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'90s Super GP
Developer(s)Pelikan13
Nicalis
Publisher(s)Nicalis
Designer(s)Antonis Pelekanos
EngineUnity
Platform(s)
Genre(s)Racing game
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

'90s Super GP is an upcoming indie racing video game by Greek developer Pelikan13 (Antonis Pelekanos) and published by Nicalis. The game's graphics and gameplay are styled after 1990s arcade racing games, such as Daytona USA and Indy 500. Under the title The '90s Arcade Racer, it was funded on Kickstarter in early 2013 for £16,000. It was renamed '90s Super GP in 2016, set to release for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Windows. However, it entered development hell at that point. It is still listed on Nicalis' site with release date unknown.

Gameplay

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Gameplay screenshot of the game, depicting a car driving on a racetrack.

The game is planned to contain 12 vehicles, a championship mode, and both local and online multiplayer.[1]

Development

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'90s Super GP was developed for about five months pre-Kickstarter, with its original release date planned to be late 2013.[2] The game was to be made in the Unity engine.[3] It was funded on Kickstarter in early 2013 for £16,000 and initially planned to release on iOS, Linux, macOS, the Wii U, and Windows. It was renamed '90s Super GP in 2016, and its platforms changed to the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Windows. However, it entered development hell at that point, with Pelekanos moving on to a different game, The TakeOver, a brawler published by Dangen Entertainment. While news site Nintendo Life speculated it may have been cancelled, they received no response from Nicalis after inquiring in 2019. It is still listed on Nicalis' site, with release date unknown.[4]

Reception

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Danielle Riendeau of Kill Screen described the game as "looking way, way too good to be a one-person project", calling the Kickstarter goal "relatively modest". She called "the fact that this project exists" proof that "there is a place for nostalgia from every imaginable era and genre of gaming", calling its graphics and gameplay "positively refreshing".[5] PC Gamer's Phil Savage characterized the game as "incredibly slick", though "clearly sticking to nostalgia's slipstream".[6] Damien McFerran of Nintendo Life stated that the site believed the graphics were "bloody amazing" for the time, also saying that "it would be a real shame for this promising racer to vanish forever" if it truly was cancelled.[4]

In 2019, James Jones of Nintendo World Report criticized Nicalis for an April Fools' Day joke in which they tweeted that '90s Super GP was coming, while subsequently claiming the tweet may not be true. He wrote that it was "incredibly tone-deaf" and "far too little and much too late", urging them to be accountable to backers.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "'90s Super GP". www.nicalis.com. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
  2. ^ McFerran, Damien (2013-02-12). "Developer Interview: Why The 90's Arcade Racer Is The Ultimate Love Letter To Sega's Daytona USA". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
  3. ^ Ohlew, Tyler (2013-02-11). "Nicalis Bringing The 90's Arcade Racer to Wii U". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
  4. ^ a b McFerran, Damien (2019-01-02). "Whatever Happened To The Sega-Style Racer '90s Super GP?". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
  5. ^ Riendeau, Danielle (2013-01-28). "The 90s Arcade Racer is a sign that nostalgia is alive and well on Kickstarter". Kill Screen. Archived from the original on 2022-08-17. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
  6. ^ Savage, Phil (2013-01-21). "The 90s Arcade Racer: vibrant racing action makes a Kickstarter pit-stop". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
  7. ^ Jones, James (2019-04-01). "Nicalis: 2019's April Fool - Editorial". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
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