A video game based around racing unicycles may sound extremely ridiculous, but Uniracers, made by DMA Design and released on the Super Nintendo in 1994, took this strange concept of unicycle-racing and made a wacky, unique game out of it.

Uniracers has a lot to offer gamers, featuring a 1-player mode, a 2-player split-screen versus mode, and even a league mode where up to 8 people can play each other in 1-on-1 matches. Easily the most addicting part of Uniracers is the 1-player mode, which features 9 different tours, each composed of 5 tracks. Your objective in the one player mode is quite simple: obtain bronze, silver, and gold medals on every tour by mastering all of the tracks.

Each tour has three different kinds of tracks: straightforward, circuit, and stunt. In straightforward tracks, you simply race an opponent from point A to point B and try to finish in first. In circuit tracks, you and your opponent race on a looping track for a certain number of laps. And on stunt tracks, instead of racing, you simply perform stunts and earn points, your goal being to reach a certain point total before time runs out.

Speaking of, stunts are vital to success in this game. There are many different stunts you can perform by pressing the buttons on your SNES controller, such as rolls, flips, z-flips, and twists. In the straightforward and circuit tracks, performing stunts in the air and landing successfully will boost your speed. But watch out, because messing up will result in a wipe out, and you will lose any speed you had built up.

The tracks themselves are all wonderfully designed. There are 45 tracks in Uniracers, and the tracks feature wild loops, big jumps, purple goo that can slow you down, and of course, incredible speed. The best part is that, despite how fast you can go on the tracks, Uniracers doesn't have any problems with lagging. Admittedly, the game can go so fast sometimes that looking at the screen can hurt your eyes, but this isn't a common problem, and when it does happen, it isn't for very long.

The graphics in this game are definitely impressive. Each track has a unique background, and the backgrounds to me look like cool, painted wall designs. The game in general uses a lot of different colors, in the background, the tracks, and the uniracers themselves, to create a lovely aesthetic appeal.

The uniracers, or unis as the game calls them, definitely look like real unicycles, and each of the 16 selectable unis in the game comes with a different color, such as red, yellow, pink, white, and more. You can also name the unis almost anything you want, and it can be a little fun coming up with different names for each uni.

As for the music, Uniracers has an awesome rock and roll soundtrack, with each song in the game offering some wonderful sounds from the guitar. The rock and roll songs do a great job of pumping up your adrenaline, and keep you on the edge of your seat as you try to win in each track. There aren't too many different songs in the game, but the ones you do hear will stay in your head for sure.

The last two things I want to touch on are difficulty and replay value. Uniracers is an extremely tough game, and getting gold medals on all 9 tours is not an easy task. You will have to spend hours practicing this game, perfecting stunts, memorizing the tracks, and trying to make sure your opponent doesn't get the better of you. The bronze opponent may not be too challenging, but the silver and gold opponents are very hard to beat and will really test your skill.

Overall, the replay value in this game is very high. Uniracers is extremely addicting, since there are 45 tracks in the game, and each one is unique in its own way. The awesome rock music in the background will keep you going as you practice each and every track over and over again until you finally work your way to the top and earn all gold medals. And the 2-player mode and league mode allow you to play with your friends and try to beat them, providing even more addicting playtime.

Sadly, Uniracers is very overlooked, and doesn't get the attention it deserves. In fact, not too many copies of this game were sold, because Pixar, makers of popular movies such as Toy Story, sued DMA Design because Pixar felt the design for the unis was stolen from the Pixar short film "Red's Dream." Pixar won the lawsuit, and production of Uniracers cartridges came to a halt, with only 300,000 copies being sold.

Ultimately, Uniracers deserves more attention, and anyone who can find a copy should give the game a chance. It is easy to pick up and play, with simple controls, crazy stunts, nice graphics, incredible music, and a high challenge level. Overall, Uniracers is honestly one of the better titles on the SNES.

TheScarletSaiyan : Awesome review! Your review was a little brief but it's still lengthy and detailed enough to be an awesome review! Nothing else I can say but Awesome job man!

Oh thank you very much! This is actually my first review for this site, so I'm glad it went well!

And ok, whenever I make another review, I'll try to make it longer. ^^