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Racing Hero Racing Hero - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

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Description

Race a motorcycle against other bikes, cars, trucks and a timer. Finishing a section before time expires lets you join another more difficult level.

Racing Hero was produced by Sega in 1989.

Sega released 591 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1936. Sega was based in United States.

Other machines made by Sega during the time period Racing Hero was produced include: Excite League, Ufo Senshi Yohko Chan, Tetris (Sega), Scramble Spirits, Power Drift, A.B. Cop, Alex Kidd In The Enchanted Castle, Crack Down, Dynamite Dux, and ESWAT Cyber Police

Racing Hero - Cabinet - Machine
Cabinet

Specs

Name Racing Hero
Developer Sega (United States)
Year 1989
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 9230
Class Wide Release
Genre Racing
Monitor
Conversion Class unique
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 1
Gameplay Single
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Motorcycle Controls: Throttle, Brake
Sound Amplified Stereo (two channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

This motorcycle racing game is similar to Hang-On (also made by SEGA), but it adds some extras goodies like challenging trucks and Ferrari cars during the race. You can also choose what country you would like to travel through (France or Japan).

Racing Hero KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Racing Hero Census

There are 14,717 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,455 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,291 machines (6,886 unique titles).

Scarce - There are 3 known instances of this machine owned by Racing Hero collectors who are active members. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine (not another machine converted with a kit). 2 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 1 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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