I think this game has a pretty small following, but I absolutely love it and was wondering if anyone else feels the same about it.
Also, I've played this game a number of times but am not exactly a seasoned vet at the game. I got my pcb working yesterday for the first time and saw something I hadn't seen before in the game. On level 1 there was what looked like a green UFO flying across the top of the screen. Does anyone know what triggers this or if it's significant in any way? (i.e. warp, points, enemy, etc.).
I have the game and have been playing for years. Currently have a City Connection board and a Cruisin' board. So far, have not noticed any differences. I love the game, enjoy the music on the different stages, one of my favorites. Kit games on KLOV seem to get hated a great deal because original cabinets being converted by operators back in the day.
Yes, I have seen the UFO on the New York stage, maybe Paris also, but have not been able to get it. On some stages there will be hidden items that appear. Seems the hidden items appear randomly, I have not been able to figure out a way to get them to appear regularly. Also, if you can get to 900,000 points, the game starts glitching and you get nearly unlimited cars, but the enemies start coming at you very fast.
1. On the Mt. Fuji, Japan stage sometimes a white rabbit will bounce by. It is worth points if you pick it up.
2. Australia stage, sometimes black rabbits will pop up and if you can keep running them over while one is still on screen, then more will appear. They are worth 10,000 points.
3. On a couple stages, broken pieces of a heart will appear on screen. If you pick them up, they are the same as the balloons. You warp if you get three of them.
If you play the game with an 8-way joystick you can do a back-jump to get to higher parts of the highway. Though I do not believe the developers intended this move. With a 4-way, which the game manual suggests, I have not been able to do that move. I can get better scores with an 8-way compared to the 4-way joystick.