Hot Wheels Mechanix

by THQ

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005JHKC
• Item Weight: 12 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: September 22, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,763 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Remember those bright orange Hot Wheels racetracks you used to slide together as a kid? Racing tiny hot rods using just gravity and imagination? Hot Wheels Mechanix cars are PC powered (sorry Mac users), but imagination still plays a small role.

Hot Wheels Mechanix is a typical single-player race game. In the beginning, players can access three easier tracks: Tiki Jungle, Urban Wasteland, and Pluto Mines. Winning first place or collecting enough tools opens up the other tracks: Moon Base, Construction Site, and Beachway. Finally, mastery of all tracks opens up the unforgiving Asteroid Belt, a narrow strip that dangles somewhere out there in space. Successful racers are rewarded with vroomy new cars with names like Speed Machine and Radar Ranger. Here's the added gearhead touch: players can make their new Hot Wheels even hotter by adding modifications like spiked tires, bigger engines, even wings! Those wings we added to our speedster on a whim came in quite handy when we drove our car off the track in the Asteroid Belt: they popped out and we soared safely to a lower level of the track.

It's fairly easy to advance to higher levels and better cars with this game. Use a joystick, a game pad, or a racing wheel to control the action. Your keyboard will work, if you don't mind sliding into a lot of walls. The different tracks had some good obstacles--trains, moving walls, red-hot lava--but the environments were sparse on the visuals. And we really, really wanted the bonus race to be an orange plastic track with a loop-the-loop running through a kid's filthy bedroom, just for old time's sake. (Ages 6 and older) --Anne Erickson

Amazon.com Product Description

Hot Wheels Mechanix puts you behind the wheel of your favorite Hot Wheels racecars and lets you design your own racers. Before you rev your engine, customize your Mechanix car to add bigger tires, a powerful engine, turbo chargers, even wings. Modify your racer as much as your heart desires. Add-ons also accommodate this game's varied environments. Got snow? Add spike tires. And when you're through customizing, it's time for pulse-pounding racing and exciting wins. Win your races and you'll unlock over 18 vehicles, all based on original Hot Wheels designs. Seven 3-D race environments challenge your racing skills. Collect XTool points to buy even cooler upgrades for your Hot Wheels racer.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very decent software, December 27, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Hot Wheels Mechanix (CD-ROM)

Easy to install, easy to use. My 5 year-old figured how to play quickly, but the different levels of play are keeping him challenged. Dad likes it too.

16 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Game, October 30, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Hot Wheels Mechanix (CD-ROM)

This is one of the Best Hot Wheels Racing Games available for kids... You can practically drive anywhere, even fly!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good but not challenging, February 23, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Hot Wheels Mechanix (CD-ROM)

The graphics are good and the 3d environments are good too. But, the game is not challenging. It's easy to complete the game in less than thirty minutes. Don't get it for your eleven year old, do get it for your six year old.