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Instruction booklet · April 1992

Top Gear

Racing1–2 playersPre-ESRB

The story

"Top Gear sends players over eight countries around the world with one of four cars, facing sharp turns, pit stops, and debris in this arcade-style racing game."

Specifications

Released
April 1992
Developer
Gremlin Interactive
Publisher
Kemco
Players
2
Genre
Racing
Rating
Pre-ESRB
Series
Top Gear
Themes
Non-fiction
View
Third person
Multiplayer
2+ players

What the magazines said

EGM · not on record yet

8
7
8
6
Famitsu · four reviewers
Players
86/100 (40 ratings)
AllGame
4/5
Computer and Video Games
93/100
GP
8/10
Official Nintendo Magazine
85%
Super Play
76%
Total!
93%
Control
79%, 81%, 90%
Mean Machines
92%
N-Force
91%
Nintendo Game Zone
86/100
SNES Force
88%
Super Action
93%
The Super Famicom
63/10
Super Gamer
89%
Super Pro
69/100
BE KIND, REWINDApril 1992
#1 songSave the Best for LastVanessa Williams#1 albumWayne's WorldSoundtrackAdmit one · #1 movieWhite Men Can't Jump$10,188,583 weekend
Vol. 2 · No. 33Omaha, Nebraska · Late edition25¢
The Omaha World-Pixel
Week of April 3, 1992
Apr. 5

The World Wrestling Federation holds WrestleMania VIII from the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana, drawing a crowd of 62,167.

💵 A Super NES was $199.99 at launch · about $473 today

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