Game Boy Color

Disney/Pixar Toy Story Racer

The look of the game is quite good, with the faux-3D effect looking better here than it has in other games of this type, thanks to bright, colorful, oversized objects that swoop by you and stand in your way. This style is still of questionable worth, however, as it is obviously not true 3D, and the frame rate is low enough to disorient you on many occasions. It doesn't quite do enough to suck you into the world, and ends up feeling more like a gimmick than a viable racing engine. Still, if you can get past that fact, you might be able to enjoy yourself with Toy Story Racer's very simplistic gameplay, especially those in the younger age groups who might not be ready for anything more complex.

Ful grafik, dålig musik, totalt obefintlig kontroll och variationslösa banor bidrar till att göra det här spelet meningslöst. Det är faktiskt inte kul ens om man älskar karaktärerna.

Toy Story Racer has an intriguing mix of not-too-involving gameplay and yet is semi-competitive. Zooming your way around the title's tracks, it won't take you too long to get into the flow of the racing, as you never really careen out of control. Still, some sections of the races do present quick turns and tight curves. By offering up more road pitfalls (like reverse steering or reducing your speed) than weapons or bonuses, your job is simply not to lose to whoever is hugging your butt. Activision has never met a license it didn't like, but I'd bet that Toy Story Racer won't be in your good graces. If your eyes strain while you concentrate on the screen, don't mistake this for actually getting sucked into the game.

First off, I’d like to apologize to Rare, because this makes Mickey’s Speedway USA look like Gran-freaking-Turismo 3! Since it is against Game Informer regulations to give negative scores, Toy Story Racer actually forced me to go back and raise Mickey’s by a couple points. Making a decent handheld kart racer must be harder than it sounds.