Formula Racer (c) 2011 Kongregate

Original description:
The ultimate racing challenge.

- TECHNICAL -
Uses Adobe Flash Player
Players: 1
Controls: 4 arrows or WASD
Other keys: 1
[SPACE BAR], [X] or [N] = kinetic boost (when the bar is filled at least 20%)

- TRIVIA -

Released in April 2011.
The special car unlocked after getting 3rd (or better) place after all races is an extremely tuned Morris Cooper.
The stages are raced on totally different circuits than in real life: USA is raced at Circuit de Catalunya in Spain; Australia is raced at RedBull Ring in Austria; Canada is raced at Silverstone in Great Britain; China is raced at Monza in Italy and Bahrain is raced at Hungaroring in Hungary. Of course all these tracks are deformed.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* The kinetic boost bar rises slow during driving, but faster during braking. Hitting other bolides depletes the boost.
* You can upgrade the car up to 16 levels. Adjust the setup between speed, handling and boost by dragging the cursor around the setup triangle.
* Better handling means lower speed and weaker boost. Drag the cursor more towards handling when the race is going to be driven in the rain as there's no option to mount rain tires. Look at the cloud in the race selection field, click "set up car", drag the ball to handling and then start the race.
* Learn the tracks and find the best racing lines.
* Hit the boost when coming out of bends.
* Reach top 3 in all races to unlock a total beast - special car with awesome acceleration, super high speed and super handling.
* You can finish a race in under 2 minutes when you use the special car and the "great time" achievements will be passed.
* The special car can be used to pass many other achievements.
* Road hog achievement (cause another car to crash) can only be scored randomly, but you'll also crash when you're pushing any opponent.
* Reach 278 mph in the special car by dragging the
settings ball to the top (full engine power). You can reach 230 mph in the bolide by upgrading it to the maximum level and dragging the settings ball just like in case of special car - to the top.
* The cone is hidden somewhere at Bahrain stage.
* The entrance only to the 1st race (USA) is free. You have to save money up to buy licenses for entrance to all the remaining courses.

- SERIES -

1. Formula Racer (2011)
2. Formula Racer 2012 (2012)

- STAFF -

Created by: TurboNuke, RobotJAM, LongAnimals

- SOURCES -

Game's *.SWF
https://www.kongregate.com/games/turboNuke/formula-racer

Rally Championship (c) 2008 Miniclip SA

Original description:
Compete in 3 grueling stages: Sweden, Germany and Mexico. Become the World Champion.

- TECHNICAL -

Uses Adobe ShockWave
Players: 1
Controls: 4 arrows
Other keys: 2
[SPACE BAR] = handbrake; [C] = toggle views between 3rd person (chase view) and 2nd person (hood view)

- TRIVIA -

Released in April 2008.
Actually, the stages in German forests are closer to Finnish gravels, Mexican deserts are more like Argentinian deserts.
The cars don't differ in terms of any specifications.
The game features 2 types of scoring: table, race and post-race. The table scoring is represented by championship standings (scores are awarded after 4 rounds), race scoring involves taking Miniclip icons, where post-race score is a bonus for position after crossing the finish line and car condition bonus (wrongly referred to as damage).
The speedometer shows 10 km/h even when the car is stopped; moreover the speed measurement begins at this speed. The speedometer has numbered labels every 30 km/h and 1 line between them, apparently showing 15 km/h.

- SCORING -

Miniclip icon: 200; 500 or 1000 points (always random)
1st position at finish line: 10000 points
Damage bonus (car condition): 100 points per 1%
Table scoring position 1: 10 points
Table scoring position 2: 8 points
Table scoring position 3: 6 points
Table scoring position 4: 5 points

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Keep an eye on the stopwatch and whenever you see it, take it! You'll not be likely to finish 1st when you forget to do so.
* Use the handbrake before sharp turns: handbrake is reported to be the rally driver's best friend.
* Don't change views before the countdown says "GO!": when you keep the hood view during the whole countdown, you'll have a broken 3rd person view showing the rear quarter.
* Pick all the wrenches up: when you hit any obstacle, you'll damage the car. When the car is heavily damaged, you'll not be able to accelerate as fast as you'd have an undamaged car.
* The co-pilot has no voice, instead the pace-notes are represented by 3 beeps: the low frequency is for u-turns (degree 1), middle - for a bit easier turns (degree 2: sharp), where the high frequency beep is for easy turns (degree 3). You have to look just below the progress bar as the beeps are all the same, no matter whether the turn is left or right. The notes appear for only half a second.
* Finish 1st for maximum score (both post-race bonus and table standing).
* Don't drive too fast: even if the speedometer shows maximum speed of 250 km/h, don't try to reach that speed. None of 12 stages allow to do so. You'll be able to reach maximum 190 km/h.

- SOURCES -

Game's Pack.

Mappy (c) 1986 Dempa Shinbunsha.

- TRIVIA -

Released in June 1986 in Japan.

- STAFF -

Arranged by: H. Akiyama

Mappy (c) 1986 Dempa Shinbunsha.

- TRIVIA -

Released in September 1986 in Japan.

- STAFF -

Arranged By: Hikohsen

バーガータイム © 1985 Dempa Shinbunsha.
(BurgerTime)

- STAFF -

Arranged By: Toshio Tabeta

大脱走 (c) 1985 Carry Lab.
(Daidassou)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: GA-105

- TRIVIA -

The game was released in March 1985

パックマン © 1985 Dempa Shinbunsha.
(Pac-Man)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: DP-3101070

- STAFF -

Arranged by: Toshio Tabeta

Super Crush © 1982 Orca.

インディアンの冒険 (c) 1983 Hudson Soft.
(Indian No Bouken)

花札狂 (c) 1984 Hudson Soft.
(Hanafuda Kyo)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: WT-1005

Breakthru (c) 1986 US Gold, Ltd.

- TECHNICAL -

BARCODE: 5 013442 534038

- STAFF -
Coding & Graphics by: Steve Calvert (LiL Steve)
Music by: Fred Gray
Additional Graphics by: Simon Butler

- SOURCES -

Game's tape.

ポピンズ (c) 1986 Dempa Shinbunsha
(Popins)

Popins (c) 1986 Dempa Shinbunsha.

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: DP-3203223

マリオブラザーズスペシャル (c) 1984 Hudson Soft.
(Mario Bros. Special)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: QD-1006

The Sharp Mz-1500 version uses 2.8 Inch Floppy Disk

- TRIVIA -

The Price was 5,200 yen

スクエアガーデン (c) 1983 Hudson Soft.
(Square Garden)

If a bullet or square hits the barrier, it will bounce back, but it will disappear after a while.

If the bullet hits a square, you die.

5000 points will add one person.

If a bullet or square hits a circle, the course will change.

If the bullet hits the squares in (1) and (2), it will split into four.

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: X-1045-G

シーボンバー (c) 1983 Hudson Soft.
(Sea Bomber)

In the summer of 205x, aliens from outer space invade the ocean floor of the Pacific Ocean.
On Earth, they were called "negative jellyfish" and were frightened by their negativity.
So, you, who are an excellent frogman (diver), set out to exterminate the black jellyfish. . .
The weapons include a sea bomber (SPACE KEY) and a diver gun (Z KEY).
Sea Bomber explodes when it touches something.
The diver gun is not effective against "negative jellyfish," but it can exterminate jokes (sharks).
The amount of oxygen is 1000, and when it reaches 0000, you die.
You can receive supplies from the boats passing above, so touch the boats.
Move up (8), down (2), right (6), left (4)

You can get 10 to 320 points if you kill a Nekurage (Negative Jellyfish)

You can get 500 to 900 points if you kill Joke (Shark)

Wait a minute. Is the loading screen message

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: X-1079

ポリスドッグ (c) 1983 Hudson Soft.
(Police Dog)

Puppy is a police officer. He works hard every day.
The gorilla is stealing money from the bank.
Puppy tries to catch the gorilla, but his opponent is a big gorilla, so he has no chance.
So he puts a stop sign on the road and chases the gorilla to the police station.

But when the puppy collides with the gorilla, he starts crying.
When even one gorilla returns to its home, I start crying.

If you pick up the money dropped by the gorilla, your points will increase.
Please note that stop signs cannot be placed on bridges or on gravel roads.

Puppy space bar gorilla

It starts with the space bar.

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: LA-1065

- STAFF -

By: Toshiyuki Sasagawa

マリオブラザーズスペシャル (c) 1984 Hudson Soft.
(Mario Bros. Special)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: WB-2006

マリオブラザーズスペシャル (c) 1984 Hudson Soft.
(Mario Bros. Special)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: QD-1006

マリオブラザーズスペシャル (c) 1984 Hudson Soft [Hudson Group].
(Mario Bros. Special)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: YF-1006

- SOURCES -

Game's screenshots.
Game's ROM.

スカイダイバー (c) 1983 Hudson Soft.
(Sky Diver)

explanation

1. Please move the diver using the numeric keypad.

2. The paper airplane will fly to the upper right,
upper left, lower right, or lower left depending on the
direction the person moves.

3. You can score points by touching diamonds and pink balloons.
However, if the paper airplane hits the balloon, it will fall.

4. Don't get hit by aliens, thunderboys, balloon
bombs, rockets, or birds.

5. Don't even touch the balloon bombs and rocket
explosions.

6. The height will be lower and you can go to the next
plane by dropping to the ground.

Press the space key to start.

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: X-1069

- STAFF -

By: Piano Man, Toshiyuki Sasagawa

3びきの子ぶたの大冒険 STEP2 (c) 1983 Hudson Soft.
(3 Biki No Kobuta No Daibouken - Step 2)

The Big Adventure of the Three Little Pigs

Minced Cut Let

Please press the space bar.

The Adventures of the Three Little Pigs 2

This is a forest plaza.
I'm putting logs here to build a house.
However, a wicked monkey steals the log.
You become a pig and throw a banana at the monkey to scare it away.

Add up the numbers that the monkey has, and if the last digit becomes 0, the number of logs will increase by one.
You can only add up to 10 numbers.
If it exceeds 10, you will have to start over again.

When there are 15 logs, the stage will go up.

If the following conditions are met, the game is over.
-Bonus is 0 points
-The number of logs is 0

If you hit the monkey, you get 50 points.
If you get more logs, you get 100 points.

4-6
left right

space bar
throw a banana

Start the game with the space key

Use the return key to return to the beginning.

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: LA-1061

- STAFF -

By: Masaaki Kikuta

3びきの子ぶたの大冒険 STEP3 (c) 1983 Hudson Soft.
(3 Biki No Kobuta No Daibouken - Step 3)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: LA-1062

- STAFF -

By: Masaaki Kikuta

3びきの子ぶたの大冒険 STEP2 (c) 1983 Hudson Soft.
(3 Biki No Kobuta No Daibouken - Step 2)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: LA-1061

- STAFF -

By: Masaaki Kikuta

3びきの子ぶたの大冒険 STEP1 (c) 1983 Hudson Soft.
(3 Biki No Kobuta No Daibouken - Step 1)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: LA-1060

- STAFF -

By: Masaaki Kikuta

スカイダイバー (c) 1983 Hudson Soft.
(Sky Diver)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: X-1069

- STAFF -

By: Piano Man, Toshiyuki Sasagawa

Mag Max (c) 1985 Nichibutsu.

Mag Max is a horizontally scrolling shoot-em-up in which a single player takes control of the 'Maxcraft' hover-ship and must battle their way through an packed enemy installation to find and destroy the invading alien 'Dragonia' fleet.

The action takes place both above and below ground and transporters appear throughout the game that allows the Maxcraft warp between the two as players search for the three-headed 'Dragonship'.

At various points the player will come across robot components - either a torso, a pair of legs or a plasma gun - and collecting these will eventually see the player's hover-ship become a towering robot, vastly increasing its firepower in the process.

If the Maxcraft takes an enemy hit when additional components are attached, a component is lost. If the ship is hit when only in basic form, however, a life is lost.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 8 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 2.5 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (3x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.25 Mhz)

Players : 1
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

Mag Max was released in July 1985.

Some enemies from Nichibutsu's earlier game "Seicross" also appear as enemies in Mag Max.

Default highscore table (BEST 5) :
RANK SCORE NAME
1 68000 MACINTOSH
2 56000 MADMAX
3 44000 MACADAMIA-
4 32000 NUTS
5 20000 MANGETSU

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Nintendo Famicom (1986) "Mag Max [Model NBF-MM]"
[US] Nintendo NES (1988) "Mag Max [Model NES-MM-USA]"
[JP] Sony PS4 [PSN] (apr.2, 2015) "Arcade Archives - Mag Max [Model CUSA-01824]"
Sony PlayStation 4 [PSN] [AS] (june.5, 2015) "Arcade Archives - Mag Max"
Sony PlayStation 4 [PSN] [US] (jul.21, 2015) "Arcade Archives - Mag Max [Model CUSA-00992]"
Sony PlayStation 4 [PSN] [EU] [AU] (dec.2, 2015) "Arcade Archives - Mag Max [Model CUSA-03165]"

* COMPUTERS:
Amstrad CPC (1986)
Commodore C64 (1987)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1987)

- STAFF -
Director/Designer: Shigeki Fujiwara
Hardware: Isao Shiki
Sound: Ryoichi Yamada

- SOURCES -

Game's manual.
Game's ROM.
Game's screenshots.

めだかのきょうだい (c) 1983 Hudson Soft.
(Medaka no Kyoudai)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: YB-1048

- STAFF -

By: Masaaki Kikuta, TV Asahi Music

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

Congratulations. It's a high score.

Japanese killifish brothers
Please wait.

Nozomi, Kanae, Tamae

Nozomi, Kanae, Tamae
Japanese killifish brothers

This is the story of three sisters: Nozomi, Kanae, and
Tamae.
Eating food that falls from above will increase your
points.

Press the space key to start.

Japanese killifish brothers

Control Nozomi-chan on the far left and eat the rice balls that fall from above. Eating the watermelon that comes out from below will give you bonus points. However, if you reach the top, you will lose points. If you can't eat at least one rice ball, the game is over.
Stage 001

Cat brothers

Control Kanae-chan in the middle and eat the fish falling from above. Bonus points will be added if you eat the strawberries that come out from below. However, if you reach the top, you will lose points. If you can't eat any fish, the game is over.
Stage 002

Sparrow brothers

Control Tamae-chan on the far right and eat the grapes falling from above. Eating the cherries that come out from below will give you bonus points. However, if you reach the top, you will lose points. If you can't eat any grapes, it's game over.
Stage 003

3びきの子ぶたの大冒険 STEP3 (c) 1983 Hudson Soft.
(3 Biki No Kobuta No Daibouken - Step 3)

- STAFF -

By: Masaaki Kikuta

3びきの子ぶたの大冒険 STEP2 (c) 1983 Hudson Soft.
(3 Biki No Kobuta No Daibouken - Step 2)

- STAFF -

By: Masaaki Kikuta

3びきの子ぶたの大冒険 STEP1 (c) 1983 Hudson Soft.
(3 Biki No Kobuta No Daibouken - Step 1)

- STAFF -

By: Masaaki Kikuta

スカイダイバー (c) 1983 Hudson Soft.
(Sky Diver)

- STAFF -

By: Piano Man, Toshiyuki Sasagawa

サブマリン・シューター (c) 1983 Hudson Soft.
(Submarine Shooter)

- STAFF -

By: Masaaki Kikuta

ファイアーボール (c) 1983 Hudson Soft.
(Fire Ball)

- STAFF -

By: Kon-Chan

カラーボール (c) 1983 Hudson Soft.
(Color Ball)

ミステリーマウンテン (c) 1983 Hudson Soft.
(Mystery Mountain)

バーニン'ラバー © 1985 Dempa Shinbunsha.
(Burnin' Rubber)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: DP-3203217

- STAFF -

By: H. Yomoda

バーニン'ラバー © 1985 Dempa Shinbunsha.
(Burnin' Rubber)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: DP-3203155

- STAFF -

By: H. Yomoda

スーパードアーズ (c) 1983 Hudson Soft.
(Super Doors)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: S2-1025

- STAFF -

By: TNT

- TRIVIA -

The original version was the Nec Pc-6001MkII version

ライトフリッパー (c) 1984 Enix, Ltd.
(Light Flipper)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: E-G064

- STAFF -

By: Yoshiyuki Okada
Alteration for FM7: Takahiro Ikawa