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Top Gear 2 (SNES)

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Title Screen

Top Gear 2

Also known as: Top Racer 2 (JP)
Developer: Gremlin Graphics[1]
Publishers: Kemco[1][2][3] (US/JP/EU), Playtronic[4] (BR)
Platform: SNES
Released in JP: December 22, 1993[1]
Released in US: September 1993[2]
Released in EU: December 1993[3]
Released in BR: April 1995[4]


GraphicsIcon.png This game has unused graphics.
TextIcon.png This game has unused text.
RegionIcon.png This game has regional differences.


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Top Gear 2 is, as you may have guessed, the sequel to the first game.

Hidden Text

Present at 0x3FD37 and 0x97193 in the US ROM:

Mangled v1.02

Unused Background

Turn off background layer 2 to reveal an unused, nighttime city background in layer 3. This can only be seen in tracks that don't have weather conditions like rain or snow because background layer 3 is replaced with those and they're overlaid on top of everything.

Top Gear 2 snes unused BG.png

(Source: LucasRCD)

Regional Differences

Title Screen

US/Europe Japan
TopGear2SNESTitle.png TopRacer2SNESTitle.png

Aside from the logo change, "Licensed by Nintendo" was removed. The Japanese logo also slides in rather than being stationary.

Miscellaneous

  • In the US version, you choose "START" to start the game, whereas in the Japanese and European versions you choose "RACE GAME".
  • The Japanese and European versions have the speed set to KM/H by default, while the US version has it set to MPH.
  • The Japanese and European versions change "CONTINUE COUNTRY" to "COUNTRY SELECT".
  • In the Japanese version "AUSTRALASIA" was changed to "AUSTRALIA". This was likely a mistake on the part of the localization team, as Auckland is located in New Zealand (part of Australasia/Oceania), not Australia.
  • The European version has a mistake when converting miles to kilometers, leaving the same values as the US version rather than the correct values. This was fixed in the Japanese version.
  • "DIFFICULTY" was changed to "GAME LEVEL", and the options themselves were renamed:
US/Europe Japan
AMATEUR EASY
PROFESSIONAL NORMAL
CHAMPIONSHIP HARD

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 GDR スーパーファミコン ソフト一覧 1993年 - SUPER FAMICOM Software List 1993
  2. 2.0 2.1 SNES Games (archived)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kemco ad - Nintendo Magazine System (UK), Issue 14, November 1993
  4. 4.0 4.1 News - UD'95 - VideoGame, Issue 49, May 1995