Finally, it's here! All legend and bonus riders in Namco's MotoGP video games on the PlayStation 2, plus on the arcade game that began it all (500 GP), ordered by first console appearance (with one exception).
Due to various factors (on-and-off motivation and laptop shutting down from overheating, both during recording and test renderings), this was an on-and-off project; it got so delayed that Namco System 23 emulation improved in MAME in October, which meant I had to record additional footage. I originally hoped it was finished by New Year's Eve, but I ended up finishing it on the New Year's Day instead.
So far, this is the longest video I've done that's of a "deep dive" type.
Additional notes I were not able to include on the video before deadline:
- The K1 segment is placed with the MotoGP 1 ones because it was decided before MAME's improvement in Namco System 23 emulation that gave me chance to record 500 GP footage.
- Hitomi Yoshino, much like Takuma Aoki in 500 GP and MotoGP 2, also has some dev ghost laps to beat in MotoGP 3 (only at Mugello at dry, though).
- If MotoGP 4 still have a guest character rider, I believe it would be Claude McGarren from Time Crisis: Crisis Zone, given the ads for it in the Training course.
SPECIAL THANKS AND REFERENCES:
@agarpac for the Namco System 23 MAME build
NOURS Special Appendix: 500 GP Rider's Manual (Spring 1999), uploaded by 765 Style on Internet Archive (a page of this was meant to be used here, but rendered unnecessary by improvements in MAME's Namco System 23 emulation)
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Same info can also be found on Namco arcade website archives:
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Suzuka 8 Hours bike sprites ripped by Yawackchary
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Senior Grand Prix Yearbook for chassis code information
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DannyTyler1118 tweet (Japanese) regarding Dorna's rights
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Intro theme: 500 GP Attract Theme
Outro theme: MotoGP PSP Results/Options/Rewards Menu Theme
00:00 Intro
01:00 Mick Doohan '99
03:00 Takuma Aoki '97
05:00 Gun Koma
07:00 Klonoa
09:00 K1
11:00 Kevin Schwantz '94
13:00 Wayne Rainey '93
15:00 Kenny Roberts Sr. '80
17:00 Freddie Spencer '89
19:00 Nobuatsu Aoki '00
21:00 Wayne Gardner '92
23:00 Hitomi Yoshino
25:00 Jack Slate
27:00 Susumu Hori
29:00 Daijiro Kato '03
31:00 BMW 645Ci Safety Car
33:00 K2
34:30 Outro
