PixlBit

I saw that game in arcades everywhere back in the day.

It looks so horrible now, but that game was huge back then.

Yeah and one of the tracks you could pick had a loop de loop!

I wonder if my brother Jeff will want that game.  And will it be on a system he can play it on?

I didn't know there was a PC version.  In the arcade there was Hard Drivin' followed by its sequel: Race Drivin'.  Or maybe it was the other way around, i don't remember.  Did yours do an instant replay whenever you'd crash?

Here's a review I wrote of the most recent one:

http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2015/08/14/art-academy-home-studio-wii-u/

I remember them being huge games back then.  One year at E3 I think Activision even set up a half-pipe at their booth!

2002 was stil a rough time for me (things got better in 2003 though).  But one of my top five favorite games of all time was released in 2002: Animal Crossing for the GameCube!

Did yours have really crappy, choppy polygonal graphics?

They should make a Kirby RPG!  There's enough characters and settings to support one.