European Racers

European Racers

System(s): Sega Mega-CD^[1]^[2]
Publisher: Revell CD
Licensor: Revell-Monogram^[1]^[3]
Original system(s): IBM PC
Developer(s) of original games: FLOYDesign
Planned release date(s): 1993 Q3^[1], 1994-02^[4], 1994-06^[2]
Genre: Racing^[1]^[2]
Number of players: 1
State before cancellation: Partially-developed
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European Racers, also known as Backroad Racers^[2], Power Modeler^[3], and Power Modeling^[1], was a planned Sega Mega-CD port of the 1993 computer game of the same name, sponsored by model car manufacturer Revell and scheduled to be published by its software division Revell CD in Q3 1993^[1] (later pushed back to June 1994^[2]). Its retail cost of $69.95^[5] (slightly higher than the contemporary average) was a result of its planned inclusion of one of the company's model cars in the game box.^[2]

History

European Racers was part a promotional giveaway held in mid 1994^[5] by Revell CD and advertised in gaming magazines like Game Players^[5] and Electronic Gaming Monthly. Winners could receive Mega-CD systems bundled with copy of the game, simply the game by itself, or a t-shirt from the contest's respective magazine.

Magazine articles

Main article: European Racers/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #15: "October/November 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:

Game Players (US) #0612: "Vol. 6 No. 12 December 1993" (1993-1x-xx)^[6]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #53: "December 1993" (1993-xx-xx)^[7]
GamePro (US) #54: "January 1994" (199x-xx-xx)^[8]

Print advert in Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) #16: "January 1994" (1993-12-21)

Print advert in Game Players (US) #0702: "Vol. 7 No. 2 February 1994" (1994-0x-xx)

Artwork

Mega-CD US prototype box art

References

[:File:GamePro_US_045.pdf_p122-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 GamePro, "April 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 122

[:File:GamePro_US_057.pdf_p100-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 GamePro, "April 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 100

[:File:EGM_US_048.pdf_p103-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 103

[:File:GameInformer_US_015.pdf_p51-4] Game Informer, "March/April 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 51

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0702.pdf_p38-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 2 February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 38

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0612.pdf_p124-6] Game Players, "Vol. 6 No. 12 December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 124

[:File:EGM_US_053.pdf_p293-7] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 293

[:File:GamePro_US_054.pdf_p66-8] GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 66

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