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Top Gear 3000

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Top Gear 3000 is the 3rd game in the Top Gear series.

Cheat Mode#

Enter INFODATA as a password. The following functions will now be enabled during gameplay:

  • Pause and unpause to replace the speedometer with the number of the current level (repeat the process to bring back the speedometer).
  • Press Select to enter a combination level select and sound effect test. Press L/R to toggle the number in place of the speedometer, press X to play sound effects, and press Select to go to the chosen level. Notably, all 47 levels are selectable regardless of the chosen difficulty (normally only the first 25 levels are playable on Easy, and only the first 34 levels are playable on Medium).

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Regional Differences#

Title Screen#

Since Gremlin self published the game in Europe, the Kemco logo was removed and updated the company name from Graphics to Interactive. The text was also changed to yellow. For the Japanese release; the logo was changed, the Copyright year was updated to 1995 and the Licensed by Nintendo text was removed. The text and palette was reverted back to the US version with only the company name changed.

USA

Europe

Japan

Miscellanous#

  • The menu options for Race and Boost were changed to Start and Turbo for the Japanese version.
  • In the US/European version, you earn credits by finishing races. In the Japanese version, this was changed to the money symbol.
  • The English font was changed in the Japanese version.
  • The Japanese version moved the main menu Option entry to a lower spot. And the background is also different.

USA/Europe

Japan

  • The background at the speed type selection is slightly different.

USA/Europe

Japan