Cyber Speedway

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Cyber Speedway
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega CS, Nextech
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (20 tracks)
Peripherals supported: Arcade Racer
Genre: Driving, Racing
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code JP 1995-05-26 ¥5,8005,800 GS-9022 US 1995-09-22 $69.9969.99 81205 EU 1996 MK-81205-50 DE 1996 MK-81205-50 PT 199x UK 1995-12 £44.9944.99 MK-81205-50 PL 1996 AU 199x BR 199x 191636

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Cyber Speedway, called Gran Chaser (グランチェイサー) in Japan, is a 1995 racing game by Nextech under contract from Sega for the Sega Saturn.

For its North American release, the soundtrack of Cyber Speedway was replaced with works by the band Bygone Dogs.

Story

“	War and Peace—the Cyber Speedway Imagine. Sometime in the future. A universe free from wars. Civilizations developed to the extent that planets no longer need to attack and destroy each other. Despite the intergalactic pacts and treaties that protect the universal peace, a few backward outposts continue their primitive practices. Now two of these offenders are locked together in battle. The savage inhabitants of Kaladasia have been at war with the armed forces of another barbaric planet for so long that no one is sure why they are fighting anymore. No solution has been forthcoming. Kaladasia's enemy: Earth. No more than a speck of mud spinning around a second-rate star in a forgotten corner of the galaxy. But, it is one of the last barriers to universal peace. At last, there may be a solution. The leaders from uncountable planets in all the galaxies of the universe gathered to find a way to reform it's delinquent members. Cyber Speedway, they call it. In place of the battlefield there is the cyber-race course. Instead of planes and tanks, hi-tech sleds.Armies of millions no longer need to perish. All disputes can be decided by the outcome of the race. The conflict with Kaladasia and the future of universal peace both depend on the hero that drives the winning sled. Is that hero you?	„

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Gameplay

Modes

Story Mode: In Story Mode, you represent Earth in a series of races to determine the outcome of its conflicts with the Kaladasians and other war-mongering planets.

Free Run Mode: Free Run Mode allows you to practice on courses you encounter in the Story Mode. You can race the clock in the Time Trial, try your skill against a computer opponent in the 1P VS COM Mode, or go head-to-head against a friend in the 1P VS 2P Mode.

Sleds

There are five sleds available.

Terra: This Earth-made sled features high speed and stable steering. Its all-around performance is completed by a robust body.

Kaladasia: Produced by Earth's archenemy in the current war—this sled has the highest speed of all models available. While this gives it the edge on the straightaways, cornering is tricky.

Alcmaeon: The Alcmaeons, bound in military alliance to Earth, display their ingenuity in this sled, which is notable for it's stable cornering.

Drum: The Drums produced this sled using parts imported from their allies, the Kaladasians. It boasts high acceleration and deceleration response but lacks flat-out speed.

Cerebun: Cerebun is a neutral party in the current disputes. This sled represents the culmination of Cerebun technological expertise, with solid overall performance, notably stable cornering and powerful acceleration.

Courses

The Cyber Speedway arena spans six planets. On all except Armasatelles, there is a Standard and Advanced-level course.

Terra: The home ground for humans. This course was built as a research facility on Earth.

Glacies: A world of ice and darkness. Sled control on this course is hindered by the frozen road surface. Look out for pillars of ice.

Vastitas: Vertical land displacements call for tricky driving to counter the leaps and drops in the rock and sand. Beware of poor visibility.

Nubes: An airbound course featuring high-speed driving through clouds of thick gasses. Keep an eye out for the sharp corners and undulations in the course surface.

Evoflammas: A newly built course on which it is very difficult to make up a lead once lost. The erratic lava flow ensures that the action never cools down.

Armasatelles: This course was constructed on an artificial satellite. It is full of sharp bends and long straights. No standard level is available for this course.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Cyber Speedway	Cyber Speedway
English (US)	Cyber Speedway	Cyber Speedway
Japanese	グランチェイサー	Gran Chaser

Production credits

US version

• Visual Concept Designers: Syd Mead, Nick Pausback
• Programmers: Hiroaki Sano, Toshio Toyota, Satoshi Ohtake, Yukihiko Tani, Hiroshi Fukuda
• Planning & Production: Hiroaki Sano, Tetsuya Maeda
• Assistant Producers: Seiichi Sekine, Yoshitaka Maki
• Object Modeling & Texture Mapping: Yoshihisa Shimizu, Kazushige Nagai
• Course Modeling & Texture Mapping: Yoshihisa Shimizu, Masahiro Sato, Munemoto Matsushima
• Assistant Design & Texture Mapping: Kazuhiro Nagata
• CG Movie Works: Hitoshi Masuda, Hideyuki Kikuchi
• Special Thanks: Yayoi Onda, Toshio Yamamoto, Eiichi Kitano, Yuji Tamaya, Ryousuke Tei
• Music Composer: Kouji Hayama
• Character Design: Yasuhiro Suzuki
• Executive Producer: Katsuji Aoyama
• Computer Design By: Nextech

Supervision — SEGA Side Staff

• Executive Producer: Mamoru Shigeta
• Producers: Yoji Ishii, Makoto Oshitani, Yutaka Sugano
• Technical Director: Shuichi Katagi
• Technical Support: Yoshiki Ooka, Hirokazu Takase

(C)Sega 1995 All rights reserved

Source:

In-game credits

SEGA of America

• Producer: Dante Anderson
• Product Manager: Sarah Mason Richmond
• Lead Tester: Steve Bourdet
• Assistant Leads: David Paniagua, Todd Slepian
• Testers: Lorne Ascuncion, Tracy Johnson, Aron Drayer, Nick Katakis, Tim Turner, Stan Weaver, Mark Dawson, Sako Bezdjian, Matt Prescott, Neil Musser
• Away Team: Dante Anderson, Steve Apour, Eric Rawlins, Max Taylor, Steve Payne
• CD Technical: Jef Feltman, Larry Loth
• Manual: Neil Blacknell
• Special Thanks: James Spahn, Steve Payne, Eric Rawlins, Spencer Nilsen, Dave Albert, Mark Miller, Adam Sevillia, Joyce Takakura, John Couch, J. Tony Smith, Max Taylor, Tim Dunley, Mike Williams, Sarah Wittmer, Sega Consumer Service, Dave Grohl

Music Credits

• Going Blind, "Dayglo Blues", "Tabitha", "Call Me Crazy", "Da Jam" and "Why" composed and performed by bygone dogs. "I Will Not Take It" composed by Alvarez, Alan and Aknin.
• Produced by: Spencer Nilsen and bygone dogs
• Recorded by: Dave Young for Sega Music Group

bygone dogs are Joel Alvares, guitar and vocals; Time Alan, bass; and Brad Kaiser, drums.

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Manual credits

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Japanese version

• Visual Concept Design: Syd Mead, Nick Pausback
• Program: Hiroaki Sano, Toshio Toyota, Satoshi Ohtake, Yukihiko Tani, Hiroshi Fukuda
• Planning & Produce: Hiroaki Sano, Tetsuya Maeda
• Assist Produce: Seiichi Sekine, Yoshitaka Maki
• Object Modeling & Texture Mapping: Yoshihisa Shimizu, Kazushige Nagai
• Course Modeling & Texture Mapping: Yoshihisa Shimizu, Masahiro Sato, Munemoto Matsushima
• Assist Design & Texture Mapping: Kazuhiro Nagata
• CG Movie Works: Hitoshi Masuda, Hideyuki Kikuchi
• Special Thanks: Yayoi Onda, Toshio Yamamoto, Eiichi Kitano, Yuji Tamaya, Ryousuke Tei
• Music Compose: Kouji Hayama
• Character Design: Yasuhiro Suzuki
• Clay Shaw: Mitsuaki Madono
• Nard Morgan: Yousuke Naka
• Dobbs: Rokuroh Naya
• Executive Produce: Katsuji Aoyama
• Computer Designed By: Nextech

Supervise Sega Side Staff

• Exective Producer: Mamoru Shigeta
• Producers: Yoji Ishii, Makoto Oshitani, Yutaka Sugano
• Technical Director: Shuichi Katagi
• Technical Support: Yoshiki Ooka, Hirokazu Takase
• Copyright: Sega Enterprises,Ltd,.1995

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Cyber Speedway/Magazine articles.

Artwork

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  EU prototype cover

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Sega Retro Average

Publication Version Score CD Consoles (FR) 52 Consoles + (FR) 91 Consoles + (FR) 89 Computer & Video Games (UK) NTSC-J 71 Edge (UK) 40 Electronic Entertainment (US) NTSC-J 50 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 55 Fusion (US) NTSC-U 63 Game Players (US) NTSC-U 82 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 75 Gamers (DE) 47 Games World: The Magazine (UK) 66 Game Informer (US) NTSC-U 50 HiTech (ES) NTSC-J 70 Hobby Consolas (ES) PAL 84 Joypad (FR) NTSC-J 74 Joypad (FR) 92 MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J 64 MAN!AC (DE) PAL 64 Maximum (UK) 25 Mega Force (FR) NTSC-J 80 Mega Force (FR) PAL 75 Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-J 67 Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-J 59 Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL 53 Player One (FR) 79 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 62 Saturn+ (UK) PAL 86 Sega Power (UK) NTSC-J 92 Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J 72 SuperGamePower (BR) 60 Sega Megazone (AU) 79 Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL 68 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 47 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 66 Super Juegos (ES) 82 Todo Sega (ES) 87 Total Saturn (UK) PAL 57 Ultimate Future Games (UK) 62 Última Generación (ES) 64 Video Games (DE) NTSC-J 51 VideoGames (US) NTSC-U 40

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Cyber Speedway

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, FR (Blister pack)
Cover

Saturn, PT

Saturn, AU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, BR
Cover
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	410,732,112		CD-ROM (EU)	MK-81205-50 V1.000
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	393,157,968	1995-04-23	CD-ROM (JP)	GS-9022 V1.000
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	464,487,072		CD-ROM (US)	81205 V1.004
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-06-26	CD-R				Page

Track list

1. Data track

2. KNIGHT GEAR (2:29)
Composed by: Kouji Hayama

3. ICE WALL (2:11)
Composed by: Kouji Hayama

4. SAND WILDS (2:04)
Composed by: Kouji Hayama

5. CLOUD GATE (2:34)
Composed by: Kouji Hayama

6. Volcano Heat (2:58)
Composed by: Kouji Hayama

7. Burning Heat (2:53)
Composed by: Kouji Hayama

8. Starting Grid B (0:08)
スターティンググリッド・B
Composed by: Kouji Hayama

9. Gratest Driver (0:19)
Composed by: Kouji Hayama

10. You Lose (0:18)
Composed by: Kouji Hayama

11. Cyber Thread (0:28)
サイバースレッド
Composed by: Kouji Hayama

12. Starting Grid A (0:07)
スターティンググリッド・A
Composed by: Kouji Hayama

13. Guitarist (1:08)
Composed by: Kouji Hayama

14. Mecha Iziri ha Ore ni Makasero (2:51)
メカいじりは俺に任せろ
EN: Leave the Mecha Meddling To Me!
Composed by: Kouji Hayama

15. Gimu o Seotta Otoko Tati (2:06)
義務を背負った男たち
EN: Men Burdened With Responsibility
Composed by: Kouji Hayama

16. BLACK MARKET (2:16)
Composed by: Kouji Hayama

17. Battle was Over (0:27)
Composed by: Kouji Hayama

18. Doppusu Syutugen (2:34)
ドップス出現
EN: Doppusu Appears
Composed by: Kouji Hayama

19. JAZZY Station (2:12)
Composed by: Kouji Hayama

20. Communication (1:03)
コミュニケーション
Composed by: Kouji Hayama

21. HAPPY END (1:43)
Composed by: Kouji Hayama

► Running time: 32:49

External links

• Sega of America webpage: Saturn
• Sega of Japan catalogue page (Japanese): Saturn