is a hybrid racing/role-playing game developed by Nova and published by

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. Released for the Japanese

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in 1989 and the North American TurboGrafx-16 in 1990, it is a spin-off to the 1987

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Gameplay

The story mode featured in the game revolves around a young driver who desires to live up to the reputation of his racing-champion father. He travels around the map, meeting small-time racers, and must race his car to earn money that he spends on upgrading his car, eventually facing the local racing champion. After beating the rest of the local racing champions in the various cities, the player character must go through a maze to find the final upgrades of the different parts of his car, and then face the world racing champion.

Reception

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'' magazine reviewed the game in October 1989, rating it 940 out of 1000 and listing it as one of the top two best games available for the console, along with ''

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References

1989 video games Multiplayer and single-player video games Namco games Racing video games Role-playing video games TurboGrafx-16 games TurboGrafx-16-only games Video game spinoffs Video games developed in Japan Pole Position and Final Lap series {{racing-videogame-stub