Top Gear Rally (2003 video game)

Top Gear Rally, known in Japan as Top Gear Rally SP, is a racing video game developed by Tantalus Interactive and released for the Game Boy Advance in 2003.

Top Gear Rally
North American box art
Developer(s)Tantalus Interactive
Publisher(s)
SeriesTop Gear
Platform(s)Game Boy Advance
Release
  • JP: July 25, 2003
  • NA: October 28, 2003
  • EU: October 31, 2003
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

Top Gear Rally is a racing game where the player drives rally cars through a series of courses.[1] It also features a multiplayer mode where two players can compete against each other with the use of the Game Boy Advance Game Link Cable.[1]

Development

Top Gear Rally was developed by the Australian company Tantalus Interactive.[2] Its cars were designed as full 3D models.[3] The game was presented at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in May 2003.[3]

Reception
Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings77%[4]
Metacritic78/100[5]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Eurogamer5/10[6]
Famitsu30/40[7]
Game Informer8/10[8]
GameSpot8.3/10[2]
GameSpy[9]
IGN8/10[1]
Nintendo Power3.7/5[10]

Top Gear Rally received generally favorable reviews from publications.[5] GameSpot praised its graphics very positively, comparing their quality to that of PlayStation games.[2]

Tantalus won Best Game at the 2003 Australian Game Developer Awards in Melbourne for its work on the game.[11]

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References
  1. Harris, Craig (October 24, 2003). "Top Gear Rally". IGN. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  2. Provo, Frank (November 4, 2003). "Top Gear Rally Review". GameSpot. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  3. Colayco, Bob (May 17, 2006). "Top Gear Rally E3 2003 Preshow Report". GameSpot. Archived from the original on September 7, 2019. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  4. "Top Gear Rally". GameRankings. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  5. "Top Gear Rally". Metacritic. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  6. Reed, Kristan (December 2, 2003). "Top Gear Rally". Eurogamer. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  7. Yoshinoya, Bakudan (July 20, 2003). "Famitsu Update". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  8. Kato, Matthew (January 2004). "Top Gear Rally". Game Informer (129): 160. Archived from the original on April 15, 2005. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  9. Chandronait, Matt (November 5, 2003). "GameSpy: Top Gear Rally". GameSpy. Archived from the original on November 5, 2005. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  10. "Top Gear Rally". Nintendo Power. 174: 146. December 2003.
  11. "Top Gear Rally Award". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.
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