. Game carts and disc are
professionally cleaned or resurfaced. This item, while
pre-played, is an excellent addition to your game collection. It
will also be a good playable piece.
Review
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Though the name may be quite a mouthful, Walt Disney World Quest
Magical Racing Tour is a wonderful lighthearted cart-racing game
that fans of the genre will surely enjoy. Followers of the world
of Disney will also undoubtedly be attracted to the game levels,
which are modeled after many of the popular attractions at Walt
Disney World. Either way, it's hard to go wrong with WDWQMRT. The
story behind the game is that Chip and Dale have accidentally
clogged up the Magic Kingdom's fireworks machine with a few
accidentally placed acorns. The machine then went haywire and
exploded, sending pieces of the machine to nearly every location
of the park. It's up to you to race with everyone else in the
park and collect pieces of the machine so it can be put back
together. You can select from a variety of Disney characters such
as Chip and Dale, Moe Whiplash, Bruno Biggs, Otto Plugnut, Polly
Roger, and Baron Karlott - just to name a few. The game does have
a few other characters that are hidden and that can be
by completing the game. Playing as the Disney character is a lot
of fun, but the real treat is exploring the levels you get to
race through. All 13 of the game's levels are modeled after the
popular rides and attractions within the Magic Kingdom, such as
Big Thunder ain, the Haunted Mansion, and the Pirates of the
Caribbean. Each level is altered so that you can race in and
through different parts of the attraction. In addition, most of
the levels have specific vehicles that fit the theme of the
attraction. For instance, when you reach the Space ain track
all of the racers pilot little one-man hover/rocket ships. The
different vehicles really don't control all that differently, but
they add a bit of verity and style. The gameplay of Disney's
Magical Racing Tour is straightforward, fun, and involving. It
has the typical cart-racing game setup where you race laps around
a track and pick up items like teacups and acorns, which you can
launch at your nents. Controlling the carts is very easy -
all you really do is steer, accelerate, and break. The only real
strategy in the game comes into play when you are trying to take
shortcuts or when you are using items. Visually, Magical Racing
Tour is very nice. The game moves at a brisk pace and provides a
wonderful sense of speed. Moreover, the levels never really pop
up in front of you - the point at which the level is drawn in is
always far out of view. All of the characters are very detailed
and articulated, as are the various vehicles they pilot through
the levels. The levels themselves are awesome; when racing, you
find yourself being distracted by objects and characters that
you've seen before throughout the game. In the audio department,
Magical Racing Tour does a great job of re-creating the
experience of visiting the park. The game's opening and menu
screens are accompanied by the infamous It's a Small World ditty,
which gets under your skin just as fast as it does in real life.
Each of the levels has the specific music and sound effects that
you'd hear if you were actually at the park on the ride. During
the Pirates of the Caribbean level, you can hear the individual
animatronic characters speaking the lines that have made the ride
such a favorite. Disney's Magical Racing Tour on the surface may
just seem like another Mario Kart or C Team Racing clone, and
once you spend any a of time with the game you'll realize
that, at its core, it truly is one. However, with its awesome
levels, characters, vehicles, shortcuts, items, overall
presentation, and gameplay, Magical Racing Tour has more than
enough style - and it offers a different enough experience - to
make the game worthwhile. In addition, those that love the world
of Disney will find the game to be a surprising treat that is
wonderfully fun, not only for its content but also for its
gameplay.--Ryan Mac Donald--Copyright © 1998 GameSpot Inc. All
rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or
medium without express written permission of GameSpot is
prohibited. -- GameSpot Review