F1 Challenge

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F1 Challenge

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Bell, Jitensha (some graphics), T's Music (sound)

Distributor: Virgin Interactive (US)

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (10 tracks)

Peripherals supported: Arcade Racer Joystick

Genre: Racing

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1995-11-02	¥5,8005,800	GS-9035
US	1996-09-19		MK-81206
EU	1996		MK81206-50

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F1 Challenge, known as F-1 Live Information (Ｆ‐１ライブインフォメーション) in Japan and often printed as F-1 Challenge, is a formula one racing game for the Sega Saturn. Unlike later games this is only licensed by the Formula One Constructors Association (FOCA), not the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).

The game is based on the 1995 formula one racing season, and lets you play as either Michael Schumacher (Benetton), Damon Hill (Williams), Jean Alesi (Ferrari), Ukyo Katayama (Tyrrell), or Mika Häkkinen (McLaren), driving around one of four tracks; Hockenheim, the Suzuka Circuit, Monte Carlo and the fictional "Neo City" (complete with three track configurations).

Production credits

Japanese version

Executive Producers: Mamoru Shigeta, Jun Yakahi
Producers: Hiroshi Asoh, Hirotsugu Kobayashi, Junichi Tsuchiya, Motoshige Hokoyama
Planners: Takao Miyoshi, Keisuke Miura
Lead Programmer: Kazunori Hasegawa
Programmers: Tetsuya Yamamoto, Hiroatsu Kohno, Nobuyuki Nishiyama
Artists: Yuming Tsuruta, Shohei Kohara, Sayoko Kingodzi
3D graphic artists: Koji Watanabe, Naoki Nakashima, Satoru Aoyama, Yuji Hattori, Ichirou Deto, Toshiya Harada
Sound Composers: Tatsutoshi Narita, Fumitaka Shibata, Shinji Kawahira, Naoyuki Machida, Jun Senoue, Tatsuya Kouzaki
Music Composers: Shinichirou Satou, Yasutaka Hatada, Chamy, Munetaka Sakamoto
Special Thanks: Tetsuya Nakamura, Kenji Tamura, T.Ogura, Osamu Hori, Ryuichi Hattori, Shuichi Katagi
Material provider: Tyrrell: Ken Tyrrell, Bob Tyrrell, H.Postlethwaite, M.Gascoyne, N.Beresford, R.Manwaring, Y.Tsuzuki, N.Stanbury, D.Brown, T.Densham, S.Nielson, C.White, P.Cant, M.Robertson, P.Fitzgerald, D.Gordon, R.Furness, J.Walton
Material provider: Tyrrell: M.Kingwell, B.Hardy, D.Lebreuilly, N.Steer, N.Barker, B.Foster, S.McNally, K.Kent, P.Anker, R.Hill, J.Parker, R.Gear, I.Hunter, V.Franceschini, Ukyo Katayama, Mika Saro
Material provider: YAMAHA: Herbie Blash, T.Kimura, Y.Takeda, R.Faulkner, N.Aoki, S.Hall, Y.Saiki, M.Narita, M.Bourne, M.Hanlon, G.Smith, S.Ikebe, T.Yoshida
Live Announcer: Masaharu Miyake
Commentator: Jun Imamiya
Pit Reporter: Kazuhito Kawai
Developed by: Bell Corporation

Bell Motorsports Project
Presented by: Sega Enterprises, Ltd. 1995

Source:

In-game credits

Other version

Executive Producers: Jun Yakahi
Producers: Hiroshi Asoh, Hirotsugu Kobayashi, Junichi Tsuchiya, Motoshige Hokoyama
Planners: Takao Miyoshi, Keisuke Miura
Lead Programmer: Kazunori Hasegawa
Programmers: Tetsuya Yamamoto, Hiroatsu Kohno, Nobuyuki Nishiyama
Artists: Yuming Tsuruta, Shohei Kohara, Sayoko Kingodzi
3D Graphic Artists: Koji Watanabe, Naoki Nakashima, Satoru Aoyama, Yuji Hattori, Ichirou Deto, Toshiya Harada
Sound Composers: Tatsutoshi Narita, Fumitaka Shibata, Shinji Kawahira, Naoyuki Machida, Jun Senoue, Tatsuya Kouzaki
Music Composers: Shinichirou Satou, Yasutaka Hatada, Chamy, Munetaka Sakamoto
Special Thanks: Tetsuya Nakamura, Kenji Tamura, T. Ogura, Osamu Hori, Ryuichi Hattori, Shuichi Katagi
Material Provider: Tyrrell: Ken Tyrrell, Bob Tyrrell, H. Postlethwaite, M. Gascoyne, N. Beresford, R. Manwaring, Y. Tsuzuki, N. Stanbury, D. Brown, T. Densham, S. Nielson, C. White, P. Cant, M. Robertson, P. Fitzgerald, D. Gorden, R. Furness, J. Walton, M. Kingwell, B. Hardy, D. Lebreuilly, N. Steer, N. Barker, B. Foster, S. McNally, K. Kent, P. Anker, R. Hill, J. Parker, R. Gear, I. Hunter, V. Franceschini, Ukyo Katayama, Mika Salo
Material Provider: Yamaha: Herbie Blash, T. Kimura, Y. Takeda, R. Faulkner, N. Aoki, S. Hall, Y. Saiki, M. Narita, M. Bourne, M. Hanlon, G. Smith, S. Ikebe, T. Yoshida
Sega Europe Music: Adam Salkeld, Richard Jacques
Localisation Team: Liaithell, Cara McMullan, Simon Bradley
Developed by: Bell Corporation
Presented by: Sega Enterprises, Ltd. 1995

Magazine articles

Main article: F1 Challenge/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #85: "August 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #86: "September 1996" (1996-xx-xx)^[1]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #87: "October 1996" (1996-xx-xx)^[2]

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1995-11: "November 1995" (1995-10-07)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Consoles + (FR)

NTSC

87

^[3]

Consoles + (FR)

87

^[4]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

82

^[5]

Digitiser (UK)

53

^[11]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

75

^[12]

Fun Generation (DE)

50

^[13]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[14]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

87

^[15]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[16]

GamePro (UK)

68

^[17]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

79

^[18]

Intelligent Gamer (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[19]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

80

^[20]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-J

62

^[21]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-J

69

^[22]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-J

84

^[6]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-J

75

^[23]

Player One (FR)

92

^[7]

Power Up! (UK)

78

^[24]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

79

^[25]

Saturn+ (UK)

NTSC-J

88

^[26]

Sega Magazin (DE)

80

^[27]

Sega News (CZ)

90

^[28]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

79

^[29]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC

90

^[30]

Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL)

70

^[31]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

80

^[32]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[10]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

77

^[33]

Strana Igr (RU)

60

^[34]

Todo Sega (ES)

75

^[35]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

40

^[36]

Última Generación (ES)

82

^[37]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-J

69

^[38]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[39]

	75
Based on 35 reviews

F1 Challenge

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

References

↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 141
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 171
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↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 File:PlayerOne FR 061.pdf, page 82 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:PlayerOne FR 061.pdf_p82" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:SSM_UK_03.pdf, page 80
↑ File:SSM_JP_19951101_1995-11.pdf, page 197
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 13 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p13" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1996-03-01)
↑ Famitsu, "1995-11-10,17" (JP; 1995-10-27), page 1
↑ Fun Generation, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-20), page 68
↑ GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 6: June 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 21
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 7 July 1996" (US; 1996-06-11), page 56
↑ GamePro, "August 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 80
↑ GamePro, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-04-xx), page 26
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Febrero 1996" (ES; 1996-xx-xx), page 94
↑ Intelligent Gamer, "July 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 88
↑ Joypad, "Février 1996" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 51
↑ MAN!AC, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-06), page 42
↑ Mega Fun, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-21), page 86
↑ Next Generation, "February 1996" (US; 1996-01-16), page 160
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, March 23, 1996" (UK; 1996-03-23), page 1
↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 12-22" (JP; 1995-12-08), page 78
↑ Saturn+, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-14), page 52
↑ Sega Magazin, "April 1996" (DE; 1996-03-13), page 32
↑ Sega News, "Leden 1997" (CZ; 1997-xx-xx), page 19
↑ Sega Power, "March 1996" (UK; 1996-01-18), page 40
↑ Sega Pro, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-30), page 38
↑ Świat Gier Komputerowych, "6/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-12-15), page 80
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "November 1995" (JP; 1995-10-07), page 197
↑ Strana Igr, "Dekabr 1996" (RU; 1996-xx-xx), page 91
↑ Todo Sega, "Enero 1996" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 40
↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 25
↑ Última Generación, "Enero 1996" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 68
↑ Video Games, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-21), page 66
↑ VideoGames, "August 1996" (US; 1996-07-xx), page 64

[:File:EGM_US_086.pdf_p141-1] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 141

[:File:EGM_US_087.pdf_p171-2] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 171

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_049.pdf_p98-3] 3.0 ^3.1 File:ConsolesPlus FR 049.pdf, page 98 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ConsolesPlus FR 049.pdf_p98" defined multiple times with different content

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[:File:MeanMachinesSega40UK.pdf_p76-6] 6.0 ^6.1 File:MeanMachinesSega40UK.pdf, page 76 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega40UK.pdf_p76" defined multiple times with different content

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[:File:SSM_UK_03.pdf_p80-8] File:SSM_UK_03.pdf, page 80

[:File:SSM_JP_19951101_1995-11.pdf_p197-9] File:SSM_JP_19951101_1995-11.pdf, page 197

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p13-10] 10.0 ^10.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 13 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p13" defined multiple times with different content

[digitiser1996-03-01-11] Digitiser (UK) (1996-03-01)

[12] Famitsu, "1995-11-10,17" (JP; 1995-10-27), page 1

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1996-01.pdf_p68-13] Fun Generation, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-20), page 68

[:File:GameFan_US_0406.pdf_p21-14] GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 6: June 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 21

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0907.pdf_p56-15] Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 7 July 1996" (US; 1996-06-11), page 56

[:File:GamePro_US_095.pdf_p80-16] GamePro, "August 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 80

[:File:GamePro_UK_09.pdf_p26-17] GamePro, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-04-xx), page 26

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_053.pdf_p94-18] Hobby Consolas, "Febrero 1996" (ES; 1996-xx-xx), page 94

[:File:IntelligentGamer_US_02.pdf_p88-19] Intelligent Gamer, "July 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 88

[:File:Joypad_FR_050.pdf_p51-20] Joypad, "Février 1996" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 51

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-01.pdf_p42-21] MAN!AC, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-06), page 42

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-12.pdf_p86-22] Mega Fun, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-21), page 86

[:File:NextGeneration_US_14.pdf_p160-23] Next Generation, "February 1996" (US; 1996-01-16), page 160

[24] Power Up!, "Saturday, March 23, 1996" (UK; 1996-03-23), page 1

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1995-13_19951222.pdf_p78-25] Saturn Fan, "1995 12-22" (JP; 1995-12-08), page 78

[:File:SaturnPlus_UK_01.pdf_p52-26] Saturn+, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-14), page 52

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_29.pdf_p32-27] Sega Magazin, "April 1996" (DE; 1996-03-13), page 32

[:File:Sega_News_4_CZ.pdf_p19-28] Sega News, "Leden 1997" (CZ; 1997-xx-xx), page 19

[:File:SegaPower_UK_76.pdf_p40-29] Sega Power, "March 1996" (UK; 1996-01-18), page 40

[:File:SegaPro_UK_53.pdf_p38-30] Sega Pro, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-30), page 38

[31] Świat Gier Komputerowych, "6/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:SSM_UK_03.pdf_p80-32] Sega Saturn Magazine, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-12-15), page 80

[:File:SSM_JP_19951101_1995-11.pdf_p197-33] Sega Saturn Magazine, "November 1995" (JP; 1995-10-07), page 197

[34] Strana Igr, "Dekabr 1996" (RU; 1996-xx-xx), page 91

[:File:TodoSega_ES_34.pdf_p40-35] Todo Sega, "Enero 1996" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 40

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_04.pdf_p25-36] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 25

[:File:UltimaGeneracion_ES_10.pdf_p68-37] Última Generación, "Enero 1996" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 68

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-12.pdf_p66-38] Video Games, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-21), page 66

[:File:VideoGames_US_91.pdf_p64-39] VideoGames, "August 1996" (US; 1996-07-xx), page 64

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F1 Challenge

From Sega Retro

Contents

Production credits

Japanese version

Other version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

References