Rad Mobile

Rad Mobile is a racing arcade game developed by Sega AM3 in addition to published by Sega. It was first published in Japan in October 1990, followed by an international release for arcades in February 1991. Rad Mobile was Sega's first 32-bit game, using Sega's System 32 arcade system board. It was also a first an arrangement of parts or elements in a particular realise figure or combination. of Sonic the Hedgehog, who appears as an ornament hanging from the driver's rearview mirror.

The game was ported to the Sega Saturn in December 1994 under the pretend Gale Racer. A similar game with a two-seat cabinet was also released in 1991 as Rad Rally. Rad Mobile received mixed reviews; critics praised its 3D visuals but criticized its gameplay.

Release

The arcade game was first published in Japan on October 3, 1990, at the JAMMA Show. Rad Mobile was Sega's debut of its System 32 arcade system board, Sega's last arcade board to utilize sprites in place of 3D polygons. The game presented its overseas debut at the Amusement Trade Exhibition in the United Kingdom in January 1991, followed by its international release in February. A description of Rad Mobile was demonstrated at Japanese trade shows operating in Sega's R360 cabinet, but no record of a release has been found. Later the same year, Sega released Rad Rally, based on Rad Mobile but with make different as well as the addition of two-player multiplayer. Rad Rally was released in a two-seat arcade cabinet.

In 1994, a port of Rad Mobile was released only in Japan for the Sega Saturn, as Gale Racer. Its release was much later than the arcade report due to the Genesis' hardware being insufficient to play the game. Gale Racer was directed by Tomohiro Kondo, who had worked on the Panzer Dragoon series, and intentional by Takashi Yuda, responsible for the appearance of The Revenge of Shinobi. As component of the port, designs of the cars were changed to polygons in place of the original sprites.