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CrazyKart 2 Game Preview for iPhone

Wednesday March 12, 2008 10:04 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
Int13, a french mobile game developer, let us know that they had successfully started porting their Crazy Kart 2 game over to the iPhone.



- 320 * 320 pixels playing area
- Touch controls with a virtual steering wheel
- 3 vehicle classes (karts, motorbikes, hovercrafts)
- 6 characters with different vehicles
- Downloadable content (new vehicles, new tracks)
- Wifi online multiplayer with match making and up to four simultaneous players a

This game was originally created for Windows Mobile and Symbian Smartphone. They wrote:

Thanks to it's simplified controls and flexible camera system it was not too hard to adapt it's interface for the iPhone touch screen, but we're still evaluating alternatives (like tilt control and landscape display)

The game is perfectly smooth on the iPhone : constant 60 FPS with a pure software engine, we already plan to work on a sequel with a full 3D accelerated engine to exploit the full potential of the device.

A release date has not been set, but targeted for a July release based on the Youtube comments.
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nevesis
Posted: 55 months ago
Amazing!
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xUKHCx
Posted: 55 months ago
The video looks quite good, I think it would be great to have it done on tilt control but perhaps a preference somewhere so you can specific which type of control would be the best solution.

The gaming side of the iPhone was never something I thought about when considering my purchase but games like this and super monkey ball will be used heavily.
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chr1s60
Posted: 55 months ago
The more game demos I see, the more impressed I am. I also think that once the games and apps are starting to be released, the iPhone/iPod Touch sales are going to take off. These games are going to appeal to mobile game lovers that currently use a DS or PSP. It will be interesting to see how sales are impacted by these games.
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stagi
Posted: 55 months ago
Wow, looks very nice. I have never owned a DS or PSP and never really wanted one, but I always find myself with a few minutes of free time and have my phone with me so will be buying some of these games once they come out.
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MacTheSpoon
Posted: 55 months ago
LOL! Wow. That is just awesome. There are going to be so many awesome games!
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yayaba
Posted: 55 months ago
I get how they are steering but how do you accelerate or brake?
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fastbite
Posted: 55 months ago

I get how they are steering but how do you accelerate or brake?

I was about to ask the same question -- regardless, we'll get tons of great games and time wasters. Perfect!
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Shoesy
Posted: 55 months ago
I think if there is one thing we don't need it is games developed for other mobile os'es with 'adapted' control methods. Tilt steering controls with a self leveling game screen would be an amazing use of technology, a touch steering wheel, not good at all. Check out mario kart wii for an example and then try to beat it, not crow-bar a windows mobile game onto :apple:iphone.

Rant over.
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aerospace
Posted: 55 months ago
Same game in widescreen with no steering wheel seems much better.

It doubles the viewing area.

I found the music a bit cheesy considering this is an ipod lets get some better music but otherwise I like it.
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NewSc2
Posted: 55 months ago
Wow, that looks good. But I can't help myself from thinking that it's just a total rip-off of Mario Kart, which I'd prefer, and which we won't get.
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