ctrl-alt-rees | Wacky Wheels - A Twisted Tale That's Not All Fun And Games @ctrlaltrees | Uploaded October 2021 | Updated October 2024, 7 minutes ago.
In this video I take a look at Beavis Soft / Apogee's 1994 PC kart racer, Wacky Wheels - and how what should have been a simple Mario Kart knockoff became a tale of intrigue, with stolen source code and a remake abandoned under mysterious circumstances.

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GOG Download Link: gog.com/game/wacky_wheels
Steam Download Link: store.steampowered.com/app/358380/Wacky_Wheels
Play In Browser: archive.org/details/WackyWheels
Remake Official Itch Page: cascadiagames.itch.io/wacky-wheels-hd
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:19 How I Discovered Wacky Wheels Back In The Day - Shareware
03:03 Wacky Wheels Development Story & Game Overview
05:51 Dopefish Easter Egg
06:28 Controversy & Stolen Source Code - Skunny Kart
07:31 More Controversy - The Wacky Wheels HD Remake (2016)
08:44 Playing Wacky Wheels On Modern Systems
09:06 Conclusions, Outro & Patron Thanks

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