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Drag Strip	car dragster racing	1977	image specs screenshots machines company oc_id source /media/museum/software/fairchild_channelf_box9_m.jpg label value year of release 1977 label value companies Fairchild label value type game label value media cartridge label value systems Fairchild Channel F label value number of players 1 - 2 players (versus) title subtitle text image on your mark, get set... go ! /media/museum/software/fairchild_channelf_dragrace_s1.png title subtitle text image oops, I blew my engine and the other car stalled /media/museum/software/fairchild_channelf_dragrace_s2.png title subtitle text image blue car is taking the lead /media/museum/software/fairchild_channelf_dragrace_s3.png title subtitle text image blue car just won the race /media/museum/software/fairchild_channelf_dragrace_s4.png title subtitle text image /media/museum/software/fairchild_channelf_box9.jpg /museum/fairchild-channel-f /companies/fairchild 135 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230604134743/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=135 2023-06-04

Get set and go with these four high-powered two-player drag racing games.

The left player car is on top, his RPM indicator and shift indicator on the lower left side of the screen. The right player's car is on the bottom, his RPM indicator and shift indicator is on the lower right side of the screen. Each player's car is color-coded to his RPM and shift indicators. Red car, red indicators, etc.

Get ready and set as the timing lights between the two cars count down. when the last red timing light has turned off, the race has officially begun and the elapsed time counter has started.

Drag Race races continue until either both cars have crossed the finish line, blown their engine, stalled or run the red light.

You control both RPM's (your speed) and shift position. As you accelerate, your RPM indicator will advance toward the green mark. If you hit the green mark (in racing terms,
'red-lined' it), your engine will blow and you will be out of the race.

At the start of a race, a light pattern between the two cars counts down indicating players should rev their engines and prepare to take off. At the end of the light pattern, the cars leave the starting line by shifting into first gear. (The higher the RPM's, the faster the start).

Premature takeoff will result in a "RED LIGHT" disqualification from the race.

Players then accelerate by controling RPM and shifting to successively higher gears. Shifting too soon will reduce the car's RPM to the point where it has no torque to accelerate in that gear. At this point, a driver may downshift to increase his RPM's.

Upon entering the final lap, a 'finish line' appears to the right of the screen and upon crossing it the cars' motion ceases.

If the car was the first to cross the finish line, it is declared the winner. If both cars cross at the same time, they are both declared winners.