Slip Stream (Arcade)

To do: Dump the English and Japanese text/messages. There's graphics for the Jordan F1 team (which had a horrendous season in both 1992 and 1993, the F1 seasons the game is based on). There's also graphics for cut Belgian and USA tracks, as well as a FOCA/Fuji Television credit.

Slip Stream is a Formula One racing game that was intended to be released in the US and Japan with official FIA Formula One World Championship license (the game appears to be based on 1992/1993 seasons). Oddly enough, it didn't get those releases and ended up in Latin America instead.

Unused Graphics#

A joystick and a button which are never used.

Various filler tiles found among the background graphics.

Some of the graphics for the car shadow and tires contain hidden numbers and letters which can't be seen because they're always obscured in game.

Incomplete graphics for a Winners Don't Use Drugs screen exist, but are never used since the game was never released in North America.

Swear Filter Oddity#

Like most arcade games, Slip Stream uses a swear filter to prevent players from entering offensive terms in the name entry. Interestingly, one of these is SNK.

Debugging Text#

Present at 0x7B0 in the main CPU is some text for a crash handler.

Bus Error
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Level-0 Stack Invalid(Syngle exception)
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Level-0 Stack Invalid(Double exception)
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Memory Management Exception
Trace Trap
Instruction Exception
Arithmetic Exception
Next PC  =
Change Level
Asynchronous Trap
Emulation Mode Exception
CP fault
Software Trap
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