Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II (Genesis)
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Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II Genesis Front Cover

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Published by

SEGA of America, Inc.

Developed by

SEGA Enterprises Ltd.

Released

1992

Also For

Game Gear, SEGA Master System | Combined View

Genre

Action, Racing / Driving

Perspective

1st-person, Behind view

Gameplay

Arcade

Vehicular

Automobile, Track Racing

Misc

Licensed

Critic Score

100 point score based on reviews from various critics.

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3.5

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Description

Ayrton Senna won the Monaco Grand Prix six times, as well as 3 Formula One world championships, so he was the perfect man to license a home sequel to the classic arcade racing game. As before, the action is viewed from within the cockpit, but depicted using sprites rather than polygons.

There are three main modes:

Senna GP: Features three non-championship circuits with a preliminary race followed by three laps.

World Championship: The full 16-race championship. There are two modes in the championship mode that affect how the game is played. Beginner is a regular season, with the same difficulty level as the remaining modes, and cars have roughly the same power. Each race has three laps. In Master things get a twist. There are five groups of cars, and the player starts on the lowly competitive SERGA team. To climb the ranks and get a chance of claim the title the player must challenge a driver from other team and beat him to the top spot. The winner of this particular race gets (or holds) the fastest car. Races are also longer in this mode, and pit-stops are activated, required if the player knocks on too many objects or other cars frequently.

Free Practice: This allows the player to drive on any race without caring for championship positions. There are two options in Free Practice: Free Run is just the player against the clock and Image Training is a race, but instead of having to qualify and then run the three laps, the player can set the number of laps (between one and six), starting position and the condition of the track (dry or wet, only on some circuits).

While each mode presents it's own variations, the core of each race is the same: Along controller setup options, the player can choose between an Automatic or Manual with 4 or 7 speeds gearbox, and races against 16 drivers. The car can be instantly wrecked if it goes on top speed against a roadside object.

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Screenshots

Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II Genesis Interlagos, in Ayrton's own words

Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II Genesis Starting a Preliminary Lap

Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II Genesis Qualified in 14th out of 16

Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II Genesis Intro

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Promo Images

Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II Magazine Advertisement pp. 16-17

Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II Magazine Advertisement

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Alternate Titles

"アイルトン・セナスーパーモナコGP II" -- Japanese spelling

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Critic Reviews

Mean Machines	Jun, 1992	87 out of 100	87
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Sep, 1992	10 out of 12	83
Player One	Sep, 1992	80 out of 100	80
Play Time	Nov, 1992	79 out of 100	79
Megablast	1992	74 out of 100	74
Power Play	Aug, 1992	70 out of 100	70
Video Games	Jul, 1992	69 out of 100	69
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	Sep, 1992	25 out of 40	62
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Dec 10, 2003	4 out of 10	40
The Video Game Critic	May 20, 2012	D+	33