Final Stretch (video game)
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is a 1993 Japan-exclusive Super Famicom
Formula One racing
video game licensed by FOCA
to Fuji Television
, which is based on the 1993 Formula One season
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and can be considered as the sequel to Aguri Suzuki F-1 Super Driving. Originally costing ¥9,800 on its original release date, the game features a DSP-1 chip and carries exactly 12 megabit
s of information. In single-player mode, there is a split screen
and the player is given five views to choose from (top view, side view, turn view, camera view and back view), while controlling the car in the typical chase view. There are up to five laps on a given race and speeds can reach an average of 328 kilometres per hour (203.8 mph). Each race shows the background in a realistic style for the era in which the game was released.
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...
Formula One racing
Racing game
A racing video game is a genre of video games, either in the first-person or third-person perspective, in which the player partakes in a racing competition with any type of land, air, or sea vehicles. They may be based on anything from real-world racing leagues to entirely fantastical settings...
video game licensed by FOCA
Formula One Constructors Association
The Formula One Constructors' Association is an organization of the chassis builders who design and build the cars that race in the FIA Formula One World Championship...
to Fuji Television
Fuji Television
is a Japanese television station based in Daiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, also known as or CX, based on the station's callsign "JOCX-DTV". It is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network and the ....
, which is based on the 1993 Formula One season
1993 Formula One season
The 1993 Formula One season was the 44th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1993 FIA Formula One World Championship, which commenced on March 14, 1993 and ended on November 7 after sixteen races...
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Summary
The game was supervised by Aguri SuzukiAguri Suzuki
is a former racing driver from Japan. He participated in 88 Formula One Grands Prix, and his most notable achievement in racing was 3rd place at the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix. Suzuki then became involved in team ownership, with interests firstly in the Japanese Formula Nippon Championship and the...
and can be considered as the sequel to Aguri Suzuki F-1 Super Driving. Originally costing ¥9,800 on its original release date, the game features a DSP-1 chip and carries exactly 12 megabit
Megabit
The megabit is a multiple of the unit bit for digital information or computer storage. The prefix mega is defined in the International System of Units as a multiplier of 106 , and therefore...
s of information. In single-player mode, there is a split screen
Split screen (computer graphics)
Split screen is a display technique in computer graphics that consists of dividing graphics and/or text into non-movable adjacent parts, typically two or four rectangular areas. This is done in order to allow the simultaneous presentation of related graphical and textual information on a computer...
and the player is given five views to choose from (top view, side view, turn view, camera view and back view), while controlling the car in the typical chase view. There are up to five laps on a given race and speeds can reach an average of 328 kilometres per hour (203.8 mph). Each race shows the background in a realistic style for the era in which the game was released.