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    Contents:

       I                      About this FAQ
      I I                     Version History
     I I I                    Game Basics
      I V                     Srategy
       V                      Notes & Thanks


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|        I                      ABOUT THIS FAQ                               |
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I was looking through a bunch of my older games and was wondering to myself
why I didn't write any FAQs for these classics. So I decided to write a guide
for one of my favorites. That is why this guide is here today. I hope it can
help you out.

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|       I I                     VERSION HISTORY                              |
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|      I I I                    GAME BASICS                                  |
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Objective:   Beat your competitor in a quarter-mile race across the screen in
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯   your drag racer.

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M  O  D  E  S     O  F     P  L  A  Y
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Non-Steerable   One great thing about older games is they tell it how it is.
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯   In this mode you will not be able to steer your dragster, so
               all that you have to worry about is shifting gears.
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Steerable   This mode is a bit harder than the non-steerable mode simply
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯   because there are more variables that you are going to have to
           deal with. The only real one being that you must prevent your
           car from hitting the side railings by controling its movement.

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| Joystick - Left |    Clutch    | To get your car in gear you must push the |
|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| clutch in and then hit the gas. Once your |
|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| RPMs start to get high push the clutch    |
|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| back in and shift into the next highest   |
|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| gear. Anyone who has driven a manual will |
|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| know how this works.                      |
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|  Joystick - Up  |   Steering   | When your car starts to waver too far to  |
|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| the right, or down as it appears, hit up  |
|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| to steer back into the center of the race |
|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| track and avoid lost time.                |
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| Joystick - Down |   Steering   | When your car starts to waver too far to  |
|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| the left, or up as it appears, hit up to  |
|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| steer back into the center of the race    |
|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| track and avoid lost time.                |
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|  Action Button  |     Gas      | Hitting this will make your car go faster |
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|      I V                      STRATEGY                                     |
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Watch Your RPMs   RPM stands for rotations per minute. The higher the RPMs are
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯   in a certain gear, the faster you will go. However, if your
                 RPMs start to get too high and you do not shift, then you
                 will blow a rod in your engine and the race will be over. The
                 easiest way to tell when you will need to up-shift is you
                 will begin to hear a clicking sound. It is also advisable to
                 try to keep the bar at around 80% across the screen if you
                 are watching that.
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Rev Your Engine   While the time is counting down, make sure to rev your
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯   engine. To do this, simply keep the action button held down.
                 But be sure to watch your RPMs. If they get too high, then
                 you will blow your engine and loose the race. Reving your
                 engine will assure you a quicker start to the race (You will
                 peel out)
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Keep Your Car Centered   This tip only applies to you if you are racing in the
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯   steerable mode of play. You will want to try to keep
                        your car in the center of the lane at all times. If it
                        begins to drift up, make sure that you tap down, if it
                        gets too far down, be sure to tap up. If you allow the
                        car to hit the barrier either on the top or the
                        bottom, you will loose a tremendous amount of speed,
                        and maybe also need to down-shift to get your car
                        going again.

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|       V                       NOTES AND THANKS                             |
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