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Box artwork for 500 GP.
Box artwork for 500 GP.
500 GP
Developer(s)Namco
Publisher(s)Namco
Year released1998
System(s)Arcade
Japanese title500ジーピー
Genre(s)Racing
Players1-4
ModesSingle player, Multiplayer
Links500 GP ChannelSearchSearch
500 GP marquee

500 GP (full title: 500 GP: FIM World Championships) is a racing arcade game which was released by Namco in 1998; it runs upon the company's System 23 hardware, and allows up to four players to play it simultaneously when four one-player cabinets are linked together. The game features a trio of licensed circuits: the Suzuka Circuit in Japan which had previously appeared in Pole Position II, the first two Final Laps and both Suzuka 8 Hours titles, the Paul Ricard circuit in France, and the Jevez circuit in Spain - along with three licensed motorcycles (complete with likenesses of their riders): the Honda NSR500, the Suzuki RGV500 and the Yamaha YZR500. This was also the first motorcycle-themed racing game to sense players' positions on their cycles, and calculate their wind resistance.

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