1y ago

Dr Robotnik's Ring Racers is a gorgeous free SNES-style arcade racer, built using Doom Legacy

www.rockpapershotgun.com

You can get it here: https://www.kartkrew.org/index.html

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SNES!?!? How could RPS do Sega dirty like that...
EDIT: rofl there's an update to the article:
Update 26th April 2024: As has been pointed out to me overnight by a thousand helpful, furious strangers, describing a Sega fangame (one with Saturn button prompts, no less) as "SNES-style" is a crime deserving of imprisonment in the deepest depths of the Labyrinth Zone. Speaking as a former Genesis/Mega Drive diehard, I can only hang my head.
- RPS are and always have been click bait chasing hacks.
Wish the article got into how this differs from or is related to the already well established Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart mod built on the Doom engine.
- It's essentially a sequel with very different mechanics. Also there's a proper singleplayer campaign with bots, different cups and achievements. It's a bit difficult but I'm having fun with it.
  The onboarding is... Pretty rough though. The tutorial is actually half an hour long.
  
  Wait how does a kart racing game have a half hour tutorial? Lol
  
  I was thinking of playing it with my kids...
  Guess not.
Kind of unrelated but I really wish they'd stick to Dr. Robotnik for everything instead of the stupid "Eggman" moniker.
- Eggman is his actual name though. When it was brought to America it was localized as 'Robotnik' without the creators consent.
  As far as the creator/developers are concerned, Robotnik is the 'stupid moniker,' as you put it.
  
  My understanding is that they reconciled both names some time ago, the character's in-universe real name is Dr. Ivo Robotnik and Eggman is the moniker he's known for.
- I see Robotnik as an entirely separate character to Eggman. The AOSTH/Mean Bean Machine character was a bumbling idiot, and Robotnik Prime from SATAM/Archie Comics was a brutal overlord.
The Sonic fandom continues to amaze me. For every mountain of lewd fan art and crappy original characters created by fans, you get an incredible fangame that absolutely trumps official efforts from Sega themselves.
Pulling off a kart racer in the Legacy DOOM engine of all things is a seriously impressive feat.
I like the fact that Eggman is not the villain in this. I'd like to see more of this in future Sonic games. We've seen plenty of times where other videogame mascots have teamed up with their arch rivals to stop a greater threat.
It works well on the he steamdeck....with a lot of fiddling with the controls. This is amazing in the level of detail and gameplay. And it's free wow.

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