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Hyper Rally [Model RC718]

MSX cart. published 39 years ago by Konami Industry Co., Ltd.

Listed in MAME

Hyper Rally [Model RC718] screenshot

Hyper Rally © 1985 Konami Industry Co., Ltd.

A high-speed sprite-scaled car race game. Involves racing both at brilliant and terrible road conditions. Reach position 1 after 13 stages of driving through plains, icy roads, tunnels and deserts. The game is over when the qualifying rank is too low or when the fuel ends. Player starts from position #680.
Stages, qualifying ranks and road conditions:
1. Qualify rank: #650, dry road, day.
2. Qualify rank: #610, tunnel drive.
3. Qualify rank: #570, icy road, day.
4. Qualify rank: #530, icy road, evening.
5. Qualify rank: #480, night drive on dry road.
6. Qualify rank: #420, dry road, day.
7. Qualify rank: #360, thunderstorm, but on a dry road during daytime.
8. Qualify rank: #300, dry road, day.
9. Qualify rank: #250, icy road, day.
10. Qualify rank: #200, tunnel drive.
11. Qualify rank: #140, dry road, just before evening; pyramids show up gradually on the 3rd part of stage's progress bar.
12. Qualify rank: #80, dry road, night (almost dawn) drive on dry road.
13 (final stage). No qualified rank, dry road, day.

TECHNICAL

GAME ID: RC718

Players: 1
Control: 4 buttons
=> [SPACE BAR] = accelerate, [UP ARROW] = brake, ARROWS LEFT AND RIGHT = steer.

SCORING
1 yard driven 1 point (only when driving; brake pauses the score count).
Overtaken car 250 points.
TIPS AND TRICKS

* The producers didn't assign other keys to gear shift, so when the speedometer hits somewhere between 160 and 185 km/h, release [SPACE] quickly and press it back after around 0,2 (two tenths) of a second to shift from low to high.

* Frequent braking may disqualify you for too low position which ends with a game over. Try just to release [SPACE] responsible for gas whenever possible.

* The time panel in HUD is probably a decoration as you don't need to complete the stage in certain time, but in proper position. Also watch out for fuel: there are no gas stations or other pickups increasing fuel. You have no option to continue whether you place too low or run out of gas.

SOURCES

Game's ROM.