Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II

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Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Distributor: Ecofilmes (PT), Hent Gruppen (SE rental), Tec Toy (BR), Samsung (KR)
Sound driver: SMPS 68000 (modified)
Peripherals supported: XE-1 AP
Genre: Racing[2][3]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥7,8007,800 G-5514
Sega Mega Drive
US 		$54.9954.99[4] 1135
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		1135
Sega Mega Drive
PT 		MDJ1135
Sega Mega Drive
UK 		£49.9949.99[7][8] 1135
Sega Mega Drive
SE
(Rental)
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Mega Drive
CA
Sega Mega Drive
BR 		045010
Sega Mega Drive
KR

Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II (アイルトン・セナ スーパーモナコＧＰ II) or simply Super Monaco GP II is a racing game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Mega Drive in 1992. It is a sequel to Super Monaco GP, and it features an endorsement by six-time Monaco Grand Prix champion Ayrton Senna, who also provided advice and design input. Unlike the previous game, Super Monaco GP II was not released in arcades or for any non-Sega console or computer.

At the time of release it was regarded as the most realistic racing experience on home video game consoles, and the fact that it was endorsed by Ayrton Senna meant the game was very popular. However, due to these celebrity endorsements, it is unlikely Super Monaco GP II will be re-released in the future without alterations.

Gameplay

The game is a racing game inspired by Formula One. The player controls an open-wheel Formula One race car from a first-person perspective from the driver's seat, with a rear-view mirror at the top of the screen. Like its predecessor, Super Monaco GP II lacks any official form of Formula One branding, so it has to invent its own teams and drivers (with the exception of Senna himself). It can be played by one player only. There are sixteen courses loosely based on the real-life tracks of the Formula One World Championship, plus three fantasy tracks exclusive to the Senna GP mode. It supports the XE-1 AP controller for analogue control.

The car steers with Left and Right. It accelerates with B and brakes with A. There are three transmission choices: automatic, 4-speed manual, or 7-speed manual. When equipped with a manual transmission, the transmission can be upshifted by pressing Down and downshifted by pressing Up. When using the automatic transmission, the transmission can still be downshifted by holding Down (but returns to automatic control when the button is released). A tachometer shows the engine speed so the player can identify the optimal time to shift. The manual transmissions have higher top speeds than the automatic.

Driving off the track or hitting an obstacle (including another racer) slows the car. The player may be retired from the race if the car sustains too much damage. In the World Championship mode, the player can take a pit stop to repair damage by pulling over and pressing C when the "Pit In" alert appears (near the end of each lap). The player can manually retire from any race by pausing the game with  START  and choosing to exit.

Modes

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Rival select

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Rival

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Starting grid

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Senna GP

World Championship is the main mode. The player enters a name and nationality when starting the mode. It is a full season of races on all 16 courses in order. Each race consists of three laps on Beginner level and six laps on Master level. The competition is much more formidable on the Master level. The player is awarded points for finishing in the first six positions, and the winner of the series is the player with the most points after the final race. There is a battery backup that saves the player's progress to one of six save slots after a race is completed.

Placement Points awarded
1st 10
2nd 6
3rd 4
4th 3
5th 2
6th 1
7th or worse 0

There are 16 positions. The player can choose to play warm-up laps with no competitors before starting the race. Each race is preceded by a preliminary race to determine the player's starting position. If the player crashes or retires early from the preliminary race, the player starts in the last position.

On each course, the player may be challenged by another racer (or may choose another racer to challenge). The challenger appears in a different color during the race. If the player successfully beats the rival, the player replaces him in his team and takes his car. Contrarily, poor performance may lead the player to be dropped by a team after a race, forcing the player to sign to another team with a slower car in order to continue the season. The drivers are arranged into five tiers, with Ayrton Senna occupying his own tier ("S"), racing for the fictional Team Madonna (in place of the real-life Team McLaren). It is necessary for the player to challenge other racers (or accept challenges) in order to acquire faster cars to remain competitive in the later races.

The Senna GP mode features quick races on three special tracks, each lasting for three laps and containing 15 competitors. As in the World Championship mode, the player completes a preliminary race to determine the starting position (or starts in the last position if the preliminary race is not successfully completed for whatever reason).

The Free Practice mode lets the player run practice laps on any course. Every course has commentary from Ayrton Senna containing information and advice. After choosing a course, the player chooses between Image Training and Free Run. Image Training is a race against 15 other drivers (with the player's starting position chosen by changing the Grid value) over one to six laps. Free Run lets the player run an unlimited number of laps, only ending when the player manually chooses to retire.

Courses

The Brazil, Canada, Great Britain, Belgium, Japan, and Australia courses can be played in rainy or dry conditions. The car handles worse on wet tracks. The weather conditions are chosen randomly in the World Championship mode (and can differ between the qualifying race and the actual race) but can be chosen manually in Image Training.

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U.S.A.

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Brazil

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San Marino

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Monaco

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Canada

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Mexico

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France

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Great Britain

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Germany

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Hungary

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Belgium

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Italy

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Portugal

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Spain

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Japan

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Australia

Senna GP

These courses are only available in the Senna GP mode.

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Brazil

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Austria

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Monaco

Production credits

Main article: Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II/Production credits.

Magazine articles

Main article: Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[9]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
82
[10]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
73
[11]
Consoles + (FR)
82
[12]
Cool Gamer (RU)
70
[13]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
84
[14]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
88
[15]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
63
[16]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
60
[17]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
87
[18]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
68
[19]
Game Mania (UK)
83
[20]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
85
[4]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
70
[21]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
90
[22]
Joypad (FR)
88
[23]
Joystick (FR)
88
[24]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
73
[25]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
71
[26]
Mega (UK)
91
[27]
Mega Action (UK)
90
[28]
Mega Action (UK)
93
[29]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
93
[30]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
90
[31]
Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)
77
[32]
Mean Machines (UK)
87
[33]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
91
[34]
Player One (FR)
80
[35]
Play Time (DE)
79
[36]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
93
[37]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
41
[38]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
41
[39]
Sega Force (SE)
90
[40]
Sega Force (UK) PAL
94
[41]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
64
[42]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
78
[43]
Supergame (BR)
86
[44]
Supersonic (FR)
74
[45]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
75
[46]
Video Games (DE)
69
[47]
Sega Mega Drive
 78
Based on
40 reviews

Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II

Mega Drive, JP
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Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Manual
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PCB
Mega Drive, PT
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
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EU Manual
Mega Drive, SE (rental; Hent; black)
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Cover
Mega Drive, BR
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
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Cover
Mega Drive, CA
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Mega Drive, KR
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Mega Drive, SG/MY/BN
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Cart

Technical information

Main article: Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II/Technical information.

References

  1. ↑ Credits CS3 (1992) head Makoto Oshitani
  2. ↑ File:Super Monaco GP II MD JP Box.jpg
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 GamePro, "October 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 54
  5. ↑ Sega Pro, "August 1992" (UK; 1992-07-16), page 7
  6. ↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1992-07-20), page 23
  7. ↑ Sega Force, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-14), page 11
  8. ↑ Sega Power, "July 1992" (UK; 1992-06-04), page 29
  9. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 133
  10. ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Oktober 1992" (DE; 1992-09-11), page 126
  11. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "August 1992" (JP; 1992-07-08), page 26
  12. ↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 48
  13. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 213
  14. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "July 1992" (UK; 1992-06-15), page 68
  15. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-15), page 109
  16. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 26
  17. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 333
  18. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 23
  19. ↑ Famitsu, "1992-07-24" (JP; 1992-07-10), page 40
  20. ↑ Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 80
  21. ↑ Hippon Super, "September 1992" (JP; 1992-08-04), page 41
  22. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Agosto 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 62
  23. ↑ Joypad, "Août/Septembre 1992" (FR; 1992-07-1x), page 100
  24. ↑ Joystick, "Juillet/Août 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 170
  25. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 94
  26. ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "October 1992" (JP; 1992-09-xx), page 67
  27. ↑ Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 65
  28. ↑ Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 64
  29. ↑ Mega Action, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-09), page 64
  30. ↑ MegaTech, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-20), page 34
  31. ↑ MegaTech, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-20), page 42
  32. ↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Octubre 1992" (ES; 1992-xx-xx), page 87
  33. ↑ Mean Machines, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-28), page 20
  34. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 126
  35. ↑ Player One, "Septembre 1992" (FR; 1992-09-10), page 64
  36. ↑ Play Time, "12/92" (DE; 1992-11-04), page 92
  37. ↑ Sega Power, "July 1992" (UK; 1992-06-04), page 28
  38. ↑ Sega Pro, "September 1992" (UK; 1992-08-13), page 60
  39. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
  40. ↑ Sega Force, "1/92" (SE; 1992-xx-xx), page 12
  41. ↑ Sega Force, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-14), page 10
  42. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 160
  43. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  44. ↑ Supergame, "Setembro 1992" (BR; 1992-09-xx), page 38
  45. ↑ Supersonic, "Juillet/Août 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 10
  46. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 191
  47. ↑ Video Games, "8/92" (DE; 1992-07-22), page 90


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