A port of Super Mario Kart
Super Mario Race is a licensed wristwatch videogame made by Nelsonic Industries, based on the Super NES game Super Mario Kart.
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My dad randomly brought this thing home the other day and I gotta say, it's truly one of the Mario Karts of all time.
It's a watch with a game, but it's a terrible watch, as the displayed clock is a tiny number on the top-right of the LCD at all times, making you squint to read it.
As a game? The gameplay is vague as it can be. You're put on a track with three lanes, and have to dodge karts on the circuit. Instinctively, a player would just try to get to the finish line, but that'll take you a while (there is no finish).
Your actual task is to grab flags from Mario to the left (which requires you to realize that there's a temporary moment at which you can enter a secret fourth track to the left) and bring them to the 4-pixel flags on the right, after which Mario appears at that spot (Were you carrying Mario then?). Repeat this trice and you're rewarded an ending screen. I'd have had the time of my life if I had this when I was 6.
All in all? Sure, it's a watch, and sure, it's a super mario race-ish game. It really is the epitome of "A jack of all trades is a master of none-" without mentioning the second part of the phrase because this game doesn't do that justice. It still passes the time-wasting game test and is a fun niche thing to have.
It's a watch with a game, but it's a terrible watch, as the displayed clock is a tiny number on the top-right of the LCD at all times, making you squint to read it.
As a game? The gameplay is vague as it can be. You're put on a track with three lanes, and have to dodge karts on the circuit. Instinctively, a player would just try to get to the finish line, but that'll take you a while (there is no finish).
Your actual task is to grab flags from Mario to the left (which requires you to realize that there's a temporary moment at which you can enter a secret fourth track to the left) and bring them to the 4-pixel flags on the right, after which Mario appears at that spot (Were you carrying Mario then?). Repeat this trice and you're rewarded an ending screen. I'd have had the time of my life if I had this when I was 6.
All in all? Sure, it's a watch, and sure, it's a super mario race-ish game. It really is the epitome of "A jack of all trades is a master of none-" without mentioning the second part of the phrase because this game doesn't do that justice. It still passes the time-wasting game test and is a fun niche thing to have.