- This guide is for the 1991 Commodore Amiga, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 game. For the 1992 Game Boy and NES game, the 1994 3DO game, the 2000 Game Boy Color, Dreamcast, PC and Sony PlayStation game, the 2004 mobile game and the 2008 arcade game, see Wacky Races (1992), Wacky Races (1994), Wacky Races (2000), Wacky Races (2004) and Wacky Races (2008).
Wacky Races is a platform & racing game which was originally developed by Enigma Variations and released by Hi-Tec Software upon the Commodore Amiga in 1991 but was later redeveloped by PAL Developments for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 (the last version was released by Rave) in 1992; it's based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series of the same name, which originally aired upon US television in 1968, and begat two spin-offs, Dastardly and Muttley and Their Flying Machines (also known as Stop That Pigeon) and The Perils of Penelope Pitstop, the following year. It was also the only Hi-Tec H-B game which had its 8-bit versions released after the 16-bit one.
Story
This is taken from the back of the disk's, or cassette's in the case of the ZX, CPC and C64 versions, inlay card, the front of which is shown in the image to the right (Dastardly is running from dynamite):
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The C-Amiga title screen.
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ZX Spectrum title screen.
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Amstrad CPC title screen
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The C-Amiga screenshot.
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ZX Spectrum screenshot.
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Amstrad CPC gameplay.
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Although all ten of the other Wacky Racers were present in the original Commodore Amiga version of the game, only the Slag Brothers (1), Peter Perfect (9) and Rufus Roughcut (10) are in the 8-bit ones.