Dirt Trax FX for SNES
Review #137
Dirt Trax FX
Super ExciteBike
Gameplay
The gameplay gets repetitive once the novelty wears off, but it controls well for the most part. Hold down on A to go and steer your way around everyone.
Level Design
Definitely a strength of this title. the tracks are all short (like 10-15 second laps) so all races are about 2-4 minutes long. Some tracks are very tight while others have long stretches. Lots of different obstacles like moguls or water hazards keep this interesting.
Theme
Dirt bike racing isn't my thing, but it's fine. The 8 selectable characters (actually, polygonal disembodied heads) are pure nightmare fuel. They're also generic 90s radical characters. Read: backward baseball cap, goatee, headbands, bowl cuts, and shaved-head writing like the Kris Kross guys.
Art Style
As far as early polygons go this one looks and moves great. The framerate is more than adequate.
Audio
In-game music is just a beat fast beat that sounds a bit like the Knight Rider theme song. Otherwise you've got are the bike noises and super obnoxious sounds play that when someone comes up behind you. It sounds a bit like the horn on the van in Ant-Man. It plays La Cucaracha, right? Well this sound effect doesn't play that song but it's similar, and it's annoying.
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