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* "On the Rails" in ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' has an electric cart that crashes off the tracks at the end if you jam the throttle forward. The finale of Ravenholm in ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' has a mine cart with spinning blades on it that you can use to decapitate all the zombies nearby. Also done in ''Half-Life 2: Episode Two'' when exploring the abandoned mine with the Vortigaunt, where you fall down a hole and land in a big mine cart that goes careening out of control down a sloped track, smashing through wooden structures and slaughtering zombies in its wake before finally sending you down a deep pit and landing in a pool of water. There's no racing, shooting, or dodging involved ([[VideoGameSetPiece or at least not any required]]).

* ''VideoGame/TombRaiderIII''. In this case, the main objective is to get the minecart to go fast enough to jump gaps, but not so fast as to fly off the track and kill Lara. Lara can bash switches with a convenient wrench to change tracks.

* ''VideoGame/TheJourneymanProject: Pegasus Prime'' changes the Mars Maintenance Transport ride from a straight shot to a ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}''-style maze run where the player must choose which direction to follow at junctions.

* ''VideoGame/TheLionKing'' game's Can't Wait To Be King level is just like this, except replace "mine cart" with "ostrich". After Simba goes through the hordes of monkey-flipping and giraffe-hopping, Simba must ride an ostrich and can only either make himself and the bird duck, have the bird jump, or jump as well. Many a gamer who played this game will remember this well because [[DifficultySpike this is probably as far as most of us will ever get in the game without skipping levels]].

* ''VideoGame/MarioKart Wii'' features the Wario's Gold Mine track, apparently takes place on one of the roads that mine carts use, though you drive your normal vehicles and instead dodge mine carts in some sections.

** The first two games (''VideoGame/MarioParty1'' and ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty2 2]]''), as well as ''The Top 100'' and ''Superstars'', have both a minecart racing minigame. You and your teammate must tap the A button to gather speed, and must lean the cart in the corners. If you go too fast or don't lean properly, you'll fall and lose the game.

* ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet'' also allows you to create your own minecart and rails with the help of LevelEditor. There's little to no limitation what you can do with your homemade minecarts, you can always take it UpToEleven by creating anti gravity minecart, automatic train station, walking minecarts, weaponized railway gun fully armed with explosives, and more.

* ''VideoGame/MarioParty'': The first two games (''VideoGame/MarioParty1'' and ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty2 2]]''), as well as ''The Top 100'' and ''Superstars'', have both a minecart racing minigame. You and your teammate must tap the A button to gather speed, and must lean the cart in the corners. If you go too fast or don't lean properly, you'll fall and lose the game.

* ''VideoGame/MarioParty'': The first two games, as well as ''The Top 100'' and ''Superstars'', have a minecart racing minigame. You and your teammate must tap the A button to gather speed, and must lean the cart in the corners. If you go too fast or don't lean properly, you'll fall and lose the game.

* ''Videogame/SongsForAHero'' has the phase [[PunnyName Plizby Mine (as Minas Pyra in the original))]] on the fith level, in which the Hero must use mine karts to pass through certain parts of the mine, with the player having to jump over chams and obstacles to not suffer damage.

* ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}'' has an underground [[FanNickname mazerunner]] running on rails in the Selenetic Age, which relies on sounds for each cardinal direction to enable you to navigate, which makes it, without going to Mechanical Age first, ThatOneLevel.

** Some of the levels of ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand'' feature large green monorails that are operated by having the player step on two large arrows facing either end of the monorail, causing it to go in the direction the arrow points. If the monorail moves over a geyser or a lava eruption it will bounce up and land on a higher track. Also, the final level of the game had you go through [[BigBad Bowser's]] castle on a skeletonized version of these.

* In ''VideoGame/LaMulana'', the boss fight against Ellmac, guardian of the Temple of the Sun, is set entirely in a minecart chase. Oh, and Ellmac happens to be a screen-filling frilled lizard who spits fireballs, a la Bowser.

* Part of Stage 8 of ''The Subspace Emissary'' in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'', which was influenced by ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry''. An added bonus: In riding the carts, you often got to run over several GoddamnedBats in the process.

** ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' has some rather straightforward mine cart rides in the Cragnons stage. The time-limit for being 3D is suspended while Mario's on the cart, which is useful [[spoiler: since there's a split track you can't see in 2D mode]].
** ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'' has a mine cart minigame called Mysterious Mine Carts which has to be played on the trip down Hoohoo Mountain. The game is run by a beanish old man who is also sure the cave is full of treasures.
** ''VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar'' has some considerably less straightforward ones, including a couple of segments that require paperization to complete--one of which it isn't immediately obvious that this is the case for until you've missed the jump a few times.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' had one of these as a sort of minigame after completing one of the dungeons. In between sections of sidescrolling, some parts used Mode 7, and you had to hold left or right to make the correct turns. The only penalty for going off the rails was the loss of a bit of time as your car slid back onto the track. [[DoWellButNotPerfect Since there was a reward for beating the current record, it was advantageous to miss a few turns and jumps.]]
** The fan-made sequel to ''Super Mario RPG'', ''Legend of the 5 Pendants,'' mixes this with it being a TimedMission.
** The first two ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' games have a minecart racing minigame. You and your teammate must tap the A button to gather speed, and must lean the cart in the corners. If you go too fast or don't lean properly, you'll fall and lose the game.
** ''VideoGame/MarioKart Wii'' features the Wario's Gold Mine track, apparently takes place on one of the roads that mine carts use, though you drive your normal vehicles and instead dodge mine carts in some sections.

** ''VideoGame/YoshisStory'' actually did this with Chinese dragon heads.

** In ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'', you can lean left and right during the minecart sections, and use this to choose between two paths where it splits on occasion. In the final ride, very hidden in the seventh world, you also have to hop between tracks with your minecart to dodge various obstacles, including the attacks of the [[MiniBoss Demon Resident]].

* ''VideoGame/BanjoTooie'' has Glitter Gulch Mine, where at you must race a character in a mine cart twice.

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* The entirety of the rail shooter arcade games called ''VideoGame/RailChase'' are this, you are riding a minecart shooting enemies in your path.

* Seen in a ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' game, ''Desperado Train'' for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor. Despite being NintendoHard (aptly enough), may be the BestLevelEver once you get used to it. [[spoiler: If you wanna give it a try, the password is Gun, Gun, Sheriff Star, Horseshoe.]] Also present in the [=PS1=] ''Lucky Luke'' game.

** In an inversion, the main villain of ''Tails' Skypatrol'' is a witch who rides around in a mining cart.

* ''[[VideoGame/TazManiaSega Taz-Mania]]'' for Genesis.

** Underground Zone, the first zone of the Game Gear version of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'', has some mining cart segments. Because this is adapted from the Master System version by just making the player's window on the world smaller to fit the smaller screen, later parts of this level are incredibly frustrating. In the same game, a later level, Gimmick Mountain also has mining cart segments, one of which is needed to get to the goal sign in Act 1.

* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' has craftable minecarts and placeable tracks, both useful for transportation and for custom roller coasters. A recent update grants you ''[[StuffBlowingUp single-used minecarts armed with TNTs]]'', which can be used as makeshift artillery.