Top Gear Playthrough (Actual SNES Capture) - Part 1

[Note: This video and description were originally posted on Youtube in September of 2017.]

This is part 1 of my capture of me playing through Top Gear for the SNES. This is not an emulator. This footage was recorded directly from my Super Nintendo using an actual Top Gear cartridge. I'm playing on Championship difficulty and using an automatic transmission.

Back in the early '90s I used to play all sorts of video games at my uncle's house. My uncle owned both the NES and the SNES, and he loved racing games such as Rad Racer, Excitebike and Top Gear. Although I wasn't very good at those games, I enjoyed playing them. Top Gear was especially fun because you could play through the entire game in a splitscreen two-player mode. The music was also incredible.

Unfortunately, I never managed to play through all of Top Gear with my uncle, but I did get to race with him here and there, which was fun. I think my cousin and my uncle actually played through the entire game without me, which definitely made me jealous at the time. However, the game left a lasting impression on me, and I ultimately bought Top Gear Rally for the Nintendo 64 because of this.

I had so much fun recording my playthrough of Top Gear 3000 last year that I decided to buy the remaining Top Gear games for the SNES as well. I managed to find some complete copies of Top Gear and Top Gear 2 for a decent price on eBay, so I picked those games up as soon as possible.

Top Gear is without a doubt an excellent racing game, but one thing that always annoyed me was the fact that you're forced to race in a splitscreen mode, similar to Super Mario Kart. This requirement was later removed for the two sequels on the SNES.

For this playthrough I'm completing the game on championship difficulty to obtain the proper ending. Since this game doesn't have a save system, I'll be utilizing the password feature to pick up from where I left off in each video. I hope you enjoy the footage, especially the kick-ass soundtrack.

In this first part I completed all of the races in the U.S.A.

Recorded with the Hauppauge HD PVR and the official SNES S-video cable at 60 frames per second. I used a Toshiba model D-R550 DVD Recorder to upconvert the SNES's native 240p signal to 480i so that the Hauppauge could capture the console's audio/video signal.

I'm using a Super Advantage joystick.