Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge (NES) Playthrough

[@SirExal]

My Gods, the music is superb. Almost VVVVVV vibes.

[@pedjamigrant7189]

so on point well done

[@amekusa.]

God, the soundtrack is god tier!

[@TaiPassionGP]

Agreed !!

[@NintendoComplete]

Ferrari GP Challenge is a bit on the simple side, but it's a fast and fun F1 racer with a fantastic soundtrack.

[@supmattboy]

Neil Baldwin did a good job indeed. His music from James Bond Jr is pretty rad too.

[@pasha21363]

i think you should try Michael Andretti's World GP but i have to warn you though it's controls 3 out of 4 race models in Michael Andretti's World GP are with manual transmission and the game is long like very long and due to limit of the game cartridge it's limited to 6 drivers but only 4 will race so qualifying sessions are different than you used to be with other F1 racing games oh and watch out for tyre wear in Michael Andretti's World GP

[@taiteakopyte1504]

​@@pasha21363i have been searching this game for a long long time...thank heavens i bumped into u bro🎉

[@vandong45-kp8jd]

Parky

[@alexoff5005]

Fantastic soundtrack by Neil Baldwin.

[@EloirTroyack]

I played this game a couple of times 30 years ago when I was a kid and never forgot the soundtrack. Those notes were wandering inside my head today so I decided to search for NES F1 games untill I find this video. Game industry was something legit back in the day

[@royalkumar795]

My favorite 🏎️ F1 racing game from my childhood. 😊

[@slyguythreeonetwonine3172]

Me: 🤔 Did I rent this 31 years ago when I was 5? Hears the music: OH HOLY SHIT YES I DID! ❤

[@viezurelepanykt]

WOW cant imagine my childhood without this game and soundtrack!!! this game got me into F1 and it was one of the best game i've played! should i talk about the soundtrack? i belive not!!! it still is one of the best!!!

[@mothertruckin31]

I was a massive fan of Michael Andretti’s World GP for NES. I played that for hours back in the day.

[@ruskerdax5547]

Me too! I played the hell out of that game.

[@XannaInternet]

This soundtrack sounds like it was made much more recently. Had i not been told otherwise, i'd assume this was a homebrew! I like 3D racing games, so that part's good too.

[@Doommaster1994]

The ironic thing is the composer Neil Baldwin did the soundtrack very quickly, as he wasn't getting paid well for the game.

[@XannaInternet]

@@Doommaster1994 I wonder if his trick was to put samples of music in the sound files, not audio waves. It would explain why he did so well while apparently half-assing it.

[@Doommaster1994]

@@XannaInternet As far as I know, Baldwin never used samples. What he did was a common trick with European/English composers back in the day; he'd use the white noise channel in conjunction with the triangle wave channel to attain more realistic-sounding drums. Geoff/Tim Follin and Jeroen Tel also did the same. As far as I know, Tsukasa Masuko's the only Japanese composer for the NES to do it as well.

[@XannaInternet]

@@Doommaster1994 That would explain it, i thank you for that. The sample thing was what the Follin brothers did, thought they also used bleeps and bloops too.

[@Doommaster1994]

@@XannaInternet The Follin brothers didn't use samples either, at least, not on the NES. They also used the triangle wave + white noise combo.

[@somendrasarkar7837]

Awesome Soundtrack ❤❤❤... Captain Tsubasa's tracks were also very good 🎉

[@taiteakopyte1504]

Darkwing Duck's and Jurassic Park's too. Check em out😊

[@juanlacruz36]

Batman de nes también!

[@auron570]

probably just me, the white squares on the back of the tires look like blinking eyes. For a minute I even thought it was blinking in time to the music (which is also a pleasant surprise btw ty!)

[@Loader2K1]

I remember playing _Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge_ on the NES back in my youth. It was one of those NES games released during the console's twilight years (1991 thru 1994) before I upgraded to a Sega Genesis during Christmas Day 1992. Given the licensed brand name, I was actually expecting to be driving the legendary Ferrari Testarossa instead of a Formula 1 race car. Personally, I thought this game was alright; I didn't hate it, but I didn't truly like it, either. I did enjoy the OST, though, given how limited it was and how most old-school gamers know that the Ricoh 2A03 (the sound chip of the NES/Famicom) could do so much better. Great playthough.

[@samusvikerness661]

Wow this looks so smooth. I just gotta have this for my NES!

[@LITTLE1994]

Definitely seems better than F1 Race.

[@taiteakopyte1504]

I agree1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

I mean.. I would certainly hope so. F1 Race released in 1984 while this released 8 years lasted in '92. F1 race is a very impressive game for it's time.

[@obthree2830]

I loved Pole Position as a kid. I remember going to Chuck E Cheese and dumping quarters into that, the Simpsons arcade and Turtles in Time. As far as I was concerned there were no other arcade games. This game reminds me alot of that and I have get a great feeling every time i see something like F1

[@rjcupid]

These tunes sound very Ocean/Commodore 64. Awesome.

[@Loader2K1]

American and European developers were known to compose on the NES with arpeggio effects.

[@MarcBarkyMarta]

​@@Loader2K1Europeans absolutely did a ton the arpeggiated square wave sounds. Americans, far less so. Our composers tended to stick to more straight use of the PSG channels. Sometimes they would use the triangle wave for harmonies instead of bass, though. Australian house Beam Software was known for that too.

[@محمدمحمد-د5ك3ص]

since 1995😢😢😢💔💔😭😭😭

[@Hausbrauen]

Really feels like a prequel to Top Gear 2 on snes... both in visual style and music.

[@NintendoComplete]

Gotta love that classic early 90s Brit style, huh? System 3 and Gremlin both did some really great stuff on the old 8 and 16-bit computers.

[@BB-te8tc]

Saw that title screen pic and my first thought was "this is either going to have a fantastic soundtrack or a horrific one". Not sure why.

[@gik_85]

Starting grid tunes are OUTSTANDING!

[@CaptainCapital8]

Japanese grand prix looks the way it does today

[@Soul93Taker]

Ah yes, i remember this one. Usually ended up crashing into a burning car and screwing myself. Didn't help i knew no english at the time i had a NES.

[@NintendoComplete]

Haha I love how it looks like a volcano on wheels

[@andipajeroking]

Wait til you hear the Gameboy soundtracks. Masterpiece ❤

[@مقارنات_الجيوش]

😇

[@aderitosantos1695]

Amazing game still have cartridge Famicom pirate, sad name player racing was fake ,not oficial F1 , but Konami was

[@mr.g4990]

Damn I lost this upload somewhat. Sorry System 3, this game is pretty meh, it feels like the turns at high speed don't even affect the car much. Ugly sprites, no care to adjust flickering - pieces of your car will just disappear. Didn't really deserve a top quality soundtrack. Bless Neil Baldwin.

[@setoravenclaw]

With how badly Ferrari has been doing on f1 recently, this game feels like even a bigger far cry.😂