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Vertical scrolling race type game. Player has top view and control of car for speed, left, right, and jump. You race across various courses and can force other cars off the road or jump on top of them. By 2011, the only way to travel at top speed is on skyways build high above the ground. Thes...

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Developer
Capcom

Released on
1988

Size
1–2 Players

Version
Arcade

Requirements
Arcade

Downloads
Racing

ESRB Rating
Not Rated

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Vertical scrolling race type game. Player has top view and control of car for speed, left, right, and jump. You race across various courses and can force other cars off the road or jump on top of them.

By 2011, the only way to travel at top speed is on skyways build high above the ground. These become popular with boy-racers and general speed freaks pretty soon, and that’s why you’re aiming to hurtle across them in this arcade conversion.

The road scrolls vertically, with some moderately sharp bends in a manner similar to Spy Hunter You have a jump device to clear the many jumps, or to land onto and flatten the other maniacs who line the road. You must choose which path to follow at OutRun-style forks in the road.

The roads contain bonus tags including bonus points, a battering ram to make contact with other cars more effective, and energy boosts to replenish damage. If you leave the road you must replace your car onto it using a directable winch which appears at the appropriate point.

LED Storm

Overview & History

Released by Capcom in 1988, LED Storm (subtitled Mad Gear in Japan) is a visually striking vertical-scrolling racing game that drops players into a dystopian, neon-soaked future. Distinguished by its pulsating synth-heavy soundtrack and distinctive three-dimensional perspective, the game challenged the traditional formulas of vehicular combat titles of the era. Capcom originally designed the arcade cabinet to utilize a rotary dial control scheme, though most western cabinets adapted standard 8-way joysticks, shifting the nuance of how players navigated the treacherous, glowing tracks.

Gameplay Features & Mechanics

Unlike standard racers, LED Storm is fundamentally an obstacle-dodging survival test masquerading as a high-speed sprint. Players control a futuristic transformer-like sports car capable of morphing into a jet form to leap over massive chasms, gaps, and enemy barriers. The core mechanic revolves around managing your speed while collecting power-ups that enhance your firepower, acceleration, and shield capacity. The terrain constantly shifts beneath your tires, featuring collapsing bridges, sudden hairpin turns, and hostile rival vehicles trying to ram you off the pulsing grid. Boss encounters at the end of stages require precision timing to exploit vulnerable armor plating while dodging relentless projectile barrages.