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Suzuka 8 Hours (arcade game)
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Suzuka 8 Hours is an arcade game
released by Namco
in 1992 . It is similar in play to Final Lap
, but with motorcycles instead of race cars.
A sequel to this game, Suzuka 8 Hours 2, was released by Namco in 1993.
. The Super NES version allows the player to virtually participate in the grueling eight-hour long Suzuka
race in Japan
. While the game doesn't allow the player to play for 8 real hours (even in the Japanese Super Famicom version), he can play for eight "virtual hours", which is translated to over 1½ hours of "real time." The player controls a motorcycle
on a closed race track
intended for motorized two-wheel vehicles. The object is to complete as many laps as you can before time runs out. If time runs out, the clock starts going up again (as penalty time) and the next trip to the finish line ends the race.
Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...
released by Namco
Namco
is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of...
in 1992 . It is similar in play to Final Lap
Final Lap
Final Lap is a racing video game produced by Namco, and released by Atari Games for the United States in 1987. It was the unofficial sequel to the popular Pole Position games....
, but with motorcycles instead of race cars.
A sequel to this game, Suzuka 8 Hours 2, was released by Namco in 1993.
SNES version
Suzuka 8 Hours was ported to the Super NESSuper 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...
. The Super NES version allows the player to virtually participate in the grueling eight-hour long Suzuka
Suzuka
Suzuka may refer to:*Suzuka , a Japanese media franchise*Suzuka, Mie, a city in Mie Prefecture, Japan**Suzuka Circuit, a race track***1000km Suzuka, a sports car race***Suzuka 8 Hours, a motorcycle race***Suzuka 8 Hours...
race in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. While the game doesn't allow the player to play for 8 real hours (even in the Japanese Super Famicom version), he can play for eight "virtual hours", which is translated to over 1½ hours of "real time." The player controls a motorcycle
Motorcycle
A motorcycle is a single-track, two-wheeled motor vehicle. Motorcycles vary considerably depending on the task for which they are designed, such as long distance travel, navigating congested urban traffic, cruising, sport and racing, or off-road conditions.Motorcycles are one of the most...
on a closed race track
Race track
A race track is a purpose-built facility for racing of animals , automobiles, motorcycles or athletes. A race track may also feature grandstands or concourses. Some motorsport tracks are called speedways.A racetrack is a permanent facility or building...
intended for motorized two-wheel vehicles. The object is to complete as many laps as you can before time runs out. If time runs out, the clock starts going up again (as penalty time) and the next trip to the finish line ends the race.
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