Super Hang-On

The arcade mode in Super Hang-On is similar to the original Hang-On , but there is a choice of four tracks to race on which are based on continents , each containing a different number of stages. Also, should the player reach the normal maximum speed of 280 km/h (174.2 mph), a turbo mode is enabled. By using this mode allows the player to reach an even higher top speed of 324 km/h (201.4 mph). Each stage is roughly half the length of a stage in the original Hang-On . Africa is the easiest and shortest out of the four courses (six stages). Asia is the second easiest and is similar in length to the course from the original Hang-On at ten stages long. The Americas is the second to toughest course, containing 14 stages, and Europe is the hardest course, being 18 stages long. When the player starts a race, they have their choice of four songs that will play during the race, a feature borrowed from Out Run . The Mega Drive/Genesis version of the game included a port of the full arcade game, and an additional original mode , which allowed players to recruit sponsors and earn money to buy enhanced components for their bike. Progress in this section of the game is saved via an alphanumeric password consisting of two 14-character segments (ex. "2FF2F433F32514 FFMJJGGK6AONNO"). The cover for this version has a bike and rider in the same colors as Shinichi Itoh , who competed in the All-Japan 500 cc Championship on a Rothmans Honda NSR500 .