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Title -  Touge King The Spirits
Japanese Title - 峠キング・ザ・スピリッツ
Developer - Atlus

Catalogue No. - T-14401G

Type - Mountain Road Racing
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Now I know if you read the Touge King The Spirit 2 page I say that the 2nd game is a hell of a lot better than this, which is correct but that doesn't mean this is a bad game. In fact I'd actually say that this controls a lot better than the 2nd game without having to customize everything. The second game needs quite a bit of customization to get the car handling just right.

Graphically King the Spirit isn't that bad. True that the textures are a bit low in resolution but the draw distance is mighty impressive. It's pretty rare to see pop up in this game and let's not forget that it runs at a very nice 30fps.

There are a total of 3 courses to choose from all with 2 way driving and weather options. The car selection is a bit weak with only 6 cars to choose from. Still, you can customize them in many ways. A special mention must go to the 2 player mode. There are two styles to choose from. The first is the standard split screen mode done horizontally like 99% of the racers out there. The second option though is to split the screen vertically with player one on the left and player two on the right. This method allows you to see further up the track but that's not the highlight of this mode. Oh no, the highlight is when both players come together the screens merge in to one ! This makes it a little confusing at times but still a pretty cool feature.