Enduro Racer (Master System)

For the Arcade and home computer versions, see Enduro Racer.

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Enduro Racer
System(s): Sega Master System, Virtual Console
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega M2
Distributor: Ecofilmes (PT), Tec Toy (BR)
Genre: Racing, Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1987-05-18 ¥5,5005,500 G-1322 US 1987-08 5077 EU 1987 MK-5077-50 BX 19xx PT 19xx MSJ-E.R. UK 1987-11 £19.9519.95 MK-5077-50 AU 1987 5077 BR 19xx KR 19xx GB-2322 JP ▼ 2008-10-21 500pts500 US ▼ 2008-12-15 500pts500 EU ▼ 2009-01-09 500pts500 AU ▼ 2009-01 600pts600

Enduro Racer (エンデューロレーサー) for the Sega Master System, known in Brazil as Super Cross, is a racing video game released for the console in 1987.

Gameplay

Map

Tune-up

The game is a loose interpretation of the arcade game Enduro Racer. It is a racing game played from an oblique perspective similar to Paperboy as opposed to the lower third-person perspective and sprite scaling of the arcade original. The player progresses through ten tracks (only five unique tracks in the Western releases, which repeat after they have been completed). The bike is steered with and . It does a wheelie with . It accelerates with and brakes with .

Tracks are filled with obstacles, such as oil spills that slow the player down and ramps that launch the bike into the air. To launch off a ramp with the most speed and distance, the player must approach it with a wheelie and switch to a neutral position (not holding in any direction) at the top of the ramp. Hitting a ramp in the wrong position instead slows the player.

Each track must be completed within a time limit. The player's bike can be destroyed by colliding with obstacles or other racers. It respawns but costs the player time. Any time that the player has remaining at the end of the race is added to the start of the next race (up to a maximum of 99 seconds). The game ends if the player runs out of time in a race.

At the end of each race, the player is awarded points based on how many other racers the player passed in the race. These points can be spent on bike upgrades that improve acceleration, handling, and other characteristics. The player's bike gains damage points from obstacles in the game; if it reaches 98 damage points, the player is penalized with time. The player can purchase items that reduce the damage points.

Tracks

	Track 1
	This track was removed from the Western releases.
	Track 2
	Track 3
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	Track 4
	Track 5
	Track 6
	Track 7
	This track was removed from the Western releases.
	Track 8
	Track 9
	This track was removed from the Western releases.
	Track 10
	This track was removed from the Western releases.

History

Legacy

This version of Enduro Racer was released for the Wii's Virtual Console service in 2008.

Versions

The game was significantly cut down for the Western release in order to fit the game onto a cheaper 128 kB ROM as opposed to the original 256 kB Japanese version. Five of the original ten courses were cut, with the five remaining courses now having to be played twice. It is also missing the post-game map that charts the player's progress and the dirt bike image on the title screen. Captain Silver received a similar fate for its US release.

Magazine articles

Main article: Enduro Racer (Master System)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Master System print advert in Popular Computing Weekly (UK) #6.50: "Vol. 6 No. 50" (1987-12-17)

Print advert in ACE (UK) #6: "March 1988" (1988-02-04)
also published in:

• Computer & Video Games (UK) #77: "March 1988" (1988-02-15)

Master System print advert in Popular Computing Weekly (UK) #7.09: "Vol. 7 No. 9" (1988-03-03)
also published in:

• Popular Computing Weekly (UK) #7.10: "Vol. 7 No. 10" (1988-03-10)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score Complete Guide to Consoles (UK) 53 Complete Guide to Consoles (UK) 31 The Complete Guide to Sega (UK) PAL 32 Console XS (UK) PAL 68 Computer & Video Games (UK) 70 Hobby Consolas (ES) 83 Mean Machines Sega (UK) 32 Power Play (DE) 65 S: The Sega Magazine (UK) PAL 61 Sega Power (UK) PAL 25 Sega Pro (UK) 68 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 68 Soft (DK) 60 Tilt (FR) 50

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Enduro Racer (Master System)

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Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 00e73541 MD5 06779a1a9dbada60efb1f37e37040a5b SHA-1 10dc132166c1aa47ca7b89fbb1f0a4e56b428359	128kB		Cartridge (US/EU/BR)
✔	CRC32 5d5c50b3 MD5 a94de92b078911e71c246679c8992da1 SHA-1 7a0216af8d4a5aeda1d42e2703f140d08b3f92f6	256kB		Cartridge (JP)

External links

• Sega of Japan Virtual Console pages: Master System
• Nintendo catalogue pages: US, UK, AU