Speed Racer (1995)/Desert 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 shall have to turn to the right, then turn to the left as you 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'll have to turn to the right as you come to three 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'll drive under a "CHECK POINT" sign as your remaining time gets extended by 30 seconds and your weapons are replenished (shown by the texts "TIME EXTENDED" and "DEVICE EXTENDED" appearing at the top of the screen).

You will now come to a fifth blockade of rocks (which you will once again 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 will have to turn to the left, as you come to a sixth 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). Once you have passed it, you shall have to turn left again as you come to three more blockades of rocks (which you will for a fifth time either have to steer around, use an instance of an obstacle-destroying weapon on, or jump over) - and once you've passed them, you will have to turn to the right as you come to a second "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; for those of you who are using MAME to play the game, all on-track sprites except cars will be corrupted from this point until after the second archway.

You will now have to turn to the right again as you drive under an archway and come to a tenth blockade (which you will, for a sixth time, 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 will drive into a tunnel, as you come to a eleventh blockade (which you will, for a seventh time, either have to steer around, use an instance of an obstacle-destroying weapon on or jump over). Once you have passed it and come out of the tunnel, you shall come to a twelfth blockade (which you shall, for an eighth time, either have to steer around, use an instance of an obstacle-destroying weapon on, or jump over) - and once you have passed it, you will drive under another archway as you come to a third and last "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 final time; as this is the final checkpoint, there is not too long to go before the finish line now.

You shall now have to turn to the left as you come to three more blockades of rocks (which you will for a ninth time either have to steer around, use an instance of a newly-replenished obstacle-destroying weapon on, or jump over); once you've passed them, you must turn to the right, as you come to a sixteenth and final blockade of rocks (which you shall, for a tenth and final time, either have to steer around, use an instance of an obstacle-destroying weapon on or jump over). Once you have passed it you shall drive under the finish line - and once you have done so, the text FINISH! shall appear on the screen, with your position below it. As in the Alpine Race, if you came in either second, third or fourth, the text "YOU LOSE" will now appear at the top of the screen, with your position on both its left and right sides; however, if you came in first, the text "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 Alpine Race) 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 shall also have to do this if your score was over 15000 because the game shall go into high-score mode as a result) - and once you have done so, the game shall go back into attract mode.