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MINI Cooper's
Italian Job silver screen success spills onto the small
screen when the
PlayStation PS2,
XBOX and
GAMECUBE video
games hit the shops.
The
high-octane heist switches to interactive mode allowing amateur
safecrackers and wannabe wheelmen to bring grid-locked mayhem and car
chase chaos to the streets and sewers of Los Angeles, all from the comfort
of their own computers.
The
Paramount Pictures' feature film has already sparked a new MINI Cooper craze, just as the 1968 original turned
the race and rally winners into celluloid superstars.
This time,
Charlie Croker and his gang careen through downtown LA in a trio of hot
Coopers, on a mission to recover $28 million in bullion, the gold ripped
off them by a dastardly double-crossing teammate.
The MINI
Coopers duck and dive through the LA underground, splash through sewers
and streak along storm drains, all the while demonstrating their renowned
power, poise and tractive prowess.
Less than
a month on from the film's cinematic debut, The Italian Job arcade driving
game by Eidos hits the shelves, distributed by GameNation, Australia's
premier source of interactive software.
The game
features three modes of play - Story Mode, Circuit Racing and Stunt
Driving.
Story Mode
lets players follow the film's key plot, recovering the gold through 15
different missions using a range of vehicles and game styles.
Players
can opt to drive the red, white or blue MINI Coopers or even armored
cars.
Circuit
Racing is for 1 or 2 players charging around tracks based on locations
from the film.
The third
mode is a driving skills test, piloting a feisty MINI Cooper over various
obstacle courses.
A cutting
edge graphics engine running at a constant 60 frames-per-second drives the
game, with highly detailed textures and spectacular graphical effects.
The hidden
extras section, providing movie footage, interviews with the cast and
stills from filming is another bonus MINI fans will enjoy.
source: BMW
Australia, 08/19/2003
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