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Dragster
1980
Dragster
1980
star 4.2You have in your hand one of the most exciting video games ever designed. One word of caution: this game takes a little time to learn because it's so challenging. It's very tricky. So, please read these directions and give yourself some practice time. Then you can aim for the World Record. Game 1: Straight-ahead Dragster, one or two players. Game 2: Steerable Dragster, one or two players. Your Joystick Controller is both the clutch and gear shift for your Dragster; the red button is your gas pedal. Use left Joystick for the top car; right one for bottom car. Hold Joystick with button at the upper left. To shift gears, clutch by pushing Joystick to the left and shift by letting the Joystick spring back to the center. Your car starts each race in neutral (N). There are four gear positions--1, 2, 3, 4--and you must clutch and shift between each gear. You cannot downshift. When the countdown reaches 0, you can start. If you drop into gear too soon, before the end of the countdown, EARLY will appear on the screen aHippodrom
1979
Hippodrom
1979
This cartridge contains 16 programs for simulated riding tournaments. Your challenge as a player is to select the correct pace and moment of jumpoff so that your horse can make the course with substantially no faults involved - the game is for one player alone or two persons playing against each other.Color TV-Game Racing 112
1978
Color TV-Game Racing 112 is the third game in the Color TV series. Unlike the first two games that were tennis games, this one is a racing game that uses a steering and gearstick to race. You would have to drive on a road while dodging oncoming cars. The game later made a cameo appearance in the game WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$ for the Game Boy Advance. Shigeru Miyamoto worked on this game's casing and included the stick shift.Grand Prix
1978
Grand Prix
1978
The first Car-Race-Cartridge for the European Signetics 2650-based systems was a bundle of the following ports: Indy 500, Night Driver and Speed Race. For its time that was actually a large variety of racing games.Sprint One
1978
Sprint One
1978
Super One, released in 1978, is a simple b&w overhead-view arcade racing game. It is single player version of Sprint 2 and a sequel to the Championship Sprint and Super Sprint games.Slot Racers
1978
Slot Racers
1978
star 3.6Slot Racers is a joystick-controlled action game, with a total of nine game variations programmed within the cartridge. The object of the game is to pilot your car through a maze, while attempting to fire missiles at your opponent's car, as well as evading the missiles your opponent fires at your car. Each time one of the respective cars is struck by a missile, the player controlling the other car receives one point. Victory is achieved through the scoring of twenty-five points. The game itself has four different mazes, and options concerning missile speed, and other factors, within the context of its nine variants, selectable via the Game Select switch. The Difficulty Switches control the rate of fire each car is capable of.280 Zzzap/Dodgem 2001
1978
The title was named after the US advertising campaign for the Datsun 280Z. Players can drive up to 200 miles per hour (320 km/h) while navigating a tricky road course at night. Players must watch out for treacherous turns, nasty competitors, and the ever-present time limit. It is one of the earliest games, if not the earliest, with authorized branding.Sprint 4
1977
Indy 500
1977
Indy 500
1977
star 5Indy 500 is a 1977 racing video game developed by Atari, Inc. for its Video Computer System (later known as the Atari 2600). It is themed around the Indianapolis 500, and is based on Atari's earlier 8-player arcade game, Indy 800. Indy 500 was one of the nine launch titles offered when the Atari 2600 went on sale in September 1977. Sears Tele-Games later re-released it as Race; no changes were made to the gameplay. Included with each game was a set of two driving controllers, which were identical in appearance to the 2600 paddle controller but could rotate indefinitely in either direction, among other differences.Car Race
1977
Car Race
1977
Car Race is a game inspired by Taito's arcade game "Speed Race". Cars are scrolling down the field and the player(s) have to dodge them.Street Racer
1977
Street Racer
1977
star 4.5Street Racer is an action racing game for one to four players played from an overhead view. The screen is split into two lanes; in one or two player games, each player has a lane. In three and four player games, players must share the lanes. Each game has a two minute and sixteen second time limit, and your goal is to earn as many points as possible by the end of this time. In addition to the basic racing version, several other game variations are included as well.Videocart-9: Drag Strip
1977
This drag racing simulator makes use of the Channel F's special controllers. While twisting the joystick's head to the left or right controls the engine throttle, the stick movement itself is used to shift gears in a realistic H-pattern. Depending on the chosen skill level, the car available is a family sedan, a modified sedan, a funny car, or a real dragster, although they all look the same on screen. One player can try to beat the predefined par time of 7.7 seconds, or compete against a friend to see who reaches the finish line first. The game manual mentions that a player only wins the game when he brings his victory counter to 99. This preprogrammed cartridge plugs into the console of the Fairchild Video Entertainment System for more TV fun. Know when to shift and you'll go the distance with these 2 racy games. But careful... Redline your engine, an dyou wind up shiftless! (You've blown it!)Super Bug
1977
Sprint 8
1977
Heavy Traffic
1976
Heavy Traffic
1976
Top-down motorcycle racing game in which the player navigates his vehicle through heavy traffic.F-1
1976
F-1
1976
F-1 is a 1976 electro-mechanical arcade racing game developed and published by Nakamura Manufacturing Company (Namco), and distributed in North America by Atari, Inc. The player uses a steering wheel to control a Formula One racer, which must avoid collision with other vehicles. The game uses a miniature diorama with small, plastic cars to represent the player's car and opponents on a physical, rotating track, while also featuring a projector system and lighting tricks to create the illusion of racing.Alley Rally
1976
Le Mans
1976
Le Mans
1976
Released in August 1976. Another in a long line of original Atari black and white driving games. Le Mans continues the winning racing and profit tradition of Team Atari, like its famous forebears: "Gran Trak 10", "Indy 800", "Indy 4". Le Mans challenges player speed and skill with 10 different tracks. Players race against the clock on each track as it appears in sequence. After the car passes the finish line of one track, a new one appears automatically, more difficult than the one before. The first track is a snap. The second, a little more difficult. etc... The more skilled the driver, the more tracks will be completed within the gam's time limit. And oil slicks don't make it any easier. 10 points are scored for each completed track. If a player finishes the first 6 tracks, two of four possible mystery courses will appear randomly to add further excitement and challenge.Fonz
1976
Eliminator IV
1976
Eliminator IV
1976
Eliminator IV is a drag racing game released by Electra games in April 1976 as an arcade cabinet. Up to 4 players can play, using realistic, H-pattern gear sticks.
