Video: Shameless Mario Kart rip-off approved for App Store

Sentinator on 13 Jan '12 said:

OMG little chef is playable!

thelazyone on 13 Jan '12 said:

hahahhaa,

has bad as this is, i may buy it still!

ensabahnur on 13 Jan '12 said:

Jesus even the power ups look ripped from Mazza Kart.

PMIKE5 on 13 Jan '12 said:

I actually prefer these characters to the Mario Kart ones.

only_777 on 13 Jan '12 said:

A shameless rip off? It's like the past never happened...

http://cdn0.spong.com/pack/s/t/streetrace185845l/_-Street-Racer-Sega-Megadrive-_.jpg

http://www.oldgamesclub.com/snap/snes/street%20racer.png

NEO_SUPERMAN on 13 Jan '12 said:

Shame I can't play this game without having nightmares.
I have had a wierd mole phobia ever since I was a kid and had a strange run in with one of those furry little critters.

I was mole-ested.

nologo on 13 Jan '12 said:

street racer was awesome! i had that! nice memory!

i downloaded it.. its crap.. looks good tho

El Mag on 13 Jan '12 said:

Crap, I got excited reading the headline and thinking my dream of karting around with Frank Gallagher was about to come true.

I'm not angry CVG, just disappointed.

ensabahnur on 13 Jan '12 said:

I remember Street Racer, it had 8 player splitscreen (snes version). Squinting at a 21" screen split up into 8 segments was crazy. No wonder nobody ever tried it again.

roland82 on 13 Jan '12 said:

Shame I can't play this game without having nightmares.
I have had a wierd mole phobia ever since I was a kid and had a strange run in with one of those furry little critters.

I was mole-ested.

Well played sir.........

B_G_G on 13 Jan '12 said:

Of course it was approved, this is Apple.

I give it a week before Apple sue Nintendo for copying what was clearly going to be a future iOS game.

eltonbird on 13 Jan '12 said:

@ CVG

Have you given any consideration to how you cover iOS gaming? You do tend to cover any old news about Angry Birds etc. but don't do any official coverage of the format.

I think CVG would be the perfect place to, not necessarily review, but highlight and feature any iOS (or mobile) games that are particularly suited to "proper" gamers!
So ignore all the fremium / social stuff, but perhaps bring great games like Forget Me Not, and some of the great little shooters, or puzzle games like Mixt Universal that challenge real gaming skills, to the attention of your readership?

Considering "traditional" videogames from smaller developers can really struggle on the App Store amongst the wealth of
"social" tat, and Apple tending to only feature money spinners from the larger players, it would be ideal to have a real gaming web site at least mention what they've been playing and enjoying when they find a great traditional game that's struggling.

gmcb007 on 13 Jan '12 said:

Wow when you said rip-off I didn't expect it to be that copied!

TheLastDodo on 13 Jan '12 said:

@ CVG

Have you given any consideration to how you cover iOS gaming? You do tend to cover any old news about Angry Birds etc. but don't do any official coverage of the format.

I think CVG would be the perfect place to, not necessarily review, but highlight and feature any iOS (or mobile) games that are particularly suited to "proper" gamers!
So ignore all the fremium / social stuff, but perhaps bring great games like Forget Me Not, and some of the great little shooters, or puzzle games like Mixt Universal that challenge real gaming skills, to the attention of your readership?

Considering "traditional" videogames from smaller developers can really struggle on the App Store amongst the wealth of
"social" tat, and Apple tending to only feature money spinners from the larger players, it would be ideal to have a real gaming web site at least mention what they've been playing and enjoying when they find a great traditional game that's struggling.

I second this.

They'll probably wait until Apple finally decides to take on the big three.

gmcb007 on 13 Jan '12 said:

@ CVG

Have you given any consideration to how you cover iOS gaming? You do tend to cover any old news about Angry Birds etc. but don't do any official coverage of the format.

I think CVG would be the perfect place to, not necessarily review, but highlight and feature any iOS (or mobile) games that are particularly suited to "proper" gamers!
So ignore all the fremium / social stuff, but perhaps bring great games like Forget Me Not, and some of the great little shooters, or puzzle games like Mixt Universal that challenge real gaming skills, to the attention of your readership?

Considering "traditional" videogames from smaller developers can really struggle on the App Store amongst the wealth of
"social" tat, and Apple tending to only feature money spinners from the larger players, it would be ideal to have a real gaming web site at least mention what they've been playing and enjoying when they find a great traditional game that's struggling.

I fully agree. They have an individual section for Onlive and that doesn't even have it's own unique games. In fact most news in there is just advertising sales. It's kinda ironic really because the iOS games do get overshadowed yet they constantly cover anything related to the company of Apple.

alan666 on 13 Jan '12 said:

Apple don't seem to care much about using other peoples ip themselves they seem to do it all the time with all the lawsuits they are facing, so why should they care when other people do it & put it for sale in Apples own shop where they take a 70% i believe.

roland82 on 13 Jan '12 said:

Apple don't seem to care much about using other peoples ip themselves they seem to do it all the time with all the lawsuits they are facing, so why should they care when other people do it & put it for sale in Apples own shop where they take a 70% i believe.

I thought I read Apple take 30%.

notaMONGBRAIN on 13 Jan '12 said:

I ACTUALLY PREFER THESE CHARACTERS TO THE MARIO-KART ONES

OFFCOURSE YOU DO “““HEAD IN HANDS AT THE SONY FANBOY””

LOL

il complete your preview better graphics than wii better frame rate way better controls and iphone more powerful gaming devive than wii/3DS...

lol@ giving this shovels**te any credit

worMatty on 13 Jan '12 said:

Why would anyone bother making something so similar? It defies logic.

notaMONGBRAIN on 13 Jan '12 said:

Why would anyone bother making something so similar? It defies logic.

its not a copy its a blatent re-use of nintendos game

they have directly ripped it of even used code and art ripped from a msriokart wii disc it must be....apple and gaming COUGH lol@apple console...

johnafirth on 13 Jan '12 said:

The exact same tracks and power-ups, but with really cheap-looking characters overwriting Mario and chums? Yeah, that'll fool Nintendo.

Balladeer on 14 Jan '12 said:

I ACTUALLY PREFER THESE CHARACTERS TO THE MARIO-KART ONES

OFFCOURSE YOU DO “““HEAD IN HANDS AT THE SONY FANBOY””

LOL

il complete your preview better graphics than wii better frame rate way better controls and iphone more powerful gaming devive than wii/3DS...

lol@ giving this shovels**te any credit

Your posts and your username contradict each other, even if you do happen to have a point in this circumstance.

only_777 on 14 Jan '12 said:

Why would anyone bother making something so similar? It defies logic.

I can answer that for you!

http://nrich.maths.org/content/id/2587/bag_of_money.png

racxie on 14 Jan '12 said:

That's a nice looking mod.