The Land Before Time: Racing Adventure 64 is a Nintendo 64 game developed by Toucan and published by Nintendo in 2000. It is a racing game based on The Land Before Time series.
Controls[]
Method A[]
- - Pause/resume game
- - Run forward
- - Slow down.
- Down + - Walk backwards
- or L - Use powerup
- - Tap to hop, hold to make sharper turns
- - Camera zoom in out
- - Hold to look backwards
- - Toggle HUD
- or Control Pad - Turn
Method B[]
- - Pause/resume game
- or - Tap to hop, hold to make sharper turns
- , , or L - Use powerup
- or Control Pad - Walk/run in direction pressed
- - Camera zoom in out
- - Hold to look backwards
- - Toggle HUD
Powerups[]
- Tree Star - Slightly increases speed with each one collected
- Red Star - Short burst of speed
- Earthshake - Everyone ahead trips and loses their powerup
- Sweetbubble - Unlimited boost for a limited time
- Leafgobbler - Heads for the lead racer and causes them to trip and lose powerup
- Rock - Fires straight and bounces off walls, any one that hits it trips
- Nightflower - Invincibility and boost
- Skywater - Everyone ahead slows down and is unable to use powerup for a limited time
Characters[]
Stats[]
Speed - This is as fast as your character will run or fly.
Weight - The character's weight affects how much speed they lose/gain when going up/downhill.
Acceleration - The time it takes for the character to reach their maximum running speed
Handling - How quickly the character will turn.
Default Characters[]
Littlefoot | Speed - 4/8 Weight - 3/8 Acceleration - 4/8 Handling - 5/8 |
Cera | Speed - 5/8 Weight - 4/8 Acceleration - 3/8 Handling - 4/8 |
Ducky | Speed - 3/8 Weight - 2/8 Acceleration - 7/8 Handling - 7/8 |
Petrie | Speed - 2/8 Weight - 1/8 Acceleration - 4/8 Handling - 7/8 |
Spike | Speed - 6/8 Weight - 5/8 Acceleration - 2/8 Handling - 3/8 |
Ruby | Speed - 4/8 Weight - 3/8 Acceleration - 6/8 Handling - 5/8 |
Chomper | Speed - 3/8 Weight - 3/8 Acceleration - 6/8 Handling - 5/8 |
Guido | Speed - 4/8 Weight - 2/8 Acceleration - 7/8 Handling - 7/8 |
Unlockable Characters[]
Ali | Speed - 3/8 Weight - 3/8 Acceleration - 6/8 Handling - 5/8 |
Ozzy | Speed - 6/8 Weight - 5/8 Acceleration - 2/8 Handling - 3/8 |
Icky | Speed - 4/8 Weight - 3/8 Acceleration - 3/8 Handling - 5/8 |
Tippy | Speed - 5/8 Weight - 4/8 Acceleration - 3/8 Handling - 4/8 |
Strut | Speed - 6/8 Weight - 4/8 Acceleration - 2/8 Handling - 3/8 |
Dil | Speed - 7/8 Weight - 6/8 Acceleration - 1/8 Handling - 2/8 |
Hyp | Speed - 4/8 Weight - 4/8 Acceleration - 4/8 Handling - 4/8 |
Nod | Speed - 5/8 Weight - 5/8 Acceleration - 3/8 Handling - 3/8 |
Mut | Speed - 4/8 Weight - 4/8 Acceleration - 5/8 Handling - 5/8 |
Pterano | Speed - 7/8 Weight - 6/8 Acceleration - 2/8 Handling - 4/8 |
Shorty | Speed - 4/8 Weight - 3/8 Acceleration - 4/8 Handling - 5/8 |
Rinkus | Speed - 6/8 Weight - 6/8 Acceleration - 3/8 Handling - 3/8 |
Sierra | Speed - 6/8 Weight - 5/8 Acceleration - 3/8 Handling - 4/8 |
Rainbow Face | Speed - 6/8 Weight - 5/8 Acceleration - 3/8 Handling - 4/8 |
Tricia | Speed - 3/8 Weight - 2/8 Acceleration - 6/8 Handling - 4/8 |
Hidden Runner | Speed - 6/8 Weight - 4/8 Acceleration - 4/8 Handling - 3/8 |
Doofah | Speed - 6/8 Weight - 7/8 Acceleration - 3/8 Handling - 3/8 |
Loofah | Speed - 7/8 Weight - 6/8 Acceleration - 2/8 Handling - 3/8 |
Foobie | Speed - 6/8 Weight - 6/8 Acceleration - 3/8 Handling - 3/8 |
Emerald | Speed - 5/8 Weight - 3/8 Acceleration - 4/8 Handling - 6/8 |
Sandhop | Speed - 4/8 Weight - 2/8 Acceleration - 6/8 Handling - 8/8 |
Andre | Speed - 5/8 Weight - 2/8 Acceleration - 5/8 Handling - 8/8 |
Ludwig Von Flyer | Speed - 4/8 Weight - 4/8 Acceleration - 5/8 Handling - 4/8 |
Wheezie | Speed - 8/8 Weight - 8/8 Acceleration - 1/8 Handling - 1/8 |
Tracks[]
Default[]
Longneck Cup | 1. Great Valley 2. Sheltering Grass 3. Treestar Forest 4. Canyon of The Flyers |
Treestar Cup | 1. Saurus Rock 2. Jumping Water Meadow 3. Big Freeze 4. Thundering Falls |
Sweetbubble Cup | 1. Mysterious Beyond 2. Shiny Stone Canyon 3. Great Valley Night 4. Black Rock |
Unlockable[]
Threehorn Cup | 1. Threehorn Peak 2. Hanging Rock 3. Hidden Caverns 4. Featherwing Forest |
Yellowbelly Cup | 1. Big Water 2. Yellowbelly Rock 3. Land of The Mists 4. Berry Valley |
Battle[]
Modes[]
Royal Rumble - Players start with 3 treestars, if they take a hit or fall off the level they lose a treestar. When all three of your treestars are gone, you lose. The last player left wins
Treestar Troubles - Try to collect as many treestars as you can before the timer runs out. The timer can be set from 1–5 minutes.
Arenas[]
- Sandcreeper Lagoon
- Smoking Mountain
- Cave of Many Voices
- Egg-nappers Cave
- Tree Maze
- Chompers island
- Playground Cavern
- Nintendo 64
Game Modes[]
Competition - Compete in a cup of four races to get the most points.
Single Race - Race with custom rules.
Battle - Pit yourself against players on an arena. Some powerups are not available.
Time Trial - Race for the fastest time and try to beat my records
Practice - Practice on an open field
VS - Multiplayer version of single race
Options[]
Speaker Settings: Change sound settings to Mono, Stereo, or Headphones.
Screen Setting: Change the aspect ratio from 4:3 or 16:9.
Sound Settings: Adjust Sfx and Bgm volume.
Ludwig's Code Cave: Enter codes to unlock secrets.
Multiplayer Powerups: Select the powerups you want to use in multiplayer.
Records: Display Best times from time trial.
Competition options[]
Levels of difficulty[]
Amateur: Slow opponents very and few item attacks from them.
Intermediate: Average opponent speed, a bit more attacks from them.
Professional: Quick opponents, serious powerup battles.
Master: There are no powerups, so pure skill is needed to win.
Ranks[]
1st - 10 points
2nd - 8 points
3rd - 6 points
4th - 4 points
5th - 3 points
6th - 2 points
7th - 1 point
8th - nothing but shame!
Single race options[]
CPU Racers - You can toggle CPU players on/off and their difficulty.
Laps - Can be set from 1 to 9.
Time Trial[]
Ludwig von Flyer will keep track of your records.
Ghosts: you can save as many ghosts as you like as long as you have cartridge space.
Ludwig Ghost: you can see if you're fast enough to beat Ludwig's best times. You'll get a good prize if you can beat them all.
Trivia[]
- In the Big Water track, Mo will jump over the track when you reach a certain point.
- In the Canyon of The Flyers track, a flock of Flyers will fly overhead after each lap.