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Monster Race

A Koei published monster collecting and racing game in the vein of Pokémon. It was released in Japan on March 6th 1998 for the Sony Playstation and Nintendo Gameboy. In the game you play a young boy who wants…

17 December 1998

Monster Race is an adventure developed by Koei, released 17 December 1998 on PlayStation.

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What Monster Race is

Monster Race is an adventure game developed by Koei and released in 1998. It is available on PlayStation only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A Koei published monster collecting and racing game in the vein of Pokémon. It was released in Japan on March 6th 1998 for the Sony Playstation and Nintendo Gameboy. In the game you play a young boy who wants to be a monster trainer and win the Monster Race World Championship and for that the player has to train his monster so that way he becomes stronger and faster. The player can also catch new monsters that he can find in grass terrains and if he wins the race against them he can add them to his team.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Monster Race launched on 17 December 1998, within three weeks of Suikoden II, Crazy Taxi (1999), Mario Party and Thief: The Dark Project.

Released around the same time: Suikoden II, Crazy Taxi (1999), Mario Party, Thief: The Dark Project.

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When did Monster Race come out?
Monster Race was released on 17 December 1998 for PlayStation.

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