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Genre

racing video game

1984-1993 /55 titles

About this genre

A record of the titles in this genre only.

Titles
55 titles
Period
1984-1993
Formats
FC / NES / FDS
Main genre
racing video game
Median price
5,500 yen
Median Famitsu score
24 points
Titles
55
Share released in Japan
60%
Share released overseas
56%
Share with a known price
58%
Share with a known score
20%

Titles per year

Covers the 55 titles with a known release date. The 0 without one are not on this line.

848586878889909192939

Which publishers released them

Breakdown of the 60 titles with a known publisher. Press a name to open that company's page.

Which developers made them

Breakdown of the 58 titles with a known developer.

1Rare12%7 titles
2Nintendo7%4 titles
3Konami7%4 titles
5Beam Software5%3 titles
6HAL Laboratory3%2 titles

Where they were released

1 titles were released in more than one region, so the total exceeds the number of titles.

1Japan33 titles
2North America31 titles
3Europe23 titles
Released in Japan too33 titlesOverseas only22 titles

How much they sold and what they cost

Copies sold and launch prices are listed side by side. No multiplied totals are shown.

4,160,000titles

The best-selling title, "Excitebike". Only 4 titles have known sales figures.

1ExcitebikeWorldwide4,160,000 titles
2R.C. Pro-AmWorldwide2,140,000 titles
3Rad RacerWorldwide1,960,000 titles
4F1 RaceJapan1,520,000 titles
Launch price (median)
5,500 yen
32 titles have a known price
12,000 yen range1 titles
23,000 yen range3 titles
34,000 yen range8 titles
45,000 yen range14 titles
56,000 yen range4 titles
67,000 yen range2 titles

Famitsu score

Out of 40. Across the 11 titles with a known score, the median was 24.

7 titles
3 titles
1 titles
20s
25s
30s

Titles in this group (all 55)

Ordered by copies sold, then by score.Press a title to open the page for any of the 1.

Game titleExcitebike
1984-11-30 / racing video game/ 5,500 yen / Famitsu 29 /Nintendo
Game titleF1 Race
1984-11-02 / racing video game/ 4,500 yen / Famitsu 24 /Nintendo
Game titleR.C. Pro-Am
racing video game / Nintendo
Game titleRad Racer
1987-08-07 / racing video game/ 4,500 yen / Famitsu 32 /Square
1988-04-14 / racing video game/ 3,500 yen / Famitsu 26 /Nintendo
Game titleFinal Lap
1988-08-12 / racing video game/ 5,200 yen / Famitsu 26 /Namco
1987-10-30 / racing video game/ 3,500 yen / Famitsu 24 /Nintendo
1989-12-08 / racing video game/ 5,900 yen / Famitsu 24 /Taito
1993-01-29 / racing video game/ 5,800 yen / Famitsu 22 /Konami
Game titleBump 'n' Jump
1986-10-08 / racing video game/ 4,900 yen / Famitsu 21 /Data East
1989-08-25 / racing video game/ 5,900 yen / Famitsu 20 /Konami
Game titleRally Bike
1990-06-15 / racing video game/ 5,800 yen / Famitsu 20 /Visco Corporation
1985-04-22 / racing video game/ 4,500 yen /Konami
Game titleRoad Fighter
1985-07-11 / racing video game/ 4,500 yen /Konami
Game titleZippy Race
1985-07-18 / racing video game/ 4,500 yen /Irem
Game titleSeicross
1986-05-15 / racing video game/ 4,900 yen /Nichibutsu
Game titleTopple Zip
1987-10-09 / racing video game/ 4,200 yen /Bothtec
1987-12-18 / racing video game/ 5,500 yen /Taito
Game titleFamily Circuit
1988-01-06 / racing video game/ 3,900 yen /Namco
1988-02-01 / racing video game/ 5,300 yen /CBS/Sony Group Inc.
Game titleKnight Rider
1988-09-30 / racing video game/ 5,500 yen /Pack-In-Video
1988-12-09 / racing video game/ 5,900 yen /Kagaku Giken
Game titleVs. Excitebike
1988-12-09 / racing video game/ 2,500 yen /Nintendo
1988-12-17 / racing video game/ 5,500 yen /Tokyo Shoseki
1989-01-27 / racing video game/ 5,500 yen /Konami
1989-01-31 / racing video game/ 6,300 yen /Data East
1990-10-26 / racing video game/ 6,700 yen /A-WAVE
1991-07-19 / racing video game/ 7,800 yen /Namco
Game titleSuper Sprint
1991-08-03 / racing video game/ 6,500 yen /Altron
1991-09-27 / racing video game/ 5,900 yen /Varie
Game titleF1 Circus
1992-02-07 / racing video game/ 6,600 yen /Nichibutsu
1992-04-24 / racing video game/ 5,900 yen /Kagaku Giken
1992-11-13 / racing video game/ 7,300 yen /Coconuts Japan
1993-01-01 / racing video game / Popy
racing video game / Milton Bradley
Game titleBigfoot
racing video game / Acclaim Entertainment
racing video game / Konami
Game titleCobra Triangle
racing video game / Nintendo
racing video game / Tradewest
Game titleDays of Thunder
racing video game / Mindscape
racing video game / Electro Brain
racing video game / GameTek
racing video game / SETA Corporation
Game titleMicro Machines
racing video game / Camerica
racing video game / INTV
racing video game / Matchbox
Game titleR.C. Pro-Am II
racing video game / Tradewest
Game titleRad Racer II
racing video game / Square
Game titleRoadBlasters
racing video game / Mindscape
Game titleSlalom
racing video game / Nintendo
Game titleSuper Cars
racing video game / Electro Brain

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Links to related pages.

Source: created by adapting the "Media Arts Database" (https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/) of the National Center for Art Research, National Museum of Art
Sources: Japanese and English Wikipedia, Wikidata
Sources: TASVideos (https://tasvideos.org/), speedrun.com (https://www.speedrun.com/)