Speed Racer (1995)/Fire Race

''Your current position in the race and remaining time (which begins at 40 seconds for all three tracks) are displayed in the top-left corner of the screen; to their right is your chosen car's rear-view mirror, and to the right of that is the remaining uses for your car's primary, secondary and tertiary weapons. The progress of all four cars is displayed on the left side of the screen with your car's current speed in MPH to its right - and on the right side of the screen is your current score (you shall receive 1 point for each metre travelled). Also, if there's one or more car behind yours, one or more arrows shall appear at the bottom of the screen to indicate their position; if any of them should pass you, the letter indicating their controlling player will be hovering over them. However, it's possible for you to use an instance of an obstacle weapon to prevent the other players', and the CPU-controlled, cars from passing yours.''

At the start of the race, your chosen cars will appear at the starting line with the letters A, B, C and D above them (if less than four people are playing the game the remaining ones shall be controlled by the CPU and randomly-generated); the camera shall then zoom in on either the first and second ones (if you are Player 1 or 2) or the third and fourth ones (if you are Player 3 or 4) as the numbers 3, 2 and 1 appear on the screen, followed by the text of GO!. Once you've stepped on the gas pedal (which is the only one this game has), to accelerate your car, you may wish to use an instance of a forward-firing weapon against one (or more) of the others - and once you've passed it (or them), you will have to turn to the left as you drive into a tunnel and come to a blockade of rocks (which you'll either have to steer around, use an instance of an obstacle-destroying weapon on, or jump over). Once you've passed it, you will have to turn to the right as you come to two more blockades of rocks (which you will again either have to steer around, use an instance of an obstacle-destroying weapon on, or jump over); once you pass them, you will have to turn to the left as you come out of the tunnel and come up to three more blockades of rocks (which you shall once again either have to steer around, use an instance of an obstacle-destroying weapon on, or jump over). Once you have passed them, you will have to turn to the right as you drive into another tunnel and come to a seventh blockade of rocks (which you will yet again either have to steer around, use an instance of an obstacle-destroying weapon on, or jump over) - and once you've passed it, you shall come out of the tunnel as you come up to a "CHECK POINT" sign. Once you have driven under the sign your remaining time will be extended by 30 seconds as your weapons are replenished (these are indicated by the texts "TIME EXTENDED" and "DEVICE EXTENDED" appearing at the top of the screen).

You'll then come to an eighth blockade of boulders (which, for a fifth time, you will either have to steer around, use an instance of a newly-replenished obstacle-destroying weapon on, or jump over); once you have passed it, you shall have to drive between the legs of an enormous stone dinosaur and into a third tunnel, then turn to the left as you come out of the tunnel and come up to a ninth blockade of palm trees (some of them are standing, while others are fallen, and for a sixth time, you shall either have to steer around them, use an instance of an obstacle-destroying weapon on them, or jump over them). Once you have passed it you shall have to drive into a fourth tunnel - and once you have come out of it, you shall have to drive into a fifth tunnel and turn to the left as you come up to another "CHECK POINT" sign. Once you have driven under the sign, your remaining time shall again be extended by 30 seconds as your weapons are replenished for a second time; you must now turn left again as you come to a tenth blockade of octopi (which, for the seventh time, you'll either have to steer around, use an instance of a newly-replenished obstacle-destroying weapon on or jump over).

Once you've passed that tenth blockade of octopi and come out of the tunnel, you must turn to the left as you drive into a sixth tunnel and come to an eleventh blockade of both pillars and treasure (which, for an eighth time, you'll either have to steer around, use an instance of an obstacle-destroying weapon on, or jump over); once you have passed it, you will come out of the tunnel as you come to a third and final "CHECK POINT" sign. Once you drive under the sign, your remaining time will once again be extended by 30 seconds as your weapons are replenished for a third and last time - and because this is the final checkpoint, it won't be long before you cross the finish line now (but it is still possible to run out of time before you get there).

You then have to turn to the left, as you drive into a seventh tunnel; once you come out of it, you must drive under an enormous dinosaur skeleton as you come to a twelfth blockade of fallen tree trunks (which, for a ninth time, you'll either have to steer around, use an instance of a newly-replenished obstacle-destroying weapon on or jump over). Once you've passed it, you'll have to turn to the right as you come to a thirteenth and final blockade of rocks (which for a tenth and final time you will either have to steer around, use an instance of an obstacle-destroying weapon on, or jump over) - and once you pass it, you shall have to drive into an eighth tunnel. Once you have come out of it you will have to turn to the right once again as you drive under the finish line; once you have done so the text FINISH! will appear on the screen with your position below it. As in the Alpine Race and Desert Race, if you only came in either second, third or fourth, the text of "YOU LOSE" shall now be displayed at the top of the screen, with your position on both its left and right sides - but if you came in first, the text of "YOU WIN" will appear at the top of it instead with the text 1st on both its left and right sides. If your time was less than 2:20:00 (the same as the other two races) the game will go into best-time mode, and you'll have to turn the steering wheel to select your initials, then step on the gas pedal to confirm them (you must also do this if your score was over 15000 as the game will go into high-score mode as a result); once you have done so, the game will go back into attract mode. The Speed Racer team will also later return to home consoles, on which their first three games were released between 1992 and 1994, for Jaleco's Speed Racer game on the Sony PlayStation in 1996.