Road Race is a 1976 racing video game developed and released by Sega in February 1976. Later the same year, Sega released two motorbike racing variants, Man T.T. (released in August) and Moto-Cross, which were in turn re-branded as Fonz, in November 1976. The game was based on the character Fonzie (portrayed by Henry Winkler) from the 1970s TV show Happy Days, with the slogan being "TV's hottest name, Your hottest game". Sega licensed Fonz because at the time it was owned by Charles Bluhdorn's Gulf+Western Company and it was a Paramount Television intellectual property.
A two-player version of Man T.T. called Twin Course T.T. was released in January 1977.
Moto-Cross / Fonz is an early black-and-white motorbike racing game, most notable for introducing an early three-dimensional third-person perspective. Both versions of the game display a constantly changing forward-scrolling road and the player's bike in a third-person perspective where objects nearer to the player are larger than those nearer to the horizon, and the aim was to steer the vehicle across the road, racing against the clock, while avoiding any on-coming motorcycles or driving off the road. The game also introduced the use of haptic feedback, which caused the motorcycle handlebars to vibrate during a collision with another vehicle.
Fonz is not available for download.
The original Fonz is a lost video game. There are currently no simulated versions available.
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