Super Sprint, the Video Game by Atari Games Corp. [CA, USA]

Type of the machine : Video Game
Super Sprint © 1986 Atari Games.

Like "Championship Sprint", released the same year, Super Sprint is an updated version of the old Atari Sprint series; with added the ability to allow players to upgrade their vehicles as the game progresses. Upgrades are won by collecting wrenches that appear once per track. After a player has collected four wrenches, they will be presented with an upgrade screen; giving them the opportunity to choose better traction, increased top speed, faster acceleration, or a faster helicopter. The only discernable difference between this and "Championship Sprint" is the addition of brand new tracks.

Atari System 2 hardware
Game ID : 136042

Main CPU : T11 (@ 10 Mhz), M6502 (@ 1.789772 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), (2x) POKEY (@ 1.789772 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 512 x 384 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 256

Players : 3
Control : Steering wheel with gas pedal

Released in April 1986.

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (That's Atari Music Vol. II : G.S.M. Atari Games 2 - PCCB-00070) on 21/09/1991.

1. Sprint 2 (1976)
2. Sprint 8 (1977)
3. Sprint 4 (1977)
4. Sprint One (1978)
5. Super Sprint (1986)
6. Championship Sprint (1986)
7. Bad Lands (1989)

Designed & programmed by : Robert Weatherby, Kelly Turner
Art & animation by : Will Noble, Kris Moser, Sam Comstock
Audio by : Hal Canon

Consoles :

Nintendo Famicom (1989)
Sony PlayStation (2000, "Arcade Party Pak")
Sony PlayStation 2 (2003, "Midway Arcade Treasure")
Nintendo GameCube (2003, "Midway Arcade Treasure")
Microsoft XBOX (2003, "Midway Arcade Treasure")
Nintendo Game Boy Advance (2005, "Spy Hunter / Super Sprint")

Computers :

Atari ST (1986)
Commodore C64 (1987)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1987)
Amstrad CPC (1987)
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (2004, "Midway Arcade Treasure")

Game's rom.
Machine's picture.