What is this game?...

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What the heck is this game?...

Hey guys,

So, I got all nostalgic last weekend and sat down to watch the good old 1989 movie "The Wizard". I'm sure you all know this movie, it is basically a full movie length Nintendo commercial staring Fred Savage, lol.

Anyways, the kids in this movie spend a lot of time in arcades practicing for the big tournament at the end. They mostly are just playing Nintendo PlayChoice systems, but in one scene, just before they meet Lucas, they are playing a racing arcade game. The cabinet has the labeling on it as "F-1 Dream", however, the game they are playing is definitely not F-1 Dream. F-1 Dream is a top down indy car game that looks nothing like this. The game they are playing looks like a combo of Rad Racer and Chase HQ. I haven't seen this one before, but maybe you guys can identify it. Here are some screens from the movie...

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I just can't stop pondering what the heck this game is, lol.

Thanks a bunch
 
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Ah, yes I think you are right! I have heard of this game before, now that I think of it, but never actually played it. I would love to have this game or Chase HQ for my supergun, but neither are JAMMA I believe. I wonder why the heck they had it in a F1-Dream cabinet for this movie anyways? Too confusing, lol.

Just curious, is there any kind of adapter or anything that would allow games like To Speed or Chase HQ to hook up to the later JAMMA connectors?

Thanks
 
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you could make an adapter but nobody that i know of produces them. maybe someone would make you one to order.

it's definitely Top Speed which is a slightly less tongue-in-cheek Out Run, or Chase HQ without the chase and shooting bits. pretty fun driving game and usually doesn't sell for much so it's cheap to pick up.
 
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