Zero4 Champ
Zero4 Champ (ゼãƒãƒ¨ãƒ³ãƒãƒ£ãƒ³ãƒ—) is a series of racing games created by Yutaka Kaminaga of Media Rings, which started in 1991 with the PC Engine title Zero4 Champ.
Hudson Soft gained the license for the PlayStation 2 Zero4 Champ Series: Drift Champ by Work Jam and Tamsoft, and for the mobile phone Go! Zero4 Champ developed by Profire, both of which were released in late 2002.
"Zero4"
In Japan, street racing sometimes occurs on long straights in industrial areas, which are used for drag races. These races are known as "zero-yon" (ゼãƒãƒ¨ãƒ³) or "04", short for "0-400 meters", ヨン being Japanese for the number four.
Summary
The series is something of a predecessor to works like Initial D and Wangan Midnight, with its touge racing, aero parts tuning, and anime-style "Story Mode". It has also RPG and simulation gameplay which was succeeded with the Shutokou Battle titles Kattobi Tune and Racing Battle C1 Grand Prix.
The series features various sport-grade Japanese cars such as the Toyota MR2-GT (SW20), the Mazda RX-7 Type RS (FD3S), the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI (CP9A), the Subaru Impreza WRX STi (GDB), the Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec (BNR34), and the Honda NSX Type-S Zero (NA2), all import scene classics.
The series
- 1991.03.08: Zero4 Champ (ゼãƒãƒ¨ãƒ³ãƒãƒ£ãƒ³ãƒ—), PC Engine
- 1993.05.03: Zero4 Champ II (ゼãƒãƒ¨ãƒ³ãƒãƒ£ãƒ³ãƒ—II), PC Engine Super CD-ROM²
- 1994.07.22: Zero4 Champ RR (ゼãƒãƒ¨ãƒ³ãƒãƒ£ãƒ³ãƒ— ダブルアール), Super Famicom
- 1995.11.25: Zero4 Champ RR-Z (ゼãƒãƒ¨ãƒ³ãƒãƒ£ãƒ³ãƒ— ダブルアール・ヅィー), Super Famicom
- 1997.06.20: Zero4 Champ DooZy-J (ゼãƒãƒ¨ãƒ³ãƒãƒ£ãƒ³ãƒ— ドゥーヅィージェイ), PlayStation
- 1997.06.20: Zero4 Champ DooZy-J Type-R (ゼãƒãƒ¨ãƒ³ãƒãƒ£ãƒ³ãƒ— ドゥーヅィージェイ タイプアール), Sega Saturn
- 2002.11.21: Zero4 Champ Series: Drift Champ (ゼãƒãƒ¨ãƒ³ãƒãƒ£ãƒ³ãƒ— シリーズ ドリフトãƒãƒ£ãƒ³ãƒ—), PlayStation 2 (Hudson Soft)
- 2002.12.24: Go! Zero4 Champ (GO!04ãƒãƒ£ãƒ³ãƒ—), Mobile phone i-mode 504i (Hudson Soft / Profire)
Zero4 Extreme
In June 2005, a fan-made flash game Zero4 Extreme (ゼãƒãƒ¨ãƒ³ã‚¨ã‚¯ã‚¹ãƒˆãƒªãƒ¼ãƒ ) was released by Kuruma,[1] though it is currently a dead link.
Notes
See also
External links
- Drift Champ official website
- Go! Zero4 Champ official website (Profire)
- Go! Zero4 Champ official website (Hudson Soft)
- Go! Zero4 Champ press release
- Zero4 Champ series overview & Yutaka Kaminaga profile