Comments on: Rad Mobile (Sega, February 1991)

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:51:37 +0000

Man, that brings me back — I played this game a lot when I was a kid. I didn’t catch the palm trees and snow-capped mountains of, uh, Chicago, though!

You can skip parts of the course by driving through the differently-colored guardrails between courses, marked by signs. Doing so doesn’t get you the best ending, though.

By: Persona

Persona — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:10:05 +0000

“NOW YOU TOOK THE TOP RAD!!” is going to my new personal mantra from now on.

By: mikef

mikef — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:25:25 +0000

Wow… oncoming traffic, banked turns, night driving, windshield wipers, trains(!), caves cops, Sonic keychains… this game sure throws a lot at you.

By: Tont

Tont — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:07:54 +0000

I remember loving the Sonic keyring in this *SO MUCH*. Much more than the game itself.

BTW, can I nitpick and say that Sega’s sprite-scaling racing heritage really starts with Hang On rather than Outrun?

By: esteban

esteban — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:59:32 +0000

Great game. A Saturn port? Had I known, I would have picked it up a long time ago just to see what it is like. I am intrigued (despite your warnings).

I think it is pretty kool that Sonic debuted in Rad Mobile, of all places, before his titular game for Genesis.

Oh, before I forget: the Marble Madness posts stirred up some serious feelings and I started playing it again. Good times.

By: Sardoose

Sardoose — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:06:34 +0000

I remember being really impressed by the fact that you could push a button to turn on your windshield wipers. 32-bit realism!! Could never make it past the rocky mountains level, though.