Customer Reviews

Gallop Racer 2001

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(13)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Gallop Racer is a very quirky game and certainly shows its import roots. The horse names can be bizarre, the animated helper is amusingly out of place, and the translated text is stilted. But I found all of that strangeness sort of refreshing. It helps to embrace the Japanese roots of this game if you want to enjoy it. If you do, you'll be rewarded by an entertaining and deep horse racing simulation.

The game isn't any good for betting, and individual races can get old pretty soon if you have nothing riding on the outcome. The real entertainment in Gallop Racer comes from the career mode, which allows you to buy a stable of up to six horses and race them in various venues throughout the year. You're the owner, trainer, and jockey all in one, and the races take on an entirely different meaning when it's *your* earnings and *your* horses on the line in every race. The career mode can go on for years and years of game time, and you can retire your horses when they reach the right age, breed them, and continue the bloodline.

Whether you've bought your horses or bred them yourself, you can become very attached to them. And sometimes the gutsy underdog is even more memorable than the award-winning stakes champion! There's nothing that feels better than getting a lot more horse than you thought you paid for.

The graphics are pretty decent, with the excellent horse models being the definite standout. The horses come in many different colors and looks, and the horse animations convey a lot of personality.

It can be tough to get a hang of racing, but once you've mastered your jockey skills you can get fairly consistent results on a given horse. The manual could do a better job of explaining how to be a good jockey, but it isn't impossible to figure out.

Gallop Racer could be a lot more polished and it could be even deeper, but I really enjoyed racing my horses. If you've ever dreamed of owning and racing your own stable of thoroughbreds, this game is probably for you. I think most horse lovers will really enjoy the realism and personality of the Gallop Racer horses. Other gamers that enjoy gems in the rough may also enjoy Gallop Racer, but I think the career mode is a must for really enjoying the game.

Finally. a game that relies more on thought than on your ability to push 20 buttons at the same time. Which horse to buy, frontrunner or closer? How quickly do you want to leave the gate? When do you start your move to the front? Which races are best suited for your horse's strengths? Not to mention the incredible graphics of the horses, the mane bouncing up and down as you press your horse faster, the vibration of the controller in synch with the speed of your gallop. This game may be a bore for younger, blood and guts gamers, but for me this is the coolest game I have ever seen. Don't forget to check out the breeding screens in season mode - really cool!!

Ok I have been playing gallop racer for several years so I know what im talking about. First, the game gets more interesting the longer you play it...trying to unlock new stores with better horses and trying to get horse of the year etc. My personal favorite thing to do is breed the horses and try to make a better one...the horses have ratings on how good they are. The highest in the first part of the game is 113 the highest overall is 123. Trust me, this game is well worth the money!

okay i am horse lover so i wanted a horse game, a rented gallop racers2001 for ps2 and the olsen game called winner's circle for ps1. for gallop racer i thought the graphics were really and i liked how you choose your jockey's silks. i found that after awile the game gets a little boring. i would give it three stars to buy it and four stars to rent it

Well, I'm not sure about this one. I liked the first one on the PS1, so I figured I'd like this one. Well, I do but I don't. The breeding is pretty cool. Buy two horses and mate them, soon after, you'll have a new one with a combo stats of the parents. Very cool. But the controls! Ugh. I do not like them. I don't like the view, I don't like the way things blur instead of letting the hardware show off the horse pulling ahead, I just don't know about this game. I'm a fan of horse racing. I don't even want to start on Navigator Cindy. She's cute and all, but she needs to get a job somewhere else.

It's a good simulator, just not a great one. Feels thrown together to me, without much thought into a strategy.

Talk about AWSOME! This game has so many options! I brag by saying that I have every horse game ever produced, but this one is the best. I have mastered each of them, but this one still has me stumped! The only thing I would add would be a practice track so you could work out your horse, build your farm, picka trainer, etc. But, every race is different and a challenge. I'm not going to go on and on about the features of this game, you can visit the producers site to do that, but know that this game SO deservers a million stars!

Techmo has done it again. GallopRacer 2001 is a so true to life game it makes you feel like you are really taking the reins and in the race. Graphics are great!!! Playability is great!!! Take it from me a former horse trainer, this is the closest you can get to the real thing. Can't wait for GallopRacer 2002.

I got this game for Christmas and couldn't put it down for four hours. I love it the highest place I've gotten though is only 2nd. It is very challenging even on easy mode. Once you start playing it you can't stop untill it says GAME OVER. The only thing I don't like about it is how frustrating it is. but that's my problem so I find this game fun and highly addictive.

If you had ever wandered what it would be like to control your own fate in a horse race then you have got to try out this game. You decide whether to send your horse to the front or take him off the pace. You determine the fate of your horse by making split second decisions when breaking from the gate and making sure you save horse for the stretch run. You will definately feel the rush of energy as you thunder down the homestretch.

This is for drjekel: GI, GII, and GIII are all types of races. The G stands for grade. Grade three is the least valuable of the three and GI is the most valuable of the three. Only the top horses compete in GI races. that is what it means. I haven't bought Gallop Racer, yet. But I really want to. I have played it and it is a great game. I hope this helps