CGA-2026-02 🕹️🚗 REMOVE CARTRIDGE ⏏️ Racing Lagoon

kfwyre
2026-02-20T14:30:32Z

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Yokohama

1999

You've got big shoulders and big dreams

Headlights flash

I challenge you to a race

 You            Me

START          START
  |              |
  |              |
  |              |
  |              |
   \              \
    \              \
     \              \
      ----           ----CRASH
         |
         |
         |
         |
       FINISH

Drat! It's always those hard turns, isn't it?!

You and your big shoulders win

Take your prize from my loser car

Prize

                          ______    ______   __
                         /      \  /      \ |  \
 ______ ____   __    __ |  $$$$$$\|  $$$$$$\| $$  ______    ______
|      \    \ |  \  |  \| $$_  \$$| $$_  \$$| $$ /      \  /      \
| $$$$$$\$$$$\| $$  | $$| $$ \    | $$ \    | $$|  $$$$$$\|  $$$$$$\
| $$ | $$ | $$| $$  | $$| $$$$    | $$$$    | $$| $$    $$| $$   \$$
| $$ | $$ | $$| $$__/ $$| $$      | $$      | $$| $$$$$$$$| $$
| $$ | $$ | $$ \$$    $$| $$      | $$      | $$ \$$     \| $$
 \$$  \$$  \$$  \$$$$$$  \$$       \$$       \$$  \$$$$$$$ \$$

For those that didn't play the game, that's basically Racing Lagoon in a nutshell! Except, well, the plot gets more involved (and... weird), and there's a city map you get to cruise on, and you can save at a gas station, etc.

But the key points are all there:

Racing

Getting new parts

Big shoulders

Anyway, let us know what you thought of the game!

Next month will be hosted by the inimitable and incredible @J-Chiptunator and we'll be playing Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru (The Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls).

Month | Game | Host

March 2026

Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru
(The Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls)

u/J-Chiptunator

Source for the ASCII art car
Source for the prize text
Source for the race art (It's me, I drew that. Art is my passion.)

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