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Dirty Racing

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Dirty Racing is a racing game from the makers of the Lotus and Top Gear series. The Japanese version was released as a standalone game, but the international versions were only released on a 2-in-1 compilation called Race Days.

Regional Differences#

Intro#

The international version has an exclusive intro sequence, displaying a screen that reads "Gremlin Graphics proudly presents" before bringing up the title screen.

Title Screen#

The title screen was completely redone, getting rid of the Japanese kana and the copyright info and adding a race car with a "Press Start" note.

Japan

International

Difficulty Select#

The difficulty levels were renamed and the character graphics were changed to a different style.

Japan

International

Name Changes#

The names of the enemy racers and many cities were changed.

Japan

International

Sly Rash
Joe Tanabe
Dug Scram

Sly Ratgash
Slug Wannabe
Dug Outscram

Press Start Message#

Japan

International

PRESS (START)
TO RACE

PRESS (START)
TO COMPETE

Result & Repair Screen#

Japan

International

Japan

International

Japan

International

Staff Roll#

The Japanese version's staff roll is displayed on a flashing screen displaying "Presented by Jaleco". The international versions' staff roll shows the Gremlin logo instead.

Japan

International

DIRTY RACIN'

COPYRIGHT K.K.DCE
JALECO LTD. 1993

COPYRIGHT GREMLIN
1992

PROGRAMMING
BY SIZ.

ARTWORK BY
TIM, PETE AND MIKE.

MUSIC AND SOUND FX
BY SIZ

ORIGINAL CONCEPT
BY J.NORTH-HEARN.

ADDITIONAL WORK BY
MARK, ASH AND ALI.

DIRTY RACIN'

COPYRIGHT GREMLIN
1994

PROGRAMMING BY SIZ.

ARTWORK BY
TIM, PETE, AND MIKE.

MUSIC AND SOUND FX
BY SIZ

ORIGINAL CONCEPT
BY J.NORTH-HEARN.

ADDITIONAL WORK BY
MARK, ASH AND ALI.

MORAL SUPPORT BY
ALL AT GREMLIN.