The last month has been very quiet here... I've been very busy with my personal life and some non-NeoGeo-related projects but I'm still here and active.

This weekend I joined the Flashback Symposion #2 32k-Game competition... very challenging but it was fun working with these limits, here's the result... This time it's not a puzzle game, it's something with more action.

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I simply call my little game “WorldRacer” because the map is very large (13 screen wide & 18 screens high), one lap takes ~3 minutes, and you have to drive through different climate zones (asphalt, mud, sand, snow/ice and water) with different types of roads which affect the car's driving physics.
At the moment it's some kind of time attack... who drives the fastest lap or who races to which place in the high score table?

You can play the game alone, with two players or even with four players using NeoTap. The game always uses a four-player split screen, and free slots are always replaced by a CPU opponent, so you're never alone on the track. Be warned, the CPU opponents are not bad.

Maybe the graphics are simple, the gameplay isn't perfect, and the sound effects are a bit annoying, but we had a lot of fun playing four-player matches... live on stage!

After loading very quickly, it takes about 9 seconds to unpack... so please be patient.

WorldRacer_NGCD_32kb.zip