Full Throttle: All-American Racing

{{Short description|1994 video game}}

{{Infobox video game

|title = Full Throttle: All-American Racing

|image = Image:Full Throttle All-America Racing Coverart.png

|caption = North American cover art

|developer = Gremlin Interactive

|publisher = {{vgrelease|JP|Coconuts Japan|NA|Cybersoft|EU|GameTek}}

|designer = Peter J. Cook
Bob Thomas

|composer = Neil Biggin{{cite web | url = http://www.snesmusic.org/v2/profile.php?selected=952&profile=set | title = Composer information | publisher = SNES Music | accessdate = 17 April 2011}}

|released = {{vgrelease|JP|December 16, 1994{{cite web | url = http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/snes/data/588348.html | title = Release information | publisher = GameFAQs | accessdate = 7 April 2010}}|NA|January, 1995|EU|1994}}

|genre = Racing

|modes = Single-player, multiplayer

|platforms = Super NES[http://www.super-famicom.jp/data/hu/hu_0054.html Japanese title] at super-famicom.jp {{in lang|ja}}

}}

Full Throttle: All-American Racing, known in Japan as {{nihongo|Full Power|フル・パワー}},{{cite web | url = http://superfamicom.org/info/full-power | title = English-to-Japanese title translation | publisher = Superfamicom.org | accessdate = 13 July 2011}} is a racing video game released in 1994 by Gremlin Interactive for the SNES. In Japan, it was published by Coconuts Japan, in North America by Cybersoft, and in Europe by GameTek. In April 2021, it was released as part of Piko Interactive Collection 2 for the Evercade by Blaze Entertainment.

Gameplay

Players can race using motorcycles or waterscooters. Six racers can be controlled by the human player.{{cite web | url = http://www.mobygames.com/game/snes/full-throttle-racing | title = Basic game overview | publisher = MobyGames | accessdate = 23 March 2010}} Places visited in the game include the Appalachian Mountains, San Francisco's elaborate streets, and Arizona's flat wasteland deserts.{{cite web | url = http://cheats.ign.com/objects/489/489156.html?about_tab=3 | title = Advanced game overview | publisher = IGN | accessdate = 17 April 2010}}

An unusual aspect of the game was that the player has the choice between playing the game with music only, or sound effects only. It is not possible to play the game with both at the same time.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Reception

In their review, GamePro described Full Throttle: All-American Racing as a thoroughly average racer, with derivative gameplay and so-so controls, graphics, music, and sound effects.{{cite magazine|title=ProReview: Full Throttle: All-American Racing|magazine=GamePro|issue=76|publisher=IDG|date=January 1995|page=74}}

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