Suzuka 8 Hours (Japan, Rev B) - MAME machine

Arcade Video game published 32 years ago:

Suzuka 8 Hours © 1992 Namco.

A motorcycle game from Namco loosely based on the real-life event.

TECHNICAL
Derivative of Namco System 2 hardware
Game ID: EH

Main CPU: (2x) Motorola 68000 (@ 12.288 Mhz), M6809 (@ 3.072 Mhz), HD63705 (@ 2.048 Mhz)
Sound Chips: C140 (@ 21.39 Khz), YM2151 (@ 3.57958 Mhz)

Players: up to 2 (when cabinets are linked)
Controls: 2 handles (gas and brake, both analog), tilt steering (like on a motorcycle)
Buttons: 0

TRIVIA
Suzuka 8 Hours was released in May 1992.

Suzuka 8 Hours is one of the world's major endurance motorcycle championship. The event is eight hours long and is held every year in Suzuka (Japan), on a 5.8 km (3.6 mi) circuit owned by Honda.

Because of the length of such race, several pilots ride the same bike and the winning team must complete the largest amount of laps. Suzuka 8 Hours was first inaugurated in 1978 and joined the world championship series in 1980.

The in-game event doesn't last 8 hours, but only up to 6 minutes. The race length can be adjusted between 3 and 6 laps in the service mode.

The motorcycle is wrongly referred to as 'car' in test mode.

The game features dynamic day-to-night time cycle during later laps.

The game has no scoring system; instead it has a top time table (per full race).

Even when you complete the full race, you'll get a game over, which is unreasonable in this case.

This is the first video game officially sponsored by the Coca-Cola Company. Note: Coca-Cola was invented in May 1886 by a pharmacist, Dr. John S. Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia. A bookkeeper, Frank M. Robinson, suggested the name 'Coca-Cola' to Dr. Pemberton. Robinson suggested this name because both the words Coca and Cola named 2 of the ingredients. Also the 2 'C's' would look good in advertising. The name 'Coca-Cola' first became a registered trademark in 1893.

TIPS AND TRICKS

• Suzuka 8 Hours doesn't have a start button, so you need to put your hands on handles directly after you insert a coin.

SERIES

• Suzuka 8 Hours (1992)
• Suzuka 8 Hours 2 (1993)

PORTS

• CONSOLES:

Nintendo Super Famicom (1993)

CONTRIBUTE
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