Gallop Racer

by Playstation One

Product Features

• 28 racetracks
• Over 1400 horses
• Create a jockey
• 2 player head-to-head competition
• Real time stamina meter

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000205WV
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 15, 1999
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,380 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Tecmo brings horse racing to the PlayStation with GALLOP RACER. Create a jockey, pick a horse, and hit the track. If you're good enough, you'll win some races and earn money to buy more horses. Eventually, you will be able to breed the perfect racehorse. Use the Practice mode to work on tactics and strategies for a specific mount, or challenge your friends to a race with the Versus mode. GALLOP RACER brings the sport of kings home.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Go, Baby, Go!, January 23, 2000

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Gallop Racer (Video Game)

This is one of the best games I have played, ever. I was afraid at first that it might be more fanciful than I wanted, that maybe the horses were not even going to be horses at all, robots perhaps. But thankfully, they are truly horses. This is a most realistic game, with conditions such as sloppy tracks, getting bumped and dealing with getting boxed in. Most fun of all is winning the big races, because by the time you accomplish such a thing, you have truly put in your time with eating a lot of dust. You gradually build up a stable of better and better champs, and are invited to race in previously unknown races. Special trophies are awarded to the best horses, and when they retire, they are placed in a "hall-of-fame", where their stats are memorialized. A knowledge of horse-racing is almost a must before playing this game, such as knowing the difference between a dirt and turf track, a sprinter and a distance horse, and understanding how horses peak differently. Handicapping also comes into play. All in all, this is a most rich, educational game. Perhaps most of all, I have learned how much jockeying can make or break a race, no matter how good the horse.

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Your Own Racing Stables!, November 26, 2000

By 

Dondrick London (Louisiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gallop Racer (Video Game)

It's simply the best. My Dad and I have seen the sun come up a many mornings playing Gallop Racer. All of my other games are just collecting dust since we've been running horses. I'm 12 years old, my dad's been taking me to the race track since I was a baby. We race a couple horses every year. The only diffences between the game and real racing is you don't win real money and you don't have to go out to feed and train. I would rate this game 100 stars. The horses look real they run like real horses, the jocks look and ride like the Hall of Famers. You start a career create your very own jockey (male or female) in your silks, buy a horse or two and start winning races. You can run in regular stakes or graded stakes, where the big boys run. It's just so real the better he is on the track, the better he is in the breeding barn. Breed that tripple crown winner and get your horse and jockey into the Hall of Fame and other great awards. If your husband enjoy horse racing or you want him and your son to spend some quality time together get them this game. Gotta go now, got one about to run in the Louisiana Derby.

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty fun, tons of horses and races to choose from, November 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Gallop Racer (Video Game)

I really love horse racing, so I found this game to be pretty fun. There are an enormous amount of horses to choose from to race with lots of statistics about each one. The game itself is a little bit tricky to figure out how to work, but only for a couple of races. I have found it to be a challenge though - not too easy!