Wednesday, March 5, 2025

MIDI Week Singles: "Circuit Theme A" - Al Unser Jr.'s Turbo Racing (NES)

 


"Circuit Theme A" from Al Unser Jr.'s Turbo Racing on the Nintendo Entertainment System (1990)
Composer: Masaaki Iwasaki, Shogo Sakai, Yuji Suzuki
Album: No Official Release
Publisher: Data East
Developer: Data East


Believe it or not, I have fond memories of playing this game twice.  The first was while standing at our local G&G (don't bother looking them up, they haven't existed for decades, but just imagine an EB Games or a Game Stop) playing this at one of their TV/play stands.  I don't know how many 10-year-olds are going to be excited about an F-1 racing game, but this one sure was because I actually knew who Al Unser Jr. was from watching the Indy 500 almost nearly every year with my Dad.  So there was a game with a real life person I recognized on the cover and I played it, convinced that I was doing a damn good job.  Then, some time later, I had my parents rent the game from one of the stores in town (it might've been Placer TV/Video; don't bother looking them up, they haven't existed for a decade).  That was the last time I played Turbo Racing, but I apparently enjoyed it enough for this track to be somewhat reminiscent and to have embedded itself in my memory banks as something to keep a hold of.

So, there you go.  Some good music with a trip down memory lane.


~JWfW/JDub/The Faceplantman/Jaconian
Come Sit Here On My Knee

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