Myth Makers: Super Kart GP

Myth Makers: Super Kart GP is a kart racing game by Data Design, and the first in their long line-up of budget titles that eventually made them gain lots of notoriety. It contains only 5 tracks, tons of padding, very broken (and hilarious) physics, and constantly plugs the never-finished series' website on some of the loading screens. Its game engine was later reused for all of DDI's other racing games.

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Prototype Info

Unused Graphics#

Ninjabread Man Leftovers#

Present in the Wii version are leftovers from the Ninjabread Man tutorials.

755279c5.bmp#

A "Press Start" texture. It is used in the character select on PC and PS2, but not on Wii.

Unused Model#

A model of an Xbox Duke controller is present. The game was never released on Xbox.

Unused Text#

Present at 11A8ECA in DataWII.wad is some placeholder text for the title:

LS_FRONTEND_MAINMENU_TITLE=*** Need some title text here ***

In English.txt in the PS2 version are leftovers from Nickelodeon Party Blast:

LS_LEVEL_FOODFIGHT_LEVEL1=Mr Krabs Patty Blast
LS_LEVEL_FOODFIGHT_LEVEL2=McMeaty Mayhem
LS_LEVEL_FOODFIGHT_LEVEL3=A Bit of a Pickle
LS_LEVEL_FOODFIGHT_LEVEL4=Robo Juicer Rampage
LS_LEVEL_FOODFIGHT_LEVEL5=Rumble in the Jungle
LS_LEVEL_FOODFIGHT_LEVEL8=Welcome to the Goooze-a-dome
LS_LEVEL_FOODFIGHT_VARIANT0=Standard Mode
LS_LEVEL_FOODFIGHT_VARIANT1=Last Man Standing
LS_LEVEL_FOODFIGHT_VARIANT2=Highest Score
LS_LEVEL_FOODFIGHT_VARIANT3=5 Minute Mode
LS_LEVEL_FOODFIGHT_VARIANT4=Mega Food
LS_LEVEL_FOODFIGHT_VARIANT5=Instant Splat
LS_LEVEL_NEWPIPES_LEVEL1=Rockets and Sockets
LS_LEVEL_NEWPIPES_LEVEL2=Bikini Bottom Clam Attack
LS_LEVEL_NEWPIPES_LEVEL3=Invader ZIM: Attack of the Gnomes
LS_LEVEL_NEWPIPES_LEVEL4=Sponge Bob: The Plankton Menace
LS_LEVEL_NEWPIPES_LEVEL5=Loony Balloony
LS_LEVEL_NEWPIPES_VARIANT0=Standard Mode
LS_LEVEL_NEWPIPES_VARIANT1=5 Minute Mode
LS_LEVEL_NEWPIPES_VARIANT2=Longest Pipe
LS_LEVEL_NEWPIPES_VARIANT3=Fill The Floor
LS_LEVEL_NEWPIPES_VARIANT4=First To Finish
LS_LEVEL_NEWPIPES_VARIANT5=Whack a Clam
LS_LEVEL_BASKETBALL_LEVEL1=A Shot In The Park
LS_LEVEL_BASKETBALL_LEVEL2=Jimmy Neutron: A New Hoop
LS_LEVEL_BASKETBALL_LEVEL3=Raiders of the Lost Goooze
LS_LEVEL_BASKETBALL_LEVEL4=Jimmy Neutron: Goddard Strikes Back
LS_LEVEL_BASKETBALL_LEVEL5=Luau-Loop
LS_LEVEL_BASKETBALL_VARIANT0=Standard Mode 3
LS_LEVEL_BASKETBALL_VARIANT1=Standard Mode 5
LS_LEVEL_BASKETBALL_VARIANT2=It's A Steal
LS_LEVEL_BASKETBALL_VARIANT3=First To ..
LS_LEVEL_BASKETBALL_VARIANT4=FreeForm
LS_LEVEL_BASKETBALL_VARIANT5=King Of The Hill
LS_LEVEL_WATER_LEVEL1=Water Lot Of Fun
LS_LEVEL_WATER_LEVEL2=Rock the Boat
LS_LEVEL_WATER_LEVEL3=Can You Feel a Raft?
LS_LEVEL_WATER_LEVEL4=Dib'n'Gaz's Last Stand
LS_LEVEL_WATER_LEVEL5=Rugrats: Return of the Reptar
LS_LEVEL_WATER_VARIANT0=Standard
LS_LEVEL_WATER_VARIANT1=5 Minute Mode
LS_LEVEL_WATER_VARIANT2=Last Man Standing
LS_LEVEL_WATER_VARIANT3=Bath Night
LS_LEVEL_WATER_VARIANT4=First To Score
LS_LEVEL_WATER_VARIANT5=Capture Flag
LS_LEVEL_WATER_VARIANT6=Hot Potato
LS_LEVEL_RACING_LEVEL1=Darwin's Tube Challenge
LS_LEVEL_RACING_LEVEL2=Jimmy's Box-Car Battle
LS_LEVEL_RACING_LEVEL3=Snow Other Way Down
LS_LEVEL_RACING_LEVEL4=Ray'n'Tito: Gettin' Air, Baby!
LS_LEVEL_RACING_LEVEL5=Never Tyre of This One
LS_LEVEL_RACING_VARIANT0=Standard
LS_LEVEL_RACING_VARIANT1=Survival
LS_LEVEL_BUNGEE_LEVEL1=Bonus Level 1
LS_LEVEL_BUNGEE_LEVEL2=Bonus Level 2
LS_LEVEL_BUNGEE_LEVEL3=Bonus Level 3
LS_LEVEL_BUNGEE_LEVEL4=Bonus Level 4

Unused Audio#

Italian PS2 Uncompressed Songs#

Inside the STREAMS folder in the Italian PS2 release are uncompressed music files in WAV format at 48KHz. Despite sharing the same filenames as the proper MSV files used by the game, TITLE.WAV and TRACK1.WAV aren't actually present in the game and are instead from other Data Design Interactive games, such as Ninjabread Man.

Inside this folder there's another folder named MUSIC which only contains one song, MUSIC.WAV, which is a very muffled recording of a cartoony, Yakety Sax-esque song, likely a test track. This last song is in 44KHz, rather than 48KHz like the rest of the uncompressed tracks.

Wii SDK Leftovers#

The Sound folder in the Wii version has two leftover MIDI files from the Wii's SDK and a Yoshi voice clip.

Regional Differences#

The PS2 version got a revision with added features and minor changes that was only released in Italy.

Menus#

English	Italian

• The Italian version uses the correct title for the game.
• The title screen and main menu are missing all the sound effects and announcer voice clips in the Italian release.

English	Italian

• The stylized text in the main options has a darker color and smaller size in the Italian version. Some of the letters are also slightly more spaced out.
• The standard text was made slightly smaller in the Italian release. In some instances their color was changed from yellow to white. The button icons were also made smaller.
• The Load & Save option was renamed to Save / Load and got its Memory Card icon replaced by a more generic but fitting clipboard and pencil icon.
• The MOVE prompt uses a D-Pad icon in the Italian version, instead of the analog stick.

English	Italian

• The Controller sub-menu is much more basic in the Italian version, lacking the button icons and the option to change control schemes. The Pause and Use Special prompts were moved all the way down in their respective sections. The Movement prompt was renamed to Steering.

English	Italian

• The screen darkening effect on the results and pause screens is much stronger in the Italian version.
• The Italian version fixes the engine noises continuing to play after pausing the game, although they still can be heard briefly when selecting the Return to Main Menu option.

Training Mode#

English	Italian

A new option, named Training was added to the Italian release, which is accessible through the difficulty menu shown after selecting Play Game.

In this mode there are 5 new and very simple tracks designed to teach you each of the game's mechanics, such as the items and special abilities. There's only one CPU opponent, and it (and your character) are chosen at random by the game every time you start a track, as you cannot select your character in this mode, which has the unfortunate side-effect of potentially pitting a low-tier player character against a high-tier CPU character. Brand new loading screens were created exclusively for this mode.

Misc. Differences#

• As this version was published in-house by Metro3D Europe, all mentions of Phoenix Games were removed from the Italian version, both from the opening logos (although the FMV is still present in the game's files) and the credits.
• The Italian version runs on the PS2's dithered mode, which is not the case with the original.
• The Italian release adds analogue controls, which were not present in the original, despite what the prompts and Controller menu imply.
• None of the characters have voice clips in the Italian version.

English	Italian

• The Italian save file refers to the game as "Myth Makers: Super Karts".

References#