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1987 · Hudson Soft · Arcade · Racing

Victory Run

Timed NEC exclusive

Strap on this red turbo-charged beauty and punch it. Barrel through the streets of night-time Paris. Lean into the rolling countryside curves. Sweat the hot Sahara straightaway.

Released
28 December 1987
Platforms
PlayStation 3PlayStation PortablePlayStation Store TurboGrafx-16TurboGrafx-16WiiWii U
Genres
ArcadeRacing
Developers
Hudson Soft
Publishers
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Perspective
Third person
Themes
Action
Country
Japan
Age ratings
ESRB EPEGI 3CERO A
Languages
English
Composers
Takeaki Kunimoto

About

Victory Run (ビクトリーラン栄光の13,000キロ―, Bikutoriran Eikou no 13,000 Kiroo; "Victory Run: 13,000 Kilometers of Glory") is a racing game released by Hudson Soft for the PC Engine in Japan in 1987 and the TurboGrafx-16 in North America in 1989. It was also available worldwide on the Nintendo Wii's Virtual Console and the PlayStation Network. The game depicts the Paris-Dakar Rally, one of the earliest to do so. One of the unique features at the time of release of Victory Run was that the car's parts degraded as they are used and/or abused.

Degraded parts could be replaced, but only if the player has the correct type of spare part. The player can acquire up to 20 spare parts before the first race, but cannot acquire any more spare parts after starting the first race.

Keywords

  • rally
  • motorsports
  • virtual console
  • launch titles
  • wii virtual console
  • wii u virtual console

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The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Reception

Victory Run received a 15.48/30 score in a 1993 readers' poll conducted by PC Engine Fan, ranking among PC Engine titles at the number 482 spot. The game received mixed reviews from critics.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
TurboGrafx-1628 December 1987Japan · North America 31 December 1989
Wii2 December 2006Japan · North America 4 December 2006 · Europe 8 December 2006 · Australia 6 July 2007
PlayStation 321 April 2010Japan · Europe 31 May 2011 · North America 3 June 2011
PlayStation Portable3 June 2011North America
Wii U17 September 2014Japan · North America 27 July 2017

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