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NABU Racer
Group: Multiplayer • Author: DJ Sures
Created 2026-11-12 • Updated 2026-11-12Top-down arcade racing for 1 to 4 NABUs online. Line up on the grid, wait for the countdown, then go flat out for 5 laps. Slide through the corners, avoid the oil slicks, stay off the grass and bump the other cars out of your way. First over the line wins
You can find NABU Racer in the Multiplayer category. To run this, look in the Internet Adapter or Headless menu on the NABU/MAME and navigate to the Multiplayer channel category and select NABU Racer.
- Top-down racing like Sprint. Each car is one sprite with 32 headings. Cars slide a little in corners, bounce off the grass (including the curved corners), spin on oil and bump each other.
- As soon as a second player joins, practice stops and a real race starts with a countdown, and both cars on the grid.
- Three tracks take turns: SPEEDWAY (an oval), HAIRPINS and FIGURE 8 (which has a crossing). A track is an 11-line text map in main.c; corners are rounded automatically when it loads.
- Races are 5 laps. Checkpoints have to be passed in order, so a lap only counts if you went all the way round. Once the winner finishes, the others get 15 seconds. A results box then shows places and times, and the next track starts.
- The screen shows each racer's wins, plus your lap, place, race time and best lap. Your engine note rises with speed, and there are sounds for the countdown, crashes, oil and laps.
- Controls: joystick left/right to steer, FIRE or up for gas, down to brake or reverse. The arrow keys do the same, and ESC leaves.
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