Cheap Rad Racer (Video Games) (Nintendo NES) Price

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Customer Reviews of Rad Racer

I want this game severely!
I borrowed this game from a babysitter 2 years back. Sadly, I had to return it since they love their NES as much as I do (well, I don't think anyone could quite love it as much as me!) Some time later, I was looking into some used classics. I wanted to build my SNES and Game Gear collection and go cheap so I didn't fuss over my NES too much. I never got around to this addictive racing classic.
The graphics are kindda like a late Atari 2600 game but that dosen't stop me or other classic lovers. You can drive insanely fast, dodge obstacles and choose your car! Don't make the same mistake as mine; buy it now instead of having to wait for your next order (or visit to your classic-loving friend's house!)

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The Best Nintendo Game Ever Made!!
I love this game. It is very addicting and exciting. I could play for hours and hours. This is definitely one of nintendo's best games. If you love classic car racing games, this one is for you. It is simple but fun.

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Poorly made racing game
I know, this game came out in 1987 on the NES. I have lived through the 1980s so I witnessed very well how games progressed from the cheap, primitive graphics of Asteroids, to the much more advanced 16 bit graphics founds at the end of the 1980s and through the 1990s. But the problem with Rad Racer is the graphics are really cheap looking (but not nearly as bad as an Atari 2600 game or especially Night Driver, the old arcade game from 1976 in B&W that was the first 3-D arcade game ever). I have played my share of racing games on the old NES and the graphics on many of those are better than this. What was also really silly is this game also came with 3-D glasses. You're supposed to hit the SELECT button to trigger the 3-D feature which flickers red and blue and isn't good for your eyes to view the game in this mode for more than a few minutes. In other words, what's the use of the 3-D feature when it strains your eyes really quickly? Plus the more advanced levels are unnecessarily difficult to beat. And the sound effects on this game are just so cheesy. I know in 1987, they were able to creat racing games with much better graphics than this. 16 bit home computers (ie. MacIntosh, Atari 520ST, Commodore Amiga) were already out for about two to three years then, so there should be no excuse for a game machine game like Rad Racer to have such crude graphics. But if you want quick, cheesy entertainment for the old NES, give Rad Racer a try, but you'd be begging for a whole lot more.