Keeping the record of being just about the only site to link to the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer blog, we note an interesting new review for the Japan-only 3DO version of 'Wacky Races'.

But, first things first: "Wacky Races is not, I repeat, 'Not', a racing game. Shocked? Yes - me too. Wacky Races is split into two parts. One part is betting. The Second part is map and object finding." Oh, and: "Dick Dastardly speaks Japanese. Fluently. As does Penelope Pitstop. And the Ant Hill Mob."

Ultimately, it seems a little, well, iffy: "You bet on a race by selecting two cars from a selection of 10, they then race - such as it is. Each race is composed of a sequence of pre-rendered clips. These clips are not as good as the actual cartoon and while faithful to varying degrees it should be remembered that the cartoon was 2D and the game is rendered, 1990's style, in 3D. It suffers. Once you win a bet it's time to take a trip. Since the game is 90% Japanese language and 10% Japanglish the nature of the trip is somewhat, what can I say?"

[Though not great, Wacky Races for Dreamcast from Infogrames Sheffield is much better - but don't get the PS1 version, a different game entirely from Ecco creators Appoloosa, unless you like bleeding eyes.]