Super Formula
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Description
Choose you car and your pilot. Try to have a good qualification before starting a race.
Super Formula was produced by Video System Co. Ltd. in 1989.
Video System Co. Ltd. released 30 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1989. Video System Co. Ltd. was based in Japan.
Other machines made by Video System Co. Ltd. during the time period Super Formula was produced include: Mahjong Summer Story, Tail To Nose - Great Championship, Pipe Dream, Hatris, and F-1 Grand Prix
Specs
| Name | Super Formula |
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| Developer | Video System Co. Ltd. (Japan) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 9897 |
| Class | Wide Release |
| Genre | Racing |
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| Conversion Class | JAMMA |
| # Simultaneous Players | 1 |
| # Maximum Players | 1 |
| Game Play | Single |
| Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
| Controls |
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| Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
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Game Introduction
After choosing the car, your pilot, and thoe race, try to get the best time at qualification for starting at the better grid. You can choose four different races. For Silverstone, Suzuka or Detroit race, you must complete three laps before the time is over and you must try to be in the top three positions. After the three laps the game is over. If you choose the last race, you must complete two laps of Silverstone, Suzuka, Detroit and Monaco, also before the time is end and in the three first positions. The PCB can be set on joystick mode or steering wheel mode.
Super Formula KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.28 (1 vote)
Fun Factor: 3.80
Overall Like |
4.00 |
|---|---|
| Fun (Social) | 5.00 |
| Fun (Solo) | 4.00 |
| Collector Desire | 2.00 |
Technical Rating: 2.75
| Gameplay | 3.00 |
|---|---|
| Graphics | 3.00 |
| Originality | 3.00 |
| Sound/Music | 2.00 |
Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score.
Within the Personal Impressions category, Like
carries a little more weight than the other factors.
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Miscellaneous
Japanese version of Tail To Nose - Great Championship
VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Super Formula Census
There are 14,774 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,483 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,626 machines (6,906 unique titles).
Uncommon - There are 15 known instances of this machine owned by Super Formula collectors who are active members. Of these, 15 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 4 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]
Flyers
1989
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Manuals
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