Title – 自動車学校 ~基本操作編~ (Driving School ~Basic Operations~)
System – Family Basic
Author – 寺井 章 (Akira Terai)
Publication – マイコンBASIC (Micom Basic) 1992 01
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Preserved By – ozidual
Recommended Emulator – VirtuaNES
Article Translation
How to operate
All of the buttons are for controller 1. From the right, the buttons are accelerator, brake, clutch, and starter, and the button is used for both gears and steering.
First, depress the clutch and turn the starter to the start the engine. Put the car in gear (1) and release the clutch, and the car will start moving. Even if you depress the accelerator to increase your speed, you can only go 20 km/h in gear (1).
So you change gears. The trick is to “release the accelerator and depress the clutch, then shift into gear (2) before the speed drops release the clutch and depress the aceclerator.” In this way, you change gears one after another to increase your speed.
The range of the gears is 0-20 km/h for gear (1), 20-40km/h for gear (2), and 30-70 km/h for gear (3). If the gears and vehicle speed do not match, knocking will occur. The engine sound will change. You can tell the car shaked. If you continue to ride, the engine will stall, so change to a lower gear. Note that only gear (1) and reverse (R) can be used with the accessory. The engine is designed not to stall unless you apply the brakes or pedal. Use the clutch instead of the brakes.
Of course, the car cannot go into reverse unless it is stopped. The handles are on the left and right of the D-Pad.
How to play
It may be difficult for those who have no driving experience. Please practice off the road while you are still inexperienced. Otherwise, you will get caught by a police car driver and you will not be able to practice.
Once you’ve improved, try collecting the dots at the bottom of the road. You can collect one at each speed from 20 to 60 km/h. If you collect them all…?
