Bumper Carts

Bumper Carts is a mini-game in the console versions of Over the Hedge: The Video Game.

Objective
The objective of Bumper Carts is to be the last player standing. Players do this by ramming into opponents to damage their carts.

Gameplay
The player can choose from 4 different arenas, each based on a golf course. Each game starts with the player and 3 randomly selected opponents positioned in the middle of the arena. After the game starts, the competitors must drive around, track down their opponents and deal enough damage to destroy their carts, thus eliminating them from the game. Blows to the side of the cart do more damage. The player can keep track of their health and boost with the meters at the top-left of the screen. If their health meter empties, they're out of game. The carts also show signs of damage as the players get hurts. The players can also pick up various power-ups like health and armor, which are located in set places of the arena. The player also has a boost they can use by holding down the boost button. However, the boost is limited and will run out eventually. Luckily, it replenishes over time and can be fully refilled instantly by picking up a boost power-up. The player wins by destroying all 3 opponents. However, if the player's car is destroyed at anytime, the game is over. In two player mode, the game ends is both player characters are destroyed.

Power-Ups
The multiple power-ups the players can pick up.


 * Health (Heart)- Replenishes the player's health.
 * Damage (Spike ball)- Causes the player to do more damage for a short time.
 * Armor (Shield)- Reduces the amount of damage received for a short time.
 * Boost (Gas canister)- Fully replenishes the boost meter.

Characters
Six different characters can appear in a match. They also each have different color for their cart.


 * RJ (Maroon and yellow)
 * Verne (Blue and green)
 * Hammy (Cream and orange)
 * Stella (Purple and and lavender)
 * Gladys (Black and white)
 * Dwayne (Orange and black)

(Dwayne and Gladys are the only two that aren't playable)

Trivia

 * In the first arena, the player can ride on the invisible walls of the map if they go off the ramp at the top of the hill at just the right angle.
 * There also a glitch that can occur in this level that cause the player to get stuck in the air.
 * When getting taking damage, there is a chance RJ will say, "Thank you, sir. May I have another?" This is likely a reference to the movie, Animal House.