Michael Andretti's World GP

Michael Andretti's World GP
Also known as: Satoru Nakajima F-1 Hero (JP) Developer: Human Entertainment Publishers: Varie (JP), American Sammy (US) Platform: NES Released in JP: December 9, 1988 Released in US: June 1990 This game has a hidden level select. This game has regional differences.

Michael Andretti's World GP is a racing game featuring Michael Andretti (Satoru Nakajima in Japan) and the strangest controls for a racing game ever.

Stage Select

Enter SAMMY*XY as the password. "*" is an empty space. "X" corresponds to the Level (Levels 1-9 = letters A-I). "Y" corresponds to the Round (Rounds 1-16 = letters A-P). In the Japanese version, the passwords is さとる*XY. Levels 1-9 = characters あ, い, う, え, お, ら, り, る, れ. Rounds 1-16 = characters あ, い, う, え, お, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, か, き, く, け, こ.

Regional Differences

Title Screen

The logo was changed, the graphic in the middle was removed, "WARMING UP" was changed to "PRACTICE MODE", "BATTLE MODE" was changed to "TWO PLAYER MODE", copyright text was updated, and all of the text is now black.

Japan	US

Titular Driver

Satoru Nakajima was replaced with Michael Andretti throughout the game.

Japan	US

Ending

All mentions of Varie were changed to Sammy.

Japan	US

The man on the far left was recolored to become African-American, which (strangely) also affects the hands of the person next to him.