Owning almost all the hotwheels games as a kid made me really appreciate how fleshed out hwvx is. Its a fully featured game where these other ones are fun novelties to kill an hour or two. But its also worth mentioning all these games are for kids in the single digit age…
HWVX really does stand out massively due to what you said. Though, there are other pretty fleshed out Hot Wheels games that are genuinely good, like Stunt Track Challenge.
I must have played this game very young because I don't remember anything about it visually but my brain recognizes the crisp sound effect on the menu when you scroll side to side
This game may be the earliest memory of a Hotwheels game I have. I only got to try the demo that came with some of the PC version Hotwheels games in the early 2000’s
It's kinda funny that this game had a demo made for it, when you really think about it. A super short game, yet it had a demo. It seems like a lot of Hot Wheels games from this time period had demos.
@@overdrive_srs dude the demo was so fun despite being such trash. You got two starter vehicles and all the engine + tire upgrades were locked. The only track that could be raced was the jungle temple map. When you won the race, it played a kickass song and then gave you an ad for the full version of Mechanix
Thanks for playing this! I had the demo version which only had the jungle map, so it's cool to see the others. Have you ever considered playing Motor Mayhem by Beyond Games? Maybe it's not Hot Wheels enough for this channel but it would be interesting to hear your thoughts on how it compares to Velocity X.
Yes, I had to download a virtual machine, a Windows XP file, then run Windows XP, and then run Mechanix within XP. Surprisingly, this is the first Hot Wheels game where I've had to jump through hoops to play it. But, I think it's worth it.
Awesome! You should try Hot Wheels Micro Racers some time! Edit: I played this game as a kid. I can't remember where I/my dad got it (maybe Staples?) but we played it a ton on Windows ME and XP.
I've been wanting to try it! It might ACTUALLY be a one episode "series", which would be pretty funny if it's the case. Micro Racers will be in the next community poll, along with one other game. Haven't decided what the other one will be. Probably Ultimate Racing based on what people have suggested. Of the remaining games out there, it's been mentioned a bit.
I followed this tutorial: th-cam.com/video/drh6NfoiWNE/w-d-xo.html I'm curious where in the process you encountered issues. Following this, it works perfectly for me.
![[Ep. 2] Hot Wheels: Mechanix - Radar Ranger Racing](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/z3zEIkYAGi0/mqdefault.jpg)
![[Ep. 2] Hot Wheels: Mechanix - Radar Ranger Racing](/img/tr.png)
Owning almost all the hotwheels games as a kid made me really appreciate how fleshed out hwvx is. Its a fully featured game where these other ones are fun novelties to kill an hour or two. But its also worth mentioning all these games are for kids in the single digit age…
HWVX really does stand out massively due to what you said. Though, there are other pretty fleshed out Hot Wheels games that are genuinely good, like Stunt Track Challenge.
I must have played this game very young because I don't remember anything about it visually but my brain recognizes the crisp sound effect on the menu when you scroll side to side
Boeing out here catching strays in the Hot Wheels retro gaming video 😂
Lol, Boeing is an easy target right now!
@@overdrive_srs nothing wrong with punching up 30,000 feet!
This game may be the earliest memory of a Hotwheels game I have. I only got to try the demo that came with some of the PC version Hotwheels games in the early 2000’s
It's kinda funny that this game had a demo made for it, when you really think about it. A super short game, yet it had a demo. It seems like a lot of Hot Wheels games from this time period had demos.
@@overdrive_srs dude the demo was so fun despite being such trash. You got two starter vehicles and all the engine + tire upgrades were locked. The only track that could be raced was the jungle temple map.
When you won the race, it played a kickass song and then gave you an ad for the full version of Mechanix
Thanks for playing this! I had the demo version which only had the jungle map, so it's cool to see the others.
Have you ever considered playing Motor Mayhem by Beyond Games? Maybe it's not Hot Wheels enough for this channel but it would be interesting to hear your thoughts on how it compares to Velocity X.
I definitely should play Motor Mayhem at some point. It would make sense for the channel, being so related to Velocity X.
Yes, I had to download a virtual machine, a Windows XP file, then run Windows XP, and then run Mechanix within XP. Surprisingly, this is the first Hot Wheels game where I've had to jump through hoops to play it. But, I think it's worth it.
Awesome! You should try Hot Wheels Micro Racers some time!
Edit: I played this game as a kid. I can't remember where I/my dad got it (maybe Staples?) but we played it a ton on Windows ME and XP.
I've been wanting to try it! It might ACTUALLY be a one episode "series", which would be pretty funny if it's the case. Micro Racers will be in the next community poll, along with one other game. Haven't decided what the other one will be. Probably Ultimate Racing based on what people have suggested. Of the remaining games out there, it's been mentioned a bit.
@@overdrive_srs You could also try out Hot Wheels: Crash! That game frustrated me to no end as a kid because I could never beat it.
Actually seems decent, you can experiment with routing quite a bit
Yo i wanted to play this game again! How'd you run it? I think i had trouble installing it on the virtual machine
I followed this tutorial: th-cam.com/video/drh6NfoiWNE/w-d-xo.html
I'm curious where in the process you encountered issues. Following this, it works perfectly for me.