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Newman/Haas IndyCar featuring Nigel Mansell
North American cover art (Super NES version)
Developer(s)Gremlin Interactive
Publisher(s)Acclaim Entertainment
Composer(s)Mark Cooksey
Neil Biggin[3]
Platform(s)Super NES
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
ReleaseSuper NES[1]
  • JP: December 16, 1994
  • NA: November 1994
  • EU: December 8, 1994
Sega Genesis[2]
  • JP: December 16, 1994
  • NA: 1994
  • EU: 1994
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player
Multiplayer (up to two players)

Newman/Haas IndyCar featuring Nigel Mansell, known in Japan as Nigel Mansell Indy Car (ナイジェルマンセル・インディカー)[4][5] and in South America as Newman/Haas IndyCar Estrelando Nigel Mansell, is an IndyCar racing video game developed by Gremlin Interactive and published by Acclaim, which was released in 1994 for the Super NES and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

Gameplay

This title can be considered as the sequel to Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing, and is based on the 1994 IndyCar season featuring Nigel Mansell and the motor racing team Newman/Haas Racing.

Reception

GamePro gave the Genesis version a mixed review. They criticized the lack of a change view feature (which had by that time become standard for racing games) and the absence of graphical detail, but praised the split-screen multiplayer, highly responsive controls, and the choice of an intense, simplistic arcade mode and a simulation mode which demands careful, thoughtful decision-making from the player.[6] They assessed the Super NES version to be not as good due to the less dramatic visuals and less realistic engine sounds.[7]

Next Generation reviewed the SNES version of the game, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "This game is repetitive, dull, and just not much fun."[8]

References

  1. ^ "Release Information for SNES". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
  2. ^ "Release information for Sega Genesis". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  3. ^ "Super NES soundtrack information". SNES Music. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  4. ^ "Japanese-English translation of title". SuperFamicom.org. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  5. ^ "Super Famicom Japanese title" (in Japanese). SuperFamicom.jp. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  6. ^ "Mansell Wins Again on Genesis!". GamePro. No. 67. IDG. February 1995. p. 113.
  7. ^ "Mansell Takes Second on Super NES". GamePro. No. 67. IDG. February 1995. p. 113.
  8. ^ "Finals". Next Generation. No. 5. Imagine Media. May 1995. p. 101.
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