Sega Saturn Wangan Dead Heat SS1

Sega Saturn Wangan Dead Heat SS1 mixes fast cars and race queens in this driving video game released in 1995.

Highway 2000, known as Wangan Dead Heat (湾岸デッドヒート) in Japan, is a racing game for the Sega Saturn.This is a racing game by the same people who made the phenomenal Tokyo Highway Racer games for the Dreamcast.  High Performance on the Highway!

Rev up for the road race of the century! Highway 2000 delivers driving excitement with all cylinders firing! Fly through five harrowing highway courses with your choice of three high performance racing machines – the speed and handling of the Mad Viper, the awesome acceleration of the Dark Nebula and the stick-to-the-road grip of the Rapid Fire. Slide with all four wheels into a hairpin curve. Negotiate treacherous tunnels, narrow bridges and heavy highway traffic. Challenge a fellow racer to a winner takes all, split screen barn burner! You can see the action from above, from the road, or from the driver’s seat. It’s your race! Get out on the highway and go!

• Realistic Racing Action
• Five Highway Courses
• Three Furious Machines
• Two Player Competition!

contained the ability to choose a real life Japanese model dressed in various outfits to act as your Navigator and Cheerleader at the end of the race.

there’s apparently cars you can unlock if you place first on Hard Mode in each of the Tournament races.  You pick one of 3 cars, and either try and get through the Tournament or just beat scores in the Time Trials.

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