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Grand Champion
This game has been sold from my collection.

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Grand Champion Marquee.

Some facts about the Game:
Manufacturer: Taito
Year: 1981
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Racing
Type: Video Arcade
Monitor Orientation: Vertical
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color
Conversion Class: unique
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 1
Gameplay: Single
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Game Play:

The point of the game is to compete against other computer cars to win races. It is a vertical driving game. There is a low and high gear and a gas pedal.

The faster you make the car go through the race course, the farther up the screen it goes, making it harder to judge things coming down the screen. Also the farther up the screen your vehicle goes, the faster the other cars and obstacles are coming down at you.

Basically the point is to dodge slower cars and obstacles, gettin as far along as you can before the time runs out. The farther you go, the more the terrain changes and the more chances to add time to the play clock.

The car never really makes turns, just moves side to side on a course that is scrolling down past the car you drive.


Below: Some screen shots

High Score screenshot

Course map screenshot

Starting line screenshot


Tunnel Screenshot

Fog and rain screenshot


Below: Other relevant information.

Below: Picture of the color advertising brochure

Game trivia/strategy:

Haven't found any tips yet. Also, I needed to fix my monitor to get the game up and running to tell some tips. Before I was able to repair it, I sold it to repair my Battlzone Game.