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Wacky Races
Console icon NES/Famicom

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Developer

Atlus

Publisher

Atlus

Genre

2D Platforming

Released

December 25, 1991

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Achievements

Author: feifabricio (24)

There are 24 achievements worth 170 (227) points.

This set has 10 missable achievements.

Sort: Normal ^ - Won By - Points - Title - Type 

  • Get 99 diamonds

    1,590 (1,295) of 1,729 – 91.96%

    74.90% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    91.96% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Lives

    (5) (6)

    Accumulate 10 Lives!

    1,033 (884) of 1,729 – 59.75%

    51.13% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    59.75% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Lives Again

    (10) (14)

    Accumulate 20 Lives!

    726 (627) of 1,729 – 41.99%

    36.26% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    41.99% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Full Heart

    (2) (2)

    Increase your max health to six hearts.

    1,520 (1,256) of 1,729 – 87.91%

    72.64% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    87.91% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Win The Gruesome Twosome

    1,444 (1,197) of 1,729 – 83.52%

    69.23% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    83.52% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Win The Gruesome Twosome with a full heart bar

    720 (638) of 1,729 – 41.64%

    36.90% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    41.64% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Win Sergeant Blast and Private Meekly

    1,314 (1,113) of 1,729 – 76.00%

    64.37% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    76.00% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Win Sergeant Blast and Private Meekly with a full heart bar

    720 (636) of 1,729 – 41.64%

    36.78% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    41.64% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Win Rufus Ruffcut and Sawtooth

    1,226 (1,051) of 1,729 – 70.91%

    60.79% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    70.91% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • The Buzzwagon

    (10) (15)

    Win Rufus Ruffcut and Sawtooth with a full heart bar

    675 (593) of 1,729 – 39.04%

    34.30% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    39.04% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Win Peter Perfect

    1,114 (964) of 1,729 – 64.43%

    55.75% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    64.43% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Win Peter Perfect with a full heart bar

    661 (586) of 1,729 – 38.23%

    33.89% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    38.23% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Win Professor Pat Pending

    1,093 (950) of 1,729 – 63.22%

    54.95% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    63.22% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Win Professor Pat Pending with a full heart bar

    639 (564) of 1,729 – 36.96%

    32.62% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    36.96% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Win Penelope Pitstop

    1,067 (929) of 1,729 – 61.71%

    53.73% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    61.71% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Win Penelope Pitstop with a full heart bar

    620 (545) of 1,729 – 35.86%

    31.52% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    35.86% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Win The Red Max

    1,083 (941) of 1,729 – 62.64%

    54.42% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    62.64% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Win The Red Max with a full heart bar

    654 (580) of 1,729 – 37.83%

    33.55% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    37.83% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Win The Ant Hill Mob

    1,061 (924) of 1,729 – 61.36%

    53.44% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    61.36% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Win The Ant Hill Mob with a full heart bar

    633 (551) of 1,729 – 36.61%

    31.87% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    36.61% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Win Luke and Blubber Bear

    1,053 (918) of 1,729 – 60.90%

    53.09% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    60.90% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Win Luke and Blubber Bear with a full heart bar

    613 (538) of 1,729 – 35.45%

    31.12% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    35.45% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Win The Slag Brothers

    1,044 (910) of 1,729 – 60.38%

    52.63% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    60.38% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Win The Slag Brothers with a full heart bar

    599 (526) of 1,729 – 34.64%

    30.42% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    34.64% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

Recent Players

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Recent comments

(See all 50)
Riverwind 20 Dec 2024 11:20
14h game mastered, very fun to play, maybe a speedrun of it would be cool.
Elmotus 23 Dec 2024 21:22
Man, I was confused as to why the missables weren't popping for me even though I beat them with full health, only to come here and read the comments that it means to have full health AND fully upgraded health. I think those descriptions could be a bit clearer on that
puretekkers 27 Dec 2024 17:43
Mastery #7 | An alright game, probably too easy if you're just planning on beating it, so I would recommend mastering it as the set is pretty fun and a bit more challenging.
Lugero 28 Dec 2024 02:52
Mastery #30
No racing? No matter. This game deserves its reputation, it is a good platformer for the old Nes, and even the tunes are good!

The bosses are mostly pattern-based which will take trial and error, but nothing too intolerable if mastery is what you want
Great set.
Ldzirt 29 Dec 2024 16:27
Нормальная такая игруха на вечер. Мастера я делать, конечно не буду )
crrool 3 Jan 2025 14:33
Mastery #205! Took me 4h20 to master. My strat was to grind a ton of levels on A-1 so I could re-attempt the bosses a ton of times without going game over. Another level I found was great for grinding lives was C-3. My suggestion, do world A, than C, than B spending a fair few minutes grinding enough lives to be able to figure out the bosses. The Slag Brothers especially felt really hard, but after throwing 30+ lives at it I eventually got it.
Rine 6 Jan 2025 04:08
Master #12: Considering how many terrible licensed NES platformers there are, the fact that the worst you can say about this one is its very easy and simple says a lot. For those looking at it to see how easy mastery is, there are several stages where you can grind lives, but even if you have to continue you just reset your healthbar and start on the stage before a boss. Most of the difficult bosses are after stages that contain extra lives, so its easy to get your bar back up and get back to practicing the boss. Most bosses have a simple pattern you can learn, and after that its just execution (barring Red Max who thought precise jumping on a slippy slidey ice stage was a great idea?). Since there are three routes done separately, you don't have to do all the bosses in one go, and can focus on one route at a time.
GTNAnima 10 Jan 2025 00:03
Mastered Nº22
https://youtu.be/JcNJ5SmWOxk
YOZORA713 13 Jan 2025 03:31
fun little game, although the no hit chevos are gonna be hard and like someone else said, descriptions could be a bit clearer.
SuperCirno 15 Jan 2025 04:50
Assumed this game would be mid but saw it'd be easier for the event, turns out it's a blast!
The music is great especially
TheLooseGroose 15 Jan 2025 05:23
I chose this game for my Christmas event and Play this Set article because it is a game I likely never would have played on my own but was actually borderline a hidden gem for the NES. Solid soundtrack, nice visuals and animations, and really tight controls without stupid "don't rent this game" NES level design (also infinite continues is nice.) My only real complaint is honestly with the damageless achievements rather than the game, there is no reason to require fully upgraded health for them just make them basic damageless. If you want to master this game best advice is honestly brute force the damageless, the more lives you get the easier a boss is. Also bomb upgrade is far better than that worthless bark powerup so keep that in mind too. With a little practice anyone can master this because the continues are infinite. And as mentioned above this game is broken into three routes so you won't have to do EVERY level to challenge some late game boss so just be a bit persistent and you'll get it.
Ashkuso18 16 Jan 2025 07:41
Mastered 76
good series and good game I had a good time with him
WeedGuy420 18 Jan 2025 04:44
“Wacky Races”
>look inside
>it’s a platformer
WadeB 18 Jan 2025 19:51
I'm confused on what the Full Heart Bar achievements. Is it no hit and have max health? I assumed it was just no hit based on the wording :////////
ZSlyzer 19 Jan 2025 10:20
@WadeB, as far as I have realized, it's just ending the fight on a full (upgraded to the max) health bar. So you could use the heal if you have it before the last hit.
elcoso 20 Jan 2025 01:59
mastered #3
HungryWalnut 23 Jan 2025 06:10
Mastered #43.
The last of the Christmas event.

It's a decent platformer. Controls great, the power-up system is nicely done in terms of how much you need to put in to get the better stuff. The game could do with being harder so you'd actually lose this stuff on any regularity though.
Actual level design is kind of mid, and while the bosses are unique, they're very pattern-based.
Except that their big ball shots have RNG on their speed, which was quite annoying.

Set is fine, though asking for full health rather than no-hit is an interesting ask, as this means you can just fully heal before the fight ends if you have it available to you. (I only did this maybe twice successfully, so my initial run was teetering on the brink getting through as I had to redo the bosses to learn patterns)
Hot tip: All bosses take 8 hits for both phases, for a total of 16, so you can just count to 8 on the second phase for the heal.
WadeB 23 Jan 2025 06:40
So if I have 6 hearts can i take hits and beat the boss and get the achievement yes or no im still confused and have been doing 6 hearts no hit for every boss
UnrealGecko 23 Jan 2025 11:57
Just make sure you finish the fight with full 6 hearts. You can take hits as long as you are able to heal yourself before finishing the boss.
firkinblin 29 Jan 2025 19:50
^ Really good tip, Gecko. Yeah, just hold a heart recharge until right before you beat the boss, and it's a good way to cheese those. Other than that, grinding a bunch of lives, as others have mentioned, is clearly the path to mastering this one.

Beat it for the event, but I'll definitely come back someday for the mastery. Probably one of the few 2D platformers that I've actually enjoyed -- likely due to the fact that this is Atlus we're talking about, which is still wild to know that they partnered up with Hanna-Barbera. Plus, the way they divided the three parts of the game and structured the continue system was extremely smart for its time. This made it more palatable for the event than the other 2D platformers by a long shot.

The power-up system is confusing and weird at first, but over time, it becomes kinda cool and gives the game some uniqueness and sense of strategy. The bosses are the only hard part, but they have fixed
patterns at least. So figuring out these patterns is extremely rewarding and the key to mastery.