1983 · Irem · Arcade · Racing

Zippy Race

MotoRace USA is a basic arcade motorcycle racing game that alternated between a bird's eye view and an over the shoulder view throughout the race. The player controls a racer who must travel on a motorcycle from Los Angeles to New York City.

Released: 1 June 1983
Platforms: Arcade NES SG-1000
Genres: Arcade Racing
Developers: Irem
Publishers: WMS Industries Irem Hamster Corporation
Perspective: Third person Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action
Country: Japan
Age ratings: CLASS_IND L
Languages: English

About

MotoRace USA (also known as Traverse USA, in Japan as Zippy Race, and in Spain as Mototour) is a 1983 racing video game developed and published by Irem for Japanese arcades; it was released in North America by Williams Electronics and in Europe by Comercial Electronica. The player controls a racer who must travel on a motorcycle from Los Angeles to New York City.

Keywords

arcade racers

Media

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Gameplay

Every level has two parts:

The first part uses an overhead point of view, in which overtaken cars cause the player's rank to increment by 1 per car. The current rank is shown in the bottom right hand corner of the game screen during each stage.