Description of BC Racers
A fun prehistoric racing game that was also released on many console systems, e.g.
3DO and Megadrive. The storyline is as simple as the gameplay: millionaire caveman Millstone Rockafella has arranged a formula BC contest with a Ultimate Boulderdash Bike as the prize. A host of bizarre characters have entered in pairs -- one driving, one deploying weapons from the side-car -- in a wacky race across eight circuits ranging from a 'jungle rumble' to the hellish 'volcano dash'. There are four skill settings and they make a significant difference in game, with 'easy level' loop tracks suddenly spawning all sorts of dog-leg corners and chicanes on harder difficulty settings. Other than that, it's all very straightforward with no power-ups or unusual hazards -- apart from bridges and leaps. Besides one-player mode, you have a choice of competing against a second player alone or with all the racers included. Getting down to gameplay, the first minutes you need to get used to the steering which reacts much stronger than in the shareware kart games. This really is not a problem here, since the controls are much more manageable than the overly- sensitive steering of Virgin's SuperKarts*. In BC Racers, you get used to it quite fast. The first stage is easy and just a warm-up. The second one features a race at night as extra difficulty. There's a light spot in front of you, in the area of your front lamp, but the view is much worse than in the first stage. Upcoming stages feature bridges and ramps - too bad if you miss them - and even snow. After eight stages, the settings repeat but with new courses. This way, you get 32 levels in all. The higher ones have quite interesting course lay-outs (in contrast to the rather simple first eight levels) with narrow passages and even narrower short-cuts. As they get very difficult later on, it should be enough to keep you occupied for a while. Even more in split-screen two-player-mode, of course, which harks back to the days of Epyx's Pitstop, with very good graphics detail that isn't very pixellated.
Overall, if you enjoy Wild Wheels or other kart racing games, you'll enjoy BC Racers. Not a top dog, but recommended -- and best of all, the game was released as freeware in 1995 :)
Review By HOTUD
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Skoynay 2023-06-14 0 point
Fastest "car" is : the red haired & brunette girls duo, next to another, which is a giant "stone age dog" and his owner
MarkTheMorose 2023-03-12 0 point
It's also on the Mega CD / Sega CD, and 3DO. Playing it under 32x emulators actually makes it a playable game.
The Boz 2022-09-17 0 point DOS version
At the time I never played Mario Kart but always wanted to try it. In the years since, I have and I just feel it is very over rated. Now this, a spin off from Chuck Rock, at the time I loved the graphics style, and in it's pure unfiltered form, this is a simple and fun racer. It is short, I completed this fully within a couple of days, but I have uninstalled, reinstalled, sold the CD, and many years later downloaded it as Abandonware. At the time I was a big fan of Core (ignoring the glorified Tomb Raider) and this game wasn't one title I was going to miss. This is definitely worth a skeg.
Carlsgro 2013-01-08 1 point DOS version
if U played the best. this game would be considered the rest
Ente 2012-01-18 1 point DOS version
A great game to which I gave a lot of hours when I was a teenager! But don't let you fool by the difficulty level: there is one in the main menu which refers so simple and complex tracks and another in the options menu which refers to the skill of the other drivers.
All screenshots shown here are very simple tracks, but only the complex ones are real fun!
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DOS Version
2 MB3DO Version
- Year: 1995
- Publisher: LG Electronics Inc.
- Developer: Core Design Ltd.
SEGA 32X ROM
- Year: 1995
- Publisher: Front Street Publishing
- Developer: Core Design Ltd.
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