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
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.
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.
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
@@overdrive_srs Three things as I'm watching this video. 1. I played this game a long time ago. However, I never owned it as I would play it at my cousin's house back in the day. 2. Shadow Cat is actually Stealth from Hot Wheels Turbo Racing (aka Shadow Jet 2). 3. The final car is unlocked by getting all the X tools and finishing 1st place in that race. Don't worry, the X tools are linear in the final track.
@@overdrive_srs I don't know. That's still a mystery to this day. I mean, they called Sweet 16 II "Sweet 16" in Hot Wheels Mechanix (even though there's already a Sweet 16 casting). Plus they called Splittin Image 2 " Splittin Image". I would say that the developers didn't bother naming sequels, but then again they called Silhouette 2 by its actual name. Also, what I find ironic is that Semi and F1 Racer are actual Hot Wheels castings (the former being Long Gone/Long Shot and the latter being Formula Fever/Thunderstreak).
@@HotmanGaming Wow, this is all so weird. It's like they got someone to name the cars based on their memory without verifying, lol. At least, that's what it seems like to me. I also was suspicious of the vehicle named "Semi" as that didn't even sound like a Hot Wheels name. I'm surprised how many mess-ups there are. If you're making an official Hot Wheels game, isn't the ONE thing you have to get right is the names of the official Hot Wheels in your game?
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
I was wondering when you would get to Hot Wheels Mechanix. But here it is. FINALLY!!
Woohoo!
@@overdrive_srs Three things as I'm watching this video.
1. I played this game a long time ago. However, I never owned it as I would play it at my cousin's house back in the day.
2. Shadow Cat is actually Stealth from Hot Wheels Turbo Racing (aka Shadow Jet 2).
3. The final car is unlocked by getting all the X tools and finishing 1st place in that race. Don't worry, the X tools are linear in the final track.
@@HotmanGaming I wonder why it's called Shadow Cat in the game?
@@overdrive_srs I don't know. That's still a mystery to this day. I mean, they called Sweet 16 II "Sweet 16" in Hot Wheels Mechanix (even though there's already a Sweet 16 casting). Plus they called Splittin Image 2 " Splittin Image".
I would say that the developers didn't bother naming sequels, but then again they called Silhouette 2 by its actual name.
Also, what I find ironic is that Semi and F1 Racer are actual Hot Wheels castings (the former being Long Gone/Long Shot and the latter being Formula Fever/Thunderstreak).
@@HotmanGaming Wow, this is all so weird. It's like they got someone to name the cars based on their memory without verifying, lol. At least, that's what it seems like to me. I also was suspicious of the vehicle named "Semi" as that didn't even sound like a Hot Wheels name. I'm surprised how many mess-ups there are. If you're making an official Hot Wheels game, isn't the ONE thing you have to get right is the names of the official Hot Wheels in your game?
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.
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!
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.
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.