Four Trax
| Four Trax | |
|---|---|
 Japanese promotional sales flyer. | |
| Developer(s) | Namco |
| Publisher(s) |
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| Platform(s) | Arcade, Sega Genesis |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Namco System 2 |
Four Trax (フォートラックス, Fō Torakkusu) is a racing arcade game, released by Namco in 1989; it runs on Namco System 2 hardware, and was later ported to the Sega Genesis in 1991 under the name Quad Challenge. The game was distributed by Atari Games in North America. The players must take control for four quad bikes (red for Player 1, white for Player 2, yellow for Player 3, and green for Player 4), which are competing in an "off-road" race - and they all have a preset amount of time in which to complete a full lap of the track, but for each lap of the track that is successfully completed, the players' time is extended. However, if one of the players cannot manage to successfully complete his current lap of the track before the time runs out, his or her game will instantly be over and the race will continue without him or her; the players must complete between three and six full laps of the track in order to win (the number is dependent on how both of the cabinets are set, as with Namco's own Final Lap). The players can also encounter between four and seven blue CPU-controlled bikes on the track, as the number is dependent on how many people are playing (seven for one player, six for two players, five for three, and four for four).
Reception
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| Computer and Video Games | 89% (AC)[1] |
| Sega-16 | 6/10 (SG)[2] |
| Beep! Mega Drive | 5.5/10 (SG)[3] |
In Japan, Game Machine listed Four Trax on their January 1, 1990 issue as being the fourth most-successful upright arcade game of the year.[4]
References
- ^ "Arcade Action: Four Trax". No. 96. Computer + Video Games. October 1989. p. 96. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ Horowitz, Ken (10 October 2011). "Quad Challenge". Sega-16. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "メガトラックス" (PDF). BEEP!. Beep! Mega Drive. September 1991. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - アップライト, コックピット型TVゲーム機 (Upright/Cockpit Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 371. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 January 1990. p. 29.
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