F-Zero: Maximum Velocity

THE BAD:
- Gets a bit repetetive

SUMMARY:
I bought this game about 6 months ago or so - I saw it on the shelf on sale and since the FZero games on SNES were great I figured buy it. This was no disappointment. I still play this game by myself when boredom takes over - it never gets old to me. My friends notice that it's a bit repetetive though. Muliplayer is what you'd expect - nothing special, though the single-pak link is a great feature. Music in this game rocks, especially in a fast-paced game like this. Other sounds are pretty good too. Graphics are great except for the enemy cars - I wish they could be rendered like the one you're driving for even more 'realism'... Difficulty levels are well set - but newbies to the series will probably be discouraged after failing to place in Beginner Pawn courses a few times. I give this s 4.7 - it's very similar but the new courses and cars keep it interesting, and the Master Difficulty still keeps me hooked! BTW, Falcon does make an appearance but hardly. He pilots the Falcon Mk II, a car you have to unlock. If you beat all the Grand Prixes on Master difficulty, you can see his face :) Just a tip.

THE BAD:
Takes some time getting used to
The opponents ships look quite pixled

SUMMARY:
Graphics: Sharp and clear, good variation in backrounds and the shere look of the tracks, very smooth and fast, the other ships looks quite pixeled, though.

Sound: Nice and loud sound-effects, a good number of different tunes, none of them that memmorable, but certainly not bad, and the overall impression of the sound-track is good.

Gameplay: Control takes some time getting used to, but is really very good. Great design of the different tracks, four difficulty-levels, with the opponent ships getting quite brutal in the end. Very, very fast, an enjoyable multiplayer as well.

Lifespan: Mastering all difficulty-levels takes some time, a good number of ships and tracks, excellent time-trail-mode that keeps you playing, the multiplayer is also a boast to the lifespan. Time-trail will also keep you hooked.

Overall: An excellent racer, second only to Mario Kart by GBA standards, this game really deserves a place in your collection.

THE BAD:
Not as good as some magasines made it out to be, I read one that gave it 92% yet gave castlevania in my eyes a superior game a lower score.

SUMMARY:
This is a good racing game but it is too linear and repetitive at times and thew multiplayer is very limited. It may be worth buying if your a fan of the series but if you are not there are far better gba games out there.

THE BAD:
-What you have to do to unlock some of those cars
-sometimes the cars go a little TOO fast

SUMMARY:
This is a non-stop fast action racing game true to the SNES and N64 classics even though captain falcon doesn't show in this one it is still a good racing game.

THE BAD:
Too hard, not alot of charactors/cars.

SUMMARY:
Well its graphics are ok, the music is cool, its a bit too hard for me, not as much cars as the 2nd one, but over
all its pretty fun!! Buy it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here's a few hints to get you started to get a starting boost hold L,R, and A for the first two beeps, let go on the third and hold L,R and A for the fourth beep and you should get rocket start. When you jump of a ramp hold down and it wont damage you when you land. For sharp turning hold L for left and R right a press tap A and thats how you do the rocket turn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE BAD:
it can be a bit hard if you are knew to it

SUMMARY:
This was my sixth gameboy advance game. I was after a racing game and looked around on the internet and this one sounded good so did Mario Kart Super Circuit
I was looking more towards F-Zero because one of my best friends has Mario Kart for GBA anyway and has more or less clocked it so he would lend it to me whenever I ask. I got my F-Zero on special for $20Au off for a clearence of shelf space. I played it all day the day I got it the in all my spare time since. I only got this 2 days ago so I don't know everything about it but so far I like the tutorial thing that you can see if you press select while on the star screen and most of the tracks are pretty easy once you master the controls. The racers in this have better looking cars than in F-Zero X which is good but the amount of laps that you have to do on each track can make the levels seem too long and and cost you a place if you get to damaged on earlier laps and don't repair. I think that this might have been more popular if it had Captain Falcon in it because he is now a pretty well known character thanks to the Super Smash Bros. games on N64 and Game Cube. One reason why I bought F-Zero X in the first place was so that I could play the game that had Captain Falcon in it. I bought this because I liked F-Zero X and would recommend it to people who liked the 64 version (and th SNES version which I havn't played). The music is pretty good too. This game can be hard so little kids may not like it so much. But it is still a great game.

THE BAD:
Very linear. Single player can get very frustrating and the multiplayer (especially single-catridge multiplayer) has limited appeal.

SUMMARY:
It was a while ago that I bought my game Boy Advance. I realised then that I had enough money for one game for it. So I went home and studied a game boy advance magasine reviewing all the GBA launch games. However. What I didn't know is that it was a very corrupt magasine that were sucking up to Nintendo.

I ignored the 93% score for Mario Advance. I knew that all magasines would try to please Nintendo, and to me Mario is fun, but not 93% fun. No. So I looked on to F-Zero. Now that looked promising. The screenshots were great, and the way the review went on about it (quote: "The gameplay's so addictive that you may need to go on a set of f-zero patches, available at all good chemists and pharmicies") And ended the review saying that it was a classic game and duly gave it 92%. Anyway I thought that it was absolutly brilliant. And decided to get it, but then I turned the page and saw Castlevania (87% by the way) And that looked great as well. In a true British fashion, I decided to toss a coin for it, so I picked up a wandering 1p coin and fliped it. Heads: Caslevania, Tails: F-Zero. It came down on my hand and I saw the Queen's head. Castlevania it was.

So I got Castlevania and it was just plain brilliant. I really thought I made the right choice. But then my friend invited me round his house, so I went (actually getting hit by a car on the way, but the GBA was allright) and he said he had F-zero. So I borrowed it off him, expecting the very best.

One thing was for sure, I made the right choice getting Castlevania. The corrupt magasine struck again. I'm not saying that its a bad game. Its just after the first two tracks on single-player the game's so frustrating that it seems more of a chore than an enjoyment. The tracks are too alike and everyone allways chooses the JB crystal car, as its by far the best.

The multiplayer's also good to start with, but loses appeal after a while. Having only one catridge between 2 GBA's. I found that only one track and one car could be used.

Its a sad fact, but this game is mediocre compared to others and after a while the hype will go and people will realise that there are better racing games on the market. Its great fun, but only for a while. Never believe anything you ever see in console magasines.

THE BAD:
no to much to moan about apart from the short tracks

SUMMARY:
this is over all a 90% game for true game racers