Limited Edition Hang-On

Arcade Video game published 34 years ago:

Limited Edition Hang-On (c) 1991 Sega.

'Limited Edition Hang-On' is a motorcycle-based racing game from Sega and is a remix of their superb 1987 game, 'Super Hang-On'.

Running on identical hardware, the graphics and gameplay remain the same, with players riding a turbo-powered bike trying to reach checkpoints within a tight time limit. As with 'Super Hang-On', players could press and hold a turbo button and push the bike to a breathtaking speed - necessary to beat the game's tight time limits.

As with the original game, players can chose to race on any one of four courses: Africa, Asia, America and Europe. Africa is the easiest and shortest of the four, with each subsequent course becoming both more demanding - with tighter bends and more aggressive rival racers - and having a greater number of stages to have to beat.

Limited Edition's only difference from 'Super Hang-On' is in its courses, which have been redesigned and are more forgiving than those of the original game.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : (2x) Motorola 68000 (@ 12.5 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2151 (@ 4 Mhz), Sega (@ 4 Mhz)

Players : 1
Control : paddle
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

Limited Edition Hang-On was released in April 1991.

Despite taking its gameplay from the second game in the series, 'Limited Edition Hang-On's deluxe cabinet was the same tilting motorbike mock-up used in the deluxe version of the FIRST game in the series, 1985's "Hang-On". The only notable difference was that the latter incarnation of the cab was blue, instead of the bright red of the original.

- SERIES -

1. Hang-On (1985, Arcade)
2. Hang-On II [Model C-60] (1985, Sega SG-1000)
3. Hang-On Jr. (1985, Arcade)
4. Super Hang-On (1987, Arcade)
5. Limited Edition Hang-On (1991, Arcade)
6. Hang On GP '95 [Model GS-9032] (1995, Sega Saturn)

- STAFF -

Music composed by : Katsuhiro Hayashi, Koichi Namiki

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