Thrash Rally
Is a 1991 racing video game developed by Alpha Denshi and released by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home platforms. It was followed by Over Top, a spiritual successor, in 1996. Hamster Corporation re-released the game as part of their ACA Neo Geo series for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Windows, Android and iOS.
Thrash Rally
- Date
- 1991
- Publisher
- SNK
- Genre
- racing video game
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Is a 1991 racing video game developed by Alpha Denshi and released by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home platforms. It was followed by Over Top, a spiritual successor, in 1996. Hamster Corporation re-released the game as part of their ACA Neo Geo series for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Windows, Android and iOS.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Title — Thrash Rally • Developer — Alpha Denshi • Publisher — SNK Neo Geo CD • Director — Kazushige Hakamata • Designer — Hideyuki Yamada Mitsunari Ishida • Programmer — Osamu Iijima Teruaki Shirasawa Toshiaki Naemura • Artist — Yoshiaki Ono • Composer — Hideki Yamamoto Hiroaki Shimizu • Platforms — Arcade, Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD • Released — ArcadeNovember 8, 1991 Neo Geo AESDecember 20, 1991 Neo Geo CDOctober 31, 1994 • Genre — Racing • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Arcade System — Neo Geo MVS
Gameplay
Gameplay
• Illustration — Gameplay screenshot Players begin by choosing a vehicle based on handling, acceleration, and overall speed. The game is played from an overview perspective with the camera focused on the players car at all times. The races take place from the 1992 World Rally Championship and the 1992 Paris–Cape Town Dakar Rally with a variety of terrain.
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Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed Thrash Rally as the sixteenth most successful arcade game of December 1991. On release, Next Generation reviewed the Neo-Geo version of the game, rating it one star out of five, and stated that "for mindless fun, Rally Chase comes in at about average". Famicom Tsūshin scored the Neo Geo version a 22 out of 40. Setsu of French magazine HardCore Gamers drew comparison with Micro Machines.
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- 18.Delpierre, Christophe. Tests De Jeux - Neo Geo - Thrash Rally. Player One. Média Système Édition. 17. 64–65. February 1992.
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