Question - Racing shooter?? How does that work then?? I don't get it..
Answer - Taking control of one of eight contestants blast your way through from the Start to Finish Line of each course, attempting to bash your opponents into obstacles and dangers. There is no actual 'throttle' control button, but you can increase your 'speedo' (see bottom left of game screen) and accelerate by pushing up on the joystick and moving as far upscreen as possible. Decreasing speed can be achieved by doing the opposite action. A 'turbo-boost' option is also available by holding down the fire button for a few seconds - unfortunately this leaves you unable to fire at enemy attackers (although you can still use one of your limited supply of 'smart-bombs'). Prior to the 'Winning Post' a monster boss makes an appearance which you must defeat to pass.. Obviously you must try to knock it out ASAP in order to keep up with the other racers in the game... Winning a race is a finely tuned balancing act between holding off enemy attacks in order to increase speed and the need to kill the more dangerous baddies and bosses as soon as possible, and the competitive edge against the CPU racers (a league points system is used across all the races in the game) makes for a very compulsive and unique experience. There's nothing like winning the final 'Kingdom Grand Prix' stage to take the league by just pipping your closest rival at the finish-line with your last remaining smart-bomb after a particularly hairy blast and boss fight during the final lap of the game. Definitely one of most underrated but ultimately exciting and in the long-term satisfying Saturn shooters.. so don't let the racing 'theme' put you off!!