When you first read the headline here, you were probably thinking \u201cis this dredging up an old article? Adrenaline already has a Hot Wheels game.\u201d Well, not to worry as we\u2019ll clear things up quick. Adrenaline Amusements is continuing to leverage the Hot Wheels license that they have, removing Hot Wheels: King of the Road<\/em> from their active product roster as they are prepping to launch a more serious racer within the series. This will join Hot Wheels: Ultimate Race<\/em> by Coastal Amusements, assuming that it hits production. Let\u2019s take a look at what appears to just be called Hot Wheels<\/em>.<\/p>\n H\/T to Jdevy for the find! Also, for those interested, I\u2019ve cut a video discussing the same topic, that you can watch here.<\/a><\/p>\n In case some of that first paragraph made no sense to you, Adrenaline Amusements released a videmption game back in 2020 called Hot Wheels: King of the Road<\/em><\/a>. It was released in 4 & 6-player versions<\/a>, and perhaps you\u2019ve come across it out there in the FEC wilds.<\/p>\n The subject of this post is still using that popular Mattel license, but instead of putting all players on one screen with a simple set of driving controls, this is a standard sit-down arcade racer that reuses the Need For Speed Heat: Takedown<\/em> DX cabinet.<\/a> As far as we know, this is the first time that a pure (i.e. non-redemption, just amusement) Hot Wheels video game would land in the arcade scene. There was also the Hot Wheels pinball machine<\/a> by American Pinball that launched in 2020.<\/p>\n As of this moment, there isn\u2019t much else that we know about the game, as AA has not responded for comment. We also haven\u2019t heard about it testing in the arcade wilds. Jdevy, who brought this to our attention, found it as a part of the Hot Wheels manual, although in looking through that, it seems to be an early version \u2013 they have a blank page at the moment for \u2018Game Features\u2019. That said, looking through the rest of it, it still has a player camera like NFS used, and can link four units together. Hopefully, it has a nice range of courses to choose from.<\/p>\n There is also a very high likelihood that this game is testing out there somewhere, as Adrenaline does tend to release a manual when a game is on test so that the location can refer to it if needed for any technical items.<\/p>\n Beyond that, it appears from the image above that you\u2019ll be able to select from a number of licensed HW cars, then race on the orange\/blue tracks that are placed in real-world settings. We can\u2019t rule out that this is based on an existing game like Hot Wheels Unleashed 2<\/a><\/em>, given that NFS Heat Takedown<\/em> was based on NFSH. That said, that game was so heavily modified that it wasn\u2019t the same game that was found at home. Unleashed 2 seems to be the most likely base for this new game.<\/p>\n What do you think about this one?<\/p>\n Like<\/span><\/span> Loading\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n I’m a lifelong fan of video games and I have been operating my own arcade, Arcade Galactic in West Valley City, Utah since 2008. Soft spots in my heart for Atari, Sega, and Nintendo.<\/p>\n
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