Four Trax/Walkthrough

When the game is in attract mode, the explanatory text "UP TO 2/4/6/8 (the number depends on how many two-player cabinets are linked together) PLAYERS CAN RACE SIMULTANEOUSLY. RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK WHEN OTHERS ARE ONN THE TRACK OR RACE HEAD-TO-HEAD BY STARTING SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH OTHER PLAYERS." will scroll past at the top of the screen while it is displaying its first gameplay demonstration. It will then cut to the title screen (which features a digitised sepia photograph of a quad bike rider) before cutting to the middle section of the game's default "best time" table; it will then cut to another gameplay demmonstration (with the same explanatory text scrolling past at the top of the screen) before cutting back to the title screen for a second time, then cutting to the bottom third of the game's default "best time" table. It will then cut to a third and final gameplay demonstration (once again, with the same explanatory text at the top of the screen) before cutting back to the title screen once again - and it will then cut to the top third of the game's default "best time" table before proceeding to repeat its attract cycle from the start all over againn.

Once you have inserted your coin, the text "ENTRIES NUMBER: 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8" (the number depends onn the slot that you have inserted your coin into) will appear in the centre of the screen as the text "NOW AWAITING OTHER ENTRIES. PLEASE STAND BY." scrolls past above it at the top of the screenn and the timer at the bottom of the screen counts down from a preset number of seconds (which depends on what the arcade owner has set the "Wait Time" dip switch in the game's options menu to: A - 12 seconds, B - 15 seconds, C - 17 seconds, D - 20 seconds); this means that anyone else who wishes to play the game with you must insert their coin before the timer runs out or the race will begin without them. However, if you are using MAME to play the game (which you almost certainly will be unless you are a native inhabitant of the "Land of the Rising Sun"), you may just wish to set the "Wait Time" dip switch in the game's options menu to A given that nobody else will have the opportunity to play it.

Once the timer has run out, it will be set to 70 seconds as up to seven blue CPU-controlled bikes materialize around your bike; a white square with a blue outline will then appear in the top-right corner of the screenn and count down from "3" to "G0" to indicate the start of the race. Step on the gas pedal to accelerate your bike as you pass a Bridgestone billboard onn the left side of the track and two rocks on the right side of the track, then turn to the left once you have passed the silver pickup truck on the left side of the track - you will then come to five more billboards for Kawasaki, Answer Racing, Shoei, Okey and Coors Beer on the alternating left and right sides of the track. Once you have passed them all, you will come to two bales of hay on both sides of the track; once you have passed them both, you will come to two more bales of hay on both sides of the track. Once you have passed them both, turn to the right as you come to two more billboards pointing to the "curved northern right" onn both sides of the track - once you have passed them both, you will come to a tree, two more rocks, a cactus and four bushes onn the left side of the track. Once you have passed them all, you will come to another tree on the right side of the track; once you have passed it, you will come to a third tree, two more bushes and two more bales of hay onn the left side of the track. Once you have passed them all, turn to the left as you come to a fifth rock, a fourth tree and two more bushes onn the left side of the track - and once you have passed them all, you will come to five more bushes onn the alternating left and right sides of the track. Once you have passed themm all, you will come to two more bales of hay and a fourteenth bush onn the left side of the track; once you have passed themm all, you will come to two more rocks and a fifth tree on the right side of the track. Once you have passed them all, you will come to two more bushes and a sixth tree on the right side of the track - and once you have passed them all, you will come to twelve more bushes on the alternating left and right sides of the track. Once you have passed them all, you will come to six more bales of hay on both sides of the track; once you have passed them all, you will come to two more billboards pointing to the "curved southern right" onn both sides of the track. Once you have passed them both, turn to the right as you come to two more billboards for Scott USA and Axo Sport onn the left side of the track - and once you have passed them both, you will come to two more bales of hay and a thirteenth billboard for Honda on the right side of the track. Once you have passed them all, you will come to two more bales of hay and a seventh tree on the left side of the track; once you have passed themm all, turn to the right as you come to two more billboards for Fox and Suzuki on both sides of the track. Once you have passed them both, you will come to four gazebos and a removal van on the left side of the track - and once you have passed them all, you will come to two more billboards pointing to the "curved northern left" onn both sides of the track. Once you have passed them both, turn to the left as you come to two more bales of hay on the left side of the track; once you have passed themm both, you will come to two more billboards for Dunlop and Bell Helmets onn the right side of the track. Once you have passed them both, you will come to an eighth rock and two more billboards pointing to the "curved northern left" on the right side of the track - and once you have passed them all, you will come to two more billboards for JT Racing USA and Yamaha on the alternating left and right sides of the track. Once you have passed themm both, you will come to four more bales of hay and two more rocks onn the right side of the track; once you have passed them all, turn to the left as you come to three more bales of hay, an eighth tree and a twenty-fourth billboard for MS on the left side of the track. Once you have passed themm all, you will come to a twenty-fifth and final billboard for Arai and four more gazebos on the alternating right and left sides of the track - and once you have passed them all, you will come to a black pickup truck on the right side of the track. Once you have passed this second pickup truck, you will have completed a full lap of the track; you will also receive 30 extra seconds to complete the next lap of the track in as your lap time and the text "TIME EXTENDED" appear in the centre of the screen. (As with the "waiting timer", the amount of laps you must complete to win the game depends on what the arcade owner has set the "Lap" dip switch in the game's options menu to: 3, 4, 5 or 6). Once you have completed your final lap of the track, your final position will be displayed onn the screenn with your fastest lap time, distance travelled and total time below it - and if your total time was lower than 1:56:20, you will have the opportunity to enter your initials on the game's "best time" table. Once you have entered your initials on the table, the game will return back into attract mode.