Difference between revisions of "Sega Touring Car Championship Special"

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{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (セガツーリングカーチャンピオンシップスペシャル) was a medium-scale attraction version of the [[Sega Model 2]] arcade game ''[[Sega Touring Car Championship]]''.
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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (セガツーリングカーチャンピオンシップスペシャル) is an attraction version of the [[Sega Model 2]] arcade game ''[[Sega Touring Car Championship]]'', developed by [[AM Annex]] and [[Sega AM5]] for use in [[Sega]]'s [[Joypolis]] venues during the late 1990s and 2000s.
  
''Sega Touring Car Championship Special'' was largely similar to ''[[Sega Rally Special Stage]]'', being a specialised version of the ''Touring Car'' arcade game with players riding inside motion-enabled full-sized vehicles. Unlike its predecessor, however, it was built with a choice of multiple cars - the original version sited at Kyoto Joypolis featured the AMG-Mercedes C-Class and Alfa Romeo 155, while later installations added the Toyota Supra.
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==Gameplay==
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''Sega Touring Car Championship Special'' was largely similar to ''[[Sega Rally Special Stage]]'', being a specialised version of the ''Touring Car'' arcade game, with riders playing the single-player version of the game inside full-sized vehicles fixed to six axis motion bases. Unlike its predecessor, however, it was built with a choice of multiple cars for selection - the original version sited at [[Kyoto Joypolis]] featured the AMG-Mercedes C-Class and Alfa Romeo 155, while subsequent installations added the Toyota Supra. As such, the Opel Calibra is the only car to be removed from the game.
  
Like the vast majority of Sega's medium and large-scale attractions from the 90s, no installations are currently known to exist.
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==History==
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===Development===
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''Sega Touring Car Championship Special'' was developed to serve much the same purpose as the earlier ''[[Sega Rally Special Stage]]'', but with a newer game. Like its predecessor, the cars used in the attraction were modified and decorated by Japan-based design company Studio Hermit.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20160304234222/http://www.ne.jp/asahi/studio/hermit/job1/jobpict/sega1.htm}}
  
==Installments==
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===Locations===
===[[Kyoto Joypolis]]===
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The original version of ''Sega Touring Car Championship Special'' debuted at [[Kyoto Joypolis]] on its opening day in September 1997. The larger three car version later appeared in [[Okayama Joypolis]] and [[Tokyo Joypolis]] in July 1998 and 1999 respectively.
The first version of the attraction was a smaller version at [[Kyoto Joypolis]], which opened on the park's opening day{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20000820123301/http://www.sega.co.jp:80/sega/atp/atc/stouringccs.html}}. It was removed after the closure of the venue in 2002.
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===[[Okayama Joypolis]]===
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* [[Tokyo Joypolis]]
The Okayama branch also had an installment of the attraction following the park's opening in 1998, but was removed from the venue a year later for unknown reasons.
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Like the vast majority of the attractions housed in Joypolis venues during the 1990s, no installations are currently known to exist; the smaller Kyoto incarnation was removed during the venue's closure in August 2002, Okayama had its units taken out in 1999, and the last remaining installation was removed from Tokyo to make way for the similar ''[[Initial D Arcade Stage 4 Limited]]'' attraction in 2007.
 
 
===[[Tokyo Joypolis]]===
 
The last version of the attraction to be produced would be the one for Tokyo Joypolis. It was replaced with [[Initial D Arcade Stage 4 Limited]] in 2007, fulfilling much the same purpose but with a newer game.
 
  
 
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Sega Touring Car Championship Special
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Number of players: 1-3
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Sega Touring Car Championship Special (セガツーリングカーチャンピオンシップスペシャル) is an attraction version of the Sega Model 2 arcade game Sega Touring Car Championship, developed by AM Annex and Sega AM5 for use in Sega's Joypolis venues during the late 1990s and 2000s.

Gameplay

Sega Touring Car Championship Special was largely similar to Sega Rally Special Stage, being a specialised version of the Touring Car arcade game, with riders playing the single-player version of the game inside full-sized vehicles fixed to six axis motion bases. Unlike its predecessor, however, it was built with a choice of multiple cars for selection - the original version sited at Kyoto Joypolis featured the AMG-Mercedes C-Class and Alfa Romeo 155, while subsequent installations added the Toyota Supra. As such, the Opel Calibra is the only car to be removed from the game.

History

Development

Sega Touring Car Championship Special was developed to serve much the same purpose as the earlier Sega Rally Special Stage, but with a newer game. Like its predecessor, the cars used in the attraction were modified and decorated by Japan-based design company Studio Hermit.[2]

Locations

The original version of Sega Touring Car Championship Special debuted at Kyoto Joypolis on its opening day in September 1997. The larger three car version later appeared in Okayama Joypolis and Tokyo Joypolis in July 1998 and 1999 respectively.

Like the vast majority of the attractions housed in Joypolis venues during the 1990s, no installations are currently known to exist; the smaller Kyoto incarnation was removed during the venue's closure in August 2002, Okayama had its units taken out in 1999, and the last remaining installation was removed from Tokyo to make way for the similar Initial D Arcade Stage 4 Limited attraction in 2007.

Magazine articles

Main article: Sega Touring Car Championship Special/Magazine articles.

Gallery

References



Sega Touring Car Championship
Sega Touring Car Championship (Special | Taikenban) (1996)
Sega Touring Car Championship Kouryaku Video (1997) | Sega Touring Car Championship (album) (1997) | Sega Touring Car Championship Competition Driving Guide (199x)