Mudkicker is a cancelled off-road racing game that was in development in 1995 / 1996 by Scavenger for the Saturn, Playstation and PC. The project was meant to be published by GT Interactive, along with Amok, Scorcher and Into the Shadows, but only the first 2 titles were finished. In January 1997, before Scavenger could complete and deliver the remaining two titles, GT sent Scavenger a letter setting forth notice of “material breaches of the Agreement by Scavenger” and purporting to terminate the development of those games. Because of these problems with their publisher and lack of money, Scavenger had to close down. Mudkicker was never finished and vanished forever with the closure of the studio.
Thanks to Rod_Wod and Celine for the magazine scans!
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7 Responses to Mudkicker [SAT PSX PC - Cancelled]
Celine
October 19th, 2010 at 9:15 am
Unt PC
Mud Kicker – PC – Edge34
monokoma
October 19th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
I missed it, thanks Celine! I will add that scan later :)
ECM
October 23rd, 2010 at 10:32 am
I may be mis-remembering, but I think Mud Kicker was originally set for 32X. (The guy that was coding it went on to do Messiah for Shiny.)
monokoma
October 24th, 2010 at 11:38 am
It’s possible that they were planning a 32X version originally, as they had some other projects for the add-on. When Scavenger closed down, part of the team went to work to Shiny.
Celine
October 24th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
@ECM
You ae probably remembering
http://www.unseen64.net/2010/01/27/heavy-machinery-sega-32x-cancelled/
IMO the two games share the same technics ( mostly 2D ).
ECM
October 25th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
No, I’m definitely think of Mud Kicker: there was a screenshot of the alleged 32X version in the US publication GameFan, lo those many years ago.
Celine
October 26th, 2010 at 2:06 am
Ah didn’t know that. Would be great to seen that single screenshot.