Rad Racer (Europe) - Software MAME

Nintendo NES cart. published 37 years ago:

Rad Racer © 1987 Nintendo of America, Inc.

North American release. Game developed in Japan. See the original Famicom version for more information; "Highway Star [Model SQF-HI]".

Description from the back cover:

This is no ordinary game pak. This is Rad Racer. Nintendo's thrilling 3-D video game Rad Racer comes action-packed with revolutionary 3-D technology and 3-D glasses (they're free inside) that will have you really believing you're in the middle of a cross-country rally race - cruising along at 200 miles per hour!

Rad Racer takes you through 8 treacherous race courses including the Los Angeles Nightway, the San Francisco Highway and the Grand Canyon. Choose the Ferrari and you'll enter a Super Machine competition where you'll race against Corvettes and Lamborghinis. Select the F-1 Machine and you'll compete against incredibly fast cars.

Whether it's Ferrari or F-1, 3-D or regular mode, Rad Racer's hairpin curves, daredevil turns and realistic action will bring home all the fun and excitement of real rally racing. Think you're up to it? Then drivers, start your engines. It's Rad Racer!

TECHNICAL
GAME ID: NES-RC-USA

TRIVIA
Released in October 1987.

TIPS AND TRICKS

• Continue Game: When you lose a race, hold A and press Start. This will let you continue on your current level.
• Drive At Night: At the title screen, hit the B Button 8 times, then hold the Up/Right diagonally and press Start.
• Stage Skip: At the title screen, hold the Up/Left diagonally, press the B Button once for each stage that you want to skip and then press Start.
• View Game Ending: Once you select your vehicle, press the B button 64 times. Then, hold Up/Right diagonally and finally press Start to view the game ending.

SERIES

• Rad Racer (1989)
• Rad Racer II (1990)

STAFF
Music by: Nobuo Uematsu

CONTRIBUTE
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