Alex DeMeo's Race America [Model NES-RB-USA]

34 Years old Nintendo NES NTSC cart. Absolute Ent., Inc. [Midland Park, NJ, USA]

Alex DeMeo's Race America © 1992 Absolute Entertainment, Incorporated.

A 'versus' racer involving racing from the east side of the USA to the west. From Boston to Los Angeles. In a Dodge Viper RT10.
Races and length:
Leg #1 = Boston -> New York, 210 miles.
Leg #2 = New York -> Washington DC, 240 miles.
Leg #3 = Washington DC -> Cincinnati, 510 miles.
Leg #4 = Cincinnati -> Detroit, 270 miles.
Leg #5 = Detroit -> Chicago, 290 miles.
Leg #6 = Chicago -> Kansas City, 530 miles.
Leg #7 = Kansas City -> Dallas, 520 miles.
Leg #8 = Dallas -> Denver, 780 miles.
Leg #9 (final race) = Denver -> Los Angeles, 990 miles.

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TECHNICAL

GAME ID: NES-RB-USA

Players: 1 or 2 (versus)
Controls: d-pad left and right = steer, d-pad up = shift gear up, d-pad down = shift gear down, A = accelerate, B = brake.

TRIVIA

Released in May 1992 by Milton Bradley company in USA. Licensed to Absolute Entertainment inc.

Title screen features a Dodge Viper RT10 and Chevrolet Corvette, but with no license.

Even if the unlicensed Vipers have 165 mph top speed written just before leg #1, they can reach 192 mph on gear 6.

Published for European market as Corvette ZR-1 Challenge with a slight change; Corvette ZR-1 Challenge [Model NES-ZJ-NOE].

TIPS AND TRICKS

* Get best ending: Choose AJ Turbo as the first opponent and keep up with him up to round 9.

* Release 'A' button before shifting gears either up or down.

* When a round is shorter than 300 miles, you don't need to refuel.

* Don't stop to 0 mph on a gas station; just slow down to 70 mph on one stop and go to another at the same speed until your gas tank is full.

* When you spot a gas station during a round lasting more than 300 miles, refuel!

* Steering is too hard during drag races which means you will always run into an oil slick.

* Start better: shift to gear 1 and hold 'A' during countdown to get a faster start.

STAFF

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Produced by Imageering inc.

Design: Alex DeMeo
Program: Frank Covitz, Alex DeMeo
Graphics: Mike Sullivan
Musical arrangements: Mark Van Hecke
Additional design: Frank Covitz
Audio engineering: Alex DeMeo

SOURCES

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ROM dump (MAME).