Yes, it says PC Engine despite it being on the Turbo Grafx 16 only. And yes, it says it was made by Namcot instead of Namco. And yes, this game is filled with some Engrish.

You start out the game in your hometown, Etroit. You’ll find that all the towns are named after real cities in some lame way. Your father says “I know you’ll be World Champ someday.” Then, you leave. It’s got about as much story as Xenosaga, so I know its hard to swallow, but just ignore the taste and you’ll be fine.

The game works in a loop. You will go into town and find the new parts. You will not have enough money to buy them, especially when all the parts start getting to be $40000, so you will walk around outside the city racing random people you meet. There are a good number of people to race, and the amount of money you get from each correlates to the cost of the equipment in the city. Once you gather up the best stuff you got, you will travel to the local champ and defeat him or her. (lol wut wimens cant race) After the race, you will get that local champs secret part.

I have to point out the fact that they are called “secret parts.” Everyone knows about them, and people will tell you what these parts are and what they do. They include a map, transport box, coupons, a “secret part” that comes with a compass, a “secret part” that comes with a key, and a “secret part” that comes with a pass to skip races. The problem is that these three “secret parts” that you get are not really explained at all. For some reason, you dont get a “secret part” with some of the parts, but they still count as secret parts. They must have thought that a compass, key, and racing pass are not secret enough. But except for the transport box, there is nothing secret AT ALL about coupons or a map. Man, fuck trying to understand this logic.

This game is filled with little goodies all over the place, giving you the ability to search any space you are on. Mostly you’ll find mostly trash, but sometimes you will find incredible items, or the game will piss you off by saying that you found an amazing Wing for your car, but you cant lift it. Damn.

Essentially, this is a good game, one that I have played since I was 6 or 7, but flaws are there. I would recommend you pick this up if you can find it, as it is the only caRPG ever made, but be prepared for a slower paced game (especially if you pick the auto mode which just has you watch the random races), and get ready to face a fucking difficult final boss that I still can’t beat.

Is this a weird father son sex scene? Maybe. You decide!

Damn! As if one remix by JigginJonT was enough! Here’s another to satisfy your F-Zero Remix cravings. A piano remix of Big Blue, one of the most recognizable songs from the F-Zero world. I’m a huge fan of piano music, but mix F-Zero and a piano and you’ve pretty much have an instant post from the Battletunes perspective.

Hit it up again:

OC Remix

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OC Remix – F-Zero – The Flood Plain

Yea!! Battletunes is back! Have I got a great tune for you all: Its your standard Mute City remix alright, but kicks so much ass. From the subtle way it first integrates the base tune to the way it kicks your ass with rockitude. 

Enjoy F-Zero – Voices Broken by the amazing JigginJonT of OC Remix Fame

OC Remix – F-Zero – Voices Broken

Original Remix Page

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72 Pin Connector Podcast: Episode 009 – Start Your Engines

Tonight in this episode: Racing games. None of us love this genre, but we’ll name the games we do like.

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