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Beetle Adventure Racing
Developer(s)	Paradigm Electronic Arts
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Release date(s)	March 24, 1999
Genre(s)	Arcade style racing
Mode(s)	Single player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone (E)
Platform(s)	Nintendo 64

Beetle Adventure Racing is a racing game released for the Nintendo 64 made by EA Games. Originally, EA had planned to create a racing game in the form of its popular Need for Speed series on the N64 before deciding on Beetle Adventure Racing. The game features 1970's dialogue and style music. This is a different kind of racing game as all of the vehicles are Volkswagen New Beetles, which were released the previous year. Paradigm Entertainment, which previously worked on flight-based Pilotwings 64 and AeroFighters Assault on the N64, was able to get heretofore unseen draw distances on the N64, and otherwise left Beetle Adventure Racing as one of the better looking games on the N64. Despite the use of real vehicles, the gameplay is much more in line with San Francisco Rush than it is with Gran Turismo, with an emphasis on shortcuts. In Australia there was a second release known as HSV Adventure Racing, which used the same engine but had HSV cars in place of the Beetles. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links Beetle Adventure Racing EA Games: 1999, 2005 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ... Paradigm Entertainment is a videogame studio based in Carrollton, Texas. ... EA redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... EA redirects here. ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (84th in leap years). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Video games are generally categorized into genres. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... Online gaming redirects here. ... The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that applies and enforces ratings, advertising guidelines, and online privacy principles for computer and video games and other entertainment software in the United States and Canada (officially adopted by individual provinces 2004-2005). ... The Nintendo 64 ) is Nintendos third home video game console for the international market. ... A racing game is any game that involves competing in races through a surrogate playing piece or vehicle, either getting it from one point to another or completing a number of circuits in the shortest time. ... The Nintendo 64 ) is Nintendos third home video game console for the international market. ... Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) is a leading video game developer and publisher. ... Need for Speed (NFS) is a series of racing computer and console games by Electronic Arts, released on platforms including personal computer, PlayStation, PS2, PS3, GameCube, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation Portable, and various other gaming platforms. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Volkswagen New Beetle is a compact car introduced by Volkswagen in 1998, drawing heavily on the design cues of the original Beetle. ... Pilotwings 64 is a video game for the Nintendo 64, released in 1996, along with the launch of the console. ... AeroFighters Assault is a fighting airplane shooter for the Nintendo 64, released in August 1997. ... San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing (also known as San Francisco Rush and Rush) is an arcade racing game set in San Francisco, California. ... Gran Turismo is Italian and Spanish for grand touring or grand tourisme. ... Holden Special Vehicles (usually abbreviated to HSV) is the officially designated performance vehicle division of Australian motor car manufacturer Holden. ...

Beetle Adventure Racing also supports up to four players. Two player races can be held in any of the tracks, provided they have been unlocked in the single player championship. Two to four players can also take part in the "Beetle Battle" mode, in which players compete to collect six differently colored ladybugs (HSV pendants in HSV Adventure Racing), attempt to destroy the other competitors, and race for the exit once all the ladybugs are collected.

Tracks

Beetle Adventure Racing has six tracks. All of them are huge and take at least six or seven minutes to complete. As mentioned before, the tracks have many shortcuts.

Coventry Cove

The easiest track in the game, and available at the start. Tour the country side in this course. Drive by hot-air balloons, a waterfall, a town, a dock, trains, a barn, Stonehenge, a mine and a castle.

Mount Mayhem

Easy. A chilly race down the side of a mountain. Pass ski resorts, ski jumps, crystal caves, an alien spaceship, and ice caverns in this snowy level.

Inferno Isle

Medium. Start your race on a beach but quickly move inward as you discover a sea side town, erupting volcano, burning village, pirates attacking a fort, and a T-Rex waiting to take a bite out of you.

Sunset Sands

Medium. Begin at an oasis but quickly enter the harsh desert and discover a pyramid. Then burst out into an abandoned town and more ancient statues. But remember, "Good things come to those who wait."

Metro Madness

Hard. Start out on a highway crusing through barricades and rolling into town. Then bust into a movie theatre, a train station, a casino, a gas station and a hotel before reaching the industrial section. Where there, you will encounter construction sites, burning buildings, and parking garages.

Wicked Woods

Hard. Begin your frightening task of exploring a dark night's findings. Go over bridges, through windmills, churches, and towns. Drive into caves filled with gold and graveyards filled with ghosts. Then blast through an old mansion to complete your trip.

Music

The music in BAR is a groovy, breakbeat soundtrack with loud drums, organs, and guitars. The music was composed by Phil Western, Scott Blackwood and Brenden Tennant. Scott Blackwood also served as Producer for BAR. Breakbeat (sometimes breakbeats or breaks) is a term used to describe a collection of sub-genres of electronic music, usually characterized by the use of a non-straighted 4/4 drum pattern (as opposed to the steady beat of house or trance). ... Phil Western is a Vancouver based musician who is a member of bands including Download, Frozen Rabbit, and Off And Gone. ... A game producer is the person in charge of overseeing development of a video or computer game. ...

The level Mount Mayhem samples music from WHAM!'s "Last Christmas." This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...