Unirally

Developer: DMA Design	Graphics:
Publisher: Nintendo	Sound:
Year: 1994	Difficulty:
Genre: Course	Replay value:
Number of players: 2 simultaneously	My overall rating:	9/10

Unirally (Uniracers in the United States) is a devilishly original racing game featuring unicycles! Since the view is in profile, there is no turns to negotiate, only jumps. You can achieve an incredible number of stunts to gain speed, as long as you land your wheel.

Races take place "one on one", on wild circuits. You also have stunt tracks where you will be rated on the completed figures. In the end, you go to a screen with detailed statistics that shows you your times, your stunts, etc.

All in all, the game looks very well polished. The difficulty is challenging enough, the animation is fluid and the controls respond perfectly. It is a pleasure to break records and unlock new tracks. In addition, the unicycles have some comical expression when they win or lose, it's very nice.
I also remember that the game manual was quite funny too.

Note that the game was withdrawn from sale prematurely following an action brought by Pixar Studios for plagiarism.

Places to download:
Emuparadise
Mondemul
Planet Emulation
The Old Computer

Other sites of interest:
The Making of Unirally

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