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Antihero983 · 03-31-2005, 11:49 AM

holy shit that thing is nuts.....

and as far as the game, its the same thing as Tokyo Xtreme Racer for dreamcast, and theres a new one out that i play called maximum tune, where you can actually tune your cars (i have a 680 hp S15) and the game prints out a card that you can put back into the machine in order to resume your progress. and yeah the boss is that S30 but the blackbird isnt a porche in this game, a new Fairlady Z is.

ZK · 03-31-2005, 12:42 PM

I think people talked about this before.

Wangan Midnight is a manga (comic book) series. It came out before Initial D and it is about high speed highway racing in high powered sports cars. It centers around the "Devil Z"...

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The main Character, Akio Asakura, is driving a Fairlady 300ZX with his friends in the beginning of the manga. While on the Highway, a Porsche Akio sees the Porsche and tries to race against it, pushing his car to the limit, but he can't even nearly keep up with the Blackbird. Realizing this, he decides to find a car that can match up against it. Later on he visits his mechanic friend at a junkyard and spots an S30 Fairlady on top of a heap of cars. The two look into it and discover that it has an L28 engine, and is driveable. Akio buys it and takes it out for a ride, however the mechanic soon learns that this is no ordinary Z and is actually a Legendary car known as "Devil Z" (Akuma no Z in Japanese) The car is considered haunted because the last owners died from crashing it, yet it was rebuilt again and again. It also possesses amazing speed, but requires otherworld handling. While on the highway in his new Z, Akio goes head to head with the Blackbird and can keep up in terms of speed, but the Blackbird cuts him off at a turning arrow sign and Akio crashes into it. The car is eventually fixed again (By Akio and his mechanic friend), but the sister of the last owner of the Devil Z begs Akio not to drive it any more, saying that the car possesses it's driver and is dangerous.

There was also a live-action TV series and a bunch of movies "based" on the comic series. As well as video games and some toys. Very popular in Japan.

SimpleSexy180 · 03-31-2005, 01:14 PM

doesnt the battle gear game have an ebrake?

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Antihero983 Post Whore! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Gilmanton, NH Age: 40 Posts: 4,409 Trader Rating: (2) Rides Gallery: Antihero983 Feedback Score: 2 reviews	holy shit that thing is nuts..... and as far as the game, its the same thing as Tokyo Xtreme Racer for dreamcast, and theres a new one out that i play called maximum tune, where you can actually tune your cars (i have a 680 hp S15) and the game prints out a card that you can put back into the machine in order to resume your progress. and yeah the boss is that S30 but the blackbird isnt a porche in this game, a new Fairlady Z is. __________________ "So here I am, right back at it again, just like I've always been"

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SimpleSexy180 Post Whore! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cal Posts: 4,750 Trader Rating: (8) Rides Gallery: SimpleSexy180 Feedback Score: 8 reviews	doesnt the battle gear game have an ebrake?