Suzuka 8 Hours (Arcade)

Suzuka 8 Hours
Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Platform: Arcade (Namco System 2) Released in JP: May 1992 Released in US: June 1992 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics.

To do: Dipswitch $2000-2 alters the music playback. Some other motorcycle sprites are not used with the CPU-only blue bikes' palette. Note that some of the crashing and rider start palettes are actually used (in the mirror, at least).

Suzuka 8 Hours is an arcade game based on the annual motorcycle endurance race.

Debugging Text

Present at 0x36C2 in the main CPU.

BUS ERROR
ADDRESS ERROR
DIVIDE BY ZERO ERROR
READ CYCLE
WRITE CYCLE
PC=$
ADDRESS=$
PUSH 1P START TO RESET

Unused Graphics

Some letters and numbers found among the background graphics.

The old Suzuka Circuit logo banner used until 1991. The new, used logo banner, debuting in 1992 (and used until 2022, where a new logo was unveiled), is somehow placed first in the graphics ROM.

Although this sprite is used in the start of the race, this sprite in this particular palette (CPU-only blue bikes) isn't.