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<h2 id="gameplay">Gameplay</h2> <p><i>Winning Run</i> is a first-person <a href="/facts/Formula_One/BwdePyWY">Formula One</a> simulation <a href="/facts/Racing_video_game/szkhmK4d">racing video game</a>. The player controls a Formula One racer, with the objective being to make it to the end of each race while in first place.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> Two gameplay modes are present: Easy and Technical, both of which affect the speed of the player's car.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> A "qualifying lap" will need to be completed first in order to begin the final race, which will pit the player against twelve opponents.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> Common obstacles include pits, flood-hit tunnels and steep cambers.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p><p>The game is housed in an "environmental" arcade cabinet, capable of twisting and moving according to the player's direction input.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> Unlike previous cabinets of its type, that commonly used hydraulics, <i>Winning Run</i> instead used a series of electric rams and runners to make the machine move, which has been cited as giving off a more realistic sense of driving.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> A steering wheel is provided for input, which is a staple for racing arcade games.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="development-and-release">Development and release</h2> <p>Development of <i>Winning Run</i> officially began in 1985. It was being developed for the Namco System 21 arcade board, later nicknamed "Polygonizer",<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> that allowed for 3D shaded graphics and the ability to draw a total of 60,000 individual polygons per second, which was considered a milestone for its time;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> <i>Winning Run</i> would become the first game to use the hardware.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> Music for the game was composed by Hiroyuki Kawada, who previously composed the original score for <i><a href="/facts/Galaga_%252788/DBAwjbHM">Galaga '88</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> It was officially released in Japan in December 1988<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> and later in Europe in January 1989, where it was presented at the <a href="/facts/Amusement_Trades_Exhibition_International/zcXEuUlh">Amusement Trades Exhibition International</a> trade show in London.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> In North America, it was released in September 1989.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="reception">Reception</h2> ReceptionReview scores<table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">Publication</th><th scope="col">Score</th></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/ACE_(magazine)/tAk84qWw">ACE</a></i></td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Computer_and_Video_Games/qvjdugj0">Computer and Video Games</a></i></td><td>Positive<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Commodore_User/4aF4xBbl">Commodore User</a></i></td><td>Positive<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Games_Machine/6AjVYxE7">The Games Machine</a></i></td><td>Positive<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table>Awards<table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">Publication</th><th scope="col">Award</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gamest/hxKTV83c"><i>Gamest</i> Awards</a></td><td>Special Award Best Graphics (nomination)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Computer_and_Video_Games/qvjdugj0">Computer and Video Games</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/1989_in_video_games/pChP826Y">Top Arcade Games of 1989</a> (#3)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Your_Sinclair/C6F2C8Fy">Your Sinclair</a></i></td><td>Top of the Slots '89 (#5)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Commercial performance</h3> <p>In Japan, <i>Game Machine</i> listed it as the most successful upright <a href="/facts/Arcade_cabinet/hxmnSMvu">arcade cabinet</a> of February 1989.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> <i><a href="/facts/Famitsu/t92U0WbH">Famitsu</a></i> placed the game at the top of their arcade earnings chart for August 1989.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> In September, it dropped to number two, with <a href="/facts/Sega/f9TY2kyl">Sega</a>'s racer <i><a href="/facts/Super_Monaco_GP/gStP43yz">Super Monaco GP</a></i> placing at the top.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a> In October 1989, it dropped to the third spot, just under <i>Super Monaco GP</i> and <a href="/facts/List_of_Tetris_variants/alvm8pRs">Sega's arcade version of <i>Tetris</i></a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a> <i>Winning Run</i> ended the year as the second highest-grossing arcade game of 1989 in Japan, just below Sega's <i>Tetris</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a> The September 1989 issue of <i><a href="/facts/Commodore_User/4aF4xBbl">Commodore User</a></i> said the game was "flooding" arcade centers across Europe.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a> In North America, <i>Winning Run</i> was successful in early 1990,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a> topping the <i>RePlay</i> arcade earnings chart for new video games in March 1990.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a> </p> <h3>Critical response</h3> <p><i>Winning Run</i> received critical acclaim from gaming publications, with critics applauding its realism and 3D graphics, considered revolutionary for its time. In the March 1989 issue of <i><a href="/facts/Computer_and_Video_Games/qvjdugj0">Computer and Video Games</a></i>, Clare Edgeley and <a href="/facts/Julian_Rignall/XUSVqWQC">Julian Rignall</a> gave it a positive review, favorably comparing it to Atari's <i><a href="/facts/Hard_Drivin%2527/HpTBmLnd">Hard Drivin'</a></i>. They labeled <i>Winning Run</i>'s graphics as "simply stunning", concluding that it is "easily the best racing game yet seen – it's thoroughly realistic and totally exhilarating".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a> <i><a href="/facts/The_Games_Machine/6AjVYxE7">The Games Machine</a></i> was also positive in their review, calling it one of the most impressive arcade games of the era, referring to it as "an astonishing coin-op". Praise was also given to its sense of realism to Formula One racing.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a> </p><p>The September 1989 issue of <i><a href="/facts/Commodore_User/4aF4xBbl">Commodore User</a></i> labelled its gameplay and graphics as "literally breathtaking". Much like <i>Computer and Video Games</i>, it was positively compared to <i>Hard Drivin</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a> <i>Advanced Computer Entertainment</i> labeled it as superior to <i>Hard Drivin'</i>, stating that it usurps the title's graphics and gameplay, and concluding it was one of the best racing arcade games on the market.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a> The March 1990 issue of <i><a href="/facts/Your_Sinclair/C6F2C8Fy">Your Sinclair</a></i> applauded the game's technical capabilities, but said it was not as fun as Atari's game, stating the lack of a stunt course had "diminished the appeal somewhat".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a> </p> <h3>Accolades</h3> <p>At the 1989 <a href="/facts/Gamest/hxKTV83c"><i>Gamest</i> Awards</a> in Japan, <i>Winning Run</i> received a Special Award, and was nominated for "Best Graphics", but lost to <a href="/facts/Taito/jwfCHr1o">Taito</a>'s shooter <i><a href="/facts/Darius_II_(video_game)/gjK0eX2K">Darius II</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a> <i>Computer and Video Games</i> listed it as one of the top three best arcade games of 1989.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a> The March 1990 issue of <i><a href="/facts/Your_Sinclair/C6F2C8Fy">Your Sinclair</a></i> listed it as one of the top five best arcade games of 1989.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="legacy">Legacy</h2> <p>The success of <i>Winning Run</i> led to two follow-up games. <i>Winning Run Suzuka GP</i> was released in 1989 exclusively in Japan. As its title suggests, this game is centered around the <a href="/facts/Suzuka_Circuit/YeQVxtlQ">Suzuka Circuit</a>. This game instead used a sit-down cabinet as opposed to the one used in the original <i>Winning Run</i>, bearing a resemblance to the ones used for Namco's own <i><a href="/facts/Final_Lap/TDkNqKad">Final Lap</a></i> three years prior.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a> <i>Suzuka GP</i> became Japan's second highest-grossing dedicated arcade game of 1990, below <i>Super Monaco GP</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a> </p><p>The second, <i>Winning Run '91</i>, was released in 1991, again exclusive to Japan, using the same arcade cabinet the original game had.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a> A similar 3D racing game, <i><a href="/facts/Driver%2527s_Eyes/ltPsIgye">Driver's Eyes</a></i>, was released for Japan in 1990. Using a newly built arcade cabinet, it used a set of three panoramic monitors to give a more open view in the game.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a> The soundtrack for the game was released by <a href="/facts/Victor_Entertainment/FwnSQLFF">Victor Entertainment</a> on July 21, 1989, compiling it with music from <i><a href="/facts/Splatterhouse/30nnkMLd">Splatterhouse</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Metal_Hawk/JwerkrkP">Metal Hawk</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Japanese: ウィニングラン, Hepburn: U~iningu Ran <a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" target="_blank">/wiki/Japanese_language</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Harrison, Phil (August 1989). "Arcades: Namco's Winning Streak". Commodore User. No. 72 (September 1989). pp. 90–1. Retrieved 21 June 2017. <a href="/wiki/Phil_Harrison" target="_blank">/wiki/Phil_Harrison</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Winning Run". No. March 1989. Computer and Video Games. 1 March 1989. <a href="https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/240/398" target="_blank">https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/240/398</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Winning Run". No. March 1989. Computer and Video Games. 1 March 1989. <a href="https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/240/398" target="_blank">https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/240/398</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Harrison, Phil (August 1989). "Arcades: Namco's Winning Streak". Commodore User. No. 72 (September 1989). pp. 90–1. Retrieved 21 June 2017. <a href="/wiki/Phil_Harrison" target="_blank">/wiki/Phil_Harrison</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Winning Run". No. March 1989. Computer and Video Games. 1 March 1989. <a href="https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/240/398" target="_blank">https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/240/398</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Winning Run". No. March 1989. Computer and Video Games. 1 March 1989. <a href="https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/240/398" target="_blank">https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/240/398</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Harrison, Phil (August 1989). "Arcades: Namco's Winning Streak". Commodore User. No. 72 (September 1989). pp. 90–1. Retrieved 21 June 2017. <a href="/wiki/Phil_Harrison" target="_blank">/wiki/Phil_Harrison</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Winning Run". No. March 1989. Computer and Video Games. 1 March 1989. <a href="https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/240/398" target="_blank">https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/240/398</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Harrison, Phil (August 1989). "Arcades: Namco's Winning Streak". Commodore User. No. 72 (September 1989). pp. 90–1. Retrieved 21 June 2017. <a href="/wiki/Phil_Harrison" target="_blank">/wiki/Phil_Harrison</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Winning Run". Advanced Computer Entertainment. 1 October 1989. <a href="https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/41/398" target="_blank">https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/41/398</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Winning Run". Advanced Computer Entertainment. 1 October 1989. <a href="https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/41/398" target="_blank">https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/41/398</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Harrison, Phil (August 1989). "Arcades: Namco's Winning Streak". Commodore User. No. 72 (September 1989). pp. 90–1. Retrieved 21 June 2017. <a href="/wiki/Phil_Harrison" target="_blank">/wiki/Phil_Harrison</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>Namco G.S.M. 2 – Winning Run. Promotional booklet. 21 July 1989. <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Gamest, The Best Game 2: Gamest Book Vol. 112, pp. 6–26 <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamest" target="_blank">https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamest</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>"Winning Run". Advanced Computer Entertainment. 1 October 1989. <a href="https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/41/398" target="_blank">https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/41/398</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971–2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971–2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 124. ISBN 978-4990251215. <a href="978-4990251215" target="_blank">978-4990251215</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>"Winning Run". Advanced Computer Entertainment. 1 October 1989. <a href="https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/41/398" target="_blank">https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/41/398</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>"Winning Run". No. March 1989. Computer and Video Games. 1 March 1989. <a href="https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/240/398" target="_blank">https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/240/398</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>Harrison, Phil (August 1989). "Arcades: Namco's Winning Streak". Commodore User. No. 72 (September 1989). pp. 90–1. Retrieved 21 June 2017. <a href="/wiki/Phil_Harrison" target="_blank">/wiki/Phil_Harrison</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>"The Games Machine Magazine Issue 16". archive.org. March 1989. Retrieved 21 June 2017. <a href="https://archive.org/stream/thegamesmachine-16/TheGamesMachine_16_Mar_1989#page/n69/mode/2up" target="_blank">https://archive.org/stream/thegamesmachine-16/TheGamesMachine_16_Mar_1989#page/n69/mode/2up</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:22"><p>"The C+VG Top Arcade Games of 1989". Computer and Video Games. No. 98 (January 1990). 16 December 1989. p. 9. <a href="https://archive.org/stream/cvg-magazine-098/CVG_098_Jan_1990#page/n7/mode/2up" target="_blank">https://archive.org/stream/cvg-magazine-098/CVG_098_Jan_1990#page/n7/mode/2up</a> <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:23"><p>"Your Sinclair's Top of the Slots '89". Your Sinclair. March 1990. <a href="https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/69/398" target="_blank">https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/69/398</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:24"><p>"Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - アップライト, コックピット型TVゲーム機 (Upright/Cockpit Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 351. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 March 1989. p. 29. <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:25"><p>Famicom Tsūshin, issue 17 (August 1989) <a href="/wiki/Famitsu" target="_blank">/wiki/Famitsu</a> <a href="#fnref:25" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:26"><p>Famicom Tsūshin, issue 19 (September 15, 1989) <a href="/wiki/Famitsu" target="_blank">/wiki/Famitsu</a> <a href="#fnref:26" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:27"><p>Famicom Tsūshin, issue 22 (October 27, 1989) <a href="/wiki/Famitsu" target="_blank">/wiki/Famitsu</a> <a href="#fnref:27" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:28"><p>"Gamest 0041" 第３回 ゲーメスト大賞 – インカム部門ベスト10 [3rd Gamest Awards – Income Category: Best 10]. Gamest (in Japanese). Vol. 41 (February 1990). December 27, 1989. pp. 49-79 (79). alternate url <a href="第３回 ゲーメスト大賞 – インカム部門ベスト10" target="_blank">第３回 ゲーメスト大賞 – インカム部門ベスト10</a> <a href="#fnref:28" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:29"><p>Harrison, Phil (August 1989). "Arcades: Namco's Winning Streak". Commodore User. No. 72 (September 1989). pp. 90–1. Retrieved 21 June 2017. <a href="/wiki/Phil_Harrison" target="_blank">/wiki/Phil_Harrison</a> <a href="#fnref:29" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:30"><p>"Belam: America's National and International Distributor of All Amusement Machines". RePlay. Vol. 15, no. 6. March 1990. p. 137. <a href="https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-14-issue-no.-6-march-1990-600dpi/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2014%2C%20Issue%20No.%206%20-%20March%201990/page/137/mode/2up" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-14-issue-no.-6-march-1990-600dpi/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2014%2C%20Issue%20No.%206%20-%20March%201990/page/137/mode/2up</a> <a href="#fnref:30" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:31"><p>"RePlay: The Players' Choice". RePlay. Vol. 15, no. 6. March 1990. p. 4. <a href="https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-14-issue-no.-6-march-1990-600dpi/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2014%2C%20Issue%20No.%206%20-%20March%201990%20%28Compressed%29/page/4" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-14-issue-no.-6-march-1990-600dpi/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2014%2C%20Issue%20No.%206%20-%20March%201990%20%28Compressed%29/page/4</a> <a href="#fnref:31" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:32"><p>"Winning Run". No. March 1989. 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