Post by I.M.Gibbon on Nov 16, 2016 4:43:45 GMT
There is a special place in my heart for this game.
The Famicom Grand Prix series is basically the precursors to Mario Kart. Hell, the first title is basically top-down Mario Kart, with just Mario as the only character. The second title, dropping in 1988, switches to the familiar behind the car camera, but does things a little differently. It's a proper F1 cross-country race, none of this Nascar looping track stuff heheh. It had proper long long long tracks, you set pitstop points before the race began for where you could pull over to repair if need be, and there were branching pathways, so it was possible to get screwed out of your repair spot if the competition got nasty.
And it was in 3D! You needed to wear red/blue glasses for it!
Really ahead of its time.
The Famicom Grand Prix series is basically the precursors to Mario Kart. Hell, the first title is basically top-down Mario Kart, with just Mario as the only character. The second title, dropping in 1988, switches to the familiar behind the car camera, but does things a little differently. It's a proper F1 cross-country race, none of this Nascar looping track stuff heheh. It had proper long long long tracks, you set pitstop points before the race began for where you could pull over to repair if need be, and there were branching pathways, so it was possible to get screwed out of your repair spot if the competition got nasty.
And it was in 3D! You needed to wear red/blue glasses for it!
Really ahead of its time.