For the sake of nostalgia...
September 20, 2010 1:39 PM   Subscribe

Horseracing sim?

Once upon a time I had a Playstation 1, and I had a game for it called "Gallop Racer". This game allowed me to play breeder, owner, trainer and jockey for my own stable of Thoroughbred racehorses. I would very much like to play it again.

I understand it's been re-made for the PS2. I do not have a PS2, nor do I have my old PS1 anymore. I do have a macbook and a nintendo DS, but all the horseracing sims for DS seem to be in Japanese (and there is a surprising number of them). I'm not having much success finding one which will work on my mac, and which will allow me to play the full range of "roles". Anyone know of one for either of the platforms available to me?
posted by torisaur to Grab Bag (5 answers total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
 
Well, there's Racehorse Tycoon. It's pretty stupid/lame, but it's free.
posted by phunniemee at 1:51 PM on September 20, 2010


i know you mentioned ps1/ps2 issues, but the Gallop Racer series also has a number of PC releases. with a macbook, could you either get Windows running in a virtual machine or possibly use Wine to run it?
posted by radiosilents at 2:33 PM on September 20, 2010


Best answer: I went googling around and found that the Gallop Racer series is the series for horse racing sim games. The latest version that was translated into English is Gallop Racer 2006 rated 8.5/10 on IGN back in 2006.
According Wikipedia there were PC releases, but I could not find any to purchase. There are ample copies of PS1 and PS2 versions to be had.

Options: Emulator. It is probably illegal and I do not condone you using one. There are PS1 and PS2 emulators for Macs. They are known to be buggy.
Or consult your local craigslist. I spotted a PS1 for CA$25 listed within 60km. Save up your loonies and go nuts.
posted by Mister Fabulous at 4:25 PM on September 20, 2010 [1 favorite]


Response by poster: Thanks for the help, all. I'll see about getting a cheap PS1. Maybe I'll rediscover some of the other awesome games from my youth :)
posted by torisaur at 4:55 PM on September 20, 2010


for what it's worth, if you pony up for a ps2 (see what i did there?) it'll play ps1 titles as well so you could begin to scope out/search for the rarified ps2 Gallop Racer titles while you enjoy the nostalgia.
posted by radiosilents at 8:23 PM on September 20, 2010


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