Sprinter Monogatari: Mezase!! Ikkaku Senkin
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is a Super Famicom
sports
video game where the player teaches an athlete how to ride his bicycle
faster.
The player must instill physical strength
, tactical skills, and endurance
in his bicycle racer just like a real coach would do. Bicycle racers become tired after training too hard; the coach must eventually assign free days when the athlete is tired. This would allow him to recover so that further exercise is possible. While spa vacations cost money, having the cyclist stay at home and rest cost nothing and accomplishes the same thing. Promoting the rider on television or other media may also bring in more money at the cost of training time.
Occasionally, the player has to let his protégé compete in a bicycle race
at a velodrome
. The only control the player has over the competitor is to tell him when to start racing and how aggressive he should race. Balancing between all-out aggressive racing tactics and passively following the leader's draft is important to gain the crucial championship win at the end. A generous amount of money
is also given out for the win, even though all positions give out some form of monetary reward like in the stock car racing circuits.
-controlled cycler (using hiragana
letters of the Japanese language
for his name) will start out as a young twentysomething. The colors that the racer will use to identify himself will vary from team to team. This would allow the player to recognize what team that he is a virtual member of; provided that he is familiar with the Japanese professional cycling scene. He would be 20 years old at the start of the game and a rookie of the bicycle racing team of the player's choice. Logic assumes that the virtual cyclist was born sometime in the year 1975 because the game was released in 1995. As the player progress through the years of his professional cycling career (in addition to the months and days), the virtual athlete will gradually age and lose some ability on the velodrome. Eventually, he will become an aging veteran and will have to retire
from his career.
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...
sports
Sports game
A sports game is a computer or video game that simulates the practice of traditional sports. Most sports have been recreated with a game, including team sports, athletics and extreme sports. Some games emphasize actually playing the sport , whilst others emphasize strategy and organization...
video game where the player teaches an athlete how to ride his bicycle
Bicycle
A bicycle, also known as a bike, pushbike or cycle, is a human-powered, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A person who rides a bicycle is called a cyclist, or bicyclist....
faster.
Gameplay
Physical strength
Physical strength is the ability of a person or animal to exert force on physical objects using muscles. Increasing physical strength is the goal of strength training.-Overview:...
, tactical skills, and endurance
Endurance
Endurance is the ability for a human or animal to exert itself and remain active for a long period of time, as well as its ability to resist, withstand, recover from, and have immunity to trauma, wounds, or fatigue. In humans, it is usually used in aerobic or anaerobic exercise...
in his bicycle racer just like a real coach would do. Bicycle racers become tired after training too hard; the coach must eventually assign free days when the athlete is tired. This would allow him to recover so that further exercise is possible. While spa vacations cost money, having the cyclist stay at home and rest cost nothing and accomplishes the same thing. Promoting the rider on television or other media may also bring in more money at the cost of training time.
Occasionally, the player has to let his protégé compete in a bicycle race
Bicycle racing
Bicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...
at a velodrome
Velodrome
A velodrome is an arena for track cycling. Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks, consisting of two 180-degree circular bends connected by two straights...
. The only control the player has over the competitor is to tell him when to start racing and how aggressive he should race. Balancing between all-out aggressive racing tactics and passively following the leader's draft is important to gain the crucial championship win at the end. A generous amount of money
Japanese yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...
is also given out for the win, even though all positions give out some form of monetary reward like in the stock car racing circuits.
Character profile
The AIGame artificial intelligence
Game artificial intelligence refers to techniques used in computer and video games to produce the illusion of intelligence in the behavior of non-player characters . The techniques used typically draw upon existing methods from the field of artificial intelligence...
-controlled cycler (using hiragana
Hiragana
is a Japanese syllabary, one basic component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji, and the Latin alphabet . Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems, in which each character represents one mora...
letters of the Japanese language
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
for his name) will start out as a young twentysomething. The colors that the racer will use to identify himself will vary from team to team. This would allow the player to recognize what team that he is a virtual member of; provided that he is familiar with the Japanese professional cycling scene. He would be 20 years old at the start of the game and a rookie of the bicycle racing team of the player's choice. Logic assumes that the virtual cyclist was born sometime in the year 1975 because the game was released in 1995. As the player progress through the years of his professional cycling career (in addition to the months and days), the virtual athlete will gradually age and lose some ability on the velodrome. Eventually, he will become an aging veteran and will have to retire
Retirement
Retirement is the point where a person stops employment completely. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours.Many people choose to retire when they are eligible for private or public pension benefits, although some are forced to retire when physical conditions don't allow the person to...
from his career.
External links
- スプリンター物語～めざせ!!一攫千金～ / Sprinter Monogatari: Mezase!! Ikkaku Senkin at superfamicom.org