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Running Wild

A racing game in the purest sense of the word, Running Wild pits six bipedal animals against one another in a footrace across six diverse environments (two of which must be unlocked), with the sole aim of…

30 October 1998

Running Wild is a racing developed by Blue Shift Inc, released 30 October 1998 on PlayStation.

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What Running Wild is

Running Wild is a racing game developed by Blue Shift Inc and released in 1998. It was published by 989 Studios. It is available on PlayStation only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A racing game in the purest sense of the word, Running Wild pits six bipedal animals against one another in a footrace across six diverse environments (two of which must be unlocked), with the sole aim of being crowned the fastest animal on the planet. The menagerie of racers includes Mei-Ling the panda, Gwynn the rabbit, Brazz the zebra, General the mountain ram, Coronado the bull, and Boris the elephant. The courses, taking place in remote locations such as the arctic, jungle, and desert, are littered with hazards and power-ups to both aid and hinder your progress. The former is made up of a plethora of obstacles such as pipes, ice and lava pits, thorn patches, and other such impediments…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Running Wild launched on 30 October 1998, within three weeks of Half-Life, Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus and The House of the Dead 2.

Released around the same time: Half-Life, Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus, The House of the Dead 2.

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When did Running Wild come out?
Running Wild was released on 30 October 1998 for PlayStation.

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