Shrek and his fairy tale friends zoom onto the Game Boy Advance in this fanciful racing adventure.

Based on the hit movie, Shrek: Swamp Kart Speedway guarantees fans a kart racer with its own brand of twisted fairy tale humor. The once-upon-a-starting-line action twists and turns through 16 tracks that range from the swamp Shrek calls home to Lord Farquaad's Castle. Treacherous drop-offs, slippery sludge puddles and other Dark Ages dangers put your driving skills through a trial by ordeal.

Eight characters, each with unique characteristics, are at your disposal at game's beginning. Four more can be unlocked by playing through story mode. Princess Fiona is one of the more well-balanced characters. Ironically it's pretty easy to catch this Gingerbread Man, who has great handling but so-so top speed.

It's a sad fact of life that in any land ruled by Lord Farquaad chivalry is not merely dead, it's decomposed, so take full advantage of the plentiful power-ups littering the tracks. Just remember that what goes around comes around, because you can quickly end up on the receiving end of some sinister sorcery. One especially nasty piece of necromancy turns your kart into a pumpkin and reverses the controls for a short time.

No kart racing game would be complete without a decent multiplayer mode and Shrek delivers for as many as four players. Multiplayer action requires GBAs and Game Paks for every player and enough GBA Game Link cables to connect all systems.

Shrek: Swamp Kart Speedway brings all the characters and locations from the Shrek movie to the Game Boy Advance. The graphics and sound are a bit on the medieval side, but the movie's legions of fans should be plenty happy to take the green ogre and pals for a spin.