Uchuu Race: Astro Go! Go!
{{Short description|1994 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Uchuu Race: Astro Go! Go!
|image = Uchuu Race.jpg
|caption = Cover art
|developer = KAZe Co., Ltd.
|publisher = Meldac
|director = Norio Nakagata
|composer = Yūsuke Takahama
|programmer = Yoshiaki Suzuki
|released = {{vgrelease|JP|February 25, 1994{{cite web| url = http://superfamicom.org/info/uchuu-race-astro-go-go/| title = Additional release information | publisher = Superfamicom.org| access-date = 2008-05-09}}{{cite web | url = http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/snes/data/571037.html| title = Release information | publisher = GameFAQs| access-date = 2008-05-09}}}}
|genre = Futuristic racing
|modes = Single-player{{cite web | url = http://www.rvgfanatic.com/6501/82601.html| title = Retro Video Game Fanatic | publisher = RVGFANATIC| access-date = 2008-05-09}}
|platforms = Super Famicom
}}
{{nihongo|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 Japan-exclusive racing video game for the Super Famicom.
Gameplay
Image:Uchuuraceastrogogosamplegame.jpg
Although the game is in 3D, there is no camera rotation in the game.{{cite web | url = http://forums.lostlevels.org/viewtopic.php?t=1065&view=next&sid=706c077d119b104e62083b9f963dc6ba| title = Freeway Flyboys Preview | publisher = Lost Levels| access-date = 2008-05-10}}
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. Players have a choice between a time trial mode and a Grand Prix mode. In the Grand Prix mode, the player is given five chances to get third place or better. Losing five times would ask the player to continue the game using the standings earned prior to getting disqualified, but the sixth loss would lead to a game over.
The player's top five total times and the player's fastest lap are stored in the game's internal battery-backed RAM. All fifteen courses can be played from the time trial mode, even those that have never been raced on Grand Prix mode. The game is single-player only.
Cancelled North American release
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 The Care Bears{{cite magazine|title=Now Playing|magazine=Nintendo Power|date=July 1994|volume=62|page=106}} (most likely referencing the 1985–88 television series produced by DIC Entertainment and Nelvana). The cancelled North American version said that the game took place on the planet Daisy Age, but instead took place on several planets.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
|CP=80%{{cite magazine|author1=Sam|author2=Switch|url=https://archive.org/details/Console_Plus_Numero_031/page/136/mode/2up|title=Astro Go! Go!|language=fr|magazine=Consoles +|pages=136–137|accessdate=March 26, 2021}}
|CVG=69/100{{cite magazine|last=Ahmet|first=Deniz|date=July 1994|url=https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File%3ACVG_UK_152.pdf&page=83|title=Astro Go! Go!|issue=152|magazine=Computer and Video Games|page=83|accessdate=March 26, 2021}}
|ONM=80/100{{Cite magazine|author1=Paul|author2=Rob|date=June 1994|url=https://archive.org/details/nms-21/page/84/mode/2up|title=Astro Go! Go!|issue=21|magazine=Nintendo Magazine System|pages=84–85|accessdate=March 26, 2021}}
|SP=51%{{cite magazine|last=Davies|first=Jonathan|date=June 1994|url=https://archive.org/details/super-play-issue-20/page/n41/mode/2up|title=Astro Go! Go!|magazine=Super Play|issue=20|pages=42–43|accessdate=March 26, 2021}}
|TOT=80%{{cite magazine|last=O'Connor|first=Frank|date=July 1994|url=https://archive.org/details/total-31-july-1994/page/32/mode/2up|title=Astro Go! Go!|issue=31|magazine=Total!|pages=32–33|accessdate=March 26, 2021}}
|VGS=81%{{cite magazine|url=https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=19374|title=Astro Go! Go!|language=de|date=June 1994|magazine=Video Games|page=107|accessdate=March 26, 2021}}
|rev1=Super Gamer
|rev1Score=55/100{{cite magazine|author1=Keith|author2=Andy|author3=Damian|date=August 1994|url=https://archive.org/details/super-gamer-05/page/n63/mode/2up|title=Astro Go! Go!|magazine=Super Gamer|issue=5|pages=64–65|accessdate=March 26, 2021}}
}}
German video gaming magazine {{ill|Total! (German magazine)|de|Total (Zeitschrift)|lt=Total!|vertical-align=sup}} gave Uchuu Race: Astro Go! Go! a rating of 3.25 of out 6.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.mobygames.com/game/astro-go-go Astro Go! Go!] at MobyGames
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Category:Fantasy sports video games
Category:Japan-exclusive video games
Category:Science fiction racing games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Super Nintendo Entertainment System games
Category:Super Nintendo Entertainment System-only games