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F-Zero: Maximum Velocity (GBA) | 
 enlarge | From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
List Price: £29.99
Buy New: £2.98
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Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 9990
Platform: Game Boy Advance
Genre: racing-games
Rating: To Be Announced
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 3 - 18 years
Operating System: Game Boy Advance
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5 x 4.9 x 1.1
MPN: 100730
UPC: 045496731403
EAN: 0045496731403
ASIN: B00005B8IX
Release Date: June 22, 2001
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW AND SEALED
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Amazon.co.uk Review
If you like blazing-fast racing games (and have thumbs of steel), F-Zero: Maximum Velocity is one of the wildest rides yet for a handheld system. Based on the famous Super NES game of yore, the futuristic F-Zero asks you to pick from a starting line-up of four hovercrafts that tear across flat but hazardous tracks. Your goal: compete for first place so you can advance to the next track and difficulty level. To have any success in F-Zero, great reflexes and a memory for track detail are absolute musts. While the controls are responsive, in general the frictionless racing means that almost all cars have a suitably loose feel to them, and require skilled pilots to handle corners. Be warned that gamers with adult-size thumbs may be in for a very painful experience due to the constant mashing of the GBA's shoulder buttons. When you get bored of racing the computer, you can take on up to four opponents via the link cable--and unlike multiplayer Game Boy games, only one cartridge is needed. While F-Zero features many tracks and skill levels, there isn't much depth beyond the simplistic (yet challenging) racing. Fortunately, the silky-smooth animation and detailed graphics should keep fans of speedy arcade racers taxing their thumbs long after they've brought home the chequered flag. --Mark Brooks
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| Customer Reviews: Read 31 more reviews...
OK... April 5, 2005
This is only game that i have actually finished...The graphics are ok and so is the music. The controls are relativly simple. It's REALLY FAST!!
Altogether there are 20 tracks(5 are unlockable)with 4 difficulties and 10 different car machine thingys, all but 4 of which you have to unlock. There are 3 different modes, Grand Prix, training and championship(you have to unlock this). In championship you have to go round a special track the faster than the last champion(1st it's the comp). Grand Prix is the same as all other racing games. You have to go round the track 3 times and come 1st,2nd or 3rd to qualify for the next track. There are 5 tracks in each, let's say, cup. Training is, as it suggests, training. You can practice your racing skills here.
HINT: At the begining instead of pressing start press select for a demo on the controls. Very usefull.
I think it's a really fun game and it took me a long time to complete but if you're a seasoned racer then this might seem easy. Looses it's fun a bit after completing it.
 DO NOT BUY THIS GAME! October 9, 2003
Disappointed Gamer (Manchester, UK)
1 out of 11 found this review helpful
The tracks all seem the same, the depth of the game is shallow, and the graphics are lame. I was hoping for something similar to the awesome Wipeout games on the playstation but, alas, I received a game that would bore the brains out of a 10 year old. I played it for about an hour and its one hour of my life that I want back. Save your money. It could be far better spent on something else.
F-Zero reasons to buy this... May 22, 2003
Urban_Him (unTIED Kingdom!!!)
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
I bought this game kinda hoping for a "Wipeout" experience on the GBA. Unfortunately though, it was more of a "Wipeaway the tears of boredom" experience. The graphics are okay, the level of detail on the actual craft is pretty good, but the race courses and tracks are dire. The colours are very bland on the tracks, and theres not enough atmosphere to keep the average gamer hooked. There are pads on the tracks which can either slow you down, increase your boost and indeed replenish your ships energy, but this doesnt make the race tracks any more interesting. The game is also very difficult, with the ships controls not very responsive. You do gain boosts throughout the race, which is kinda pointless, because unless you're on a dead straight part of the track, you will find yourself crashing into the outer perimiter wall, and then this is where the fun starts... Your craft will then proceed to bounce from wall to wall in a bizarre kind of pinball manner, whilst your opponents happily cruise past you unscathed. Ive never played the N64 version, so fans of this may find some enjoyment in the GBA version if it is a scaled down version of what they are used to.Overall then, a bland, often difficult game that will prove too frustrating and boring for most people.
 Unbelievable piece of equipement December 16, 2002
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This game must be one of the greatest games i have played on any console, ever(apart from timesplitters 2)!! The graphics are fantastic compared to the general standards of gba games. The steering is amazingly smooth. A huge amount of detail is payed to all of the cars. At the start you only have 4 cars and 3 tracks but as you progress more become available
Each car has there own stats from top speed to steering. When you are racing you have a power gauge. As you bump into other cars or the boundaries your power decreases and when you reach zero...BOOM!! In each level there is a pit lane where you can charge up your power.
In grand prix mode, there are 3 different series': pawn, knight and bishop and three different difficulties. So as you can see there is alot to do.
If you are looking for a game that you can just pick up and play whenever you want then buy this game.
F Zero........IT KICKS BUTT February 16, 2002
FZero is BRILL!Its got 4 difficulty levels,22 tracks,and loads of cars!Pity it couldnt have a save game option meaning you have to play the easy tracks over and over again
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