Easy Racer

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Easy Racer
Screenshot of Easy Racer
Developer HAL College of Technology & Design
Publisher Nintendo
Platform(s) Super Famicom
Release date Japan January 6, 1996[1]
Genre Racing
Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer
Format
Super NES:
Satellaview soundlink
Input
Super NES:

Easy Racer is a game released in 1996 for the Satellaview add-on for the Super Famicom. It was made available to download during a special broadcast of the "Game Tora no Ōana Special" program, consisting of games developed by students at the HAL College of Technology & Design using the Game Processor.[2] As the title suggests, it is a simple racing game featuring Mario and Luigi as playable characters. It is somewhat similar to Famicom Grand Prix: F1 Race, but it has much less content as well as much smaller courses.

Gameplay[edit]

Easy Racer is a top-down single-player and multiplayer racing game in which players control Mario and Luigi in red and green open-wheel cars. Mario is controlled by Player 1, while Luigi is controlled by either the computer or Player 2 depending on the mode. The player is given two lives and has to complete ten laps around four courses by pressing A Button to accelerate, B Button to brake, and +Control Pad to steer. If the player loses to the opponent, they lose a life and the race restarts. At any moment during a race, the player can press a button to skip to the next one with no repercussions.

Racecourses[edit]

The game has four short racecourses with ten laps each. By pressing a button on the title screen, the player can see the developer's best lap times on each course.

  • COURCE1:[sic] A square-shaped course with a lake surrounded by trees in the center. The developer's best lap is 00:02:75.
  • COURCE2:[sic] Another square-shaped course surrounded by trees with an alternative path after the first turn across a lake. The developer's best lap is 00:02:18.
  • COURCE3:[sic] A course with a sharp first turn, two 90-degree turns, and a wide last turn, featuring red and white tires in the center. The developer's best lap is 00:02:51.
  • COURCE4:[sic] A course set in the middle of a sea with two holes acting as obstacles after the second turn and an island in the bottom left corner. The developer's best lap is 00:02:55.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ kukun kun (March 22, 2019). ゲームとら大穴おおあなスペシャル  1996ねん01がつ06にち. youtube.com (Japanese). Retrieved September 1, 2024.
  2. ^ LuigiBlood. GPC Documentation Page. neocities.org. Retrieved September 1, 2024. (Archived November 5, 2023, 03:07:15 UTC via Wayback Machine.)

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