Michael Andretti's World GP is a racing game featuring Michael Andretti (Satoru Nakajima in Japan) and the strangest controls for a racing game ever.
Stage Select#
Enter SAMMY*XY as the password. "*" is an empty space. "X" corresponds to the Level (Levels 1-9 = letters A-I). "Y" corresponds to the Round (Rounds 1-16 = letters A-P). In the Japanese version, the passwords is さとる*XY. Levels 1-9 = characters あ, い, う, え, お, ら, り, る, れ. Rounds 1-16 = characters あ, い, う, え, お, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, か, き, く, け, こ.
Regional Differences#
Title Screen#
The logo was changed, the graphic in the middle was removed, "WARMING UP" was changed to "PRACTICE MODE", "BATTLE MODE" was changed to "TWO PLAYER MODE", copyright text was updated, and all of the text is now black.
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Titular Driver#
Satoru Nakajima was replaced with Michael Andretti throughout the game.
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Ending#
All mentions of Varie were changed to Sammy.
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The man on the far left was recolored to become African-American, which (strangely) also affects the hands of the person next to him.
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