is a rally-type Super Famicom

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...

 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, set in a rally raid

Rally raid

Rally raid, also known as cross country rallying is a form of long distance off-road racing that takes place over several days. Each day may require traveling up to . The length of the event can be 3–15 days...

 similar to that of the Paris-Dakar Rally

Dakar Rally

The Dakar Rally is an annual rally raid type of off-road automobile race, organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation...

. This scenario depicts an international race where the player has to drive an off-roader across a rally course in order to obtain the best time.

Story

In the year 1907, a brave group of drivers decide to travel from Paris to Moscow and eventually to Beijing (then known as Peking) by using automobile routes. This expedition was publicized in the French newspaper Le Matin and became a race where the object was to travel across the Old World

Old World

The Old World consists of those parts of the world known to classical antiquity and the European Middle Ages. It is used in the context of, and contrast with, the "New World" ....

 as fast as he can go. After 85 years of competition, people are still interested in running this rally race. As of 1992, Japan maintains an office where serious competitors register to compete in the Paris-Moskow-Beijing rally every year.

Gameplay

While the off-roaders are tough, they cannot absorb unlimited damage. Players must waste time fixing their off-roaders in case of a trouble situation with either the engine or other vital automobile parts. The player has the choice of either practicing any of the ten levels in the game or starting a full race once he or she has practice all the moves. In addition, the player has to watch out for his or her fuel consumption. If he or she runs out of fuel, then he or she has to retire from the race or practice session. Like all Japanese games, the speed gauge of the player's vehicle is in kilometers. Through desert, snow, paved, and unpaved roads, the player must race from Paris to Moscow and finally to Beijing as fast as he or she can in order to become the best rally racer in the world.

While the drive through France and Germany start out as paved roads and easy forest drives, the player encounters ice and snow once he or she enters Russia. After that the player goes south through the former Soviet republics and then east through parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Finally the player goes through Nepal and its snowy district and makes his or her way through the final level. The final level consists of navigating his or her way through the Great Wall of China

Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in northern China, built originally to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire against intrusions by various nomadic groups...

. After that, the player arrives safely in Beijing, and the game is finally over.