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MegaRace

Genre: Racing

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1993-12^[1]		T-87025

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MegaRace is a Sega Mega-CD racing/shooting game developed by Cryo Interactive and published by The Software Toolworks. Despite being an European game (and being advertised in Europe), the Mega-CD version was only released in North America. It was given a supposed release date of May 1994 in the UK.^[2]

Gameplay

MegaRace is a futuristic racing game set in a virtual world where the objective is either to win in a three-lap race or destroy all opponents on the track. It is one of several racing games produced around this period where tracks are represented entirely by full motion video - while the player can accelerate and break, it is not possible to "turn" your vehicle, with and merely adjusting its horizontal position on-screen.

In game music is not streamed off the CD, instead being generated by the sound chips of the Mega Drive.

History

Legacy

MegaRace was followed by MegaRace 2 and MegaRace 3 in 1996 and 2002, respectively.

Magazine articles

Main article: MegaRace/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #58: "May 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #59: "June 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[3]

Print advert in Sega Pro (DE) #1994-09: "September 1994" (1994-09-02)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Consoles + (FR)

77

^[6]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

75

^[4]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

35

^[7]

Mega (UK)

PAL

73

^[8]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

68

^[9]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-U

55

^[5]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

73

^[10]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

79

^[11]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

72

^[12]

	67
Based on 9 reviews

MegaRace

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual

References

↑ File:GamePro US 053.pdf, page 247
↑ File:CVG UK 150.pdf, page 78
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 26
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 File:CVG UK 155.pdf, page 99 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 155.pdf_p99" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 File:MeanMachinesSega25UK.pdf, page 102 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega25UK.pdf_p102" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 147
↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 109
↑ Mega, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 48
↑ Mega Force, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 88
↑ Sega Magazine, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-15), page 90
↑ Sega Power, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-01), page 56
↑ Sega Pro, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-08), page 52

[:File:GamePro_US_053.pdf_p247-1] File:GamePro US 053.pdf, page 247

[:File:CVG_UK_150.pdf_p78-2] File:CVG UK 150.pdf, page 78

[:File:EGM_US_059.pdf_p26-3] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 26

[:File:CVG_UK_155.pdf_p99-4] 4.0 ^4.1 File:CVG UK 155.pdf, page 99 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 155.pdf_p99" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:MeanMachinesSega25UK.pdf_p102-5] 5.0 ^5.1 File:MeanMachinesSega25UK.pdf, page 102 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega25UK.pdf_p102" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_035.pdf_p147-6] Consoles +, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 147

[:File:Joypad_FR_034.pdf_p109-7] Joypad, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 109

[:File:Mega_UK_25.pdf_p48-8] Mega, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 48

[:File:MegaForce_FR_31.pdf_p88-9] Mega Force, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 88

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_10.pdf_p90-10] Sega Magazine, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-15), page 90

[:File:SegaPower_UK_59.pdf_p56-11] Sega Power, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-01), page 56

[:File:SegaPro_UK_37.pdf_p52-12] Sega Pro, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-08), page 52

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+{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is a [[Sega Mega-CD]] racing/shooting game developed by [[Cryo Interactive]] and published by [[The Software Toolworks]]. Despite being an European game (and being advertised in Europe), the Mega-CD version was only released in North America. It was given a supposed release date of May 1994 in the UK.{{fileref|CVG UK 150.pdf|page=78}}
 ==Gameplay==
 ''MegaRace'' is a futuristic racing game set in a virtual world where the objective is either to win in a three-lap race or destroy all opponents on the track. It is one of several racing games produced around this period where tracks are represented entirely by full motion video - while the player can accelerate and break, it is not possible to "turn" your vehicle, with {{Left}} and {{Right}} merely adjusting its horizontal position on-screen.
 In game music is not streamed off the CD, instead being generated by the sound chips of the [[Mega Drive]].