Racing Hero

Racing Hero Japanese flyer
Developer(s)	Sega
Publisher(s)	Sega
Composer(s)	Hikoshi Hashimoto
Platforms	Arcade
Release date(s)
Genre(s)	Arcade style racing
Mode(s)	Single-player
Cabinet	Sit-down, upright
Arcade system	Sega X Board
CPU	(2x) 68000 (@ 12.5 MHz)
Sound	CPU: Z80 (@ 4 MHz) Chips: YM2151 (@ 4 MHz), Sega PCM (@ 15.625 kHz)
Display	Raster, 320x224 (Horizontal), 24,576 out of 98,304 colors

Racing Hero is a 1989 arcade game from Sega which runs on Sega's X Board hardware (the same hardware used for games such as After Burner and Power Drift). In Racing Hero, the player takes part in an international race aboard a motorcycle and races against time and other vehicles. It draws much inspiration from Sega's successful Hang-On and Out Run series.

Gameplay

The player controls a motorcycle from a behind the rider perspective, and must reach the checkpoints in each stage before time runs out. The player must also deal with other vehicles and obstacles, where collisions will result in an explosion and loss of time. The race starts in Australia and once the player reaches the end of each stage, they are taken to a fork in the road screen where they can choose the next country they wish to race in.

External links

• Racing Hero at the Killer List of Videogames

• http://mamedev.org/source/src/mame/drivers/segaxbd.c.html
• Sega's 16-bit arcade color palette: 15-bit RGB high color depth (32,768 colors) and 1-bit shadow & highlight that triples up to 98,304 colors. [1] [2] [3]