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Revision as of 18:46, 8 March 2018
- For the Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear games, see Super Monaco GP (8-bit).
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Super Monaco GP (スーパーモナコGP) is a 1989 arcade racing game by Sega. It is the sequel to Monaco GP, but rather than being a top-down racer it has a first person view. It was originally released for the Sega X Board arcade system.
Contents
Gameplay
Super Monaco GP is a Formula One racing game played from a first person perspective, where the objective is to race against other F1 cars around a track in an attempt to reach first place. The game lacks any official licensing from any manufacturers or drivers, though continues to take many design cues from what was happening in the sport in the late 1980s (one exception is the "Sega SG1000 V8" engine, which is named after the Sega SG-1000 video game console).
Despite its name, the arcade Super Monaco GP does not feature any variant of the Circuit de Monaco, (i.e. the "Monaco GP"), instead opting for an original track layout with elements inspired by the famous race course. Also, typical for the era, the game takes a more arcade-style approach, scrapping many of the rules and regulations of the sport and being far more lenient with the physics of the cars.
Flicky is referenced in track advertisements, with the eponymous bird having a cameo at the end of races.
History
Release
Despite its outward appearance, Super Monaco GP did not acquire any Formula One-related licenses or sponsorship deals during production. Cabinet designs and marketing material greatly emphasise the orange and white stylings of team Marlboro McLaren Honda's McLaren MP4/4, one of the dominant cars in Formula One during the late 1980s (driven by Ayrton Senna, who would feature in the game's successor, Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II). Later releases add a touch of blue to the cabinet to create a more unique look.
Sega was sued by Philip Morris due to the unauthorised Marlboro cigarette advertisements in the game, and the company distanced itself from plagerising official Formula One cars in the home ports. The Marlboro advertisements were also criticised as an attempt to market cigarettes to children, as many arcade users at the time were under age.
Legacy
Super Monaco GP was ported to the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Sega Mega Drive and ZX Spectrum.
Super Monaco GP was followed by Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II which built upon the previous game.
Versions
Mega Drive version
On the Mega Drive, Super Monaco GP is a much larger game than its arcade counterpart thanks to its highly received "World Championship Mode", in which all sixteen tracks from the 1989 Formula One season are included (albeit far less detailed than the X Board arcade version due to the limitations of the Mega Drive's hardware).
Likewise, sixteen one-driver teams are included, though as with all versions of the game, the names are fictional due to a lack of an official FIA license.
This version of the game has since been included in numerous compilations.
Commodore 64 version
The Commodore 64 version of Super Monaco GP builds on the engine developers Probe Software used for their earlier C64 racing conversion of Special Criminal Investigation. Programmer Grant Harrison stated that having a first person perspective actually made the game run faster, as fewer calculations were needed to draw the road ahead[5].
Sprite limitations are a problem for the Commodore 64 version of the game, so if an opponent car gets too close to the player (and thus needs a bigger sprite), any other on-screen cars will speed up so that they are not rendered on-screen[6].
As the team only had access to a video of the game (and Harrison had only played the arcade once), the Mega Drive version was used as a reference[6]. A cartridge version was "discussed" but never made it to market[6].
Production credits
Mega Drive version
Magazine articles
- Main article: Super Monaco GP/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Mega Drive AU TV advert
also published in:
also published in:
- GamePro (US) #16: "November 1990" (1990-xx-xx)[8]
- Game Players Sega Guide! (US) #0101: "Vol. 1, No. 1: Fall 1990" (1990-10-xx)[9]
- Sega Visions (US) #3: "Winter 1990/1991" (1990-xx-xx)[10]
Photo gallery
Physical scans
X Board version
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Mega Drive version
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Games in the Monaco GP Series | |
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Monaco GP (1979) | Pro Monaco GP (1979) | Super Monaco GP (8-bit) (1989-1990) | Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II (8-bit) (1992) | Monaco GP (2001) | Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 2: Monaco GP (2003) | |
Super Monaco GP (1992) | |
Super Monaco GP / Turbo OutRun (1989) |
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