Quad Challenge
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is a racing
Racing game
A racing video game is a genre of video games, either in the first-person or third-person perspective, in which the player partakes in a racing competition with any type of land, air, or sea vehicles. They may be based on anything from real-world racing leagues to entirely fantastical settings...

 video game for the Sega Genesis using quads
All-terrain vehicle
An all-terrain vehicle , also known as a quad, quad bike, three wheeler, or four wheeler, is defined by the American National Standards Institute as a vehicle that travels on low pressure tires, with a seat that is straddled by the operator, along with handlebars for steering control...

 as a racing vehicle.

Summary

During championship runs, the player can run free runs
Time trial
In many racing sports an athlete will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. In cycling, for example, a time trial  can be a single track cycling event, or an individual or team time trial on the road, and either or both of the latter may form components of...

 for as long as he likes before racing the fictional computer opponents or the other human opponent in a timed race. Actual recorded human speech is used to count down the racers before the start of the race. The player has two chances to win before receiving a game over
Game over
Game Over is a message in video games which signals that the game has ended, often due to a negative outcome - although the phrase sometimes follows the end credits after successful completion of a game...

. Just like in Pole Position, there is a lap timer as well as a game timer. Finishing each lap extends the game timer like in most arcade-style racing games. Allowing the game timer to reach zero (0) in a one-player game will force the player to retire from the race. In a two-player game, things are different. If a single player allows the timer to reach zero, then the other player can continue racing as long as his timer doesn't reach zero as well.

If the timers of both players reach zero before finishing the racing, then the game is considered to be a draw
Tie (draw)
To tie or draw is to finish a competition with identical or inconclusive results. The word "tie" is usually used in North America for sports such as American football. "Draw" is usually used in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations and it is usually used for sports such as...

 and both players lose.

Legacy

This game was considered to be one of the first off-road racing
Off-road racing
Off-road racing is a format of racing where various classes of specially modified vehicles compete in races through off-road environments.-North America:...

 games for a console system. It was released more than 10 years before ATV Offroad Fury
ATV Offroad Fury
ATV Offroad Fury is a hit PlayStation 2 racing game, released in February 2001. ATV Offroad Fury and its sequel ATV Offroad Fury 2 were developed by Rainbow Studios, whose work includes the Splashdown series, MX Unleashed, and the PC series Motocross Madness.-Gameplay:Basic gameplay is very simple,...

 for the PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...

made off-road racing into a mainstream genre for gamers.
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