The player must use three buttons (two square yellow ones for making decisions and a third round red one to confirm them) as well as a pair of ski-like foot stands to control a magenta-suited skier who is racing against several other CPU-controlled skiers in differently-coloured suits - and it also features a penguin who can get activated by holding down both selection buttons, then repeatedly pressing the decision one, on the 'PRESS ANY BUTTON' screen.Ī sequel named Alpine Racer 2 was released in 1996 it allows two players to play it simultaneously when two cabinets were linked together, features three selectable skiers (none of whom are named) and was featured as one of the challenges in the BBC quizshow Friends Like These (which aired on BBC1, from 1999 to 2003). System16 takes no responsibility for the content of any linked websites.Alpine Racer is a skiing arcade game that was released by Namco in 1994 it runs on the company's System 22 hardware, and features three different courses for novice, medium, and expert players (as well as the choices for speed and gate racing).

)Īll content is © 1999-2014 Toby Broyad, all rights reserved.Īll names and images used are trademarked by their respective trademark holders. Notes : Bizzarre game where you had a pedal powered plane and had to go around collecting balloons, you could only play if once or twice before you got exhausted. Notes : Title screen is off center in first screenshot.Ĭourse Maps : Obstacle Course - Race Courseįlyers : Normal Flyer - Other Flyer - US Flyer Possible that the 2D part supports rotating as well, also the crate is physically smaller.īoard Pictures : CPU - Video - DSP - Romboard - Crate - Crate 2 - Crate End View Notes : Very similar to System 22 hardware, but with some noticable differences, slightly higher poly rate and more special effects.

Sound chip : Namco C352 32 channel 42KHz stereo supported 8-bit linear and 8-bit muLaw PCM - 4 channel outputĪdditional Chips : Insanely large amount of Namco custom chips.įeatures : Texture mapping, Gouraud shading, Translucency effects, Depth-cueing, More than 240000 polygons/sec.īoard composition : Crate containing many PCB's Sound CPU : Mitsubishi M37710 16-bit 16.384 MHzģD DSPs : 2xTexas Instruments TMS320C25 16-bit fixed point DSP 49.152 MHz

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