Uchuu Race: Astro Go! Go! (宇宙レース アストロゴー！ゴー！, Space Race: Astro Go! Go!) is a racing game for the Super Famicom system that is exclusive to Japan. A North American version was planned titled Freeway Flyboys, but was unreleased. The American version was reviewed in the July 1994 issue (Volume 62) of Nintendo Power which likened the game as a combination between F-Zero and Care Bears.
Although the game is in 3D, there is no rotation in the game; giv...
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Uchuu Race: Astro Go! Go! (宇宙レース アストロゴー！ゴー！, Space Race: Astro Go! Go!) is a racing game for the Super Famicom system that is exclusive to Japan. A North American version was planned titled Freeway Flyboys, but was unreleased. The American version was reviewed in the July 1994 issue (Volume 62) of Nintendo Power which likened the game as a combination between F-Zero and Care Bears.
Although the game is in 3D, there is no rotation in the game; giving the feel that the player is racing in a single line rather than a circuit (like in Cruis'n USA). Speeds up to 800 kilometres per hour (497.1 miles per hour) can be achieved with the speed booster.
Unlike F-Zero, losing the race due to death (falling in pits, running out of energy, etc.) is impossible because the rescue vehicle is always available to rescue players. The services of the rescue vehicle are used when the player is stuck in an unrecoverable situation or when the player falls into the bottomless pit. Around the same year that...
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