Update: January 26, 2006
«©NCSX» As an up 'n coming horse racing magnate, purchase your first horse as well as a ranch and sow the seeds of your empire. At the outset of the game, the ranch may be situated in four possible locations, including a small island. When it's time for a high stakes horse race, the jockeys and their steeds thunder along on 3D tracks while a versatile camera takes in all of the sights, sounds, and excitement of a high powered race. New to the Derby Tsukuru series is the Sha Tin Race Couse which is located in Hong Kong and is the larger of two race tracks in the New Territories. Gamers may participate in premier races at Sha Tin including the Hong Kong Cup, The Hong Kong Sprint, The Hong Kong Mile, and others. Another important race featured in the game is the 2000m (10 furlongs) Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup which kicks off the World Racing Series each year with a total purse of roughly US$1.8 million dollars. As your kingdom grows, horses may be bred to produce new foals and raise them from spindly legged fledgling to thundering stallion capable of winning prize money and earning millions. Breeding a stud champion with a pedigree mare will increase your chances of producing a world class steed. Producing such world classes horses takes resources and the baron assembles a team and invests in managing the ranch to create trophy horses. A built-in melody maker allows a horse loving musician to create a short ditty which may then be played at a race and also saved to memory card. Jan Code: 4974365831486 View the back cover and screenshots on the main NCSX website.
NCS Game Notes
* In the intro to the game, a live horse race is depicted on a big virtual screen as the camera slowly drifts in from the right side and then takes in the action dead center - as the lead runner reaches the finish line, the title screen appears. * When a race begins, the camera checks out the action in front of the stalls. As they open and the horses thunder out, the camera keeps track of their progress as the horses make their way around the track. An announcer intonates the action and his voice rises in treble and excitement as horses make their move and push towards to finish line. * The animation of the horses during a race isn't as lifelike or realistic as Gallop Racer but the sound effects of the hooves and the overall motion is acceptable. Vantage points of the camera shift quickly during a race to take in the horses from various isometric angles and an overhead scope of all of the horses as clear leaders fly ahead of stragglers. Occasionally birds will fly across the screen to add to the realism of random events that occur during a race. * After starting a standard game, an still image of a horse grazing on a pasture appears with a tree in the foreground. A horse handler in blue cap appears on the left side of the screen and introduces the player to the action while canned fluff music plays in the background. A procession of different characters appear to take down your name for the horse and to introduce themselves. After choosing the location of your horse kingdom, a jockey outfit, and a steed, the game prompts you to save your progress to memory card. * It's raining when you reach your ranch as a gal greets you. The horse that you selected is grazing in a field while it rains. If you leave the joypad alone and simply watch, it will neigh a couple of times. To shift views from the middle field to the two adjacent fields on either side, move the L-analog left or right. Overall navigation around the ranch is performed by menu-based selections which allow you to visit different areas quickly. An overhead map of the ranch may also be viewed and the locations therein visited by using the L-analog to move a blue cursor around. * In the Now Loading screen, colorful silhouettes of horses race across an track. This document is ©NCSX 2006. All rights reserved. No reproduction in whole or in part of this document may be made without express written consent of National Console Support, Inc.
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