X-Treme Express: World Grand Prix (Game)

X-Treme Express: World Grand Prix

GAME » on July 5, 2001

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Train driving gets over-the-top in this arcade-style high-speed train racing game for the PS2.

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Overview

Tetsu 1: Densha de Battle! is a comedic train racing game developed by Syscom Entertainment (along with Vingt-en-un Systems) and published by Syscom Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 (Platform) in Japan on February 21, 2002.

An over-the-top take on arcade-style train driving games (such as the Densha de Go! series), Tetsu 1 features high-speed point-to-point train racing throughout Japan (Location) using a variety of real-life trains. Much of the game revolves around trying to keep a high speed while staying on the tracks, as the train can derail from improperly taking curves. As the game usually has five opponent trains, players can partake in train combat through lane changes (both for checking opponents and for knocking them off the track). It includes both single-player (with several modes to choose from) and two-player split-screen multiplayer.

It later received a revised re-release as Tetsu 1: Densha de Battle! World Grand Prix on February 21, 2002, with a European release by Midas Interactive (as X-treme Express, known in-game as X-Treme Express: World Grand Prix) on March 18, 2003. This version features a new selection of trains to choose from, most of which are from around the world. This version was later digitally released for the PlayStation 3 (Platform) (as a PS2 Classics (Concept) title) exclusively in Europe on September 19, 2012.

Routes

Original

In this version, the game includes six main "servers" (named after the game pretending to download course data), each of which are single routes based on a region in Japan (Location). Each server has a selection of trains to choose from, and players must complete the routes forwards and reverse to win the main Tetsu-One mode.

The four unlockable routes are shorter, based on areas outside of Japan, and are consolidated into a single "Final Server" in Tetsu-One mode (with no reverse route).

Tohoku
Kanto
Chubu
Kinky
Chugoku
Kyushu
San Francisco (unlockable)
India (unlockable)
France (unlockable)
New York (unlockable)

World Grand Prix

The updated version re-arranges the routes into "stages", with France and New York replacing Chugoku and Kyushu. In addition, stages no longer have their own selection of trains and all unlockable routes are no longer played in a single stage.

Snow Plain (Tohoku)
Metropolis (Kanto)
Coastline (Chubu)
Cityscape (Kinky)
Rural Lane (France)
Subway (New York)
Avenue B (unlockable, San Francisco)
Alpine Way (unlockable, India)
Rock Route (unlockable, Chugoku)
South Isle (unlockable, Kyushu)

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