Soundrace
A German-language FUJI cassette tape promotional platformer game for DOS with a 90's electronic music soundtrack.
Soundrace is a platform developed by Corporate Media Hannover, released 31 December 1995 on DOS.
What Soundrace is
Soundrace is a platform game developed by Corporate Media Hannover and released in 1995. It was published by Deutsche Fuji-Tape Vertriebs. It is available on DOS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In your search for hip sounds in cyberspace, you have unknowingly stumbled into the nasty cyberlord MEGABLAST. To get back to your own world, you must traverse through five dangerous zones, defeat the portal guardians and face MEGABLAST in the Magic Zone. Thankfully, there's a high quality FUJI cassette tape in each zone, and armed with your trusty tape recorder, you can record beats scattered across the zones and use them as a weapon against enemies and bosses. Playing back beats creates a small area of effect and in order to do damage, you need to stay dangerously close to your enemies. Unlock the portal areas by finding a switch in each zone, then face the portal guardian by playing back…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Soundrace launched on 31 December 1995, within three weeks of Suikoden, Neo Turf Masters, Tales of Phantasia and Screamer.
Released around the same time: Suikoden, Neo Turf Masters, Tales of Phantasia, Screamer.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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