MAMEWorld Forums - News - Re: Flyer Fever Update

> > http://unmamed.mameworld.info/no_cpu.html
> >
> >
> > Speed Race (Fuji, 7?)
> > (From Andrew)
> > There is a very old (74-77?) vertical driving game I just got called "Speed Race".
> It
> > has a large cabinet with a BW display, and a timer with a circle of led's to the
> > right of the screen. Game ends when the timer runs out. Graphics are very simple
> like
> > the earliest Atari games. I have access to another "Speed Race" cabinet. Is it
> > vertical and made of moulded plastic, and very large (well over 6ft).
> >
> > It's made by a company called "Fuji" (not Tatio as I originally thought). There is
> > also a Fuji copyright on the board. I can't find a date anywhere but it is
> definately
> > mid 70's. The cabinet is very well built with a big realistic woodgrain analogue
> > steering wheel and gas pedal, but it's not as big as I remember. The board uses
> > discrete circuitry, no cpu.
> > --
>
>
> > You're onto something about Fuji, Taito and the game Speed Race. Here is a flyer to
> > prove they either licensed Speed Race or cloned it.
> http://www.flyerfever.com/post/93153861233/speed-race
>
> The recent flyer addition certainly does help and clear up the info that has been on
> Tribble's page for some time.
>
>
> > Furthermore, the Speed Race cabinet is identical to this one for Zero Fighter
> Kamikaze.
> > Though both are distributed by Leisure & Allied Industries, both game cabinets have
> the >Fuji Enterprise logo.
> http://www.flyerfever.com/post/96853191473/zero-fighter-kamikaze
>

>I was able to verify this Fuji "Zero Fighter Kamikaze" independently, they simply called
> it Kamikaze. It was released 02/1976 and distributed by Esco Trading.
>Don't have Speed Race in my list but I do have:

>Fuji Enterprise (Japan)
>1976/02 Kamikaze (distributed by Esco Trading)
>1976/11 TeleVi-Five
>1976/11 Fuji Raceway
>1979/?? Star Invader
>1976/?? Speed Race

It is a guess on my side, but I wonder if Model Racing's Flying Shark is also a clone of Fuji "Zero Fighter Kamikaze" or other way around. At first glance, they might be of same game, but more comparisons needed in case any of the games are ever found later.