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>>Rafael Fernandes: Super Monaco GP.

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For many, the first racing game of their lives.

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For everyone, certainly a classic.

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The arcade of Sega from 1989 was converted to numerous systems,

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but it was on Mega Drive that the game is immortalized with a really fun simulation of Formula 1,

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despite the technological limitations, of course.

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Then check out in this retrospective the whole story about this

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and some other memorable racing games from Sega.

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Before we get into Super Monaco GP,

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it is important to remember the history of Sega,

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there in their humble origins producing arcades in Japan.

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For this, we go back to 1969,

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when the company released Sega Grand Prix,

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an electromechanical game cabinet – that is,

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it had no video yet, it was just a game.

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There was no ROM, there was no chip or anything.

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Everything was based in analog circuitry

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and graphics projected on a translucent screen. Take a look.

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>>Galvão Bueno: Let's go, Rubinho!

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Aw aw aw aw aw!

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Now it goes!

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Aw aw aw aw aw!

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Don't let it come back, don't let it come back, don't let it come back!

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Aw aw aw aw aw!

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>>Rafael Fernandes: Uh… this guy is a little bad, eh?

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Let's change to another and take out Galvão too.

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Looking today, the machine looks very simple,

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vintage, even tacky, so to speak.

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But at that time, certainly, was the pinnacle of technology.

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Ten years later, in 1979,

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a video game came out for the arcades around the world.

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And its name, what is?

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Monaco GP.

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The game is also pretty simple,

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as we can notice there: you just run,

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dodge the cars and overcome obstacles to get to the next checkpoint,

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within the time limit, of course.

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This does not mean that the game is not challenging;

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in fact, it is quite frustrating,

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like any good arcade should be, right?

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Unfortunately, just as in the first Grand Prix,

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Monaco GP uses a logical circuit board, that is,

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it also has no processor, also has no ROM;

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which prevents you to check it out today on the emulator, for example.

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But if you insist to check this game,

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Sega produced a port to the SG-1000,

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its first home system,

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released 30 years ago, in 1983.

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Look at the commercial that was produced at the time.

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>>Yuko Saito: A tunnel! Slippery zone! A lot of movement speed!

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The loud sound of the arcade is the same!

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>>Man: Sega Monaco Grand Prix

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♪ SEGA

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>>Rafael Fernandes: And before you ask me, yes, it's a woman.

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Anyway, Monaco GP also came out later for the Sega Saturn,

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fully recreated for a collection called Sega Ages Memorial 2,

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and also had a remake in polygonal 3D,

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released for the PlayStation 2 and present in the Sega Classics Collection,

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another collection with several enhanced versions of classic games from the company.

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Even if the original version is not available there,

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you can have an idea of how the game worked.

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And then, in 1989, ten years after Monaco GP,

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and twenty years after the first Grand Prix,

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Sega releases Super Monaco GP.

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Previously, Formula 1 games in arcades or used the bird's-eye view,

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like the first Monaco GP,

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or the third-person camera,

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fixed behind the car as in Final Lap, of Namco…

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And the Continental Circus, from Taito.

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>>Fausto Silva: What the fuck, man!

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>>Rafael Fernandes: In Super Monaco GP, Sega chose to use the first-person view,

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further increasing the realism thanks to the graphics generated by the powerful System X board,

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which was also used in games like After Burner and OutRun.

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Although very pixelated, as we can see here,

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the look was very detailed and most importantly, it was very fluid,

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running at constant 60 frames per second that you will not see here on YouTube,

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since it converts it to 30 frames per second…

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But it already gives you an idea of how this game was fast and could cause a lot of dizziness too, right?

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The attention to detail in the graphics ended up causing an unusual controversy:

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in the game, there are a number of signs and posters reminding sponsors of Formula 1,

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as we're seeing there.

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Canon, in this case, here became Conan,

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Ford became Fodo,

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Mobil 1 became Modil 2,

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and Marlboro became Marlbobo.

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Still, the cigarettes company sued Sega

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requiring that any reference to its brand was completely removed from the game,

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because it did not want its name associated with things aimed at children and adolescents.

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It also sued Namco because of Pole Position,

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which also has a free advertisement of Marlboro.

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Sega then produced a new version of the game,

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removing almost all the track signs,

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and swapping by an advertisement of Flicky,

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that chick who starred in a game for the arcade, SG-1000 and the Mega Drive.

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One day we talk better about it here.

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But if you think that the immersion of Super Monaco GP

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was only in the graphics, you are wrong.

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The deluxe version of the arcade had a hydraulic system

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that moved the chair as the player did the curves on the track,

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and even had such an Air Drive System,

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that blew air into the cabin,

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giving the sensation of speed.

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Of course, even with all this,

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say that Super Monaco GP is a simulation is also exaggerate a little,

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as I said at the beginning of the video,

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and you must already be cursing me for this in the comments.

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But at that time, have realistic physics of a Formula 1 car

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was still a tricky thing to do.

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There was not so much processing at that time.

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Not to mention that the game is an arcade,

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then it had to be more accessible for all to play without difficulty.

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There are several nonsense in the game, for example:

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you can pass by most curves without braking,

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you can pass straight through the chicanes,

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you can hit everyone without worrying about breaking the car,

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and various other things like that.

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But it is worth remembering that you also can not abuse, or…

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Super Monaco GP had a moderate success in arcades at the time.

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Not only it was something new,

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but also a very beautiful game,

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really made to impress and offer a unique experience.

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And like other Sega arcades,

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the title has been adapted to various domestic systems of that time,

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none of them like the arcade,

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but still they tried.

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U.S. Gold was entrusted to do the ports for computers,

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but with very mediocre results,

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like we can see in the images here.

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This girl from the main screen now looks like She-Hulk.

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Thank god, Sega itself was responsible for the ports to their consoles,

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like the Master System and the Game Gear.

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But it was in the version for the Mega Drive that the game was immortalized.

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>>Man: When the roar of the engines resonates in the circuit,

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hesitation at a moment can separate the winner from the loser.

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Race through all 16 Grand Prix!

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Shift up the gears to a rotation of 12000.

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Plunge into the first corner with the sixth gear.

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From the seventh gear to the second on hairpins.

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Grab the rival, overtake in the S.

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Reach 400 km of speed.

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Go to the top.

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And until the checkered flag, win by a wide margin!

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Super Monaco GP.

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♪ SEGA

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>>Rafael Fernandes: Released one year after the original,

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the Super Monaco GP for the Mega Drive

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owe very much in terms of graphics compared to the arcade, of course.

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Still, this drawback was well compensated

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with an excellent gameplay and new game modes.

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In addition to the basic mode Super Monaco GP,

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which is just like the arcade,

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there is also a training mode and the exclusive World Championship.

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In this part of the game,

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you compete a full season of Formula 1.

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The driver has to run through all 16 tracks,

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that are based on the 1989 season of the category.

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That is why Brazil's track here is not inspired by the layout of Interlagos,

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but rather the old race track in Jacarepagua, in Rio de Janeiro.

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Before each Grand Prix, you can choose a rival.

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And if you can finish the race in front of him twice,

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this opponent is kicked off the team and you end up going into his place in the middle of the season.

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How ethical, eh.

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As this game does not have the official license of the FIA,

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the team names are not the same of the real life,

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although they remind very much, for example:

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Madonna closely resembles MacLaren;

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Firenze makes you remember the Ferrari;

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Millions resembles Williams;

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Minarae, where you start the season,

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reminds Minardi; and so on.

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The opponents are also in the same scheme.

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Their names resemble those of the drivers of the category,

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but their photos, the avatars,

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seem to have been inspired by some Hollywood actors, you know why?

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Compare:

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G. Alberti looks like Robert Deniro;

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E. Pacheco remember MacGyver Richard Dean Anderson;

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G. Turner looks a lot like the late actor and singer River Phoenix.

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He doesn't looks like, he's identical!

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Do you think this is madness?

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Maybe…

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but it is very similar.

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The only problem of that mode, really,

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is the passwords.

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As internal battery was a feature that few cartridges had at that time,

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then that was the only solution:

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note these millions of characters, which was hell.

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And when you miss or don't know how to differentiate the number zero of the letter o, for example.

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Then you are screwed.

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But back to the subject,

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after competing in every race and finish first overall,

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the first season ends well.

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Then you can start the second season, and then…

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he appears.

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G. Ceara, the greatest driver of all time.

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Inspired by our Ayrton Senna,

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he is a driver who chooses you as his rival in the first two Grands Prix of the season.

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And it is virtually impossible to prevent him to defeat you.

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Then he takes your place in the Madonna and you end up stopping in a very ordinary team.

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Very sad.

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And here in YouTube there are people who managed

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to get in front of him in those first two races.

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Unbelievable!

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Definitely Super Monaco GP for Mega Drive was not a simple conversion.

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The game had much content.

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The graphics are inferior to the arcade,

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but they are very good for the 16-bit console standards.

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The sound is sensational.

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Especially the soundtrack composed by Bo,

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the same guy who did the theme of Alex Kidd, look at that!

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The controls and the difficulty are competent,

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and to top it off, the cartridge still had a few jokes,

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as the ability to run over the guy who is waving the checkered flag,

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and also to lift your own head as a trophy.

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Bizarre.

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All this contributed to the cartridge to become a classic in Sega's 16-bit system.

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Produced by RAFAEL FERNANDES
@rafafernandes64
facebook.com/virtuagamer

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