''RPM Racing'' (short for ''Radical Psycho Machine Racing'') is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System racing game developed by Silicon & Synapse (now known as

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) and published by

Interplay Productions Interplay Entertainment Corp. is an American video game developer and Video game publisher, publisher based in Los Angeles. The company was founded in 1983 as Interplay Productions by developers Brian Fargo, Jay Patel, Troy Worrell, and Rebecca ...

. ''RPM'' was a successful remake of the Commodore 64 video game ''

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'', developed by

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in 1985. It claims to be the first American-developed game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. A spiritual successor, ''

Rock n' Roll Racing ''Rock n' Roll Racing'' is a vehicular combat-based racing video game developed by Silicon & Synapse (now known as Blizzard Entertainment) and published by Interplay Productions for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993 and the Mega Dr ...

'', was released in 1993.

Gameplay

In the game, players can race in a regular season, a single race, or create their own course. The courses can be straight and oval, curvy and or hilly and unpredictable. The winner gets money and a chance to score their initials for the fastest time.

Development

''RPM Racing'' was developed using the Sluggo development system created by Rebecca Heineman and her partner which allowed uploading of bin files to a device that emulated a cartridge for the SNES. System did not include step through or trace functionality. ''RPM'' was programmed in

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Assembly Language (8088) using a cross compiler on an IBM computer. Development took four months. ''RPM'' was one of the first

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games developed in 'High Resolution Graphics Mode' which allowed for sharper detail but fewer colors. While the higher resolution gave finer detail, it also severely limited the number of colors and amount of unique graphics that could be displayed from the SNES video memory. Due to this, the sequel to ''RPM'', ''

'', was developed in the lower resolution graphics mode allowing for much more vibrant colors and graphic detail. The logic engine and track editor for ''RPM'' were ported from an older EA title ''Racing Destruction Set''. The 5A22 8-Bit assembly code was modified for

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but otherwise mostly left intact.

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