Grab your controller and hit the track in 4-player, radio-controlled mayhem!
You won't need to carry around spare NiCad batteries - you need to bring a controller for yourself and each of your friends. R.C. Pro-Am II brings 24 new tracks with additional power-ups and upgrades as you race across speedways, dirt tracks, and the city streets in a big upgrade to the original R.C. Pro-Am. You'll need all the firepower you can get to take the grand prize of the championship. Beyond the circuit, you'll also need to compete in Truck-o-War and Drag Racing in order to make extra money to afford new wheels and weapons. Come and celebrate Rare's 40th anniversary with one of their rarest releases on the NES®!
R.C. Pro-Am II - Collector's Edition
Disclaimer: This release has two versions to support region compatibility for NTSC and PAL consoles separately - Please purchase according to your preference.
Welcome to the world of radio-controlled racing! The team at Rare Ltd. brought even more challenging tracks with more speed and tougher opponents in its second entry. Add in a 2nd, 3rd, or 4th player to truly experience some of the best racing multiplayer games of its generation. You’ll have weapons at your disposal and vehicle upgrades available to help you throughout the 24 tracks spread out across race tracks, cityscapes, and off-road dirt tracks.
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February 1988
Ultimate Play the Game was a studio that had mainly focused on developing games on the ZX Spectrum throughout the early 1980s, developing titles like Solar Jetman, Knight Lore, Sabre Wulf, and more. After changing the company name to Rare Ltd., they set to work on releasing games on the NES® console. One project was initially named Pro-Am Racing and eventually became R.C. Pro-Am. It was released in North America in February 1988 and in Europe a few months later, in April. The game was an absolute hit, selling over 2 million copies worldwide, and it cemented Rare Ltd. as a major studio. It also made its way on Nintendo's PlayChoice-10 arcades, and its simple controls would prove to be a powerful advertisement to get families to purchase the console and/or the game.
June 1991
Super R.C. Pro-Am was released on the Game Boy® and took the original's gameplay and shrunk it down to size. The game packed 24 tracks onto the portable screen and even allowed for up to 4 players to connect via the Link Cable or Four Player Adapter. It received a European release in April 1992 and a re-release in 1998 as part of Nintendo's Player's Choice series of reprints. It sold over a million copies.
1992
A version of R.C. Pro-Am was released on the SEGA Genesis® with upgraded graphics and music that take advantage of the 16-bit console as well as additional features. Championship Pro-Am came with some gameplay changes, such as collecting letters that spell out "CHAMPION" instead of "NINTENDO", racing against 5 CPU opponents instead of 3, and each course having a lap record players can beat to earn additional points.
December 1992
Despite the release of the Super NES® the previous year, Rare Ltd. was hard at work on a slew of games with Battletoads and Pirates!, both released in 1991. In between working on more Battletoads games, they would release Championship Pro-Am on the SEGA Genesis® and PAL Mega Drive as well as develop the true sequel to their hit NES® racer. R.C. Pro-Am II launched on the NES® with many improvements over the original. There are more environments, vehicle upgrades, bonus rounds, and intense 4-player gameplay. It would also be released on the PAL NES® in September 1993.
August 2015
Rare Ltd. had a long-time partnership with Nintendo end once Microsoft purchased them in 2002. Now a first party developer for the Xbox consoles, Rare would continue to develop and release games. In 2015, Rare would launch Rare Replay, a compilation of 30 games spread across its 30 year history as both Rare Ltd. and Ultimate Play the Game. It launched for the Xbox One and each title would arrive with minimal edits but also added cheats, snapshots, and even unlockable behind-the-scenes footage and interviews regarding unreleased games. On this compilation, Rare included both R.C. Pro-Am and R.C. Pro-Am II.
April 2025
Retro-Bit Publishing will be releasing R.C. Pro-Am II: Collector's Edition to North America and Europe in a special package which is details on this page. This partnership with Microsoft, Rare, and Retro-Bit had also brought about the Battletoads Double Dragon releases on NES®, SNES®, and Game Boy®. For this release, two variant cartridges were made: one for NTSC-U North America and one for PAL Europe. The game is expected to be delivered in late 2025.
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