Gallop Racer is an open-ended racing game in which the player purchases horses to train, race and breed. Most games in the series involve management of horses, with the exception of Gallop Racer 2004, which focuses more on the jockeying riders. Horses are divided into four leg types: frontrunner, preceder, midrunner and closer, and the player must carefully choose the best leg type suited for each race to have the best stamina and strength available. Race course terrain can either be dirt or turf, with horses excelling in either or both terrain types. Due to licensing issues, the series does not use the names of real-life horse breeds, jockey contests or famous race courses, a trait that also carries over to the crossover game Champion Jockey: G1 Jockey & Gallop Racer. Races are divided into four classes based on horse quality and type of race: open, grade III, grade II and grade I. Higher-graded and more difficult races are unavailable from the start and must be unlocked by accomplishing certain achievements and winning certain races. Race course lengths range from 5 furlongs (5/8 mile) to 20 furlongs (2.5 miles) and are designed to closely resemble real-life courses in distance and shape in spite of an inability to secure licensing rights to use their official names.
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Most games in the series are available on early Sony consoles, with early installments available on arcade machines.[1] All games in the series are available in Japan, with sequels utilizing standard sequel numeration. The first Gallop Racer home video game available in North America is a port of the third game of the series and is plainly titled Gallop Racer. When most of that game's subsequent sequels were localized for North America, they would be numerated on the basis of their year of release there in a convention not dissimilar to annually released sports games in various EA Sports franchises and later titles in Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer series. Only the sixth and seventh installments of the series would be localized for a European release, with the former being endorsed by the British Isles' attheraces horse racing sports network. After Tecmo merged with Koei, the creator of rival horse racing series G1 Jockey, a crossover video game that incorporates mechanics from both G1 Jockey and Gallop Racer, Champion Jockey: G1 Jockey & Gallop Racer was released internationally in 2011 as the first and only game in this series to be available on non-Sony consoles and support the use of commercial motion controllers.
[1] The Online Racing League World is the largest Gallop Racer series support group.
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standards No cleanup reason has been specified Please help improve this article if you can June 2011 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message Gallop Racer ギャロップレーサー Gyaroppu Resa is a series of horse racing video games created by Tecmo Gallop RacerPAL cover artwork of attheraces Presents Gallop Racer known as Gallop Racer 2003 in the USA Genre s Horse racingDeveloper s TecmoPublisher s Tecmo Koei TecmoPlatform s Arcade PlayStation PlayStation 2 Microsoft Windows PlayStation 3 Wii Xbox 360 iOS Android Nintendo SwitchFirst releaseGallop RacerWW September 27 1996Latest releaseChampion Jockey SpecialJP September 14 2017 Contents 1 Overview 2 Games 2 1 Notes 3 Reception 4 References 5 External linksOverview editGallop Racer is an open ended racing game in which the player purchases horses to train race and breed Most games in the series involve management of horses with the exception of Gallop Racer 2004 which focuses more on the jockeying riders Horses are divided into four leg types frontrunner preceder midrunner and closer and the player must carefully choose the best leg type suited for each race to have the best stamina and strength available Race course terrain can either be dirt or turf with horses excelling in either or both terrain types Due to licensing issues the series does not use the names of real life horse breeds jockey contests or famous race courses a trait that also carries over to the crossover game Champion Jockey G1 Jockey amp Gallop Racer Races are divided into four classes based on horse quality and type of race open grade III grade II and grade I Higher graded and more difficult races are unavailable from the start and must be unlocked by accomplishing certain achievements and winning certain races Race course lengths range from 5 furlongs 5 8 mile to 20 furlongs 2 5 miles and are designed to closely resemble real life courses in distance and shape in spite of an inability to secure licensing rights to use their official names Games editMost games in the series are available on early Sony consoles with early installments available on arcade machines 1 All games in the series are available in Japan with sequels utilizing standard sequel numeration The first Gallop Racer home video game available in North America is a port of the third game of the series and is plainly titled Gallop Racer When most of that game s subsequent sequels were localized for North America they would be numerated on the basis of their year of release there in a convention not dissimilar to annually released sports games in various EA Sports franchises and later titles in Konami s Pro Evolution Soccer series Only the sixth and seventh installments of the series would be localized for a European release with the former being endorsed by the British Isles attheraces horse racing sports network After Tecmo merged with Koei the creator of rival horse racing series G1 Jockey a crossover video game that incorporates mechanics from both G1 Jockey and Gallop Racer Champion Jockey G1 Jockey amp Gallop Racer was released internationally in 2011 as the first and only game in this series to be available on non Sony consoles and support the use of commercial motion controllers Year Game Regions Platforms JP PAL NA 1996 Gallop Racer Yes Yes a Yes a Arcade PlayStation 1997 Gallop Racer 2 One and Only Road to Victory Yes Yes a Yes a Arcade PlayStation 1999 Gallop Racer 3 One and Only Road to Victory Yes Yes a Yes b Arcade PlayStation 2000 Gallop Racer 2000 Yes No No PlayStation 2001 Gallop Racer 2001 Yes c No Yes PlayStation 2 2002 Gallop Racer 2003 A New Breed Yes d Yes e Yes PlayStation 2 2004 Gallop Racer 2004 Yes f Yes g Yes PlayStation 2 2005 Gallop Racer 2006 Yes h No Yes PlayStation 2 2006 Gallop Racer Inbreed Yes No No PlayStation 2 2007 Gallop Racer Online Yes i No No Microsoft Windows 2011 Champion Jockey G1 Jockey amp Gallop Racer j Yes Yes Yes k PlayStation 3 Wii Xbox 360 2013 Gallop Racer mobile l Yes Yes Yes iOS Android 2017 Champion Jockey Special Yes No No Nintendo Switch m Notes edit a b c d e Only available on arcade The PlayStation version was renamed to Gallop Racer Released as Gallop Racer 5 Released as Gallop Racer 6 Revolution First Gallop Racer game released in Europe titled attheraces presents Gallop Racer Released as Gallop Racer Lucky 7 Released as a sequel to attheraces presents Gallop Racer titled Gallop Racer 2 in Europe Released as Gallop Racer 8 Live Horse Racing Available from August 28 2007 March 31 2009 Crossover with Koei s G1 Jockey series Only available for PS3 and Wii Available from December 18 2013 July 9 2015 Updated Nintendo Switch version of Champion Jockey G1 Jockey and Gallop Racer released in 2017 only in Japan Reception editThe games are bestsellers in Japan 2 References edit Herold Charles 2003 05 29 From Hot Rods to Racehorses It s All in the Bonding The New York Times p 5 Dengeki PlayStation sales chart April 2000 published in Official UK PlayStation Magazine issue 57 External links editGallop Racer 2006 at the Tecmo web site 1 The Online Racing League World is the largest Gallop Racer series support group Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gallop Racer amp oldid 1219689853, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
