VGEsoterica
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Having gone through the entire Hyper catalog, I will say the two driving games are definitely an interesting experience for sure. SNK was great at fighting games, and even Beast Busters Second Nightmare was awesome (and developed by ADK, not SNK) but their experience with both 3D AND the racing genre was pretty thin in 1997. Obvious statement is obvious but SNK was a 2D fighting game developer who on occasion made a game in a different genre, and NOT a 3D racing game developer.
All the same Round Trip RV is a pretty fun game! It's a massive chore to get running at home ( a lot of soldering, wiring, and converting PC wheels and pedals over to the pcb connectors) but in the end its really the only way to experience these "lost" games outside of finding an arcade cabinet in the wild. Sure one may still exist but I've yet to find it! It's basically a unicorn at this point in time.
Gameplay wise it has some interesting concepts, the first and foremost being the courses that double back on themselves ; hence the "Round Trip" part of the title. At pretty much any term another vehicle could be racing head on in your direction, so its not just a racing game, but also a bit of a "chicken" simulator.
Graphically its competent but not great....it runs at a full 60 fps but it never looks amazing nor does it feel that "fast". It also straddles the line between arcade racer and sim. It's not full arcade compared to something like San Francisco Rush or the Cruis'n series, but its definitely not a sim either. Its just way more restrained of a game.
Still not sure where the RV came from. It's just SUV's and pick up trucks. I guess SNK liked the sound of the name or they forgot RV's were giant Winnebago's and the like. Now that would have been a fun game...actual RV racing lol
But overall just another rare and "lost" game from SNK on the Hyper. Never ported...you can emulate it but it's pretty flaky. If anyone ever needs help getting it running at home lmk...always happy to help
Hope everyone is staying safe and healthy right now!
All the same Round Trip RV is a pretty fun game! It's a massive chore to get running at home ( a lot of soldering, wiring, and converting PC wheels and pedals over to the pcb connectors) but in the end its really the only way to experience these "lost" games outside of finding an arcade cabinet in the wild. Sure one may still exist but I've yet to find it! It's basically a unicorn at this point in time.
Gameplay wise it has some interesting concepts, the first and foremost being the courses that double back on themselves ; hence the "Round Trip" part of the title. At pretty much any term another vehicle could be racing head on in your direction, so its not just a racing game, but also a bit of a "chicken" simulator.
Graphically its competent but not great....it runs at a full 60 fps but it never looks amazing nor does it feel that "fast". It also straddles the line between arcade racer and sim. It's not full arcade compared to something like San Francisco Rush or the Cruis'n series, but its definitely not a sim either. Its just way more restrained of a game.
Still not sure where the RV came from. It's just SUV's and pick up trucks. I guess SNK liked the sound of the name or they forgot RV's were giant Winnebago's and the like. Now that would have been a fun game...actual RV racing lol
But overall just another rare and "lost" game from SNK on the Hyper. Never ported...you can emulate it but it's pretty flaky. If anyone ever needs help getting it running at home lmk...always happy to help
Hope everyone is staying safe and healthy right now!