Introduction:
This cartridge contains a game called "Race America" in its North American NES version (it was Corvette ZR-1 Challenge in Europe).
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| Let the race begin! |
Is the game complete?
As far as I know... almost. The copyrights were removed, as usual, but the game itself seems to be complete.
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| Just "Race America", no copyrights. |
Does the cover represent the game inside?
I think it does. You are able to see cars that look like the ones in the actual game. The only thing I don't like from the cover is that the title is not the actual title, but that's something common in pirate cartridges, since the printed title is a translation from the Chinese title (美国赛车, Pinyin: Měiguó Sàichē, English: "American Racing Cars").
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| Cover Art |
Do you like the game?
I usually find racing games kind of fun, but this one is way too complicated for my expectations. Just look at the screenshot below. What do I have to look at? Where's my car? Who am I playing as? It's one of those games I've bought for about 14 ARS back in the day (about 1,5 US dollars today) and played for about half an hour, then I called my sister to explain me how to play, we played in multiplayer mode, she lost, she told me the game was bad, we agreed and I placed this game on the shelf. It was frustrating because, when you are trying to speed up your car, you have to press up on the d-pad, wait for the car to reach the limit, press up again, wait one more time and repeat until your car reaches the limit. That was tedious! Also, when you are hit by another car, your car doesn't slow down. You have to slow down manually in order to speed up again! Give me a break!
On the other hand, this game is good for two reasons: the first one is its music. It's just OK, you can listen to it when playing, although there's no music during your race. The second one are the graphics: they're great, they look good and the opponent's face makes me laugh everytime I play this game. Whether you like the game or hate it is a just matter of taste.
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| What do I have to look at? Where am I? Who am I? |
Once you played the game, would you play again?
I say I would just because it's the only racing game I own that supports two players.
Do you find the game difficult?
No, you may select your difficulty before racing. The controls make that difficult. Once you reach the speed limit and want to slow down, you will have to make the same thing you did to speed up but pressing down instead of up.
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| Difficulty Settings |
In that case, why did you buy this game?
Just because of the cover. I was looking for classic NES titles. As the shopkeeper told me none of the games I was looking for were available, I had to choose from a box full of cartridges. I took this one because I thought the cover was awesome.
Where can I find this cartridge?
If you're looking for the cartridge code, it's YH-A001. If you'd like to buy it online, I'll give you one page where I've found it:
http://z-boss.ru/products/2379577. There you'll be able to find a lot of cartridges for famiclones that look like the following:
Do you have the game's ROM for my emulator?
Oh my! I want to see the game in action!
Well, in that case don't forget to look for live-footage on
my YouTube channel! I'll upload a new video on video games every Friday.
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Text and pictures: C. Palacio; 20152007:1238.
