Galaxy 5000: Racing in the 51st Century (NES)

Galaxy 5000: Racing in the 51st Century

Platform: NES Year: 1991 Developer: Activision, Inc.

Galaxy 5000: Racing in the 51st Century is a racing video game developed by Activision for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

This video game takes place in the future using an outer space atmosphere. It features the racing of futuristic craft that can battle each other for finishing spots in the race. Each craft is also upgradeable and with each upgrade comes better shielding and weapons. This video game would become the inspiration for the Super NES video game Rock n' Roll Racing. Primitive voice effects are used when the ships collide with each other; three of the phrases are: "Hey!," "Excuse me!," and "Watch it."

This is the only of two games that were developed internally by Activision for the NES, instead of outsourcing development to other companies, the other one was Ultimate Air Combat.

Screenshots

The title screen.

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Music

For 1991, three talented composers Russell Lieblich, Pete Mokris and Richard Miles Boogar did a good job, writing MIDI files on an unkonwn sequencer, which was coded into an audio driver by Glyn Anderson. He wrote thirteen simple tracks, to fit the sci-fi/racing theme.

Recording

There are issues with the timing of this recording.

#	Title	Composer	Programmer	Length	Listen	Download
01	Title Screen	Russell Lieblich, Pete Mokris, Richard Miles Boogar	Glyn Anderson	3:00		Download
02	Solar System Map	Russell Lieblich, Pete Mokris, Richard Miles Boogar	Glyn Anderson	3:00		Download
03	Race Start	Russell Lieblich, Pete Mokris, Richard Miles Boogar	Glyn Anderson	0:05		Download
04	Race Theme 1	Russell Lieblich, Pete Mokris, Richard Miles Boogar	Glyn Anderson	3:00		Download
05	Finish Line	Russell Lieblich, Pete Mokris, Richard Miles Boogar	Glyn Anderson	0:05		Download
06	Race Completed / Repair	Russell Lieblich, Pete Mokris, Richard Miles Boogar	Glyn Anderson	0:30		Download
07	Race Theme 2	Russell Lieblich, Pete Mokris, Richard Miles Boogar	Glyn Anderson	3:00		Download
08	Race Theme 3	Russell Lieblich, Pete Mokris, Richard Miles Boogar	Glyn Anderson	3:00		Download
09	Race Theme 4	Russell Lieblich, Pete Mokris, Richard Miles Boogar	Glyn Anderson	3:00		Download
10	Planet X Race	Russell Lieblich, Pete Mokris, Richard Miles Boogar	Glyn Anderson	3:00		Download
11	Cutscene / Ending / Credits	Russell Lieblich, Pete Mokris, Richard Miles Boogar	Glyn Anderson	3:00		Download
12	Game Over	Russell Lieblich, Pete Mokris, Richard Miles Boogar	Glyn Anderson	0:12		Download
13	Unknown Theme	Russell Lieblich, Pete Mokris, Richard Miles Boogar	Glyn Anderson	3:00		Download

Credits

• Ripper: MrNorbert1994
• Recorder: Duc4Wikmedia
• Game Credits:
  • Sound and Music: Pete Mokris
  • Sound and Music: Richard Miles Boogar credited as Rick Boogar
  • Music: Russell Lieblich
  • Uncredited Programmer: Glyn Anderson

(Source 1, Source 2, Source 3)

Game Rip

This rip is missing songs.

Format	Download

Ripping NES music is an arduous process that is beyond the scope of this site. The music was recorded in Game Emu Player for foobar2000.

Audio Devices

The game outputs to the RP2A03 in North America and RP2A07 in Europe. The DPCM channel is used for sound effects.

Releases

USA Title: Galaxy 5000: Racing in the 51st Century Platform: NES Released: 1991-02-?? Publisher: Activision, Inc.     EU Title: Galaxy 5000: Racing in the 51st Century Platform: NES Released: 1991-??-?? Publisher: Activision, Inc.