(DC) Super Runabout: San Francisco Edition [NTSC-U][SB]

[Valencia]

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This is a mission-based driving game. I guess it's sort of like Grand Theft Auto, but I'm guessing not as much fun. I'm not even sure you can go out and kill people, but you can certainly try running people over!

While there are a lot of video gamers who prefer driving games with super-realistic controls, I'm not one of them. Sure, the super realism of games like Gran Turismo and SEGA GT have a certain "sim" appeal about them, but I prefer the arcade-like feel of such driving games like Daytona, Ridge Racer, and, of course, Crazy Taxi. These arcade-like driving games, while still retaining the basic physics and driving mechanics that make racing enjoyable, aren't worried about the technical details that can hinder the all-important aspect of a video game - fun. Crazy Taxi, specifically, throws out all the manner of driving civilities, and gets away with it because its addictive, controls solidly, and even though driving underwater may be a bit strange, it never goes way over the top. Super Runabout: San Francisco Edition takes the same model of Crazy Taxi, where the wild driving gameplay you experience comes with a warning right when you boot the game:

WARNING:The car driving experience you will have in this game is possible only in a virtual world and is very dangerous. Please do not try to duplicate

Funny that this warning is unnecessary; even though Super Runabout: SFE has some of the craziest driving situations and crashes in any racing game, the floaty control, overdone physics, mediocre visuals, and buggy gameplay will make it impossible to duplicate in real life.

If Super Runabout: SFE gets brownie points, it's the good number of options the game has. Starting a game, you get to select from two types of scenarios. Scenario A places you in control of San Francisco Motors, a kind of "messenger/delivery/bomb disposal service" rolled up in one, while Scenario B has you playing the role of some laid-back San Francisco police officers. The two scenarios have different missions, whether it's stopping a runaway cable car, collecting bombs for disposal, or delivering condiments to City Hall... yeah, weird. And the missions get weirder and weirder as you progress through the game. Also, I can honestly say that Super Runabout: SFE has a strange selection of vehicles for you to crash with. From mopeds, vans, police cars, and a truck straight out of the TV show "Sanford and Son", these are some of the weirdest cars vehicles I've seen in a video game and certainly add a lot of character to the game. You can also modify parts of each vehicle in your preference of grip, suspension, and brake power. Not that it really matters, since the game lacks any sense of normal physics.

It's quite evident that Newton's Laws were thrown out of the drawing board when Super Runabout:SFE was being designed. For a driving game that has collisions as a normal experience, the way cars spin, flip-over, and collide are not only unrealistic, they are beyond reason. One crash I experienced had my car spinning like a top for at least 2 full minutes. While at first it's humorous, it happens all the time with every car, van, truck, and motorcycle... and that gets tedious. And during these times when you're spinning forever, there's no way to stop it short of pausing the game and selecting to restart. Combine this with car controls that feel like your driving over oil slick all the time, and you'll get bored after the initial hour of humorous collisions.

The overall look of the game seems like it was ported from a PlayStation or N64. Textures have a washed out look and despite a frame rate that runs quite smoothly, it's nothing near the speed of Crazy Taxi. Pop-up occurs with frightening frequency and there are some definite collision problems; even with the craziness of crashes throughout the game, there are times where the collision detection should be solid... and it isn't. And then, we have buggy gameplay; while driving the Scenic Drive track with Red Fox's truck, I came upon a small bridge and right as I was about to drive past it, my truck "teleported" a few spaces back behind the bridge. I tried to drive over the bridge again, only to be "teleported" back to the same spot. This is only one example of how buggy the game can be.

I can see the appeal that Super Runabout: SFE can have with younger players who don't know any better. But to those wishing to make a smart purchase, Super Runabout: SFE may have enough gameplay for a couple hours romping. But if you want a Dreamcast game where driving and crashing and the norm, go for something like Crazy Taxi that has some sensibility in being both a solid game and fun.

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Download link....
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HNJN3AV4
Mirror Download....
http://rapidshare.de/files/27743473/_DC__Super_Runabout.part1.rar.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/27738906/_DC__Super_Runabout.part2.rar.html
Archive password....
http://snesorama.us last edited by Valencia on 08-01-06

Mirror by Dom29[oRARs][cdi]
http://snesorama.us/board/showpost.php?p=252408&postcount=18

Mirror by cOcO![oRARs]
http://snesorama.us/board/showpost.php?p=361797&postcount=32

[GTR]

thanx :iconbiggrin2ww:

[Mazinger]

Thanks for sharing with us.

[DaRkGhOsT_3189]

valencia this game does not work (sorry, im speaking spanish, my English is not good)

this .ngr is corrupt one and does not let to me copy it, and the worse thing of all ruins the CD to me, please upload again

[mallard]

Is there any way to make this work on nullDC the emulator?, If so can somebody amke it please or tell me how?

[elmendaonline]

wrong password?
thanks anyway...

[Cartman22]

I've got some problems with burning this game. After 5 minutes burning 8x it says that the file is corrupt!!
Does anybody had that kind of problem??????

[hailmick]

it failed for me too using nero 5 i think
i was actually looking forward to playing this game got the dc out and all in preperation:scratch:

[guythp]

Well, if it's any consolation I downloaded it, burnt it and it worked fine. Unfortunately the game really isn't any good! Silly load times and quite simply, crazy taxi's done it better and it did it first.

[slon]

I have the same problem with the burning... and mirror links don't exist... can someone reupload the game, please?

[bassball]

Well, if it's any consolation I downloaded it, burnt it and it worked fine. Unfortunately the game really isn't any good! Silly load times and quite simply, crazy taxi's done it better and it did it first.

You remind me of all those idiotic reviewers who gave this game mediocre ratings. What does Crazy Taxi "do better"? It's a completely different game with far more depth, more cars, bigger map, varied missions, a great physics engine and far more replay value. Unlike Crazy Taxi, your car is not glued to the ground and can launch itself up into the air over the hills, barrel roll multiple times and there's lots of fun explosives and jumps to launch your car into the air with. The re-creation of San Francisco is fantastic - very realistic with all the landmarks of the city present and correct in their locations. The selection of cars is great, from Lamborghinis to Ford Crown Vic police cars to tanks, it really is a very nice selection. The missions are fun and varied, and unlike Crazy Taxi you actually get rewards for your efforts in unlocking vehicles. Crazy Taxi is just a simple arcade game which is fun for 5 minutes on a coin-op, but no more than that. The handling in it is overly simplistic, the city is a stupid stereotype of California life with San Francisco hills and there is no incentive to play it for any length of time as it's the definition of ultra-repetitive. SR has a very nice balance of both realism and fantasy with great handling, great physics, a great San Francisco, good selection of cars and nice varied missions. I strongly recommend anybody to give it a go. It's one of the most underrated games in history in my opinion and I wish people would just start to see it for what it is rather than a half baked copy of Crazy Taxi. It does not copy Crazy Taxi in ANY way. It's a sequel to Felony 11/79 which came out in 1997, over a year before the Crazy Taxi coin op. So no, Crazy Taxi did NOT "do it first". Super Runabout was already in development before the Crazy Taxi coin op hit the arcades.

[Xiaopang]

i don't know super runabout yet, but bassballs review woke my interest. it is true that crazy taxi is repetetive as hell. i never played it longer for 10 minutes before i couldn't stand the boredom any longer

[dreamer cab]

I thought Runabout was OK. But I got it with a bunch of games, so maybe it
didn't get a fair shake. CTaxi has better graphics, although, after beating
all the challenges..... Still play it occasionally....for about 10 minutes.:lol:
Felony 11/79 is fun, have that for PSX.

[bassball]

If you've played Wreckless or it's Jap only only sequel (Double Steal: The Second Clash) on Xbox and liked them, then you'll probably enjoy Super Runabout. Much of the team responsible for SR later formed "Bunkasha" who developed Wreckless. Therefore there are a lot of similarities in the control system and physics engine.

I'm not sure if I would agree that Crazy Taxi has better graphics than Super Runabout, either. Crazy Taxi has bright and attractive cartoonish graphics, while Super Runabout has a grittier and more realistic look, which fits well with the often foggy marine weather of San Francisco, rather than the stereotypical sun kissed California image that Crazy Taxi gives.

[parrabeider]

good game, no music, perfect grafic.
:wolfwhistle::sadsmiley::rauch16: :party3:

[guest3]

.nrg never worked for me :(

but it seems to be a funny game - a mix of GTA and Crazy Taxy :)

[Xiaopang]

well, if this version has no music, then it's not worth getting anyway. when will people start to care and stop burning and uploading flawed re-packs?

[Dom29]

Mirror

this is an original echelon release, with original rars

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VJ9HAXRH

no password, enjoy :)
Dom.

[dreamer cab]

Thanks again!! busy, busy, busy.....added redirect to main post.

EDIT: And nice job on the Echelon RARset! May have loading issues with weak DC's.

[Dom29]

Thanks again!! busy, busy, busy.....added redirect to main post.

wow that was quick :pacman:

[slon]

Thanks, man! That's what i waited for! :beerchug:

But... Hm... I have downloaded this, and there are 13 files... where is CDI-image? maybe i don't understand something?

Oh, sorry, i'm stupid one :) founded everything, thats ok :)

[oBep]

what should i do with these 13 files to play the game? i don't understand :sadsmiley:

[IssTabei]

what should i do with these 13 files to play the game? i don't understand :sadsmiley:

It's easy. Join them with WinRAR. They aren't called *.rar ' s but it also works with *.001 files.

have fun !

[oBep]

what emulator should i use to run the game? it doesn't work on Chankast and NullDC

[IssTabei]

what emulator should i use to run the game? it doesn't work on Chankast and NullDC

use discjuggler

[Mugabuga]

use discjuggler
Errrr..... Disc Juggler isn't an emulator :alcoholic:

[dreamer cab]

ROFLMAO....I didn't see that.

PS. A REAL Dreamcast is the best emulator.:lol:

[r-a-t-b-a-g]

i can't get this to work. I injected the wavs and tried to burn in disc juggler but it says that the tracks were incorrectly written or something similar. it does the same without the tracks injected. any suggestions?

[dreamer cab]

Try burning with A120%. Use Dj v.3.5.

[r-a-t-b-a-g]

Try burning with A120%. Use Dj v.3.5.

i tried with disc jugglor version 6. i'm downloading alcohol now and will try it in the morning after reboot


The morning after...
ok, i'm having no luck. alcohol burn the first couple of tracks and says there's an illegal field in the track parameter. i tried unpacking the files from the rar's and re-injecting the wav's again, but i keep getting the same thing

[Carazobe]

I know how to emulate this game!!!!!!!!!!:woohoo::woohoo: It was hard,:comp26::comp26: but I did It!!! See my video of gameplay captured with fraps! & camera http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ehAeSiHe90 using Makaron T 10/1 emulator

I speak Eng. badly. I'm from Russia. This game is best! It is like Driver2 for me, both are 2000. And Super Runabout has great realistic physics, realistic city and plenty of cars, many of which are classic.

[cOcO!]

Another mirror!

NOTE: This is the oringinal rarset :)

Download!
http://rapidshare.com/files/226188499/e-srunu.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/226200284/e-srunu.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/226201346/e-srunu.part3.rar

Password!
http://snesorama.us - Upped by cOcO!

Enjoy! :thumbsup:

[True Crime!]

how can i inject the wav? i got vista 64

[cOcO!]

First run unpack.exe and then inject.exe

[True Crime!]

"Error opening CDZ"

edit: r there other apps which i can use for the inject. any iso app? can is still burn the cd if i inject the cd.

edit2: oh i'm burning the game. i think because of that it don't work:noob:

[cOcO!]

No, you can't. There must be a file called INFO.TRK too. You HAVE to put that one on the folder where inject.exe is located, otherwise it will not work. Also, if it still gives you problems, use my mirror, it works perfectly.

EDIT: if you burn the game without injecting, you will NOT hear any music ingame (alias SHITTY GAME)

[True Crime!]

i try your mirror. shitty rs

[jackjames]

Thanks To the uploaders, especially the mu mirror, gosh i hate rs.

Thanks!!:gamefreak:

[MisterBison]

I have problem to burn that game with Discjuggler 4.60 professional edition and with alcohol 120% v 1.9.8... there are a software can burn that game?

Please help me!

Discjuggler error : Illegal field in parameter list


Solved with this megaupload. com/?d= YYWXYNEP

try it e reposted the feed!!!

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