Thrash Rally (Neo Geo)

Thrash Rally
Developer: Alpha Denshi Publisher: SNK Platforms: Neo Geo, Arcade (Neo Geo) Released internationally: November 8, 1991 This game has hidden developer credits. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has regional differences.

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To do: Names (and some trackside logos and background images) are changed yet again in the Arcade Archives version - document them. The title screen song is cut off by several seconds because of a fade-out to attract demo.

Hidden Developer Credit

At position 0x70 in 038-m1.m1 is this hidden developer credit and build date for the game's audio system, emoticon included. Note that line breaks have been added for readability.

 Operation System Program for Music & Effective Sound  Ver. 6.5
  (c) Copyright ALPHA DENSHI Co., Ltd.  1991 /  July    /  5
    by M.C     <^_^>  

"M.C" is Makio Chiba, programmer of the audio system used in all of Alpha Denshi/ADK's Neo Geo titles.

Regional Differences

When a Japanese BIOS is used, the cars closely resemble the cars that they were based off with some spelling changes. When an US or European BIOS is used, they are changed to fictional names.

Japan	USA/Europe	Based on
LANCIAN DELETA	BLASTER LX	Lancia Delta HF Integrale
TOYOT GT-FOUR	LAND CRUSHER	Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST165)
NISSUN GTI-R	WARP ATV	Nissan Pulsar GTi-R
CITRAEN ZX	TURBO GT	Citroen ZX
MITSUBOSHI	THUNDERJET	Mitsubishi Pajero
PARSCHE 911	OD 6000X	Porsche 911 Safari/959 Dakar Rally

The drivers were also changed between regions:

Japan	USA/Europe	Based on
D.Ariol	D.Arend	Didier Auriol
C.Sainzu	C.Saint	Carlos Sainz
M.Biasion	M.Bastian	Miki Biasion
J.Kankunen	J.Kincaid	Juha Kankkunen
K.Erikson	K.Everett	Kenneth Eriksson