Fonz (video game)

Fonz
Arcade flyer
Developer(s)Sega
Publisher(s)Sega
Platform(s)Arcade
ReleaseRoad Race
Man T.T.
Moto-Cross
Fonz
Twin Course T.T.
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, up to 2 players (Twin Course T.T.)[7]
Arcade systemSega Discrete Logic

Road Race[a] is a 1976 car driving arcade racing video game developed and released by Sega in February 1976.[8][9][2] Later the same year, Sega released two motorbike racing variants, Man T.T.[b] (released in August)[10][2] and Moto-Cross,[5] which were in turn re-branded as Fonz,[10] in November 1976. The game was based on the character Fonzie (portrayed by Henry Winkler) from the 1970s TV show Happy Days, with the slogan being "TV's hottest name, Your hottest game". Sega licensed Fonz because at the time it was owned by Charles Bluhdorn's Gulf+Western Company and it was a Paramount Television intellectual property.

A two-player version of Man T.T. called Twin Course T.T.[c] was released in January 1977.[7]

  1. ^ a b Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). Sega of America (in Japanese) (1st ed.). Amusement News Agency. p. 131. ISBN 978-4990251215. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ a b c d "1973-76". Sega Arcade History. Famitsu DC (in Japanese). Enterbrain. 2002. pp. 30–2.
  3. ^ "Road Race". Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  4. ^ Man T.T. at the Killer List of Videogames
  5. ^ a b "Video Game Flyers: Moto-Cross, Sega (USA)". The Arcade Flyer Archive. Killer List of Videogames. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  6. ^ "TV's hottest name. Your hottest game. Fonz" (PDF). Cash Box. November 13, 1976. p. 10.
  7. ^ a b c "1977-78". Sega Arcade History. Famitsu DC (in Japanese). Enterbrain. 2002. pp. 33–6.
  8. ^ "Road Race, Arcade Video game by SEGA Enterprises (1976)".
  9. ^ Road Race at the Killer List of Videogames
  10. ^ a b "Ryu ga Gotoku Zero: Chikai no Basho, Sony PlayStation 3 disc by SEGA Holdings(2016)".


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