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{{Short description|1992 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| collapsible = yes
| state = expanded
| italic title =
| title = Speed Racer in The Challenge of Racer X
| image = Speed Racer in the Challenge of Racer X cover.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| developer = [[Accolade (company)|Accolade]]
| publisher = [[Accolade (company)|Accolade]]
| series =
| engine =
| platforms = [[DOS]]
| released = {{Video game release|USA|1992}}
| genre = [[Racing video game|Racing]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
| director =
| producer = Todd Thorson
| designer = Tom Loughry<br>Joel Dinolt (tracks)
| programmer = Tom Loughry
| artist = Taunya Shiffer
| writer =
| composer = Rudy Helm
}}
'''''Speed Racer in The Challenge of Racer X''''' was a game designed by [[Accolade (company)|Accolade]]. The objective of the game is to challenge Racer X on various race circuits until there is one winner. A [[Sega Genesis]] version was planned but never released.<ref name="GP37">{{cite magazine|last=Mizell|first=Leslie|url=https://archive.org/stream/Game_Players_Issue_37_February_1994#page/n33/mode/1up|title=Preview: Speed Racer (In Development)|magazine=[[Game Players]]|issue=37|publisher=Signal Research|date=February 1994|pages=32–34}}</ref><ref name="MMS20g7">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/mean-machines-sega-magazine-20#page/n90/mode/2up|title=Megadrive Preview: Speed Racer|magazine=[[Mean Machines Sega]]|issue=20|publisher=[[EMAP]]|date=June 1994|pages=90–91}}</ref>  Plans for a [[SNES]] version later evolved into a companion game, ''[[Speed Racer in My Most Dangerous Adventures]]''.
== Gameplay ==
Players compete against Racer X and other drivers in six different courses, either using the [[Mach Five]] or the Shooting Star.  Players can also purchase and upgrade the Mach 5's special functions to gain advantages over the opponents.
==Development==
''The Challenge of Racer X'' originally began development for the Sega Genesis and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and several advertisements for such versions have surfaced.<ref>{{Citation|last=Video Detective|title=Speed Racer Trailer 1994|date=2014-10-29|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLHk3eiEbWg|accessdate=2018-05-26}}</ref>  While the Sega Genesis version was never released, the planned SNES version was eventually released in 1994 as ''Speed Racer in My Most Dangerous Adventures'', a significantly different game that intersperses racing and side-scrolling platforming action.  Accolade's decision to make the SNES game different than ''The Challenge of Racer X'' was attributed to both systems' differing capabilities and target audience.<ref name="GP37"/>
== Speed Racer and the development of Windows 95 ==
Speed Racer played a major role in the development of [[Windows 95]] for compatibility to DOS games. It was used to find a bug, that was triggered by its [[DOS extender|DOS extenders]]. The fix had a large impact on all DOS games, that used the same DOS Extender. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20160404-00/?p=93261 | title=Getting MS-DOS games to run on Windows 95: Working around the iretd problem | date=4 April 2016 }}</ref>
==Reception==
''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' in January 1994 criticized ''Speed Racer'', stating that "any computer game enthusiast will laugh at the graphics", ''[[Pole Position]]'' and ''[[Out Run]]'' were superior in "driveability", and there were "several serious [[software bug|bug]]s". The magazine concluded that despite "being built on a solid idea ... it was very easy to park this game in the lot of disappointments".<ref name="schuytema199401">{{Cite magazine |last=Schuytema |first=Paul C. |date=January 1994 |title=Accolade's Speed Racer: The Winner's Circle Or The Pits? |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=114 |magazine=Computer Gaming World |pages=18–19}}</ref>
In 1996, ''Computer Gaming World'' declared ''Speed Racer'' the 28th-worst computer game ever released.<ref name=cgw150>{{cite magazine | author=Staff | title=150 Best (and 50 Worst) Games of All Time | magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] | date=November 1996 | issue=148 | pages=63–65, 68, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 84, 88, 90, 94, 98 }}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*{{moby game|id=/speed-racer-in-the-challenge-of-racer-x|name=Speed Racer in The Challenge of Racer X}}
*[http://www.gamespot.com/pc/driving/speedracerinthechallengeofracerx/index.html ''Speed Racer in The Challenge of Racer X''] at ''[[GameSpot|UK GameSpot]]''
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