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Tiny Tires picks up the legacy of the classic Micro Machines racing seriesSomething I played when I was young and am therefore fond of if blissfully ignorant of their actual quality
Something I played when I was young and am therefore fond of if blissfully ignorant of their actual quality
Image credit:Jon Kristinsson
Image credit:Jon Kristinsson
The legally distinct Cheerios inTiny Tires, the upcoming miniature racing game that looks to be a loving homage toMicro Machines, have their own physics. This delights me. So does the milk, actually, leaving trails on the checked linoleum tablecloth as the infinitely minute driver tries to compensate for its skidding effect on those titularTiny Tires. There’s pool balls, too! And floppy disk ramps! Floppy disks were probably still useful the last time anyone thought aboutMicro Machines, but now I’m reminded of it, I’m suddenly very excited again!
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My main memories of the Micro Machines series of racing games were playing them when I was very, very young, and then several years later playing one at house party in between irresponsibly massive glugs on £3.50 bottles of White Lightning, as was the style at the time. If you’re outside the UK, White Lightning is ‘cider’ that came in 3L bottles and tasted fairly similar to licking an actual Micro Machine car, and also like vomit.
My main memories of actual Micro Machines involve the Star Wars ones they used to sell. I nagged my mum to buy me as many as I could get my hands on, even the ‘battle damaged’ ones which were effectively just factory rejects with a bit of silver paint where the machines had chewed them up. Pure immersion.
