@@TenshiCat In actuality the box cover shown in the video is a later re-issue by Ocean Software. It essentially used the boxart of the original European release (sans Game Boy header), slapped it onto a 3D render of a box, saved the resulting picture as a .bmp and send it out to the printers. a similar technique would later be used for the "Konami’s Best" re-issue of Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow and early PS2 Platinum releases
Thanks for merging discussion of both of my loves - auto racing and retro video games! I won't nitpick with the IndyCar\F1 references (frig I was just happy to see cars going around in circles), but I will say this - Formula 1 (the sanctioning body) is pretty stingy with in-race footage on RUclips and have gotten a bit strike-happy in the past, so I genuinely hope this video stays up. Just a heads up!
Great vid Jeremy, as always, but a couple of corrections about races: F1 is different than Indianapolis. F1 actually has used the Indianapolis circuit for the US Gran Prix, but the Indy series ha a totally different ruleset than F1 (and nobody in Europe follows Indy series). Also, World Rally Championship is different from the Dakar Rally Series.
In fairness to Jeremy the two series have a confusing history. In the early 1950's the Indy 500 actually awarded championship points in F1. I think what he got more wrong is thinking that Grand Prix races are ovals.
Was going to say the same. Indy cars are a constant left hand loop, whereas F1 is a series of complex turns. They're both challenging for drivers, just for very different reasons.
F1 are closed circuit tracks but they're not ovals. Indycars have mostly oval races and are a different series with the only comparison being that they're open wheel cars. The technology difference between F1 and Indycar is pretty vast. There was a time in the 1950's where championship points for F1 were awarded from the Indianapolis 500 but it was short lived and the cars and rules have diverged a lot since then.
When I saw the initial footage of the game, I was prepared to hear you criticize it for the top-down viewpoint, and little or no time to see the oncoming track twists and turns, but it's nice to know there are other decent racers for the Game Boy, besides F-1 and Super R.C. ProAm. I don't see many European GB games in the wild, but I might have to keep my eyes out for this one. Good, succinct review.
just as a little fyi tidbit for anyone interested, another big difference between F1 and Nascar is that Nascar tracks are very literal ovals, and f1 tracks involve both left and right turns. In Nascar you basically just constantly turn around in the same direction on an oval (for many many laps), while in F1 you will have multiple different types and directions of turns mixed in with some straight sections to build up speed. I'm pretty sure Nascar is a bit more of an endurance style race than F1 is, but I can't be too certain because I don't actively follow it. I think the closest thing we have to F1 in the U.S. would be INDYCAR, but I'm pretty sure (don't quote me on this) that INDYCAR has stock models of cars that they use, rather than in F1 where each team has to build their own car (complying with certain design parameters in the process). Also I really should suggest, even if you don't like F1, Nascar, or any other motorsport, you should really take 5 mins every year to watch some videos of the big crashes that can happen. Very entertaining, I promise you. :)
Indycar also focuses more on ovals and the cars are engineered with that in mind but they have a few more complex circuits. They're also a few hundred thousand engineering dollars cheaper than an F1 car.
Biggest differentiator is the complexity of the cars. Indycars are very similar to each other, you don't have to develop a car from scratch and can basically just buy one, so it's less about developing a car and more about configuring/setting up a car. F1 cars are very complex, feature lots of parts and engine development, lots of performance differences between cars in F1. F1 cars race in the F1 World Championship, Indycars race in the Indycar Series.
It's very strange how the track seems to always come from the top and you only steer left and right on it, almost as if it was originally meant to have that faux-3D perspective e.g. F1-Race uses but they switched to a regular top down view instead while leaving the tracks unrolled.
It's basically a top-down rendition of what Excitebike does. The game is a LOT more playable this way than it would be if you had to drive in different directions on the tiny GB screen. The fact that you can "see" "other parts" of the track even though the game doesn't really work that way shows some really nice attention to detail.
Nice vide. I got the jpn f1 boy. It's dirt cheap like a dollar. Idk why, but I grew a strange affinity towards these really simple racing games like on the game boy, where as before I never had any interest in them. So you're wrong, there's at least 1person going after racers on the gb haha
Another example of box within a boxart? Also my boring motorsport take/correction: nowadays, NASCAR teams builds their cars with a tube frame instead of an assembly of machined parts like road-going cars, while their wrap-around body only gives those the appearance of what i could call "saloon racers".
In fact, I sat and stared at a number of F1 and racing articles for the better part of an hour while writing this, but anything involving sports always sort of rolls off my brain.
That's ok , formula one isn't really a sport in the usual sense it's also a journey of mechanical engineering aswell that used to translate to real world enhancements for road vehicles. Since end of the 90/2000's that haven't been the case and it got real stale ... Safety first guts and glory 2nd unfortunatly.
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What a great way to start the day! My employer won't mind paying me to watch this, I'm sure.
I had the japanese version, the bgm is really catchy and now, nostalgic. As most of the gb chiptunes usually are.
A game so good it gets not one, but _two_ Nintendo Seals of Quality. C'est magnifique!
Using a photo of the Japanese box for the game as the box art for the localised version is... one way to do it, I suppose!
@@TenshiCat In actuality the box cover shown in the video is a later re-issue by Ocean Software.
It essentially used the boxart of the original European release (sans Game Boy header), slapped it onto a 3D render of a box, saved the resulting picture as a .bmp and send it out to the printers.
a similar technique would later be used for the "Konami’s Best" re-issue of Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow and early PS2 Platinum releases
Thanks for merging discussion of both of my loves - auto racing and retro video games!
I won't nitpick with the IndyCar\F1 references (frig I was just happy to see cars going around in circles), but I will say this - Formula 1 (the sanctioning body) is pretty stingy with in-race footage on RUclips and have gotten a bit strike-happy in the past, so I genuinely hope this video stays up. Just a heads up!
Great vid Jeremy, as always, but a couple of corrections about races: F1 is different than Indianapolis. F1 actually has used the Indianapolis circuit for the US Gran Prix, but the Indy series ha a totally different ruleset than F1 (and nobody in Europe follows Indy series). Also, World Rally Championship is different from the Dakar Rally Series.
In fairness to Jeremy the two series have a confusing history. In the early 1950's the Indy 500 actually awarded championship points in F1. I think what he got more wrong is thinking that Grand Prix races are ovals.
Was going to say the same. Indy cars are a constant left hand loop, whereas F1 is a series of complex turns.
They're both challenging for drivers, just for very different reasons.
Looking for this game for ages!
F1 are closed circuit tracks but they're not ovals. Indycars have mostly oval races and are a different series with the only comparison being that they're open wheel cars. The technology difference between F1 and Indycar is pretty vast. There was a time in the 1950's where championship points for F1 were awarded from the Indianapolis 500 but it was short lived and the cars and rules have diverged a lot since then.
When I saw the initial footage of the game, I was prepared to hear you criticize it for the top-down viewpoint, and little or no time to see the oncoming track twists and turns, but it's nice to know there are other decent racers for the Game Boy, besides F-1 and Super R.C. ProAm. I don't see many European GB games in the wild, but I might have to keep my eyes out for this one. Good, succinct review.
Episode 92 will be the only episode with a number that matches the year its game was released in.
Until we get to episode 1999, that is.
The soundtrack to this game is dope!
just as a little fyi tidbit for anyone interested, another big difference between F1 and Nascar is that Nascar tracks are very literal ovals, and f1 tracks involve both left and right turns. In Nascar you basically just constantly turn around in the same direction on an oval (for many many laps), while in F1 you will have multiple different types and directions of turns mixed in with some straight sections to build up speed. I'm pretty sure Nascar is a bit more of an endurance style race than F1 is, but I can't be too certain because I don't actively follow it. I think the closest thing we have to F1 in the U.S. would be INDYCAR, but I'm pretty sure (don't quote me on this) that INDYCAR has stock models of cars that they use, rather than in F1 where each team has to build their own car (complying with certain design parameters in the process). Also I really should suggest, even if you don't like F1, Nascar, or any other motorsport, you should really take 5 mins every year to watch some videos of the big crashes that can happen. Very entertaining, I promise you. :)
Indycar also focuses more on ovals and the cars are engineered with that in mind but they have a few more complex circuits. They're also a few hundred thousand engineering dollars cheaper than an F1 car.
Why is the box art a picture of it's own game box?
the GB ended up with Fastest Lap and World Circuit Series (F1 Spirit) in the US anyway. In retrospect, this wasn't a big loss.
Wow, didn't see that EVA track coming.
Love the videos. Keep up the good work. FYI - the Indianapolis 500 is Indy Car racing not Formula 1 racing.
I didn't realize there was a difference, but that's good to know.
Whats the difference between them just wondering the cars look the same
Biggest differentiator is the complexity of the cars. Indycars are very similar to each other, you don't have to develop a car from scratch and can basically just buy one, so it's less about developing a car and more about configuring/setting up a car. F1 cars are very complex, feature lots of parts and engine development, lots of performance differences between cars in F1. F1 cars race in the F1 World Championship, Indycars race in the Indycar Series.
dumpnchase nice
Always with the top down racers. First Dead Heat Scramble then this.
Fortunately Nintendo's own F-1 Race will break the mold.
It's very strange how the track seems to always come from the top and you only steer left and right on it, almost as if it was originally meant to have that faux-3D perspective e.g. F1-Race uses but they switched to a regular top down view instead while leaving the tracks unrolled.
It's basically a top-down rendition of what Excitebike does. The game is a LOT more playable this way than it would be if you had to drive in different directions on the tiny GB screen. The fact that you can "see" "other parts" of the track even though the game doesn't really work that way shows some really nice attention to detail.
Nice vide. I got the jpn f1 boy. It's dirt cheap like a dollar. Idk why, but I grew a strange affinity towards these really simple racing games like on the game boy, where as before I never had any interest in them. So you're wrong, there's at least 1person going after racers on the gb haha
Another example of box within a boxart?
Also my boring motorsport take/correction: nowadays, NASCAR teams builds their cars with a tube frame instead of an assembly of machined parts like road-going cars, while their wrap-around body only gives those the appearance of what i could call "saloon racers".
I see!
Sunsoft grand prix look cool for me to play. 😀👍🎮
Nascar doesn't have any turns, making it distinct from racing.
Wow couldn't yo just googled f1 and done a little research, you really butchered what F1 is. But I enjoyed your other videos so I let you off
In fact, I sat and stared at a number of F1 and racing articles for the better part of an hour while writing this, but anything involving sports always sort of rolls off my brain.
That's ok , formula one isn't really a sport in the usual sense it's also a journey of mechanical engineering aswell that used to translate to real world enhancements for road vehicles. Since end of the 90/2000's that haven't been the case and it got real stale ... Safety first guts and glory 2nd unfortunatly.