Racing Hero

Racing Hero is a 1989 arcade game from Sega which runs on Sega's X Board hardware (the same hardware used for games such as After Burner and Power Drift). In Racing Hero, the player takes part in an international race aboard a motorcycle and races against time and other vehicles. It draws much inspiration from Sega's successful Hang-On and Out Run series.

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Developer(s)Sega
Publisher(s)Sega
Composer(s)Hikoshi Hashimoto
Platform(s)Arcade
ReleaseArcade
  • WW: 1989
Genre(s)Arcade style racing
Mode(s)Single-player
CabinetSit-down, upright
Arcade systemSega X Board
CPU(2x) 68000 (@ 12.5 MHz)
SoundCPU: Z80 (@ 4 MHz)
Chips: YM2151 (@ 4 MHz), Sega PCM (@ 15.625 kHz)
DisplayRaster, 320x224 (Horizontal),
24,576[1] out of 98,304[2] colors

Gameplay

The player controls a motorcycle from a behind the rider perspective, and must reach the checkpoints in each stage before time runs out. The player must also deal with other vehicles and obstacles, where collisions will result in an explosion and loss of time. The race starts in Australia and once the player reaches the end of each stage, they are taken to a fork in the road screen where they can choose the next country they wish to race in.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Racing Hero on their May 1, 1990 issue as being the second most-successful upright arcade unit of the year.[3]

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References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-09-07. Retrieved 2014-09-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Sega's 16-bit arcade color palette: 15-bit RGB high color depth (32,768 colors) and 1-bit shadow & highlight that triples up to 98,304 colors. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2016-02-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-08-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2014-03-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - アップライト, コックピット型TVゲーム機 (Upright/Cockpit Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 379. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 May 1990. p. 29.
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