Rad Racer (NES)

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Rad Racer (NES)

Developer:	Square
Publisher:	Nintendo
Genre:	Racing
First released:	August 1987

Achievements

There are 20 achievements worth 246 (1120) points.
Authors: Keltron3030 (12), JonnyRetro (8).

Sort: Normal ^ - Won By - Points - Title

won by 435 (266) of 573 (75.92%)

(5)
Clear the 1st Course - Sunset Coast

won by 255 (164) of 573 (44.50%)

(6)
Clear the 2nd Course - San Francisco Highway

won by 189 (122) of 573 (32.98%)

(14)
Clear the 3rd Course - Grand Canyon

won by 141 (90) of 573 (24.61%)

(17)
Clear the 4th Course - Athens

won by 107 (70) of 573 (18.67%)

(21)
Clear the 5th Course - Los Angeles Night Way

won by 96 (64) of 573 (16.75%)

(22)
Clear the 6th Course - Snow White Line

won by 85 (57) of 573 (14.83%)

(24)
Clear the 7th Course - Seaway In Typhoon

won by 67 (47) of 573 (11.69%)

(72)
Clear the 8th and Final Course - Last Seaside Running

won by 53 (44) of 573 (9.25%)

(38)
Complete course 1 without using the brakes

won by 63 (49) of 573 (10.99%)

(33)
Complete course 2 without turbo

won by 28 (26) of 573 (4.89%)

(64)
Complete course 3 without hitting the shoulder

won by 37 (33) of 573 (6.46%)

(50)
Complete course 4 without flipping the car

won by 19 (12) of 573 (3.32%)

(195)
Complete course 5 with at least 19 seconds remaining (from WR set on 2-22-18 by Kyle Nelson)

won by 112 (86) of 573 (19.55%)

(10)
Complete a course with the F1 Machine

won by 62 (53) of 573 (10.82%)

(33)
Complete a course on 3D mode

won by 228 (144) of 573 (39.79%)

(13)
Reach checkpoint when the music's over

won by 83 (55) of 573 (14.49%)

(26)
Maintain 255 KM-H for 14 seconds

won by 96 (58) of 573 (16.75%)

(2)
An epic crash with another vehicle that flips your car

won by 26 (23) of 573 (4.54%)

(70)
While maintaining top speed listen to all 3 radio stations for at least 4 seconds each

won by 18 (10) of 573 (3.14%)

(405)
Beat all 8 courses to win the game(no losses)

Forum Topic: View official forum topic for Rad Racer here

Recent comment(s):

10 Aug 2015 21:14		I'll check them out.. thanks :)
10 Aug 2015 22:15		Ahah great ! I will play them ! :)
10 Aug 2015 22:48		Good luck! ;)
10 Aug 2015 23:09		Just a heads up.. the official link to the forum topic is BROKEN! All posts get deleted automatically. I made a new one here:
10 Aug 2015 23:10		http://retroachievements.org/viewtopic.php?t=2170&c=11403
26 Jun 2016 15:47		Only the first one worked.... The others are not poping up... :-(
2 Nov 2017 23:02		These definitely work. Good set.
21 Sep 2018 2:59		Rad
24 Sep 2018 13:00		All courses now have time trial leaderboards. Throw down some rad times!
27 Mar 2019 3:25		It should be mentioned that the game offers a level select code which is acceptable to use for any of the achievements; however, it will not allow you to unlock "A Truly Rad Racer".
27 Mar 2019 3:26		Level select feature: Once you select your vehicle, press the B button X-1 times (X = Track Number). Then, hold Up and Right and press Start.
18 Dec 2020 16:49		I got an inaccurate time on Sunset Coast. There's no way I beat it in 2:35.
18 Dec 2020 16:59		Could you let me know what ROM version you're using?
18 Dec 2020 17:01		That I'm not sure of. It's labelled Rad Racer 1 (USA)
18 Dec 2020 17:05		I sent a ticket for the first course achievement.
13 Jan 2021 4:21		What has happened to the course times? I want to call shenanigans.
13 Jan 2021 4:30		Yeah, things look strange since 2021... I'll investigate.
13 Jan 2021 5:08		Alright, I sorted out the bug and removed the errored scores.
13 Jan 2021 5:21		Wow, thank you! One of my childhood favorite games!
13 Jan 2021 5:22		Same

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Achievement Distribution

High Scores

Pos	Mastery Date
1	superd46	2021-03-05 21:04:51
2	SeveredDream	2020-06-15 20:27:37
3	mikeisafighter	2020-06-14 01:01:40
4	Wendigo	2020-01-06 03:32:38
5	AlluminumMallard	2019-12-13 07:30:18
6	Samson	2019-11-16 08:15:07
7	Kuluk01	2019-09-03 18:39:12
8	Smoke131	2019-08-21 23:19:49
9	LordArchantos	2018-11-11 22:07:39

Pos		Points
1	LordArchantos	492
2	Smoke131	492
3	Kuluk01	492
4	Samson	492
5	AlluminumMallard	492
6	Wendigo	492
7	mikeisafighter	492
8	SeveredDream	492
9	superd46	492
10	Drsly	442

Leaderboards

High Score Highest Final Score
superd46	66686
Sunset Coastline: Best Time Fastest Finish Time on Course 1
InsidiouSin	0:02:42.05
San Francisco Highway: Best Time Fastest Finish Time on Course 2
RomaKiev	0:02:54.85
Grand Canyon: Best Time Fastest Finish Time on Course 3
Samson	0:02:56.08
Ruins of Athens: Best Time Fastest Finish Time on Course 4
RomaKiev	0:03:01.65
Los Angeles Nightway: Best Time Fastest Finish Time on Course 5
RomaKiev	0:02:52.55
Snow White Line: Best Time Fastest Finish Time on Course 6
RomaKiev	0:02:45.15
Seaway in Typhoon: Best Time Fastest Finish Time on Course 7
LordArchantos	0:03:03.26
Last Seaside Running: Best Time Fastest Finish Time on Course 8
superd46	0:03:06.03

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