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Racing rough and tumble Pizza
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Free Download of 2 levels
of Pie Jackers |
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Starring:
Cyndi Lauper
Cheech Marin
Gary Williams
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CD-ROM racing game
set in the 23rd Century:
Deliver that pizza hot!
Race, chase, and blob other pie jackers with cheese -- 3D zooming through 7 smoking worlds. |
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ALTHOUGH PIZZAS AND PCS HAVE long been associated with each other, it's hard to make a
successful game that combines PC entertainment and a love of junk food. Remember Pizza Tycoon? Hmm...
Pie Jackers is a straightforward racing game, disguised as a pizza delivery contest where you and your
co-pilot (Nikki the feisty cat, Flaco the cool lizard, Dozer the bull, or Quiverly the geek tapir) tear round one of seven territories trying to collect the relevant toppings and be the first to deliver the right pizza to your hungry customer. Along the way, you'll find the trappings of the traditional racer- -power-ups, ammunition and the usual array of obstacles.
Those not acquainted with the head-banging nature of racers will find the absence of a training track
a serious omission. If you're well versed in these things, you'll find the predefined nature of the tracks a bit limiting. Identifying different pizza toppings can be tricky too, owing to the game only having murky 256-colour support, but the cartoon characters, voiced by Cheech Marin and Cyndi Lauper among others, are lively companions and there are some nice comic touches.
Once you've mastered the three basic tracks and collected enough tips from satisfied customers, you
can buy special vehicles that allow you to race on the other four more inventive territories. The underwater No'land'O is particularly good fun. Overall, Pie Jackers isn't challenging enough for real race fans, nor easy enough for newcomers. The search for the perfect pizza game therefore continues. |
