World Grand Prix
World Grand Prix is a 1986 racing video game developed and published by Sega for the Master System. The player drives a Formula One-style car as quickly as possible while navigating through turns and other vehicles on the road. A formal scoring system is not used; players are not ranked by position unlike most racing games.
World Grand Prix
- Date
- 1986
- Genre
- racing video game
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World Grand Prix is a 1986 racing video game developed and published by Sega for the Master System. The player drives a Formula One-style car as quickly as possible while navigating through turns and other vehicles on the road. A formal scoring system is not used; players are not ranked by position unlike most racing games.
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This kind of timekeeping would not be used in a subsequent video game until the release of the Taito Grand Prix: Eikō e no License on the Family Computer the following year.
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• Title — World Grand Prix • Developer — Sega • Publisher — Sega • Platforms — Master System • Genre — Racing • Modes — Single-player
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Computer and Video Games magazine rated the game 81% in 1989.
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- 1.Sega Corporation. Software List. Sega Hardware Encyclopedia.
- 2.Availability Update. Computer Entertainer. 5. 9. 14. December 1986.
- 3.Mastertronic. Mega Cartridges. Mastertronic - The Sega Master System Game Catalog 1987 - A - United Kingdom Catalogue.
- 4.Complete Games Guide. Computer and Video Games. Complete Guide to Consoles. 46–77. 16 October 1989.
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