The main goal of the game is to race against up to 4 players on a variety of tracks.
Whenever a player falls off screen, gas is subtracted from their gas meter. When a player's gas meter reaches zero, their game is over. A player can pick up flashing targets symbolized with letter "G" to add 10 units of gas to the player's gas meter. If a player successfully crosses the finish line, they are rewarded additional units of gas.
After every race, players go to the Parts Shop to purchase upgrades for their car. These include: three front or rear engines, three types of bumpers, three types of spoilers, and two types of tires. There are additional types of tires including radial tires, speed tires, spike tires, and snow tires. The player may equip either a front or rear engine, but not both at once. Players may not equip a spoiler and a rear engine simultaneously.
There are 30 different races across 10 environments including: busy highways, dirt roads, a beach side, a mountain, farmlands, a snowy terrain, a desert, a construction zone, a shipyard, and city streets. There are 3 races per environment, with every third race taking the players to a stadium for a victory ceremony. Afterwards, the players find themselves in a new environment.
Receptionedit
In Japan, Game Machine listed Hot Rod on their June 1, 1988 issue as being the fourth most-successful upright/cockpit arcade unit of the month.[1]
^"Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - アップライト, コックピット型TVゲーム機 (Upright/Cockpit Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 333. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 June 1988. p. 25.
video, game, game, based, magazine, american, street, drag, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, video, g. For the game based on Hot Rod magazine see Hot Rod American Street Drag This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Hot Rod video game news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message Hot Rod is a top down arcade racing game developed by Sega Released for arcades in 1988 in Japan and released worldwide in 1989 the game was available in a four player cocktail style arcade cabinet as well as a three player upright cabinet Home computer ports were published by Activision in 1990 for the Amiga ZX Spectrum Amstrad CPC Commodore 64 and Atari ST Hot RodDeveloper s SegaPublisher s SegaActivision ports Composer s ArcadeHiroshi KawaguchiN YCommodore 64Jeroen TelPlatform s Arcade Atari ST Commodore 64 Amiga ZX Spectrum Amstrad CPCReleaseJP December 1988 arcade WW April 1989 arcade 1990 ports Genre s Racing gameMode s 3 4 playersArcade systemSega System 24 Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Reception 3 References 4 External linksGameplay editThe main goal of the game is to race against up to 4 players on a variety of tracks Whenever a player falls off screen gas is subtracted from their gas meter When a player s gas meter reaches zero their game is over A player can pick up flashing targets symbolized with letter G to add 10 units of gas to the player s gas meter If a player successfully crosses the finish line they are rewarded additional units of gas After every race players go to the Parts Shop to purchase upgrades for their car These include three front or rear engines three types of bumpers three types of spoilers and two types of tires There are additional types of tires including radial tires speed tires spike tires and snow tires The player may equip either a front or rear engine but not both at once Players may not equip a spoiler and a rear engine simultaneously There are 30 different races across 10 environments including busy highways dirt roads a beach side a mountain farmlands a snowy terrain a desert a construction zone a shipyard and city streets There are 3 races per environment with every third race taking the players to a stadium for a victory ceremony Afterwards the players find themselves in a new environment Reception editIn Japan Game Machine listed Hot Rod on their June 1 1988 issue as being the fourth most successful upright cockpit arcade unit of the month 1 References edit 2 Game Machine s Best Hit Games 25 アップライト コックピット型TVゲーム機 Upright Cockpit Videos Game Machine in Japanese No 333 Amusement Press Inc 1 June 1988 p 25 Hot Rod Videogame by Sega External links editHot Rod at SpectrumComputing co uk Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hot Rod video game amp oldid 1178405800, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
