Rad Racer (NES) Gameplay

Gameplay from the NES game Rad Racer, emulated in NEStopia.

Before Square sunk all their money into one Final project with a distinct Fantasy theme, they made far less epic games. Rad Racer was one of those. It's a game that's remembered mostly for three things: It had pretty good music, you could hit Select to turn the game 3-D with a pair of those goofy 3-D glasses we all had in the 80s, and it demonstrated to the world that the Power Glove was "so bad".

It's a pretty straight-up arcade-style racer, otherwise. Just get to the checkpoints before time runs out. Simple enough.

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[grabisoft]

hey, one question. Im looking for a NES game, similar to RAD RACER. but with bikes instead of cars. I remember playing the game when i was a kid. But it wasnt rally bike, it was another one. I remember that in the background there were buildings of a city and your goal was to avoid the incoming cars and reach the city. It was kind of fun but i dont remember the name of the game.

[HardWiredGaming]

grabisoft: I'm thinking that the game you're thinking of is Mach Rider.

[HardWiredGaming]

Seeing this video again reminds me of how much I miss the videos PlayItBogart did involving this game.

[supermariobro93]

Wow. This game is just like Out Run (Sega Genesis / Master System / Arcade). For a game that's really old, this game is very impressive!

[HardWiredGaming]

supermariobro93: Back before they were all about RPGs and extremely feminine male leads, Square pretty much played Follow the Leader with Sega.

[Orouchi]

@grabisoft Might be road rash

[nicoduchesne]

@MechanicalInternet You can do it easily using Flash. There are tutorials out there that can help.

[KITT171]

Holy shit, Square made this?!?!?! I love this game, and mainly racking games and I never knew or noticed, wow.

[eddiegfan22]

I love The Power Glove, it's so bad.

[ztwntyn8]

@HardWiredGaming I remember that on this game.

[Orouchi]

@grabisoft Might be road rash